
Cover: Lord Buddha, whose birth, enlightenment and parinirvana are celebrated during the Fourth Month – Saka Dawa – of the Tibetan lunar calendar, which starts this year on May 26. States Museum of Mongolia; painting on cloth, 19th century
News
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- His Holiness the Dalai Lama gives his annual teachings at Dharamsala
- His Holiness visits hunger-strikers in Delhi
- Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the USA
- Maitreya Project
- Sera Me’s new debate park
- FPMT Education Fund
- Full ordination ceremony for women in India
- The Ganden Tripa visits Kopan
- Petra McWilliams in Australia
- News from FPMT centers & activities around the world
Features
- Peacemaking – Empowering the homeless youth of San Francisco
- Teaching – The bliss of inner fire: the teachings from the heart of Lama Yeshe
- Young Lamas – Using the mind can be fun – The reincarnation of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, the senior tutor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, talked in Dharamsala to Julie Hengst about his studies at Drepung Monastery in south India and gives some advice to Westerners
- Divination – Looking in to the Future
- Interview – The Compassion and the Vastness of the Minds of the Lamas, Julia Hengst talks to Richard Gere
Columns
- A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama – Khensur Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche
- Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive – ‘Everything Comes from the Mind’
- Advice from the Virtuous Friend – ‘Loving Oneself’
- The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw
- Home Truths by Adéle Hulse
- Lama Ösel’s News by Lama Tenzin Ösel
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