July – August

News

• Prayer for the Spreading of Ecumenical Buddha’s Teachings – A True Melodious Song of the Sage by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• International News
  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
  • Preparing for ordination as monks and nuns
  • Gelug Conference resolutions
  • FPMT educators meet in Delhi
  • Lama Osel turns 14
  • Maitreya Project now runs Bodhgaya school
  • Kopan nuns tour USA
• News from FPMT centers & activities around the world

Features

• Living with Sickness and Death
  • Changing suffering into happiness
    • Andrew Vahldieck, USA
    • Elea Redel, France
    • Isabel Amorim, Brazil
    • Skye Banning, Australia
  • Accompanying Children to Their Death by Alan Joyce
  • Healing disease through meditation and prayer
  • The power of Medicine Buddha
  • Practices for healing and long life

Columns

• Monks and Nuns of FPMT – Ven Marcel Bertels
• Vajra Brothers and Sisters Have a Say – One of Lama Rinpoche’s students wrote to Rinpoche about his practice
• Advice from the Virtuous Friend – Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to “make a party a Dharma practice”
• Home Truths by Adéle Hulse
• The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw
• Lamas of Other Lineages – Jetsunma Akhon Norbu Lhamo
• The Wisdom of Lama Yeshe – “What is reality?” Lama asks. “The mind is the principal producer of reality. Human goodness comes from the mind. Human problems, human badness, come from the mind.”
• Lama Ösel’s News by Lama Tenzin Ösel

And So Forth

• Getting the Essence
• Obituaries
• New Centers
• Books
• People
• FPMT Resources