January – February

News

• International News
  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Germany and Dharamsala
  • Geshe Tsephel at Wutaishan in China
  • Lama Zopa Rinpoche moves into his new retreat house
  • Lord Maitreya’s 17-story throne
  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama supports Rockin’ for Freedom concert
  • Fong Sel Ma: new FPMT project
  • FPMT Master’s Program students return to work
• News from FPMT centers & activities around the world

Features

• Education in the FPMT
  • Preserving the Mahayana Buddhist tradition
  • Kopan Monastery: The Heart of FPMT
  • How does studying Buddhist philosophy get you enlightened?
  • The birth of the Master’s Program: leading sentient beings to the city of enlightenment
  • Desiring the truth
  • The Basic Program of Buddhist Studies
  • Preserving the tradition creatively
  • Study by correspondence
  • Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program
  • www.fpmt.org
• Meditation – Vowing to attain enlightenment as a woman

Columns

• A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama – Geshe Soepa
• Monks & Nuns of FPMT – Ven. Thubten Gyatso
• Advice from the Virtuous Friend – Lama Zopa Rinpoche composed a practice to help subdue the 140-mile-per-hour (230km) winds of a typhoon in Taipei, Taiwan during a visit in 1996
• Home Truths by Adéle Hulse
• The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw
• Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive – “The wisdom of Dharma…is the one light that completely illuminates the dark shadow of ignorance, which is the root of all human afflictions”
• Lama Ösel’s News by Lama Tenzin Ösel

And So Forth

• Getting the Essence
• Obituary
• Books
• People
• FPMT Resources