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NAMGYAL INSTITUTE by Thubten Chodron I began hearing rumors the At 4PM nuns, monks, and Enters New Phase morning of Sunday, October 8th laypeople gathered in the court- that nuns were going to debate in yard. The nuns were already debat- the courtyard in front of the main ing on one side, and their voices of Development temple in Dharamsala and that His and clapping hands, a mark of de- Holiness the Dalai Lama was to be bate as done in Tibetan Buddhism, Spring 1996 will mark the end Lama. The monks have received a • Obtain health insurance for the there to observe. There were many filled the place. Suddenly there was of the fourth full year of operation wide and popular reception Namgyal monks, none of whom nuns in McLeod Gam' at the time; a hush and the nuns who had been and the beginning of a new phase throughout the U.S. and Canada, currently have health insurance. the major nunneries in India and debating went onto the stage in the of development for the Institute of and there is an ever-growing circle • Fund a full-time paid adminis- Nepal were having their first ever "pavilion" where His Holiness' seat Buddhist Studies established by of students at the Institute in trator. Our two administrators inter-nunnery debate. The fact that was. His Holiness soon came out, Namgyal Monastery in North Ithaca, confirming the validity of have each put in forty hours per the best nun debaters had^athered the nuns prostrated and were America. the founders' vision. Indeed, inter- week for the past four years with for the month-long debate session seated. In all the many years I have Namgyal Monastery is the per- est has never been higher among no salary. demonstrated the degree of im- been in Dharamsala, this was the sonal monastery of His Holiness Westerners to learn more about • Pay off the mortgage on the provement in the education of Ti- first time I had seen nuns—and so the Dalai Lama and also the offi- Tibetan Buddhism and how its cen- building that houses the Monastery betan nuns that has occurred in the many of them at that—seated on cial monastery of the Tibetan gov- turies-old wisdom sheds light on and Institute which comes due next last decade. Continued on page 12 ernment-in-exile. The Institute is the challenges of modern Me. year as a balloon payment — co-located with the monastery's Specific goals for Namgyal approx. $100,000. With the mort- North American branch, which Institute's next phase of develop- gage paid off, it will free up funds NEW. was founded at the same time, in a ment, expected to take several for other important needs such as large residence imdowntown years to fulfill, include: health insurance for the monks. Ithaca, New York, not far from the • Expand the innovative program • Fund and develop a resident re- DZOGCHEN: The Self-Perfected State campus of Cornell University. of instruction designed to bridge treat center and guest house near Goals for Namgyal Institute's Tibetan and Western teaching the Monastery/Institute in Ithaca. next phase of development are a methods including the Tibetan Lan- Currently we have nowhere to Chogyal Namkhai Norbu is direct outgrowth of successes guage Institute within Namgyal. house visitors. well-known for his clear explana- achieved since Namgyal Monas- • Fund monk and nun scholar- • Develop new methods of com- DZOGCHEN tions ofDzogchen, and many con- tery founded a branch in North ships to bring additional Tibetan munication and instruction to sider Dzogchen: The Self-Per- America in 1992, under the direc- monks and nuns to North America reach students and others who live fected State to be his best book on tion of His Holiness the Dalai to teach and study. outside Ithaca, such as a more ex- Dzogchen meditation. The follow- • An endowment for the Western tensive summer programs and use of the Internet. ing excerpt is from the Chapter Above photo: The staff and a few of scholars-in-residence, who have entitled "The Individual: Body, the students of Namgyal Institute. The been teaching at Namgyal under These goals are intended as a Voice and Mind". building in the background is great personal financial sacrifice. whole to take the study of Tibetan Namgyal Institute. Continued on page 4 Someone who begins to develop an interest in the teachings can tend to distance themselves from Address Correction Requested the reality of material things, as if Bulk Rate the teachings were something U.S. Postage Paid completely apart from daily life. Ithaca, NY 14851 Often, at the bottom of all this, Permit No. 746 there is an attitude of giving up and running away from one's own problems, with the illusion that one will be able to find something that will by Chogyal Namkliai Norbu miraculously help one to transcend ed. by Adriano Clemente all that. But the teachings are based trans, by John Shane on the principle of our actual human condition. We have a physical 150pp., 5 line drawings body with all its various limits: ISBN 1-55939-057-3 $12.95 each day we have to eat, work, rest, Continued on page 10 The First American Geshe

Un November 13,1995, following a week spent in philosophi- at the monasteries and are available to scholars and practitio- cal debate with each class at Sera Mey Monastic University, ners on CD-ROM and via the Internet. Ven. Michael Roach became the first American to complete Geshe Roach has also launched many projects outside of In- the geshe degree, the Tibetan equivalent of a doctorate in Bud- dia designed to help preserve Tibetan Buddhism and to help its dhist philosophy. growth in the West. In 1992, in New York where he works in the The geshe degree is normally awarded by the major Gelukpa diamond industry, he started the Asian Classics Institute to pro- monasteries to a few scholars who have completed approxi- vide the equivalent of a monastic education to Western men mately 20 years of study of topics such as Madhyamika (Middle and women. Courses taught in Tibetan and English tracks, each Way), Abhidharma (Higher Knowledge), Vinaya (Vowed Mo- meeting two evenings a week, will qualify the students as teach- rality), and Pramana (Logic). ers or translators by the end of the five-year program. There Geshe Roach has been studying with Khen Rinpoche Geshe are also introductory classes, as well as correspondence courses Lobsang Tharchin, of Howell, New Jersey, a former abbot of for people who don't live in New York. Roach's knowledgeable Sera Mey, for more than 20 years. He has also studied exten- and enthusiastic teaching style may be responsible for the sively with scholars at Sera Mey, and has worked tirelessly to Institute's rapid growth. Some of the students are starting to support and help rebuild the heart-rendingly impoverished fa- teach already, both at the Institute, and in nearby schools, pris- cilities of the university, which was relocated from Lhasa to a ons, and substance-abuse clinics. jungle in southern India following the communist Chinese oc- Recently the Institute has expanded to include a monastery cupation of Tibet. and nunnery, known collectively as Diamond Abbey. This fills a Geshe Roach, or Lobsang Chunzin as he is known at the long-felt need for a home for American monks and nuns, a place monastery, also heads the Asian Classics Input Project, which where people can follow a life-style emphasizing monastic and includes the Sera Mey Computer Center and other computer bodhisattva vows, as well as study and practice. input centers, mostly located in monasteries in India. Dedi- All services of the Asian Classics Institute are provided free cated to preserving endangered and rare Buddhist literature, of charge. It is located at 321 East Sixth St., New York, N.Y these centers input sutras, commentaries, and monastic text- 10003. People who want information about classes should call Geshe Michael Roach books on computer disks. These books are reprinted for use the Asian Classics Institute at (212) 475-7752. ■

rectly purifies the process of Miraculous rebirth is purified in birth—the baby coming out into the following way: the seat of the the world and starting to cry. deity is the birthplace of the bardo Cjcnei .-.: ueitv The habit of being born into the consciousness. The seed syllable Generating world is purified by this stage of and hand emblem represent the the visualization. consciousness mixed with vital air. Beings are also born from eggs, The light radiating and reabsorb- the through the fusion of heat and ing represents the consciousness' moisture, and by spontaneous, mi- desire to take rebirth. It creates the raculous birth, as when taking re- power which nourishes the karmic Deity birth in the god and hell realms. potency to take rebirth in one in- The visualization of the hand em- stant—the way in which a miracu- blem transforming into the deity lous rebirth occurs. The moment by Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche has the power to purify each type the deity appears is the moment of of birth. miraculous birth. 170 pp., 19 b&w photos Birth through an egg is purified The process of the seed ISBN 1-55939-055-7 $14.95 in the following way: when syllable's descent to the seat of the the seed syllable transforms into deity is called the sadhana of the the hand emblem, the bardo syllables of speech. Every sadhana consciousness that has entered the will have a hand emblem, a seed Generating the Deity offers a consciousnesses out there in the many hands and hold many differ- union of seed and blood at syllable or both. From either the detailed presentation of the bardo are the objects to be puri- ent emblems, how is it determined the moment of conception is puri- hand emblem, the seed syllable or generation stage practice of fied. These words refer only to which emblem to use? The emblem fied. The light then radiates and re- both, light radiates boundlessly tantric deity yoga. It is an excel- your own bardo consciousness. that appears is that which the de- absorbs, and the hand emblem into all directions in the form of of- lent resource for all tantric Your consciousness has gone ity holds in his or her main right melts into light, corresponding to ferings. The light invokes the pure practitioners. through these various stages of re- hand. the development of the egg. The intention awareness of all the Tlie following excerpt is from birth innumerable times and will The object that is purified dur- appearance of the deity corre- buddhas and bodhisattvas and "Chapter 4: Actual Practice". continue to do so. In fact, your con- ing this visualization is the bardo sponds to the moment the egg gathers blessings that then return sciousness is very, very familiar consciousness mixed with very cracks open and the being is born. and dissolve into the seed syllable. Next is the appearance of the with these different stages. These subtle vital air that has entered the Birth through heat and moisture This is called the sadhana of the deity. This subject has two subdi- teachings and practices are meant fusion of seed and egg in the is purified in a similar way. The sun symbols of mind. Immediately visions: the first is how to gener- to purify your own mind as the womb. thereafter, the hand emblem and/ ate the deity's form, and the sec- object of purification. Light radiates or seed syllable transforms into the ond regards the characteristics of A peaceful deity always sits or from the hand complete form of the deity. Devel- the deity. These subjects are quite stands on a lunar mandala, which emblem in the oping the complete form of the difficult to understand, so special may or may not have a solar form of offerings deity, with all the major and minor attention will be given to the de- mandala beneath it; wrathful dei- and then reab- marks, is called the sadhana of the tails of the transformation of the ties will always sit or stand on a sorbs. The num- fully accomplished form. seed syllable into the hand em- solar mandala, not a lunar ber of times the This has been a general teach- blem. To receive the desired puri- mandala. The solar mandala repre- light radiates ing on the sadhana of the fully ac- fications and results, it is important sents the blood of the mother, and and reabsorbs, complished form of the deity, as to understand how this transforma- the lunar mandala represents the and whether it taught according to the generation tion occurs. seed of the father. Conception re- radiates from the stage. However, each sadhana is In extensive Vajrayana practices quires both, so your visualization seed syllable or different. There are a great many the transformation of the deity oc- must contain both. The solar and the hand em- distinctions regarding the charac- curs in five stages, in medium- lunar seats resting on the lotus di- blem, depends teristics of the deities, depending length sadhanas it occurs in four rectly relate to the process of the on each particu- on whether they are peaceful or stages, and in short sadhanas in mother's egg and the father's se- lar sadhana. wrathful, Nirmanakaya, Sambho- three. The Nyingmapa tradition, es- men mixing together at the time of The egg, seed, gakaya or Dharmakaya. pecially the tradition of terma, or their sexual union. The bardo con- consciousness As the result of this practice, treasures, often makes use of short sciousness sees its future mother and vital air have one gains the ability to take sadhanas; though, of course, it and father and, because of the mixed together, intentional rebirth in samsaric makes use of extensive and me- karmic force generated by the and the next realms as a manifestation being of dium-length sadhanas as well. In sexual act, is attracted and enters stage is the enlightened awareness to tame some sadhanas the deity appears the fusion of egg and seed. The gradual develop- sentient beings. One gains the abil- Vert. Gyatrul Rinpoche instantly; there are no stages at all. object that is purified here is the ment of the four ity to determine where and from This is known as perfection upon moment when the bardo con- elements into whom one will be born, so as to instantaneous recollection. sciousness enters that fusion. flesh, bones, blood and air. As the disc represents heat, and the moon perform miraculous deeds for the The object that is purified by visu- The seed syllable, the primary foetus grows inside the womb, the disc represents moisture. The seed welfare of others. Shakyamuni ' alizing the form of the deity is the cause for meditative absorption, sense organs gradually develop un- syllable and hand emblem repre- B-iddha is a perfect example of one stage when the bardo conscious- appears next. It descends and til they are complete. The radiation sent the bardo consciousness who achieved this result. He lived ness enters the fusion of blood and comes to rest at a point over the and reabsorption of light purifies mixed with vital air. The radiation a life marked by the twelve miracu- semen at the moment of concep- center of the solar and lunar discs. the development of the four ele- and reabsorption of the light and lous deeds. This is the kind of re- tion. When you hear the words The moment the seed syllable ap- ments as the sense organs. its transformation into the deity sult that comes by doing the prac- "bardo consciousness," you may pears it transforms into the hand The hand emblem then trans- corresponds to the process of the tice and performing the stages of think they refer to someone else's emblem of the deity. You might forms into the complete form consciousness entering the fusion purification. ■ bardo consciousness or that all the wonder, since some deities have of the deity. This visualization di- of heat and moisture and being born.

