Cover: Ven. Robina Courtin. Photo by Jaffa Elias

COVER STORY

• Chasing Buddha – The story of Ven. Robina Courtin, an Australian Buddhist nun with a passionate mind

MONKS AND NUNS

• Western Words, Tibetan Listeners American — Ven. Tenzin Palmo teaches Tibetan nuns
  
• Ordination, who me? – Ven. George Churinoff deals with his lazy mind
  
• The monk who craved Vegemite – Ven. Thubten Gyasto gets a fix from a virtuous friend

AUSPICIOUS EVENTS

• Buddhism revived in Mongolia

REINCARNATION

• The flowering of a Reincarnated Lama – Lama Osel, Lama Yeshe's reincarnate
  
• Garland of Devotion – The Lawudo Lama and his reincarnate Lama Zopa

TEACHING

• Bodhicitta – Lama Yeshe
• Emptiness – Lama Zopa
• Tuning the mind to a sweet melody – Ven. Thubten Chodron
• The nature of mind – His Holiness Sakya Trizin

RETREAT

• A 14-page feature on the joys and hardships of long retreats; getting the most out of short retreats

• Jan Willis and Dreaming Me

• Youth in Belfast find His Holiness "so cool"

• Life experiences of lay Buddhists Andrew Vahldieck and Steven Ginsberg

• Planting seeds of peace in Northern Ireland

• Around the world and back with Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Bringing Buddhism down under with Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche
• Second international Gelug Conference
• News
• • Centers, geshes, sangha, holy objects, social outreach, education

• The quirky side of Buddhist life

COVER STORY

• The Inner Realizations of the Dalai Lama by Ribur Rinpoche
• A Middle Path – His Holiness' conversation with Fabien Ouaki
• The Fourteen Dalai Lamas – A sacred legacy of reincarnation by Glenn Mullin

• Emptiness on my Mind by B. Alan Wallace
• Who is Making this Decision Anyway? by Ven. Thubten Chodron
• Who are You, and Where can You be Found? by Lama Thubten Yeshe

• Karuna Cayton is Stirring the Pot in the Buddhism-psychology debate
• The Stories We Tell Ourselves by Carolyn Hengst
• Mastering the art of Masterful Coaching – An interview with Carl Kaestsner
• Compassion Without Compromise by Bonnie LeBoeuf

• Cutting to the Chase by Ven. Robina Courtin
• What is Dharma? By Lama Zopa Rinpoche

• Dharma Teachers: Seven Years in the Making – An Interview with Don Handrick

• A Letter From the Frontlines by Petra McWilliams

• Taking Time to Rest and Reset our Pace by Andrea Antonietti

• The Exemplary Life and Death of Geshe Yeshe Tobden by Giovanna Pescetti

• A Sacred Trek Round Mt Kailash by Toscino d'Ancona

• Keeping it in the Family by Julia Hengst

• The Dalai Lama in Allahabad and Delhi
• Buddha statues destroyed
• Lama Zopa on the move
• Lama Osel turns 16
• More...

• Keanu Reeves on the small screen
• Ven. Thubten Gyatso on Generosity
• More...

COVER STORY

• Monasticism in the 21st Century. The rewards and sacrifices of taking ordination as a Buddhist monk or nun in the West.
• The Christian experience

• The Twelve Deeds of Shakyamuni Buddha

• Band-aids, baby-sitting or real Buddhadharma? by Karuna Cayton
• The puzzle of relationship by Richard Borofsky

• Training the mind while training the body by Julia Hengst

• The benefits of cherishing others by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Freedom from the ego mind by Lama Thubten Yeshe
• The lies our minds tell us by Ven. Robina Courtin

• Those who teach, learn by Thubten Chopel

• An extract from Cultivating Compassion by Jeffrey Hopkins

• Dakinis: healers of our gender scars An interview with author Judith Simmer-Brown by Julia Hengst

• Protecting a sacred legacy Jaffa Elias talks to Gene Smith

• Through the eyes of a geshe. Geshe Lobsang Jamphel's story

• Happiness rules Life in Bhutan
• Magical mystery tour by Ali Gripper
• Film-maker locates treasure around the world

• How babies transform Dharma plans by Julia Hengst

• Kaleidoscope : No sex please, we're sangha by Ven. Thubten Gyatso
• The Dalai Lama in Taiwan, Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Europe; and more
• Classifieds
• Directory

Cover: His Holiness the Dalai Lama blesses the hand of an armed guard outside his residence. Photo by Alison Wright from A Simple Monk, New World Library 2001.

COVER STORY

• His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks on World Peace and donates to the New York search and rescue effort

• Buddhism in Action — How compassion impels Buddhists to care for others in today's complex world. More than 30 real-life stories about ordinary people who sit with the dying, visit prisons, tend the sick, teach the young – and the armed forces – about loving kindness, counsel the addicted and the sexually abused. Fifty-plus packed pages. Compiled by Nancy Patton and Jaffa Elias

• Why Buddhism? Vicki Mackenzie talks about the people she interviewed for her new best seller

• Sharing the benefits of a Christmas feast by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• The Dharma of Dancing by Lama Thubten Yeshe

• Vikramashila, ancient seat of Tantric Buddhism by Ven. Shravasti Dhammika

• Addicted? Who me? by Amy Barton-Cayton
• Dharma for modern life by Renate Ogilvie

• Trading the good life for a better one by Maurizio Cacciatore

• Ven. Thubten Gyatso on The Warm Heart

• The Dalai Lama in Europe, Baltic Republics and India
• Lama Zopa's new CD and new book on Ultimate Healing
• Great Stupa in the Rocky Mountains
• Maitreya update
• New children's books
• Lam-Rim radio
• Tibet news and more.
• Classifieds
• Directory
• Editorial
• Letters to the Editor