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New Mandala Ebook: ‘Creating the Sacred’
Mandala has just published its latest ebook, Creating the Sacred , which takes an in-depth look at the making of Tibetan Buddhist thangkas, prayer wheels, and statues. This new ebook contains fourteen articles, interviews, and stories—published by Mandala between 1982 ...
Choe Khor Sum Ling Expands Prison Project to Women
Rashmi Krishnan, a student and volunteer of Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore, India, shares news about the center’s encouraging expansion of its prison outreach through the Liberation Prison Project (LPP) to women: For over two years, students at Choe ...
‘The More Vows, the More Merit, the More Power’ [Video]
In the video below, Lama Zopa Rinpoche talks about the impact of keeping vows on the power of prayer. He says that the more vows we have, and keep purely, the more power our prayers will have. Therefore, when monastics ...
This Issue
In Mandala July-December 2017, we share news from Kopan Monastery—where the seed of FPMT first sprouted—including a story on the enthronement of Thubten Rigsel Rinpoche, the reincarnation of Kopan Monastery’s former abbot, the beloved Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup Rigsel; a report on the two Kopan nuns receiving their geshema degrees; and a look at the state of Buddhism in the Himalayas. We also explore the transformative power of ritual with a collection of pieces: a teaching on the benefits of ritual by Lama Lhundrup, an interview with scholar José Cabezón, and personal stories from five Western monks studying at Sera Je in India. Plus, teachings from Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoches, new photos, interviews and much more! Read this issue …
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