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Kelsang Wangmo, a Tibetan It was powerful. We said our Women, western women came nese Tibetan delegation. At first came in after us, determined to woman living in Australia, was prayers, filed through, and let the from nowhere to be our buddies, everything went well, but then the have a big confrontation. I just one of only nine Tibetans permit- delegates and the media see us. to be with us everywhere, even to Chinese Tibetans demanded to cried. The Australians all held us ted by the Chinese to participate From that silent moment onward accompany us to the toilet, once speak, to take over the meeting. close, and each other, to protect us. in the 1995Beijing Women's Con- we never stopped talking. everyone saw how intimidating the Everyone was yelling, it was so hot, They put us in the center, and held ference. She writes of extraordi- The Chinese security were furi- Chinese security people were. It we were in tears. They yelled at us us, surrounding us, but still the nary persecution by her Chinese ous. They jostled and pushed. They wasn't all the Chinese, just the of- that we were liars, not true Tibet- screaming went on. What to do? I "hosts" and of wonderful support were everywhere, poking their ficials who were trailing us every- ans, shameless. just kept saying my mantra, the from the women delegates of many lenses at us, standing so close, so where, jostling us, harassing us, mantra of compassion for all living nations. What follows are excerpts insolent, their gaze so cold. They filming everything. It was so scary. beings. from her moving story. were so intimidating that everyone, I grew up with stories about how ...we started getting in- They sent word to get the am- even those who didn't know any- Chinese take people away. So we bassador and his official car to get At first, we were so scared. I was thing about Tibet, could see for had our buddies, some of the vitations to meet the us away, and that is when he was depressed as we came in to themselves what we are up against stayed with us through everything, governments. The jostled too, which is what made it land....What a big responsibility I all the time. they gave up their plans to go to Dutch, the Swiss, the a diplomatic incident, and big had, to speak for all Tibetans. The Chinese were so stupid. sessions so we could have some Swedes, Norwegians, headlines. Even when we were in Would all Chinese hate us? Would They intimidated us in full view of protection. his car, they were hitting on the I hate them? But when I met Chi- everyone. We didn't have to prove We knew we must look strong and Danes wanted to windows, demanding to get at us. nese people they were ordinary that we were persecuted, it was so in the face of the Chinese officials, meet us. Everywhere, So many people now have seen the human beings, most of them were obvious. That's when our buddies although we were often crying. it was our story they Chinese government reveal its friendly, it was just the officials volunteered to stay with us, and it And we knew we must never let face. wanted to hear. who were intimidating.... was for them a powerful experi- them provoke us into anger. If we The Australian embassy went In our hotel, far from the con- ence too. They had to take the ha- got angry we knew the Chinese out of its way to be on hand in case ference, there were men in suits on rassment, and experience the fear government would make sure all of trouble. We never expected to our floor, always there. Were they too. Some stuck with us bravely, the world knew they had provoked I went to one woman, and took have much contact with any of the hotel staff or security? At first ev- some found it too much.. us successfully. They thought that her hand and said to her: Please governments, but then we started erything was confusing. We felt Our chubas caused instant re- if they intimidated us we would be don't do this, we are sisters, this getting invitations to meet the gov- safe in the hotel, later we weren't sponse. To be dressed as a Tibetan overcome with fear and not hold isn't a quarrel between Tibetans, ernments. The Dutch, the Swiss, so sure. All we knew was that at woman meant, from NGO del- workshops. If it were not for the our quarrel is with the Chinese. We the Swedes, Norwegians, and 7:30 in the morning was a bus that egates, constant hugs and support, support of so many women, they were all in tears. Next day the Chi- Danes wanted to meet us. Every- would take us all the way across people coming up and introducing may have succeeded. nese media reported everything in where, it was our story they Beying to the outskirts, where the themselves, wanting to know why Above all, the Chinese authori- reverse of the truth. They said we wanted to hear. conference was. Once we reached we were being given such a hard ties wanted a fight between Tibet- had refused to answer questions. When it was time to leave, I met Huairou, it was so big, and confus- time. It never stopped. Sometimes ans, between the delegation from Later I did meet three or four of the a Tibetan woman, part of the Chi- ing, it took us a day to find the it would be hundreds of women, or the Tibet Autonomous Region and Chinese Tibetans and everyone nese delegation. We both knew she other Tibetan women. thousands, in a room so packed we ourselves. But we had the blessings was friendly. As we parted we held was under surveillance, and her The first thing we decided to do could hardly get in and we were the of His Holiness, and his teachings hands. From their eyes and hands behavior would be reported on. We together was the silent protest. speakers. And the media, there to guide us, and we never let the we could feel their sympathy, but said goodbye politely, and I said I People said we should be gagged; were actually thousands of them, harassment make us angry. they couldn't say anything. looked forward to meeting her in we used scarves, the official Chi- always wanting an interview, al- The Chinese Tibetans came to The biggest incident occurred a free Tibet in the future. You do nese scarves each delegate was ways asking us what we planned us. We were the speakers at a while we were near the Australian your best, I said, and so will I. given as part of the Chinese wel- to do next, so the nine of us, the women in development workshop. tent. They called us so many Nothing in her face gave away her come package. We were scared, only Tibetans who made it to It was packed so tight we could names, shameless Tsangpa beg- true feelings, but she gripped me but we thought they can't do any- Beijing, would split up so as to re- hardly get in, and 85% Of the gars. We were scared. We went in so strongly with her hands. We are thing to us, it can't be illegal to be spond to all the requests to explain. women there were from the Chi- to the Australian tent, but they sisters. ■ silent.

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SNOWUON 3 NAMCYAL INSTITUTE: NEW noble example at Namgyal Insti- monks, Tibetan and Western schol- mately $8,500, including round-trip in the colloquial language. PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT tute by never failing to listen pa- ars, and students. While Namgyal airfare, room, board, local trans- Namgyal Institute offers all of Continued from page 1 tiently and to respond to students, strives to offer courses of the high- portation and pocket money. With- these. Currently, Namgyal is devel- no matter how diverse their ques- est academic quality so interested out airfare, this comes to about oping the foremost Tibetan lan- Buddhism in the U.S. to a new, tions or what their level of under- students can receive credit from $500 per monk per month. While guage studies program in the higher level through quality trans- standing. Western degree-granting institu- the parent monastery helped fund United States. This is of vital lations of traditional texts and oral The year 1995 also saw an ex- tions, the Institute is also deeply some of these expenses the first importance. teachings and by cultivating a pansion of Namgyal's active sum- committed to maintaining a flex- three years, it is now appropriate The lack of skilled translation in richer context of cross-cultural mer retreat program commensu- ible teaching environment where for westerners interested in the the West brings to mind the criti- scholarship and learning. Both rate with this widening national students can meet Tibetan teach- spread of the dharma to take on cal role of the famed "two-headed time and money loom as critical growth of student interest and en- ers informally as well as formally this cost in order to free the par- translators" who succeeded in hurdles before these goals can be thusiasm. Three retreats wore held, in a context reflective of traditional ent monastery to attend to other translating Buddhism from San- met. Money is a challenge because attended by over 100 retreatants Tibetan spiritual culture and pressing needs. Thus, the Monk skrit into Tibetan in the ninth student tuition is simply never from around the U.S. and abroad. practice. Scholarship Fund is being estab- through twelfth centuries. Bud- sufficient to meet the costs of de- Two retreats were at the Arnot To accomplish this objective, lished to underwrite this specific dhism in the West needs to foster veloping high quality programs. Forest conference center main- Namgyal must meet three funda- development goal. Namgyal is also similarly skilled translators for the setting up an arrangement to pro- road ahead. vide these scholarship funds to Ti- Namgyal has from its inception betan nuns who wish to study and/ been fortunate to have skilled and or teach at the Institute in Ithaca. dedicated translators and teachers of Tibetan language in residence. Western Resident Scholar At present these include Palden Endowment Choedak Oshoe, an outstanding To take the Namgyal curriculum to teacher of Tibetan language in both a new, higher level of instruction, its literary and spoken forms, it is necessary to fund a more pro- Namgyal monks whose teaching fessional Western scholar program and English speaking skills are ex- with appropriate administrative cellent, and Craig Preston, a superb support. Thus far, Namgyal has teacher of literary Tibetan from the benefited from the personal inter- University of Virginia. est of many visiting Western schol- No expanded program of study ars, as well as four Western schol- will succeed without a deeper com- ars in residence, during the first mitment to teaching and learning three years (Bill Magee, David Part, solid Tibetan language skills. Our Sidney Piburn and Craig Preston). plan is to develop the Tibetan Lan- All of these scholars made finan- guage Institute as a special project cial sacrifices, some quite pro- of Namgyal to train western trans- found, to help bring the Namgyal lators who can then contribute to vision to fruition. Among those Buddhism in the West through Left to right: Ven. Tsering Namgyal, Ven. Champa Tenzin Lhunpo, Ven. Te7izin Mipham, who have visited and taught at teaching, translating texts, and do- Ven. Tenzin Yignyen, Palden Choedak Oshoe, andAma-la (scholar dog with cast). Namgyal the past three years are ing oral translations for Tibetan Professors Jeffrey Hopkins, Bill lamas teaching in the West. We see Tibetan Buddhism in general and tained by Cornell University in the mental goals in the next few years. Magee, Joe Wilson, Georges this as an extremely importance Namgyal Monastery in particular beautiful northern hardwood for- First, the planned rotation of Dreyfus, Daniel Perdue, Daniel service, and funding of the Lan- need dedicated supporters now ests near Ithaca in the Finger Lakes Namgyal monks must be com- Cozort, David Part, Anne Klein, guage Institute is a high priority in more than ever before. district of upstate New York, an pleted and a new abbot installed. John Powers, and Craig Preston. the context of Namgyal's overall ideal setting for study, concentra- Second, the teaching program Clearly, the Namgyal curriculum goals. Recent Developments at tion and quiet contemplation. needs to be funded at a higher cannot aspire to the level of attain- Namgyal To cap off the year, the monas- level, including proper administra- ment that His Holiness intended Outreach Programs The fall 1995 program of courses tery building in Ithaca received a tive support, and third, more inno- without wider and more sustained The third goal of Namgyal's next at Namgyal was the most success- fresh coat of paint during the fall vative methods need to be devel- funding of the academic program phase of development involves ful to date in terms of both the using a creative combination of tra- oped to communicate with a wider of the Institute. Toward this end, reaching out to a wider audience number of students and their en- ditional Tibetan colors adapted to audience. Namgyal Institute is establishing a with more innovative communica- thusiasm for classes. Fifty stu- the design of the structure. Re- formal funding effort that includes tions and teaching methods. dents, including twelve full-time search was carried out with the a wider appeal to public donors, as Frankly, most of our energies were students, took a variety of courses local historical society to remain well as efforts directed at major consumed during the first three covering Tibetan language, Tibetan as true as possible to the original foundations. Again, interested con- years simply bringing the basic vi- sacred art, Buddhist philosophy character of the building, while ex- tributors are welcome to inquire sion of Namgyal into reality. For and meditation. perimenting with combinations of further about supporting this criti- the future, we hope to expand the Students came from as far away colors derived from Tibetan design cal effort. summer program of instruction, to as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Seattle, motifs. The result is eye-catching, establish a more regular schedule Flagstaff, Baltimore, Dallas, Bos- to say the least. To our great de- The Tibetan Language and for the Namgyal newsletter, to of- ton, Santa Fe, Chicago, San Fran- light, neighbors not only sent notes Translator Training Program fer more actual dharma content cisco, New York City, and other expressing their appreciation of One area of special importance to and commentary to distant read- diverse places, and also included the colors, but some also began Namgyal's expanding program is ers, and to utilize the Internet to graduate students from Cornell an- looking into how they, too, could that of Tibetan language studies. reach more people. Some of these thropology and religious studies do something as innovative yet fun- Already, Namgyal Institute has pro- efforts will grow naturally out of programs as well as continuing stu- damentally tasteful. Certainly, out- d gressed rapidly in offering Western the first two goals described above. dents from the local community. of-town visitors should no longer students the ability to learn to read As more scholars are enabled to Ven. Tenzin Yignyen The success of the fall program have difficulty figuring out which and translate Tibetan texts, learn meet and work together at the In- represents a culmination of much building houses the monastery! oral translation of Tibetan religious stitute, more useful instructional materials will be produced and cir- effort over the past two-and-a-half Monk Scholarship Fund discourse, and also develop flu- years to design courses that pre- ency in the colloquial language. culated to a wider audience. (Al- THE NEXT PHASE OF As part of the first development serve the integrity of traditional Now we feel a special urgency to ready Snow Lion Publications is NAMGYAL INSTITUTE goal, Namgyal Institute is establish- Tibetan approaches to instruction take this program to a new level, doing an excellent job in this re- Namgyal Institute of Buddhist ing a scholarship program to fund while incorporating Western meth- parallel to the next phase of devel- gard.) Studies was founded by Namgyal new monks, including monks who ods such as more student partici- opment of the overall Namgyal cur- Monastery largely out of a desire apply or are otherwise identified Please Consider Helping pation in classes, term papers, and riculum, by developing a Tibetan to provide Western students with for their special interest in cross- written exams. The result of this Language Institute within Namgyal access to authentic instruction in cultural learning and teaching. This effort in cross-cultural scholarship Namgyal. Namgyal Institute's next devel- the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. program will allow us both to ex- has been both attainment of some The vast majority of Tibet's rich opment phase clearly includes This simple goal involves a deep pand the number of monks in resi- innovative approaches to teaching spiritual and literary heritage has major funding challenges that call commitment to classroom innova- dence to meet Namgyal's growing as well as a steadily growing body yet to be translated into English. for a wider mix of personal donation as lamas and monks schooled needs, and to create new learning of students committed to deeper In addition, few qualified lamas tions, major grants and endow- in traditional eastern methods and teaching opportunities for study of Tibetan Buddhism and and teachers have adequate En- ment funding. work with Western scholars, and monks who are particularly inter- culture. glish language skills for teaching To encourage more donations, the students, themselves, to trans- ested in Western educational meth- The monks, too, report strong complex topics with precision to Namgyal Institute has initiated a late the essence of these centuries- ods. The program will ideally be- satisfaction with their personal ex- Western students. program to inscribe the names of old teachings to a new time and come a two-way street because Many dharma centers struggle all donors of $500 or more on brass periences of teaching and learning place. scholars who have studied and how to communicate with Western with poor translations, or lack plaques placed prominently at the In 1996, Namgyal Institute will taught at Namgyal Institute will be students. As Geshe Tenzin Rabgye them altogether, while students in Institute. Donors' names will also begin transitioning to a new phase able to return to India (and even- pointed out before his return to religious studies programs at uni- be inscribed at the parent monas- of development. Our fundamental tually, we pray, to Tibet) with a India after serving as the first ab- versities have no real opportunity tery in Dharamsala. Major donors objective remains the same: to ex- deeper appreciation of Western bot of Namgyal's North American to learn colloquial Tibetan or the nuy also qualify to established a tend the unique approach to study culture, plus polished English- specialized skill of oral translation scholarship or scholar's chair in branch, the enthusiasm of Western that has been carefully nurtured speaking skills and a new range of students and their love of asking of religious discourse. There are their name or the name of a loved over the past three years. At the experience in their own tradition very few places where Western stu- one. questions brings to mind the origi- heart of this approach is creation reflecting their exposure to west- dents can intensively learn to read While donations of any level are nal roots of Buddhism, when the and maintenance of a friendly envi- ern students. and translate Tibetan texts, learn deeply appreciated, donors at the Buddha himself taught by means ronment conducive to close per- The cost to bring a monk to the oral translation of Tibetan religious following levels (Friends of of answering questions from many sonal contact among lamas, U.S. for one full year is approxi- discourse and also develop fluency different people. Geshe-la set a Continued on next page

