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Sexual Morality, Buddhist Style
“There was a sense of shock in the large living room looking out onto the native Australian bush outside the windows. Kangur Khensur Rinpoche had been giving an impromptu after-dinner teaching to three married couples, and myself (his attendant), and ... Read more »
Do Ngak Sung Juk Centre’s Multilingual Nyung Nä
FPMT News Around the World Do Ngak Sung Juk Centre in Tokyo wrote to Mandala about their second group nyung nä, held in September 2012. “Our group of 11 multilingual participants completed the nyung nä in four languages (Japanese, English, ... Read more »
Need Something to Read?
Every issue Mandala reviews new books spanning a wide variety of Buddhist topics. In this issue’s “Editor’s Choice” section we review His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s From Here to Enlightenment: An Introduction to Tsongkhapa’s Classic Text The Great Treatise on ... Read more »
Long Life Puja Fund: Recent Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A long life puja was offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery on December 29, 2012. Mandala Publications reported on this puja.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits His Eminence Ling Rinpoche
FPMT News Around the World In mid-January, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited His Eminence Ling Rinpoche, who had been injured in a deadly car accident in late-November 2012. His Holiness spent more than a half-hour visiting Ling Rinpoche, giving ... Read more »
Continuous Lotus Lights in Mongolia
The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund sponsors the electricity for lotus light offerings to all the holy objects on the altar at Idgaa Choizinling College in Mongolia. The lights are offered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Light ... Read more »
Completed Stupa at Detong Ling, Australia
“Building stupas helps develop so much peace and happiness for numberless sentient beings. As a result, wars, disease, and desire will all be pacified. Instead of feeling hopeless, people will gain courage. This is about peace – for the beings ... Read more »Book Review: The Black Hat Eccentric
“The Black Hat Eccentric: Artistic Visions of the Tenth Karmapa by Karl Debreczeny is at once a fascinating story of an unconventional artist and his times, and a landmark contribution to Tibetan studies. Debreczeny writes, ‘The life story of the ... Read more »
REJOICE! The Second Round of 108 Nyung Näs at Institut Vajra Yogini
“Following up on the success of last year’s round of 108 nyung näs at Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY), the French center has begun a second round,” reports center director François Lecointre. “Six people intend to do the full 108 nyung ... Read more »
New Resource Page on Holy Objects
FPMT News Around the World De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre director Will Abram recently shared a beautiful photo of the South Australia center’s new Enlightenment Stupa, which was completed in July 2012. The photo was taken during a week-long work session ... Read more »
The “Bollywood” Nun: An Indian Actress Takes Ordination Vows
“History was made in South India at Sera Je Monastery when a 38-year-old Indian woman named Barkha Madan, who works as a model and Bollywood actress, became one of the first non-Himalayan Indian Tibetan Buddhist nuns in FPMT. “… Now ... Read more »