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Mindfulness Day
FPMT News Around the World Wednesday, September 12, 2012, is the second annual Mindfulness Day. All are encouraged to participate in this secular celebration by generating a more peaceful, compassionate mind and cultivating awareness and presence in daily life. Wisdom ... Read more »
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, An Interview with the World’s First Female Geshe
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, a native of Germany, became the world’s first female geshe, signaling a new era for nuns. In her interview with Mandala, Geshe Wangmo talks about what brought her to a geshe program, her experiences there, and what’s ... Read more »
Mandala’s October-December 2012 Online Content is Live!
Mandala’s October-December 2012 online content is now live! While you wait to receive your print copy, please enjoy our newest online content featuring supplemental material only found online. Also, enjoy original online content including: a video interview with Geshe Ngawang ... Read more »Leaves in the Wind: People Who Wish for Death
By Ven. Chönyi Taylor … I’d been craving on and off, since I was fifteen, for Death to come and take me the way the wind does a dry leaf out on its limb.1 Suicide is a great tragedy and ... Read more »
Stephen Batchelor Looking at Buddhist Monasticism in the West
“As long as there are people who wish to devote themselves to that path, the monastic vehicle will serve,” writes Stephen Batchelor. Former editor Nancy Patton gets Batchelor’s views on the development and place of monasticism in the West. From ... Read more »
Ribur Rinpoche on Monasticism in the West
Former FPMT executive director Massimo Corona talks to Ribur Rinpoche about monasticism in the West and how to maintain Buddhist monastic vows for the long-term. From Mandala September-November 2001.
European Centers Look Forward to Khadro-la’s 2013 Visit
FPMT News Around the World Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme, who is more commonly known as Khadro-la, recently offered teachings at Nalanda Monastery in France as part of a retreat on “Guru Yoga of Chenrezig, Developing a Compassionate Heart.” The ... Read more »
“Walk a Mile in My Shoes,” Joe Schoolcraft’s Way to Skill and Empathy
Joe Schoolcraft’s skill and empathy came the hard way: drugs, alcohol, a gun to his own head in despair. Read how Joe’s own history with addiction inform his practice as a therapist. From Mandala December 2001 – February 2002.
Lama Yeshe Teaches on ‘Karma, Reality and Belief’
FPMT founder Lama Yeshe gets to the heart of karma and the ways in which we act based on “hallucinated fantasy.” “We often talk about how we waste our lives following the eight worldly dharmas – attachment to temporal happiness, ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on ‘Relegating War to the Dustbins of History’
His Holiness the Dalai Lama shares his reasons for why war should be relegated to “the dustbins of history.” From Mandala June-August 2003.
Experiencing Inner Peace and Happiness at De-Tong Ling
FPMT News Around the World De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre on Kangaroo Island off the South Australian coast offers serious Dharma students an ideal space for retreat. Thubten Gyatso, a long-time student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, talked about his three years ... Read more »