4 SNOW LION WINTER '96 NEWSLETTER Namgyal Monastery Institute of Tibetan Buddhist Studies New P.O. Box 127, Ithaca, NY 14851 Tel: 607-273-0739, Fax: 607-273-8508 Students

Name Welcome Address. New students are always welcome to apply to Namgyal, irrespective of whether you are able or intend Telephone to complete the full 5-year program of study. Individuals new to Ti- Some Namgyal Institute Faculty (left to right): Sidney betan Buddhism may find the "YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HELP NAMGYAL!" Piburn, Craig Preston, Ven. Tsering Namgyal, Ven. Champa summer "Get Acquainted" retreat Tenzin, Geshe Ngawang Janchup (visiting), Ven. Tenzin to be a great way to taste many dif- Yignyen and Palden Choedak Oshoe. $ Enclosed is a check for this amount as my donation ferent elements of the Tibetan tra- ($30+, $180+, $500+, $1000+, $5000+ or $10,000+) dition, from meditation, Buddhist philosophy and sacred arts instruc- □ I am interested in contributing to major endowment funding. tion to the art of cooking Tibetan 1996-97 Please contact me at the above address and phone number. food. More advanced students will FALL & SPRING COURSES likely be drawn to more advanced Your contribution helps Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist retreats, the Tibetan language pro- Studies meet its new development goals dedicated to translating gram and/or the more in-depth pro- FALL 96 traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachings and making them more grams of study. Fall semester is the widely available in the West. Thank you for your assistance. best time to enroll for the complete Sept. 8 - Dec. 14 program. If you are within driving Literary and Spoken Tibetan I distance, you may also want to at- Translating Buddhism from Tibetan I: Collected Topics tend occasional weekend work- Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan I □ I am interested in possibly becoming a student (either degree shops. You may enroll in a single Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism or non-degree) at Namgyal. Please send appropriate course in- course or the entire program. The Three Principle Aspects of the Path formation and application forms. Please communicate your interest The Practices of Manjushri & White Tara □ I am interested in participating in the summer programs marked to us and we'll help you decide how Initiation and Practice of Yamantaka below. Please send more information. best to begin if there's any ques- Translating Buddhism from Tibetan III: Tenets Summer Semester at Namgyal Institute, June 3 July 12. tion. You will have to arrange your Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan III Fifth annual "Get Acquainted with Namgyal" Retreat, own transportation both to and Oral Translation of Tibetan Religious Discourse I August 4-11. within Ithaca, as well as your own Tibetan Text Reading: Grounds and Paths Gyalwa Gyatso Initiation and Retreat, August 11-18. housing. (An informal network of Independent Study students is now in place to help with some of these orientation and local living skills.) For student ap- NAMGYAL: NEW PHASE SPRING 97 all Namgyal classes and programs, plications or current course and Continued from page 2 Jan. 27 - May 16 including retreats, free of charge— retreat information, write to us at: plus the Namgyal newsletter and Namgyal) receive other special Namgyal Institute, P.O. Box 127, Literary and Spoken Tibetan II all announcements. Founding benefits, including: Ithaca, New York, 14851, FAX to Translating Buddhism from Tibetan II: Awareness & Knowledge Benefactors are also eligible to at- - Sustaining Members: $180 per 607-273-8508, or email: Colloquial Tibetan II tend the annual Founders Week- year. Receive the Namgyal news- [email protected]. You must write The Two Truths in the Four Buddhist Tenet Systems letter, a 10% discount on courses end Retreat, with special programs directly to Namgyal Monastery In- Tibetan Sacred Art: The Mandala of Avalokiteshvara and private sessions with resident taken not-for-credit and on course stitute of Buddhist Studies as it is Setting up an Altar, Daily Prayers and Practices materials. lamas and monks. not the same as Snow Lion and has The Practice of Yamantaka II If you can help financially with - Major Donors: $1,000 or more. its own'mailing list. Although it has Translating Buddhism from Tibetan IV: Grounds and Paths any of these new development Receive 20% discount on all a close kinship with Snow Lion, Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan IV goals, please write, email or phone. courses, course materials and Namgyal is an independent educa- Oral Translation of Tibetan Religious Discourse II Of course, direct contributions to Namgyal books, one free weekend tional and religious organization Tibetan Text Reading: The Two Truths Namgyal Monastery Institute of workshop, and the Namgyal news- separate from Snow Lion. Now is Independent Study letter. Buddhist Studies are tax deduct- the time to apply for next fall. ible and welcomed at all times. We - Founding Benefactors: $10,000 need your help. or more. Receive lifetime access to See following page for 1996 SUMMER SEMESTER

NAMGYAL MONASTERY OFFERS TWO RETREATS IN 1996

Based upon requests received from around the country, the monks of Namgyal Mon- Gyalwa Gyatso Initiation, Instruction and Practice Intensive astery are offering two summer retreats this year, providing a wide range of expo- Aug. 11-18 sure to Tibetan Buddhist studies and meditation practice suitable for beginners One week retreat. This is a highest yoga tantra generation stage sadhana practice. through advanced students. Gyalwa Gyatso is a highest yoga tantra form of Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara). Fol- lowing the initiation, this retreat will consist of teachings on the Gyalwa Gyatso sadhana (two sessions per day) and intensive daily practice of Gyalwa Gyatso (four 5th Annual "Get Acquainted with Namgyal" Retreat: sessions per day). Participants will also receive instruction on how to maintain a An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, Aug. 4-11,1996 proper altar, how to perform proper offering mudras, the correct use of ritual imple- This retreat is characterized by individual attention from the monks and a unique intro- ments, and the making of tormas. At the conclusion of the retreat, instructions will duction to Tibetan Buddhism as practiced by the Dalai Lama's own personal monastery. be given on carrying one's practice into daily life. Cost for this retreat is $230 plus Students learn about shamatha meditation, mahayana teachings, deity yoga, mandala $14 per day for lodging and $15 per day for meals. theory, debate, and Tibetan language, and engage in hands on art workshops on drawing Tibetan images and mandalas. All of the monks are informal and accessible throughout the retreat. After the last meditation and dinner each day, evenings consist of vol- Both retreats are held at beautiful Arnot forest, a wooded conference center main- leyball, badminton, discussion groups, slide lectures, and videos on Tibetan culture. tained by Cornell University just south of Ithaca. The center has a large central This is Namgyal's lodge and 14 cabins, and we offer three wholesome vegetarian main summer event. meals each day. The retreat is staffed by all of the Namgyal monks. To Register for One or Both Other retreats may of the Above Retreats: be staffed by only two or three monks. Send you name, address and telephone number plus a deposit Cost for this retreat of $225 made out to Namgyal Monastery, P.O. Box 127, Ithaca, is $240 plus $14 per NY 14851. Deposits are fully refundable until July 1st. After day for lodging and July 1st, deposits are 50% refundable. In late May or early June, $15 per day for registrants will receive a packet containing directions for get- meals (three ample ting to the retreat, a detailed schedule and a list of suggested and delicious veg- items to bring. Volunteers will be available to pick up people etarian meals each from the bus station or airport and provide transportation to day). the retreat site.

