Mandala Issues for 1998

Cover: Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama, at Lawudo in Solo Khumbu in the mountains of Nepal, 1978. Ueli Minder	January - February News International News Letter to Lama Zopa Rinpoche from FPMT International Office New director of International Office 5,500 attend fund-raising in Singapore Maitreya Project gaining momentum FPMT Master's Program begins with 45 students His Holiness the Dalai Lama sends Tibetan monk-scholar to investigate Chinese bhikshuni tradition Western Buddhist monastics News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features Retreat - Transforming hardships into realizations Service - The keeper of Lawudo: Ven. Nawang Samden Bodhgaya Projects Fulfilling a lifelong calling to heal leprosy Putting compassion into action Interview - Choosing a life without attachment Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Geshe Lobsang Dorje Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive - Lama's teaching 'When We Study Buddhism We Study Ourselves' Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche says, 'a bad life and a good life depend on one's interpretation - according to attachment or according to wisdom' The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw Home Truths by Adéle Hulse Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth To the Editor Getting the Essence Books and Videos People FPMT Resources
Cover: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 1997. Ueli Minder	March - April News International News Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Sera Je for consecration by His Holiness the Dalai Lama of its new assembly hall Qualifying teachers: the FPMT Master's Program begins Structuring the IMI to better help monks and nuns News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features Auspicious Events The Coming of Maitreya On Pilgrimage with Ribur Rinpoche and Lama Zopa Rinpoche Monks walk through Asia for inner peace/world peace Holy Places - Wutaishan's natural wonder, the Sky-Gazing Great Buddha Meditation - The Hermit of the Pyrenees Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa's new teacher, Geshe Tenzin Tenphel Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive - The Purpose of Religion, a teaching from Lama Yeshe in Brisbane, Australia, in April, 1975 Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the 'incredible benefit of making holy objects such as statues and stupas and of making offerings to them' Home Truths - Adéle Hulse discovers that "making a big fuss can save lives and sometimes it is a total waste of time" The Passing Scene - Jonathan Landaw wonders who to believe when everyone has a different reaction to Martin Scorsese's movie Kundun Lama Ösel's News - Lama Tenzin Ösel was in Bodhgaya for the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama And So Forth To the Editor Getting the Essence Books People FPMT Resources
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	May - June News International News 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 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 And So Forth To the Editor Getting the Essence Books and Videos People FPMT Resources
Cover: Sakya Pandita by Richie LeBoeuf, 10 (from a painting by Andy Weber in Images of Enlightenment, Snow Lion), who felt "really good" when he drew this and other images for our feature A new generation of Buddhists: Young Practitioners.	July - August News International News His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan and the U.S. Lama Zopa Rinpoche in India, Singapore and Hong Kong Jacie Keeley returns to Kopan after an absence of twelve years Fifteen thousand people attend enthronement of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche Wife of Singapore prime minister attends Wesak celebration of Amitabha Buddhist Center Maitreya Project researches suitable materials for 500-foot statue FPMT Master's Program students do retreat News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features A New Generation of Buddhists: Young Practitioners Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Geshe Losang Sherab International Mahayana Institute: Sangha of the FPMT Advice from the Virtuous Friend - Lama Zopa Rinpoche says that "it is good that one gets criticized...it destroys one's own mistakes immediately. If one is unhappy and suffering, it finishes negative karma." Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive - "The most important thing is to recognize the nature of your mind," says Lama Yeshe. "We can satisfy ourselves internally, perhaps even eternally. It's possible." The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw Home Truths by Adéle Hulse Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth To the Editor Getting the Essence Books and Videos People FPMT Resources
Cover: Thousand-armed Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion; central figure in the painting of the Nyung-nay Lineage Lamas composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and painted by Peter Iseli.	September - December News International News His Holiness the Dalai Lama His Holiness Sayka Trizin Geshe Lhundup Sopa Chenrezig Institute's Garden of Enlightenment Project The Maitreya Project New FPMT Centers in Mexico, Spain and Nepal News from FPMT centers & activities around the world Features Preparing the ground for future generations to meet the Dharma - CPMT '98 A Kalachakra Master - Bringing internal and external harmony Manifesting the Buddhas Mahamudra and dzogchen - Methods to realize the ultimate nature of the mind Columns A Day in the Life of an FPMT Lama - Geshe Lama Konchog Monks & Nuns of FPMT - Ven. Tsenla Advice from the Virtuous Friend - At the CPMT meetings at Kopan in May, Lama Zopa Rinpoche talked about how the "main aim of the FPMT has been spiritual" and that "there has been accomplishment." Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive - Lama's teaching Make Your Mind an Ocean The Passing Scene by Jonathan Landaw Home Truths by Adéle Hulse Lama Ösel's News by Lama Tenzin Ösel And So Forth Getting the Essence Books and Videos People FPMT Resources

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