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Detail of an outside fountain at Kachoe Dechen Ling, Aptos, California. Photo by Chris Majors.
Long gone are the days when we only received news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the FPMT organization through the mail. Between blog posts, Mandala’s expanded online features and social media like Facebook, engaged FPMT students around the world have countless photos and updates at their fingertips, shared sometimes as they happen. In response to this tremendous growth and availability of digital media, Mandala magazine is being reimagined.
Mandala has taken different forms over the three decades that it has been published. In June 2015, we unveil the newest, and we hope a very timeless and beautiful, version of Mandala!
The redesigned Mandala magazine will be published twice a year, in June and December, containing stories and teachings tailored to best make use of print media’s capacity for sharing quality, long-form pieces, thoughtful interviews and sharp, high-resolution photos. We are increasing the number of pages of each issue and updating the magazine’s design in order to create an enduring publication that students will want keep and read over again. We also will be publishing special Mandala ebooks, which will share some of the best stories from Mandala’s archive. Mandala’s first ebook will be available in September 2015.
In the July-December 2015 issue*, published June 16, 2015, readers can look forward to authentic and timeless teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe, an in-depth feature on preparing for death, a profile of the profoundly compassionate Khunu Lama Rinpoche and much more.
To receive Mandala, become a Friend of FPMT supporter at the e-Friends level or higher. By joining Friends of FPMT, not only are you supporting the communications and education work of FPMT’s International Office, you receive Mandala magazine, Mandala’s new ebooks, and free access to Online Learning Center courses, FPMT Education practice and study materials and ebooks by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe. For more details and to join as a Friends supporter, see our Friends of FPMT page.
While you are waiting for the next issue, please take a look at Mandala’s expanded online publishing, which includes a new feature story every month. In this month’s feature, read the story of how FPMT student Tai Vautier helped develop FPMT’s microfilm mantras for filling prayer wheels, stupas and other holy objects. In case you missed March’s feature, “Bringing Dharma into the Corporate World,” Potential Project director Rasmus Hougaard talks with Mandala about how they are training corporate employees to be more kind and clear-minded with “Dharma in disguise.”
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*As part of our transition, we are forgoing the April-June 2015 issue.
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.