Retreatants at the 1995 Fourth Annual "Get-Acquainted with Namgyal" Retreat

SNOW LION 5 Introductory Colloquial Tibetan Instructor: Palden Choedak Oshoe June 3 - July 12,1996 This unique six-week summer program offers students an opportunity for intensive introductory level spoken Tibetan. The program offers: - 3 Hr./day JHteflsive Classroom Study - Extensive Drills and Tapes for Personal/Lab Practice Open to anyone wishing to learn spoken Tibetan. Equivalent of 6 credits. Study this summer at Namgyal Monastery, the North American seat of the personal monastery of H.H. the Dalai Lama, located in the beautiful Finger Lakes district of upstate New York. Tuition for this 6-week intensive is $750. Registration requires a 50% deposit by May 7th. See details below. Early registration is advised.

Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan Instructor: A Namgyal Monk and Sonam Yangkyi A morning class in literary Tibetan June 3-July 12,1996 As above except this course of intensive intermediate level spoken Tibetan requires Lama will be the basic texts used in conjunction with this course. This course students to have done prior studies in spoken Tibetan. The program offers 3 hrs./day meets once a week for six weeks. Tuition: $55. intensive classroom study with directed conversation and extensive drills. Equiva- Ven. Tenzin Mipham is a western ordained Buddhist monk who is currently a lent of 6 credits. Tuition for this 6-week intensive is $750. Registration requires a 50% student at Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies. deposit by May 7th. See details below. Early registration is advised. Calm Abiding and Special Insight Introduction to Tibetan Text Reading and Translation Instructor Prof. Jeffrey Hopkins Instructor: Craig Preston and Susan Krafft June 17-28,1996, (MWF) 7:30-8:45 pm June 3-July 12,1996 All Buddhist meditation is either stablilizing or analytical meditation. Professor An introduction to classical literary Tibetan. This intensive course will present and Hopkins will teach how to achieve the level of meditative stabilization called "calm examine Tibetan literary grammar and vocabulary in a step-by-step manner as pre- abiding" and how this is then practiced in union with special insight. This course sented in Translating Buddhism From Tibetan by Joe B. Wilson in conjunction with will meet MWF, 7:30-8:45pm for two weeks. Equivalent of 2 credits. Tuition: $60. the reading of Tibetan texts. The course will meet MWF from 9:15 -10:30 am. Re- Jeffrey Hopkins is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, quired textbook: Translating Buddhism From Tibetan by Joe B. Wilson. Equivalent where he has taught Tibetan Studies and Tibetan language since 1973. He has pub- of 3 credits. Tuition: $700 with a limited number of partial scholarships available. lished twenty-one books, including Emptiness Yoga and Fluent Tibetan. From Craig Preston is Prof, of Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Namgyal Institute. Following 1979 to 1989 he served as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's chief interpreter into En- graduate studies at the University of Virginia, he has translated the Vaibhashika chap- glish. At the University of Virginia he served as Director of the Center for South ter of Jang-gya's Tenets text and co-compiled the UVa Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Glos- Asian Studies for twelve years and founded a program in Buddhist Studies. Prof. sary. Currently Prof. Preston is working on a textbook series for students of literary Hopkins is an adjunct faculty member at Namgyal Institute and serves on its aca- Tibetan which will be published by Snow Lion Publications. demic advisory board. Susan Krafft is a graduate student in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. JEFFREY HOPKINS will be teaching Tibetan Text Reading and Translation at Namgyal Institute June 17-28! Instructor: Craig Preston June 3-July 12,1996 Students in this Tibetan language course will read The Three Principal Aspects of the To Register For Any of The Above Summer Courses: Path by Dzongkaba along with a word commentary by Mok-jok Rin-bo-chay while To register, send your name, address and telephone number, the name of the examininig closely the grammatical structures involved. course or courses plus a deposit of half of the The course will meet MWF from 8:00am - 9:15am. Required textbooks: The Three course tuition made out to Namgyal Institute, Principal Aspects of the Path (Tibetan text) by Dzongkaba and Translating Bud- P.O. Box 127, Ithaca, NY 14851. Deposits are dhism From Tibetan by Joe B. Wilson. Tuition: $700 with a limited number of partial fully refundable until May 7th. After May 7th, scholarships available. Students registering for this course should have the basic deposits are 50% refundable. Classes are held ablility to read and pronounce Tibetan words. at the Institute. Lodging and meals are the re- Craig Preston is Prof, of Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Namgyal Institute. sponsibility of the student. Ithaca is a college town with numerous vacancies available for The Path to Enlightenment short term sublet during the summer months. Instructor: Ven. Tenzin Mipham Students in past summer courses had little dif- June 3-July 12, 1996, (TU) 7:30-8:45 pm ficulty in securing lodging. Namgyal will pro- The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment is a presentation of the very essence of all of vide a list of names of local landlords and the teachings of the Buddha. This tradition of presentation originated from the great rental agents. For further information contact Namgyal Institute at the above address. If you master Atisha who, in a form that is easy to understand and put into practice, skilfully Participants in last.summer's unified all the Buddha's teachings into a complete and integrated sequence. The stages require further information you can call 607,.. "Medicine for the Mind & Body" of the path tradition was then further elaborated by many Tibetan masters including 273-0739 or 607-273-4314. Early registration Retreat Gampopa and Dzongkaba. The Path to Enlightenment.by His Holiness the Dalai is advised.

Namgyal Monks to Consecrate Portraits of "Cyberspace" H.H. the on the Internet Dalai Lama

Upcoming soon in 1996 will be the in conjunction with an inter- www.namgyal.org. For those of by Peter Max wider availability of information national event scheduled for the you interested in the larger 24 from Namgyal Monastery and Internet entitled "24 Hours in Hours in Cyberspace project, the Namgyal Institute on the world- Cyberspace." This event is being photographs not only of Namgyal wide Internet. This remarkable produced by photographer Rick monks but also of all the other In 1991, Peter Max, internationally renowned artist computer communications net- Smolan, originator of the well- people that use the Internet during and recipient of numerous arts and humanitarian known series of photo books that the 24 hour period on February 8th, work allows anyone with an appro- awards, silk-screened and painted 108 images of His priately equipped PC to tap virtu- document "A Day in the Life of..." will be posted at the project's ally instantly into the world's trea- the Soviet Union and the U.S. For website at: (http://www.cyber Holiness the XlVth Dalai Lama. Recently, he donated sure trove of knowledge—includ- cyberspace, the project is sending 24.com). Since a project of this one of these paintings to Namgyal Monastery. He has ing, in 1996, art, schedules and cur- dozens of photographers around scope necessarily involves an ex- also offered three of the remaining paintings to riculum information from Namgyal the world to use photography to traordinary degree of international Namgyal to give to donors of a gift of $5,000 to the Monastery. "put a face" on the myriad people coordination and cooperation, it is Of special note in this regard, who use the Internet—whose lives possible that not all the elements Monastery. the monks of Namgyal Monastery otherwise remain largely invisible will come together as planned. Namgyal Monastery of Ithaca is the seat of His have been asked and have enthusi- though often deeply intercon- Development of Namgyal's website Holiness' personal monastery in North America. For astically agreed to offer a cer- nected. is not contingent on the 24 Hours further information, contact Gerri Jones at the address emony to consecrate cyberspace, For its part, Namgyal monks, in Cyberspace project and will pro- that computer facilitated realm possibly including monks from the ceed independently. Watch the site below. which, rather like the realm de- parent monastery in Dharamsala, during other auspicious dates for scribed in the Kalachakra teach- will offer prayers consecrating other culturally specific artwork Namgyal Monastery ings (of which Namgyal is a princi- cyberspace, and a consecrated im- and information, particularly on pal caretaker), is "real yet cannot age of the Kalachakra mandala will Tibetan New Year (February 19th, P.O.Box 127 607.273.0739 be seen, cannot be measured and be made available at Namgyal's this year), Tibetan Independence Ithaca, NY 14851 607.273.4314 cannot be located." new website. The address (cur- Day (March 10th), and the birthday Fax: 607.273.8508 Toward this end, the monks will rently applied for) will be http:/ of His Holiness (July 6th). offer a ceremony on February 8th,

