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An Interview with Tenzin Palmo
Thubten Pemo speaks with Ani-la Tenzin Palmo in this very early interview from Mandala April 1988. Ani-la Tenzin Palmo later became Jetsünma Tenzin Palmo, a title recognizing for her significant spiritual achievements and bestowed on her by His Holiness the ... Read more »
A Message from Rinpoche: Karma Is Expandable
FPMT News Around the World In his letter for the entire FPMT community published in the Annual Review 2011: Cherishing Life, Lama Zopa Rinpoche connects his experience of manifesting a stroke to learning the lam-rim and understanding karma. As Rinpoche ... Read more »“You Can, You Must,” an interview with Thubten Gyatso
In “You Can, You Must,” Mandala editor Laura Miller interviews Thubten Gyatso (Adrian Feldmann), Australian senior student and author, ordained 35 years ago by Lama Yeshe. Gyatso discusses experiences from the beginning, middle and end of retreat, and provides some ... Read more »
No tener reglas lo hace posible
La vida en el camino con Rimpoche Traducido por Hilda Luisa Díaz-Perera Dharamsala, India — el 2 de abril, 2012 De Ven. Roger: Está muy oscuro. Hay una fuerte tormenta con ráfagas de viento y el camino es estrecho con ... Read more »To Wear Pain Like an Ornament
Elea Redel discusses in “To Wear Pain Like an Ornament” how she learned from Lama Zopa Rinpoche to bring chronic pain and illness on the path. “Lama Zopa once told me that I should make my sickness my ornament,” Elea ... Read more »
Mongolian Translator Gunjiimaa Ganbat Passes
FPMT News Around the World It is with sadness that we share the news of Gunjiimaa Ganbat passing away. After struggling with a very difficult to treat form of drug-resistant tuberculosis, Gunjiimaa died in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on April 1, 2012. ... Read more »Reflections on a Guru-Disciple Relationship
Roy Fraser reflects on his fifteen-year relationship with Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (1921-1995). From Fraser’s first meeting with Gen Rinpoche to building the fully realized master’s cremation stupa, Fraser celebrates his connection and service to Gen Rinpoche. From Mandala January-February 1996.
Creating Kindness in the Classroom
FPMT News Around the World Loving Kindness Peaceful Youth (LKPY), an international project of FPMT, received some much deserved recognition in a thoughtful piece on school violence written by Russell Evans and published on Shambala Sun’s blog Sunspace. Evans, a ... Read more »Advice to Monks and Nuns at Kopan Monastery
Although directed at the nuns and monks of Kopan, Geshe Jampa Gyatso’s advice is pertinent to anyone, covers a broad range of topics and includes some interesting comparisons between how Westerners and Easterners approach the Dharma. From Mandala October 1987.“The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising,” a play by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
“The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s play about the evolution of samsara and the Buddhist approach to breaking free from it, can be performed by older children and adults. And for those who are stage shy, just ... Read more »