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Seeking Truth: The Pilgrim becomes a Sage
Mandala‘s Michael Jolliffe is on location in Washington D.C. for the Kalachakra for World Peace event with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His daily blog from the event will afford those of us unable to attend the opportunity to experience ... Read more »Awkward Pilgrim Lost: Looking for Signs
Mandala‘s Michael Jolliffe is on location in Washington D.C. for the Kalachakra for World Peace event with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His daily blog from the event will afford those of us unable to attend the opportunity to experience ... Read more »His Holiness’s New Millennium Message
His Holiness the Dalai Lama released a message at the start of the new millennium. The advice remains timeless and pertinent over eleven years later. From Mandala, March 2000.
The Moving Dance of Lamas
Kopan Monastery, Nepal — July 7, 2011 From Ven. Roger: Lama Zopa Rinpoche asks Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche, “Why did you come?” With the cutest shy smile and deep, beautiful dimples he says, “To say hello.” (The incarnation of Geshe Lama ... Read more »Surrendering to Monkeys: Letting Go of the Self
What would you do if you were threatened by a gang of macaques? Dana Lissy, author of “ Surrendering to Monkeys: Letting Go of the Self,” finds spiritual freedom at the end of this dramatic tale from life in India. ... Read more »
Gomo Tulku’s Debut Single — Released July 28
A fresh sound in pop music is often credited to the fusion of an artist’s unique life experiences with his music. Gomo Tulku, a 22-year-old Tibetan-Canadian-American Buddhist lama and ex-monk, is by no means short of unique experiences and is ... Read more »Robert Page’s Art for Liberation Prison Project
In April of 2011, Mandala received the sad news that Liberation Prison Project student, Robert Page, had taken his own life (obituary page 52 of July-Sept 2011). Robert was a talented musician and artist who studied with Liberation Prison Project ... Read more »Big Love Excerpt
Big Love, the long-awaited authorized biography of Lama Yeshe, provides an intimate portrait of not only FPMT’s founder, but of the earliest students that placed their trust in him. This excerpt is taken from the chapter chronicling Lama Yeshe’s activity ... Read more »Remembering the Kindness prayer by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
New prayer Remembering the Kindness of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan People by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Also available as an A4 booklet in French.Ian Green: Buddha’s Builder
Ian Green, a long-time student of both Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, has served FPMT and the Dharma only in big ways: as a founder and director of Atisha Centre in Bendigo, Australia, as the chairman of various FPMT-related ... Read more »