6 SNOW LION WINTER '96 NEWSLETTER Thangka Painter Three Tibetan Monks Sought Granted U.S. Asylum 1 he Cascadia Friends of Tibet have been trooping the West, promoting Tibetan awareness through pre- Three Tibetan Buddhist monks three monks and other demonstra- sentation of a portable 22-foot prayer stupa. The stupa who faced persecution because of tors on the basis of videotapes is placed at festivals, expos, and conferences in the their activities in opposition to taken at the demonstrations. The hope that it will serve to enhance the energy of the Chinese rule in Tibet were recently monks escaped on foot to Nepal, gathering as well as ignite an acquaintance with the granted political asylum by the where they remained in hiding un- Tibetan cause. United States government. Accord- til they were able to make arrange- In the same spirit, the group is now endeavoring ing to their attorneys, these cases ments for onward travel to the to create a giant festival thangka, to measure 19 by represent the first time to their United States. 30 feet. A thangka painter is being sought to collabo- knowledge that the U.S. has The Dalai Lama's representative rate on the project; $600 has been accrued to fund granted asylum to Tibetan clerics. in New York, Rinchen Dharlo, ex- the effort of painting it. Thangka painters please con- The three monks, Kunga pressed satisfaction with the deci- tact: Isha Mazur, Cascadia Friends of Tibet, PO Box mm - -• - -:W---,»"v'yph:-: Choephal, Chorten Tenzin, and sions. "We hope that these cases," 2, Capitola CA 95010, (408) 476-7959. ■ Tsering Gampo, had participated in he said, "reflect a growing recog- Portable stupa created by the Cascadia friends of Tibet. a variety of political activities, in- nition by the United States govern- cluding the 1989 demonstrations in ment of the plight of Tibetans in Lhasa that led to the imposition of their homeland under Chinese martial law. Chinese police forces rule."a commenced investigations into the The Practice ence and for training on it. And one periential abilities. I have tried to of Dzogchen is definitely excluded from "in- present here only, or at least structions on experiential medita- mainly, the teachings on view, the tion" (Nyams-Khrid or dMar- outline of the meditation, and the by Longchen Rapjampa Khrid). If, without being ready for result of Dzogpa Chenpo. Introduced, trans, and annotated the particular meditative experi- Nowadays, as the cultural con- by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche ences, one reads about or studies text of the traditional teachings is Ed. by Harold Talbott them, one could just build up fab- changing, the tantric teachings and ricated images of intellectual un- even the Dzogpa Chenpo teach- 482 pp. ISBN 1-55939-054-9 $22.95 derstanding about a particular ings are being given in public to meditative experience. Thereby, many people who may have little before having any true experience belief, who have done no prelimi- or pure realization, one could fall nary train ing or have received no into the pit of mental creations. introductory empowerments. The Then the trainee will find it hard main focus of attraction and the even to distinguish whether it is a goal of many so-called masters and true experience of realization or a disciples unfortunately have be- The following is excerpted from ing in order to learn the path and ginning, the emphasis will be on the mentally created image. This way come worldly or sensual attributes. the translator's preface to The purify the stains of negative emo- spiritual progress of oneself, deriv- of introduction applies not only to On the other hand, there are many Practice of Dzogchen. tions with their traces; to generate ing from one's own mind. Without Dzogpa Chenpo, but also to gen- serious Dharma people who wish positive energy through the force spiritual strength within oneself, eral tantric training. In sutric teach- to study Dzogpa Chenpo teachings The teachings of Dzogpa of virtues; and to realize, refine and trying to serve others will be as a ing, first you study and then enter out of pure Dharma interest, and Chenpo (or Dzogchen), the Great perfect the ordinary meditative at- Tibetan proverb says: "A falling into the training. But in the tantras, who are prepared for such teach- Perfection, are the innermost eso- tainments taught in the common person cannot give his shoulder to when you have matured through ings through preliminary study and teric Buddhist training preserved Buddhist paths. When one is ready, another falling person to rely on." the common preparatory virtues training. But the lack of instruction and practiced to this day by the fol- in accordance with the strength of The meditations of tantra and of and are ready for the esoteric train- and reading material in Western lowers of the Nyingma (rNying- one's spiritual experiences, one Dzogpa Chenpo taught and trans- ing, you will receive the transmis- languages is preventing them from Ma) school of Tibet The main em- should be instructed in the Dzogpa mitted by Guru Padmasambhava sion of the realization through an making much progress on this phasis of Dzogpa Chenpo is to Chenpo meditation by a qualified are a training on the balanced path Empowerment (dBang, S.abhi- path. In this situation, it is a seri- attain and perfect the realization master. of the view of primordial wisdom sekha) ceremony. Only then will ous decision whether or not to of the true nature of the mind, the For the happiness and enlight- and the activities of meritorious ap- you be introduced to the course of write and translate such teachings Intrinsic Awareness (Rig-Pa), enment of beings, Buddhism works plications. They are neither a con- study and training in the tantra by and make them public. Realisti- which is the Buddha Mind or Bud- with the root, the root of templation on mere view, although using the Primordial Wisdom, the cally, in this modern age, there is dha-essence. Thereby one attains some interpret them thus, nor meaning of the empowerment no way that these teachings could and perfects the realization of the training on just meritorious activi- (dBang-Don Gyi Ye-Shes), which be preserved and practiced tradi- Without spiritual true nature of all phenomenal ex- ties. Guru Padmasambhava said to is realized during the transmission tionally only by those who are istents, all of which are the same strength within one- King Thrisong Deutsen (790-858): of empowerment, as the means ready for them. So the alternative in their essence. According to self, trying to serve Please do not lose the view in fa- and the basis of meditation. Some is to consider what will be the best Dzogpa Chenpo scriptures, all others will be as a vor of activities. If you do, being people do not need to undergo possible way to present the teach- forms of Buddhist training lead to tied to existential characteristics, any common training but are ready ings to the public so that they will the same goal, the realization of the Tibetan proverb says: you will not attain liberation. for higher training such as be of most benefit to the people Intrinsic Awareness, which is "A falling person can- Please do not lose activities in fa- Dzogpa Chenpo. But such people whom they will reach. taught in Dzogpa Chenpo; and not give his shoulder vor of the view. If you do, there are a bare possibility in this world After all these considerations, I further, that the essence of all the to another falling arises (a situation of) absence of of ours. reached the conclusion that I Buddhist teachings is completed both virtues and vices (and one Therefore, in this book I have would attempt to translate and in Dzogpa Chenpo meditation and person to rely on." falls into the extreme of) nihilism, tried to avoid including any "in- present these original scriptures, its results. Many accomplished and (one's spiritual life) becomes structions on the stages of experi- the very words which came from Dzogpa Chenpo meditators, in ad- irreparable. 0 great king, as my ential meditation," since one the wisdom of the Enlightened gaining joy and dispelling misery, dition to their attainment of the tantras possess extensive (teach should get them individually from Ones, unstained by the contempo- which lies in individuals; for soci- utmost mental peace and enlight- ings on) view, in the future many a true master in person, stage by rary intellectual thought of this ety is a collection of individuals. enment in this very life time, physi- people who know the words [tex- modernistic world or ours. ■ For an individual, the mind is the stage, according to one's own ex- cally display signs of extraordinary tual expression] of the view but main factor and the forerunner of accomplishments at the time of lack the confidence of the view in all activities. So the improvement death. For example, they dissolve their mental continuum could and perfection of the mental state their gross bodies without remain- stray into inferior realms der or transform their mortal bod- is the primary emphasis of Bud- ies into subtle light bodies. dhist training. If one has improved In Dzogpa Chenpo meditation it- ^ Dzogpa Chenpo meditation is and perfected one's mind, all one's self there are numerous stages of B* A\ TIBETAN LANGUAGE the method of training of utmost physical activities will be naturally training which must be taught and 'i' CORRESPONDENCE COURSE simplicity in order to reach the perfect and one's presence and ac- practiced step by step. Each step tivities will become a source of is taken only when the trainee is ®F! Home study program of colloquial and most simple state free from con- scriptural Tibetan emphasizing spoken ready for it. In Dzogpa Chenpo, a ceptual elaborations. But for ordi- true happiness and enlightenment Dharma. Text, tapes and ongoing help. nary people like us, to attain the for others. From the moment of subtle and esoteric meditation Sarah Harding state of utmost simplicity and ease becoming a Mahayana Buddhist, which transcends intellectual and one is expected to exert oneself in mental fabrications, one doesn't 1630 30th St.,Box 356 is the hardest goal to accomplish. Boulder, CO 80301 the service of others. The whole as- study or read the teachings on a Thus, to prepare for the Dzogpa (303) 499-3141 Chenpo training, one has to do vari- piration in spiritual training is for particular aspect until one is ready IE ous preliminary studies and train the sake of others. But at the be- for that particular step of experi-

SNOW LION 7 Kunsang Detchen Rinpoche

Arunachal Pradesh and Assam are two insulated states in the northeastern region of India. Today among the numerous indigenous peoples that live there, the Mon, Sherdukpen and Tibetan refugees are the only people who practice the Tibetan form of Buddhism. The entire area is strictly out of bounds to foreigners because of its sensitive status as a geo-political buffer zone between India and the Chi- nese-occupied Pema Kod region of Tibet. Kunsang Detchen Rinpoche lives in Arunachal Pradesh. He was born in 1929, in Tibet. From 1946 through 1949, while he was studying with His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche in central Tibet, the master addressed him as Lodhak Terton because Kunsang Detchen Rinpoche is the reincarnation of activities in Kameng District as 15 years and have benefited at least Terton Longsel Nyingpo, belonging well as in Assam (Kamarupa in some of the Tibetan diaspora. to the Drubchen Melong Dorje lin- ancient times). Among the most Ironically, this area also happens eage. In 1972 he was forced to mi- important are Urgyenling in to be on the escape route of Ti- grate to India where he settled Tawang, and Bagajang near Sela betan refugees (including His Ho- among the Tibetan and Pass at 14,000 feet. The Indian Gov- liness the Dalai Lama). Sherdukpen people of West ernment maintains the policy of Kunsang Detchen is asking for Kameng district. From the old protecting the indigenous cultures help to complete the monastery Gompa in Rupa, Rinpoche has of the area from missionary intru- projects. Under Rinpoche's guid- been discharging his spiritual du- sion, but its ability to aid them fi- ance all contributions will be used ties to the community in addition nancially is severely limited. Fol- to realize these projects. The goal to running a Nyingmapa religious lowing the 1959 Sino-Indian con- is none other than to ensure that school where he guides about 100 flict, Arunachal has been out of the ancient lineage seed may grow monks and nuns, including or- bounds to foreigners as well as to to be a resilient and many- phans. Presently, with his own lim- Indians who don't have special per- branched tree on these far eastern ited resources, he has started work mits. slopes of the Himalayas. on building two monasteries. One Buddhists now living in the re- To make a tax-deductible dona- is Zangdok Palri in Chillipam vil- gion are essentially disconnected tion, contact Arunachal Pradesh lage, and the other an Ani (nun) from the global networks of sup- Project, c/o T. Hazarika, 174 Pros- monastery, in Nykmadong village. Above left Kunsang Detchen Rinpoche at site for Ani Gompa. port that have emerged in the past pect Park West, 4R, Brooklyn, NY There are several holy places Top Right: Gate at Zangdok Pali. Middle: Zangdok Pali 11215, (718) 832-2855. ■ Monastery under construction. Bottom: Anis at prayer outside connected with Padmasambhava's present Ani Gompa Building.

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8 SNOW LION WINTER '96 NEWSLETTER The Spirit of Tibet is here! IMque School in Tibet

Live Performance of the Lamas of Sera Je Monastery A Multi-Media Event

Tour Schedule February-June 1996 ST LOUIS February 7 Unity Christ Church, 33 N. Skinker Blvd. Info: 314-727-6478 MEMPHIS February 9 First Unity Church, 9228 Walnut Grove Road Info: 901-452-6011

HOUSTON February 4-17 Hayagriva Sand Mandala at the Museum of Fine Arts, 10001 Bissonet (Museum hours)

