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Meher Baba Clearly Told Me in a Dream, the story of Ven. Thubten Wongmo
“The only explanation that makes any sense as to how I ended up walking up the hill to Kopan in 1973,” writes Ven. Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), “is that the walk up that path actually began in various past lives. ... Read more »
FPMT Taiwan Celebrates Its Three Resident Geshes
FPMT News Around the World FPMT Taiwan celebrated its “Thanksgiving Day to Teachers” on September 30 in conjunction with the traditional Chinese Mooncake Festival. The event began in the morning with a Yamantaka fire puja hosted by the resident geshes ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe Remembered
FPMT News Around the World In addition to back issues of Mandala magazine, our archive includes the two issues of Mandala‘s predecessor, Wisdom. Published in 1983-1984 by Wisdom Publications, the magazine is a valuable record of FMPT activities in the ... Read more »
Mandala eZine December 2011 Re-released!
Mandala Publications is happy re-release the December 2011 eZine, the last of our 13-issue eZine collection. The eZine was launched in December 2008 to give Friends of FPMT new ways of engaging with qualified teachers, illuminating teachings, FPMT news and ... Read more »Funds for 35 Bed Hospital Offered
September 2012: US$80,000 has been offered to build a 35 bed hospital in a remote and poor area of Tibet.
‘When the Iron Bird Flies’ Opens in New York City
FPMT News Around the World When the Iron Bird Flies, a new feature-length documentary about Tibetan Buddhism and the West, is having its premiere screening at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City October 19-24. Dr. Nick Ribush, ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits Kurukulla Center
FPMT News Around the World FPMT students in the Boston area of the United States had a busy week with visits by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Kurukulla Center near Boston welcomed His Holiness the Dalai ... Read more »
Cycling for Land of Joy
FPMT Around the World By Steve Nicklas Steve Nicklas, an FPMT student living in the U.K., decided to turn his cycling hobby into an opportunity to raise funds for Land of Joy, an FPMT-affiliated project which plans to create a ... Read more »
Jetsünma Tenzin Palmo on the ‘Genuine Teacher’
Meditator, teacher, and founder of Dongyu Gatsal Ling, a nunnery in the Drukpa Kagyu lineage in Tashi Jong, India, Ven. Tenzin Palmo [now, Jetsünma Tenzin Palmo] found her perfect teacher, His Eminence the eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche in India, 1964. In ... Read more »
Review: Insight into Emptiness
“For lovers of wisdom who explore Buddhist perspectives on the nature of reality, another exemplary resource is now available in print: the teachings on emptiness offered by Khensur Jampa Tegchok at Land of Medicine Buddha between October 2006 and December ... Read more »
Una entrevista con Khadro-la: Si usamos nuestra sabiduría cuidadosamente todo es posible
Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme es el título formal de Khadro-la, “Rangjung Neljorma” es el nombre que Su Santidad le dio y significa “yogini natural, auto-generada”. Khadro-la fue presentada a la comunidad internacional de la FPMT a través de una ... Read more »