HOUSTON February 13 Dessert Reception for Sera Je Monks, Yoga Center of Houston, 2438 South Blvd. (7:15 pm) such permission was granted to an School and Culture, the Pittsburgh HOUSTON February 16 The Spirit of Tibet Yoga Center of 1 he Tibetan School Project, Houston (7 pm). Info on Houston events: 713-524-4572 which has resulted in the opening organization outside Tibet. Friends of Tibet, and an all- of a unique primary school in the Today, for the first time in three volunteer group of international AUSTIN February 18 village of Katsel, Tibet, is the real- decades, 150 children are able to supporters. ization of one man's dream. When study their native language, math- The school is continually in SAN ANTONIO February 20 Trinity University Ruth Taylor Concert Hall Sonam Jamyangling returned to his ematics and basic science. An all- need of funds to meet ongoing native village after nearly 30 years Tibetan staff of eleven cares for the operational costs of approximate- SANTA FE February 24 Saint Francis Auditorium, Fine Arts exile in Sweden, he found condi- children and guides the studies, ly $20,000 yearly. Anyone wishing Museum Info: 505-989-9590 tions so deplorable that he deter- while the native population is pro- to help may direct contributions vided paid work for school con- to: U.S. Tibetan Society for School TAOS February 25 Taos Community Auditorium (2 pm) mined to help. In 1989, following info: 505-776-2755 many setbacks, he obtained per- struction and sewing of school uni- and Culture, c/o Anne Oliver, 4707 mission from the Chinese govern- forms. Connecticut Ave, NW #201, Wash- FLAGSTAFF February 29 Northern Arizona University, DuBois ment to build a Tibetan school in The project has involved the ington, DC 20008, e-mail: shiwa Ballroom (7 pm). Tickets at the Student Union Katsel. This marked the first time cooperative efforts of the Swedish @aol.com. ■ and U.S. Tibetan Societies for PHOENIX March 1 Dinner & Show at Arizona Historical Society Museum, 1300 N. College Ave., Tempe Info: Arizona Friends of Tibet 602-899-6371 US CRUCES March 5 New Mexico State University LITTLE ROCK March 9 University of Arkansas-Little Rock LIGMINCHA INSTITUTE Stella Boyle Smith Fine Arts Auditorium COOKEVILLE, TN March 12 Cookeville Drama Center Bonpo Dzogchen Teachings with Info: 615-372-0003 TENZIN WANGYAL RINPOCHE NASHVILLE March 13 Montaomerv Bell Academy Info: 615-372-0003 - Mk - ■ Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is an where he explained the principles exile ever since. He is highly re- ROCKFORD March 15 Rock Valley College Performing Arts Room involved in Tibetan dream practice, garded as a scholar and a master (8 pm). Tickets from RVC box office: 815-654-4296 accomplished lama of the Bon tradition who currently resides in as part of their three-part series of Dzogchen. CHICAGO-MUNDELEIN March 16 Auditorium of the University of Saint Mary Charlottesville, Virginia, where he entitled The Power of Dreams. For the first two weeks of the of the Lake, 1000 East Maple Ave., Mundelein. Geshe has established the Ligmincha In- Over the past three years past Summer Retreat the teachings Sopa will deliver a lecture earlier in the day. stitute for the preservation of the Rinpoche has established regional focused on the "21 Nails" chapter Info: 708-566-6401 religious and cultural heritage of centers in several parts of the of the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyii. Tibet. United States and Europe, and he Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche has NORTHFIELD, MN March 28 Carleton College Concert Hall (8 pm) Rinpoche was recognized by continues to maintain his busy based much of his teaching for the Info: 507-663-4226 Lopon (Head Teacher) Sangye schedule of teaching and travel. past six years on this comprehen- MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL March 29-30 Hamline University Tenzin and by the Abbot of Menri This past July, he led Ligmincha's sive work. Its wide range of sub- Monastery in Dolanji, Himachal annual Summer Retreat, as part ject matter includes the biogra- MANKATO March 31 Mankato State University Pradesh, India, H.H. Lungtok three of a seven-year cycle of phies of lineage masters, advice Tenpa Nyima, as the reincarnation teachings. His main teacher, Lopon given by the master Taphiritsa to CEDAR FALLS April 3 University of Northern Iowa. Info on of Khyung Tul Rinpoche, a scholar- Tenzin Namdak, and the abbot of his main disciple Nang Zhir Lopo; performance and other events on campus: lama, author, and meditation mas- Tritsan Norbutse Monastery in tantric meditations connected with Prof. James Robinson 319-273-6221 ter who had demonstrated magical Nepal, Khe.npo Nyima Wangyal, to- the six realms; invocations of pro- healing powers during his lifetime. gether with Geshe Nyima Dakpa tectors; tantric subtle body or IOWA CITY April 5 University of Iowa Tenzin Rinpoche has studied from Menri Monastery, joined "channel and wind" practices (tsa QUAD CITIES-MOLINE April 6 Moline Club Cultural Center, 1530 5th Ave. and practiced with important mas- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche in pre- lung), and yogic trul khor ('khrul Info: 309-762-8547 ters of Bon and Buddhist lineages senting teachings and practices 'khor) physical movements. since the age of thirteen, and he is based on a quintessential text of According to Rinpoche, the "21 DECATUR April 10 Millikin University Albert Taylor Hall (7pm) the only master of Bon presently Bonpo Dzogchen, the Zhang Nails" chapter is "the most impor- Info: 217-425-0803 living in the West who is qualified Zhung Nyen Gyii (zhang zhung tant chapter in the Zhang Zhung INDIANAPOLIS April 12 Unity of Indianapolis, 907 N. Delaware (7:30 pm) to give teachings and transmis- snyan rgyud). Nyen Gyii." Each "nail" consists of sions. After completing his Geshe Lopon Tenzin Namdak has been poetic verse written to convey BLOOMINGTON April 13-14 Indiana University degree at the Bon Monastic Cen- one of the foremost proponents of Dzogchen experience. Over the Tibetan Cultural Center Info: 812-334-7046 ter in Dolanji, he traveled to the Bon teachings in the West for the course of the first two weeks of the West for the first time in 1989 at past thirty years (see Snellgrove's retreat, Lopon and Rinpoche based OBERLIN April 19 Oberlin College Warner Concert Hall the invitation of Namkhai Norbu The Nine Ways of Bon, 1967), and their teaching upon each of the 21 PITTSBURGH April 20 Synod Hail Info: 412-373-1826 Rinpoche's Dzog Chen Community he has become familiar to a wider root verses, along with the tradi- in Italy, and was later awarded a audience thanks to the commen- tional commentary that accompa- AMHERST, MA April 24 Amherst College, Buckley Recital Hall Rockefeller Fellowship to teach at tary he published in 1993 on nies them. During the third week Info: 413-542-2256 Rice University in Houston, Texas, Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen's Heart they taught Bonpo shamanic prac- MIDDLETOWN, CT April 26 Wesleyan University from 1991-92. He is the author of Drops of Dharmakaya (kun tu tices, including the construction of Wonders of the Natural Mind, in bzang po'i snying tig), an impor- a wish-fulfilling vase and a long life NEWBURYPORT, MA May 4 which he presents a straightfor- tant text from the early part of this arrow (da dar), and the practices ward introduction to the view and century that presents a complete of Soul Retrieval and Chod. CAMBRIDGE, MA May 5 Interface, 55 Wheeler Street (3 pm) practice of the Bon Dzogchen outline of Dzogchen view and prac- Throughout the three weeks, 617-876-4600 to register ("Great Perfection" or "Great Com- tice. Lopon Rinpoche was the Khenpo Nyima Wangyal taught the pleteness") teachings, and he has teaching master (slob dpon) of seven cycles of the trul khor yogic NEW YORK CITY May 11 Tibet House Info: 212-213-5592 recently been conducting aca- Menri Monastery in Central Tibet physical movements. from 1953-57; following his impris- This retreat marked the third PHILADELPHIA May 18 demic research in collaboration with Prof. Anne Klein of Rice Uni- onment and escape from Tibet, he year of the Seven Year Program of OTTAWA May 25 University of Ottawa Alumni Theater versity on philosophy and was able to raise money to estab- teachings Rinpoche has estab- Dzogchen, thanks to a grant from lish the Tibetan Bonpo Foundation lished, and we are already prepar- TORONTO May 27-June 9 the National Endowment for the in Dolanji, and he has been deeply ing for the fourth, which will also Humanities. He also appeared on involved in preserving the Bonpo For more information on THE SPIRIT OF TIBET the Discovery Channel in 1994, monastic and lay communities in Continued on -page 17 call the Sera Je Tour Office: 607-277-2159.

SNOWUON 9 NEWS

DZOGCHEN: THE SELF- example of this kind of thing in environment are of importance to PERFECTED STATE the completely novel form Bud- that individual to enable them to Continued from page 1 dhism took in Tibet after its inte- understand a teaching. You can't gration with the indigenous transmit a state of knowledge us- and so on. This is our reality, and Tibetan culture. In fact, when ing examples that are not known we can't ignore it. Padmasambhava introduced the to the listener. If tsampa with Ti- The Dzogchen teachings are nei- Vajrayana into Tibet he did not do betan tea is served to a Westerner, ther a philosophy, nor a religious away with the ritual practices used he or she will probably have no doctrine, nor a cultural tradition. by the ancient Bon tradition, but idea how to eat it. A Tibetan, on the Understanding the message of the knew just how to use them, incor- other hand, who has eaten tsampa teachings means discovering one's porating them into the Buddhist since he was a child, won't have own true condition, stripped of all tantric practices. that problem, and will right away the self-deceptions and falsifica- If one doesn't know how to un- mix the tsampa with tea and eat it. tions which the mind creates. The derstand the true meaning of a In the same way, if one does not very meaning of the Tibetan term teaching through one's own cul- have a knowledge of the culture Dzogchen, "Great Perfection," re- ture, one can create confusion be- through which a teaching is transfers to the true primordial state of tween the external form of a reli- mitted, it is difficult to understand every individual and not to any gious tradition and the essence of its essential message. This is the transcendent reality. its message. Let's take the example value of knowing about a particu- Many spiritual paths have as of a Western person interested in lar culture. But the teachings in- their basis the principle of compas- Buddhism, who goes to India look- volve an inner state of knowledge sion, of benefiting others. In the ing for a teacher. There he meets a which should not be confused with Mahayana Buddhist tradition, for traditional Tibetan master who the culture through which it is example, compassion is one of the lives in an isolated monastery and transmitted, or with its habits, cus- fundamental points of the practice, knows nothing about Western cul- toms, political and social systems, together with the knowledge of the ture. When such a master is asked and so on. Human beings have cre- true nature of phenomena, or to teach, he will follow the method ated different cultures in different "voidness." Sometimes, however, he is used to using to teach Tibet- times and places, and someone Mahamudra Retreat compassion can become some- ans. But the Western person has who is interested in the teachings thing constructed and provisional, some very big difficulties to over- must be aware of this and know The Ven. Bokar Rinpoche, Dharma heir of His because we don't understand the how to work with dif- Eminence Kalu Rinpoche, is offering a ten-day re- real principle of it. A genuine, not ferent cultures, with- treat on the complete meditative stages of artificial, compassion, can only out however becom- Mahamudra. The retreat will be held in Portland, arise after we have discovered our ing conditioned by Oregon, June 15-26. For registration, contact Karin own condition. Observing our own their external forms. Miles, 1038 Gans St., Lake Oswego, OR 97034; limits, our conditioning, our con- For example, those phone (503) 636-6201. For information, contact flicts and so on, we can become who already have a Dora DeCoursey, phone (503) 282-2809. ■ truly conscious of the suffering of certain familiarity others, and then our own experi- with Tibetan culture ence becomes a basis or model for might think that to being able to better understand practice Dzogchen and help those around us. you have to convert to The only source of every kind either Buddhism or of benefit for others is awareness Bon, because of our own condition. When we Dzogchen has been know how to help ourselves and spread through these Tenzin Wangyal how to work with our situation we two religious tradi- can really benefit others, and our tions. This shows how Rinpoche feeling of compassion will arise limited our way of spontaneously, without the need thinking is. If we de- 1996 U.SA Schedule for us to hold ourselves to the rules cide to follow a spiri- of behaviour of any given religious tual teaching, we are doctrine. convinced that it is AUSTIN, TX January 19-21 (Fri-Sun) What do we mean when we say, necessary for us to Introduction to Dzogchen and transmission of Meditation in Six Sessions "becoming aware of our own true change something, Contact: Stephen Dignan Tel: (512) 453-5340 condition"? It means observing such as our way of HOUSTON Khyung Dzong Center ourselves, discovering who we are, come, beginning with the obstacle dressing, of eating, of behaving, January 27 (Sat) Concentration and Mindfulness Practice Part I who we believe we are, and what of language. Perhaps he will re- and so on. But Dzogchen does not March 3 (Sun) Concentration and Mindfulness Practice Pan II our attitude is towards others and ceive an important initiation and ask one to adhere to any religious Tel: (713) 523-7330 to life. If we just observe the lim- will be struck by the special atmo- doctrine or to enter a monastic or- LOS ANGELES Southern California Khyung Dzong Center its, the mental judgments, the pas- sphere, by the spiritual "vibration," der, or to blindly accept the teach- March 21 (Thur) Concentration and Mindfulness Practice sions, the pride, the jealousy, and but will not understand its mean- ings and become a "Dzogchenist." March 22-24 (Fri-Sun) Shamanic Healings from the Causal Vehicles of the attachments with which we ing. Attracted by the idea of an ex- All of these things can, in fact, cre- the Bon Tradition ate serious obstacles to true knowl- Contact: Alicia White Tel.: (818) 248-1828 close ourselves up in the course of otic mysticism he may stay for a one single day, where do they arise few months in the monastery, ab- edge. The fact is that people are so SAN FRANCISCO April 12-14 (Fri-Sun) from, what are they rooted in? sorbing a few aspects of Tibetan used to putting labels on every- The Six Essential Points of Boddhichitta thing that they are incapable of un- Contact: Mark Dahlby Tel: (415) 824-7596 Their source is our dualistic vision, culture and religious customs. and our conditioning. To be able to When he returns to the West he is derstanding anything that does not HOUSTON Khyung Dzong Center April 21 (Sun) help both ourselves and others we convinced that he has understood Concentration and Mindfulness Practice Part III Buddhism and feels different from Tel: (713) 523-7330 need to overcome all the limits in which we are enclosed. This is the those around him, behaving just Sometimes... BOSTON at Interface April 26-27 (Fri-Sat) true function of the teachings. like a Tibetan. Dzogchen Teachings: Soul Retrieval Lagug-Tshegug But the truth is that for a West- compassion can be- Six Essential Points Of Boddhichitta Every kind of teaching is trans- Contact: Interface (617) 876-4600 mitted through the culture and erner to practice a teaching that come something con- knowledge of human beings. But comes from Tibet there is no need CHARLOTTESVILLE at UGMINCHA structed and provi- it is important not to confuse any for that person to become like a Ti- May 10-12 (Fri-Sun) Chod Practice sional, because we Contact: Ligmincha Tel: (804) 977-6161 culture or tradition with the teach- betan. On the contrary, it is of fun- ings themselves, because the es- damental importance for him to don't understand the JEMEZ SPRINGS, NEW MEXICO sence of the teachings is knowl- know how to integrate that teach- July 1-21 (Mon-Sun) SUMMER RETREAT real principle of it. A Contact Ligrnmcha Institute edge of the nature of the individual. ing with his own culture in order genuine, not artificial, Any given culture can be of great to be able to communicate it, in its LOS ANGELES Southern California Khyung Dzong value because it is the means essential form, to other Western- compassion, can only Aug. 29-Sept. 2 (Thur-Mon) Experiential Transmission! Pans 2 & 3 arise after we have Contact: Alicia White Tel.: (818) 248-1828 which enables people to receive ers. But often, when people ap- the message of a teaching, but it is proach an Eastern teaching, they BOSTON discovered our own not the teaching itself. Let's take believe that their own culture is of October 4-8 (Fri-Tue) Experiential Transmission Pan 4 condition. Contact: Martin Lowenthal Tel: (617) 332-4937 the example of Buddhism. Buddha no value. This attitude is very mis- lived in India, and to transmit his taken, because every culture has CHARLOTTESVILLE at UGMINCHA knowledge he didn't create a new its value, related to the environ- October 18-20 (Fn-Sun) Bardo and Dream Yoga November 16-17 (Sat-Sun) Practice Retreat form of culture, but used the cul- ment and circumstances in which come within their limits. Let me December 26-31 (Ihour-Tue) WINTER RETREAT ture of the Indian people of his time it arose. No culture can be said to give a personal example. Every Contact: Ligmincha Tel: (804) 977-6161 as the basis for communication. In be better than another; rather it now and then I will meet a Tibetan the Abhidharma-kosha, for ex- depends on the human individual who doesn't know me well, and For more information and/or to subscribe to our newsletter, The Voice of Clear ample, we find concepts and no- whether he or she will derive who will ask me the question, Light, please contact the Ligmincha Institute at P. O. Box 1892, Charlottesville, tions, such as the description of greater or lesser advantage from it "Which school do you belong to?" VA 22903, tel:(804) 977-6161 fax: (804) 977-2010; e-mail: Ligmincha @ Mount Meru and the five conti- in terms of inner development. For In Tibet, over the course of the cen- AOL.Com, through the World Wide Web at http.llwww.comet.chv.va.us/ nents, which are typical of the an- this reason it is useless to transport turies, there have arisen four prin- ligmincha, or any of our regional centers (Khyung Dzong); Khyung Dzong of cient culture of India, and which rules and customs into a cultural cipal Tibetan Buddhist traditions, Southern California, P.O. Box 1607, Temple City, CA 91780, tel. (818) 449- should not be considered of fun- environment different from the one and if a Tibetan hears of a master, 2210, Houston Khyung Dzong, P.O. Box 54179, Houston, TX 77254-1791, damental importance to an in which they arose. he is convinced that the master Tel: (713) 528-5861. understanding of the Buddha's A person's habits and cultural must necessarily belong to one of teaching itself. We can see another Continued on next page

10 SNOW LION WINTER'96 NEWSLETTER TIBETAN EDUCATION ALLIANCE Vajrayana Foundation by John Fahlstrom Retreat Center I sincerely hope that you will had an opportunity to be educated. Children's Home, was founded in have an opportunity to see the For Tibetans living in exile, the 1991 by several Tibetan families in Damaged by Rains video documentary Home to Tibet fight for survival, both economic Clement Town for the benefit of which provides a glimpse of the and cultural can be just as hard. students attending the local continuing struggle which Tibetans The Tibetan government-in-exile school. Tutors help students with The Santa Cruz center houses discarded. Road erosion has ren- face every day. does an excellent job of education homework in addition to Tibetan several Tibetan Lamas as well as dered access to some areas of the In Tibet, the challenge is simply through the Tibetan Children's Vil- language and cultural studies. Fifty 30 volunteers and their families. center inaccessible. Propane gas to survive from day to day. The lage schools, but their resources students now live at the home It recently sustained significant leaks are posing a serious safety greatest wish for many Tibetans is are already stretched to the limit. which is funded by local Tibetans rain damages which severely affect hazard. for their children to get an educa- Independent schools like the Ti- and through international dona- the ability to maintain basic They are looking for money and tion. Without it, they will be betan Nehru Memorial Foundation tions. Your tax-deductible gift, in operations. other help. Contact: Randall trapped in the cycle of subsistence School in Clement Town, India rely any amount, will make a big differ- Many of the residents are with- Beattie, Vajrayana Foundation, farming. An education is some- on parents and donors for most of ence in the lives of these children. out water, heat, electricity or food 2013 Eureka Canyon Rd., thing so prized that many Tibetans their construction and operating Contact: Tibetan Education Alli- preparation facility. Their holiday Watsonville, CA 95076, 408-761- would say goodbye to their child, capital. ance, PO Box 822, Greenfield, MA season food inventory had to be 6267. ■ perhaps forever, if he or she only Another TEA partner, Tibetan 01302, 413-773-5751. ■

DZOCCHEN: THE SELF- PERFECTED STATE ist in the various schools often be- nothing in particular to be done. A Continued from page 10 come factors that condition us, but monk, without giving up his vows, this is something that it is difficult can perfectly well practice POTALA mgiii these four sects. If I reply that I am for us to notice. The true value of Dzogchen, as can a Catholic priest, lllMMMII a practitioner of Dzogchen, this the teachings is beyond all the su- a clerk, a workman, and so on, A Tibetan IlllltlUII • Ml person will presume that I belong perstructures people create, and to without having to abandon their IIILHM IM to the Nyingmapa school, within discover if the teachings are really role in society, because Dzogchen Experience which the Dzogchen texts have a living thing for us we just need does not change people from the been preserved. Some people, on to observe to what extent we have outside. Rather it awakens them the other hand, as has actually hap- freed ourselves from all the factors internally. The only thing a Visit Tibet and Tibetans at the Potala Store pened, knowing that I have written that condition us. Sometimes we Dzogchen master will ask is that • Extensive Book Collection some books on Bon with the aim might believe we have understood one observes oneself, to gain the • Wide Range of Carpets of re-evaluating the indigenous cul- the teachings, and that we know awareness needed to apply the • Tibetan Clothing ture of Tibet, would say that I am a how to apply them, but in practice teachings in everyday life. • Religious Objects and much more. Bonpo. But Dzogchen is not a we still remain conditioned by at- Every religion, every spiritual school or sect, or a religious sys- titudes and doctrinal principles teaching, has its basic philosophi- All handicrafted by Tibetan Refugees. tem. It is simply a state of knowl- that are far from true knowledge cal principles, its characteristic If you can't visit Tibet, Potala can reveal Tibet to you. edge which masters have transmit- of our own actual condition. way of seeing things. Within the ted beyond any limits of sect or When a master teaches philosophy of Buddhism alone, for Join us in the fight to save Tibet. monastic tradition. In the lineage Dzogchen, he or she is trying to example, there have arisen differ- of the Dzogchen teachings there 9 East 36 Street transmit a state of knowledge. The ent systems and traditions, often Established in 1977 by the have been masters belonging to all aim of the master is to awaken the disagreeing with each other only New York, NY 10016 Tibetan Government-in-Exile social classes, including farmers, student, opening that individual's over subtleties of interpretation of (212)251-0360 nomads, nobles, monks, and great consciousness to the primordial the fundamental principles. In Ti- religious figures, from every spiri- state. The master will not say, "Fol- bet these philosophical controver- tual tradition or sect. The fifth low my rules and obey my pre- sies have lasted up until the Dalai Lama, for example, whilst cepts!" He will say, "Open your in- present day, and the resulting po- perfectly maintaining the obliga- ner eye and observe yourself. Stop lemical writings now form a whole Sambhota tions of his elevated religious and seeking an external lamp to en- body of literature in itself. But in political position, was a great prac- lighten you from outside, but light Dzogchen no importance at all is titioner of Dzogchen. your own inner lamp. Thus the attached to philosophical opinions A person who is really inter- teachings will come to live in you, and convictions. The way of see- ested in the teachings has to under- and you in the teachings." ing in Dzogchen is not based on stand their fundamental principle The teachings must become a intellectual knowledge, but on an Tibetan Publishing Software for Windows 3.1 without letting him or herself be- living knowledge in all one's daily awareness of the individual's own and the Macintosh. Direct inquiries to: come conditioned by the limits of activities. This is the essence of the true condition.... ■ a tradition. The organizations, in- practice, and besides that there is stitutions, and hierarchies that ex- Sambhota Phone: (303)442-3676 3929 Orchard Ct. Fax: (303)442-5410 Boulder, CO 80304

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SNOW LION 11 LETTER FROM TIBET Bhikshuni Order by Ven. Tenzin Yeshe

The folloiving (excerpted) letter Chinese population flooding into In the Summer edition of Snow was received from a tulku who Tibet and taking all the money back and to share questions and diate decisions at our meeting. In Lion's Newsletter, I reported some wants to remain anonymous. He to China. The development and information with the Tibetan Bud- fact, many of the female monastics details regarding the Bhikshuni returned to Tibet when his mon- modernizing all are for the sake of dhist monastic scholars in think it may be better to leave the ordination in which I participated astery uKathmandu. as abducting Tibetan children for viting all interested female Tibetan Bhikshuni order to be founded. If near Bordeaux, France, during the making momos and soup. It is also Buddhist Sramanerikas and female we wait, then future conditions summer of 1994. We came back from Tibet in well known that Tibetan women Tibetan Buddhist monastics who may change in ways that will allow Over the past two decades many the end of May 95. We could not are afraid to go to Chinese hospi- have taken Bhikshuni vows in the establishing of the Bhikshuni Western Tibetan Buddhist students stay long there as we wished due tals for child delivery. If they do the other lineages to attend this gath- ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist have become increasingly inter- to political restrictions on our Chinese doctors get rid of the child ering. After much consideration, it community. On the other hand, if ested in the possibility of establish- activity. as well as sterilize the women. was decided that a smaller group it were found that conditions seem ing the Bhikshuni vows in the Ti- We feel very sad for the people They are trying in every way that would be a better idea for several to exist which would allow the in- betan Buddhist tradition, as have of Tibet—how much they have to Tibetans become minority in our reasons: First, we did not want any stitution of the Bhikshuni order, some students in Eastern coun- suffer under Chinese aggression. own land. In Lhasa City and other of our friends in Dharamsala to feel then of course we would hope that tries. Several years ago, certain The Chinese authorities are shame- towns the Chinese are the major- "invaded" by a large group of fe- this would be done. We hope that monastic scholars in Dharamsala less, ruthless and greedy. They are ity. If they bring settlers in the male monastics. Second, it would the sharing of information and the were given the job of researching destroying natural resources, trees countryside then we are finished. be costly for many female clarifying of questions at our meet- whether or not the Bhikshuni or- and plants of our precious land and The Chinese are showing cheap monastics to arrange for funds for ing will be constructive processes der could be created in the Tibetan damaging our morale and dignity. violent movies, selling alcohol; the international travel involved. yielding deeper understanding of Buddhist lineage. No decision re- They are constantly saying to the gambling and prostitution ruins the Thus, it was decided that the mem- the issue. garding this matter has yet been world that they are developing Ti- life of young Tibetans and crimes bers of the smaller group can act reached. bet in a great way but actually the are increasing every day. There is as representatives for other Sangha Ven. Tenzin Yeshe is currently liv- In order to further communica- situation is opposite. no standard school or decent hos- members who expressed interest ing near Chariottesville, VA where tions between the Western and There is a big gap between the pital in the countryside. They keep in being there but who could not she administrates Dharma Insti- Eastern sangha members, I have Chinese society and Tibetan soci- the Tibetan public uneducated so attend. tute and is going to graduate organized a meeting to take place ety. Ordinary farmers and nomads that they can suppress easily. In all of our communications school. Her book, Monastic: An from October 11 through October have no improvement in their life. These are the ways how Chinese with the monastic scholars in Ordained Tibetan Buddhist Speaks 15, 1996 in Dharamsala, India, in All the business enterprises, labor, are taking care of Tibet. ■ Dharamsala, we have emphasized On Behalf Of Full Ordination For order for ordained female Tibetan jobs and constructions are given to that we hope the scholars do not Women, is available from Snow Buddhists to discuss the so-called feel pressured to make any imme- Lion, m "Bhikshuni issue" with each other

NUNS DEBATE FOR DALAI LAMA been—but they quickly got into the fully. When dusk arrived, the de- Continued from page 1 rhythm. A couple of them were so bate had to close. animated, with the foot stamping Afterwards the nuns were very the stage when His Holiness was and hand clapping typical of de- excited. This debate session was a Be Informed present. We chanted the Praises to bates, that everyone had to laugh. first for the nuns, and it had gone the 21 Taras, and the debate began. Throughout the entire two hours, very well. They gained confidence Four nuns, the respondents, sat in His Holiness listened attentively as in themselves and earned the re- About TIBET front of His Holiness, and over the he considered the Buddhist philo- spect of the community. Two days next two hours 12 to 15 nuns stood sophical topics the nuns were dis- later, His Holiness' gave an audi- It is \itally important that the people who are concerned about up to debate with them; Some nuns cussing. The principal teachers and - i ence to the nuns in which he af- saving Tibetan culture through political action know about the spoke softly, others spoke loud and lamas were also present on the firmed that he was very pleased key issues and do what they can to help. The way to be informed clear. They must all have been ner- stage; they too were listening care- with them. ■ is to read some of the following journals and newsletters, which vous—I certainly would have provide up-to date news and information. We especially recommend News Tibet, which canies valuable news items that we don't duplicate since they are easy to obtain. 1 Canada Tibet Newsletter (quarterly, $20) Canada Tibet Com- mittee, 4675 Coolbrook Ave, Montreal, Quebec H3X 2K7, I The Golden Yoke | Canada. International news as well as information of interest to Tibet supporters in Canada. News Tibet (quarterly, free) and the US Tibet Committee News- The Legal Cosmology letter. USTC, 241 E 32 St, NY, NY 10016 (tel: 212-213-5010). Po- litical and cultural news. of Buddhist Tibet Snow Lion Newsletter (quarterly, free) Snow Lion Publica- tions, PO Box 6483, Ithaca, New York 14851. tel: 607-273-8506). This is the paper you are presently reading. It is available to REBECCA REDWOOD FRENCH anyone on request and sent for free. We are also on the World Wide Web: http://www.well.com/user/snowlion/. Please let your .friends know about Snow Lion! Tibetan Bulletin (bi-monthly, free: donation to defray postage is appreciated) The Department of Information and Inter- The Cofden Yoke illuminates national Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamsala (H.P.) 176215, India. Official publication Tibetan culture and religion as of the Govemment-in-Exile. it explores the daily operation of law in Buddhist Tibet. Through Tibetan Review (annual subscription of 12 issues is $20 in- ,^_y; cluding ainnail postage) c/o Tibetan SOS Youth Hostel, Sector fascinating stories from Tibetans 14 Extn, Rohini, Delhi-85, India, North American subscriptions at home and in exile, Rebecca through Potala Publications, 241 E 32 St., New York, NY 10016 Redwood French reveals meth- (tel: 212-213-5010). Independent publication by Tibetans in Delhi. ods used to resolve murder Tibetan Rights Campaign (monthly, $10/year). Articles and cases, property disputes, and action items in support of the Tibetan cause. Three-month free divorce. She shows that Tibetan trial period to try it out! TRC, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, #342, PO law is deeply imbedded in Bud- Box 31966, Seattle, WA 98103, 206-547-1015 (phone & fax). dhist culture and describes the Tibet Brief International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet (quar- myths, notions of time, inner terly, free). A group of volunteer lawyers who. through legal morality, language patterns, channels, work to improve conditions in Tibet. For more infor- rituals, use of space, symbols, mation contact: ICLT, 347 Dolores Street, Suite 206, San Fran- and concepts that shape it. cisco, CA 94110. Tel: 415-252-5967 Fax; 415-626-0865. Tibet Press Watch (bi-monthly, $25) From the International 64 b&w photos, 16 drawings Campaign for Tibet, 1825 K Street NW #520, Washington, DC $35.00 20006. Tel: 202-785-1515 Fax: 202-7854343. Reproduces news articles from worldwide sources. & World Tibet News via Internet. Get the daily news on Tibet from this source! Subscribe by sending e-mail to: wtn-editors CORNELL UNIVE RSITY PRESS 1 @utcc. utoronto.ca, with the message reading: sub wtn-1. ■ 1

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In the 18th century Dip-Tse-Chok- In 1992, the people of Dip, Tibet, for the monks, to build a health photo: Don Farber Ling Monastery was established by began work on the reconstruction center for the local village, and to Yongzin Yeshi Gyaltsen, tutor to H. of the original Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling make improvements to the local H. the 8th Dalai Lama, a few kilo- Monastery. Local volunteers, in- primary school. meters south of Lhasa City. After cluding the remaining monks, re- Thupten Nyandak, the director THE VENERABLE the Chinese "liberation" in 1959, quested assistance from the mon- of Dip Tse-Chok-Ling Monastery in the monastery, along with over astery in Dharamsala. Lama Tashi Dharamsala, is organizing a cam- K.C. A YANG RlNPOCHE 6000 others, was demolished to Gyaltsen then went to Tibet, bring- paign to assist these projects. You near ruins. ing with him five life-sized statues can help by sponsoring a monk Spring 1996 Schedule of Teachings: In 1984 the monastery was re- from India, as well as donations for ($240 a year), or by donating funds established in exile near Dharam- reconstruction of the original mon- to be used for reconstruction and United States and Canada sala, India. A new temple was built astery. In 1992, the reconstruction building a health center and class- and consecrated by the Dalai Lama was 25% complete and the monas- rooms for the village of Dip. Con- in 1987. The late founder of the tery reopened. tributions can be sent to: Dip-Tse- February 24-March 4: New York, NY monastery in exile, Lama Tashi Presently the monastery in Tibet Chok-Ling, Bank Account #E.C.M. Gyaltsen, actively sought sponsors has 25 monks, including 5 from 871, State Bank of India, Teachings to be announced to help pay for education and before the destruction who serve Dharamsala Branch, (HP) INDIA. Contact: Chris Sarozin (212) 794-2050 or health care for the monks and as teachers to the younger monks. Tax-deductible contributions may Marge Weinrich (201) 796-5741 other Tibetan children in need, The monastery in India is spear- also be sent through Tibet Fund, and due to the generosity of his heading a fundraising campaign to earmarked for Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling: March 10-ApriI 1: Rochester, NY many Western friends was able to complete the rebuilding of the Tibet Fund, 241E. 32nd Street, NY, Amitabha practice (March 10-14) revive the traditions of the original original foundation in Tibet, to pro- NY 10016, tele: 212-213-5010. ■ Vajrasattva practice (March 16-20) monastery. vide health care, food and clothing Phowa/Nature of .Mind (March 23-April 1) These teachings will be held in a residential retreat setting Contact: Frank Howard (716) 385-8862 [email protected] SEE THE WORLD LIKE YOU'VE April 6-14: Boston, MA Nature of Mind interviews (April 6-7) NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. Amitabha practice (April 8-12) Vajrasattva practice (April 13-14) Contact: Steve Zimmerman (617) 924-8085 April 17-30: Denver, CO Phowa (April 17-27) Guru Drakpo empowerment and teaching (April 28) Achi empowerment and teaching (April 29) Nature of Mind teaching (April 30) Contact: John Welch (303) 674-1784 May 4-14: Toronto, Canada Phowa (May 4-14) Contact: Terry and Fanny Wong (905) 771-1294 May 18-27: Los Angeles, CA Amitabha practice and tsog (May 18) Phowa practice (May 19) From sports and popular culture, to literature and traditional Vajrasattva practice (May 19) 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities in the Bardo teachings, to the toughest social issues facing us today, Tricycle empowerment, teaching, and tsog, including offers a Buddhist perspective that is both educational and engaging. Liberation of the Dead puja (May 24-27) Contact: David Liu (909) 861-5413 or John Lewis (805) 257-2943

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14 SNOW LION WINTER'96 NEWSLETTER TWo China's Buddha Complex by Pico Iyer seem prepared to endorse the lama belief. Not only by killing 1.2 mil- Dalai Lama New York Times, Decembers, 1995 system they have long derided now lion Tibetans and by destroying all that they have decided to manipu- but 13 of the country's 6,254 mon- NARA, Japan—The choosing of late it, and that they defend their asteries. And not only by diluting Movies divine leaders is seldom left to actions by referring to outdated Tibetan racial stock through forced atheists. In Tibet Buddhism, find- Manchu treaties similar to those intermarriages that amount to "eth- ing the highest spiritual incarna- they deem irrelevant in the matter nic cleansing." But most effectively tions is a matter of the highest of Hong Kong. The Communists by broadcasting their contempt for Some of the movie industry's However, the Dalai Lama also spiritual importance, involving are also, presumably, claiming to faith itself. best-known names are competing has given his blessing to Smith's years-long monastic search parties, be better Buddhists than the Dalai Celibate monks were once to turn the Dalai Lama's life story film, Seven Years in Tibet, based elaborate batteries of tests given to Lama. forced to copulate in public and to into a Hollywood blockbuster. Mar- on the autobiographical book by every prospective lama, the care- What makes the Panchen Lama use sacred texts as toilet paper. tin Scorcese, Harrison Ford and Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian moun- ful study of dreams and portents, dispute so important is that the When I last visited Lhasa, Tibet's Melissa Mathison, his screenwriter tain climber who tutored the Dalai and, finally, the imprimatur of the ongoing chess game between the capital, I was shocked to see that wife (£■. T), are in one camp. Bradd Lama during the Second World Dalai Lama himself. It is neither a most populous nation in the world the Potala Palace, the equivalent of Pitt and Iain Smith, a British pro- War. Pitt has been enlisted to play beauty pageant nor a lottery. and a tiny government-in-exile is both Westminster Abbey and ducer, are in the other. Harrer. So when the Chinese Govern- nearing its endgame: the Tibetans Buckingham Palace, was open only Mathison has been writing a film Both films are racing to start ment declared on Wednesday that have already lost their country and to tourists. We were shunted called Kundun (the Dalai Lama's filming early in the new year. it had found the new Panchen much of their heritage, and now around a few rooms in the wrong childhood nickname) about His The Dalai Lama has diplomati- Lama—Tibetan Buddhism's sec- they are in danger of being stripped (heretical) order, while Tibetans Holiness' childhood in Tibet. She cally decided that there is room for ond-highest authority—by a draw- of their spiritual leadership. The stood plaintively outside. and Ford have campaigned exten- two films about his life, and that ing of lots, it was more than the Dalai Lama is 60 years old. He has It would be easy for Westerners sively for the Tibetan cause and he likes both scripts. "Harrer is latest slippery gambit in China's 45- repeatedly said that he may well be to say that China's takeover of the have often met the Tibetan leader. one of the few Westerners who is year occupation. It marked a wor- the last in the 604-year-old lineage, incarnation process is only of con- He has promised to help them with fully acquainted with the Tibetan rying escalation in the extent to an obvious attempt to preempt a cern to a faraway mountain land their film about his life, and they way of life," he said. "I have read which Beijing seems ready to mock succession struggle upon his and the 14 million people (a hand- have told friends that they have Melissa Mathison's script. It is very and even appropriate everything death, when Tibetans, who have ful by Chinese standards) who fol- been given exclusive rights. Three good, very moving. Those people that is sacred to Tibetans. relied on him for more than half a low Tibetan Buddhism. But it Tibetans have been selected by the have been very supportive and The Chinese presumption in century, will likely have to deal would be untrue. Beijing's actions Dalai Lama to portray him at dif- sympathetic." ■ overruling the Dalai Lama, who with a Chinese-appointed "Dalai are an assault on anyone who be- ferent stages of his life. had selected a different boy in May, Lama." lieves that some things are sacred, is as absurd as if Fidel Castro tried If China's selection of the beyond expediency. And as China to appoint the next Pope. Panchen Lama is not universally continues its conversion of a com- Of course, the political manipu- challenged, its leaders will have plex tradition into a thing for tour- lation of religion is an ancient tra- won by showing that spirit can be ists (it is now building six new ho- dition in all societies. 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fKlWSMSONid WESTERN MEDDLERS ATLOfclgOMEOMEO Projects 5oT|8LTM6AKE / . RATHE FKMRE ^ 8N1NQ U&CREWT WHERE IN JAIL HERE/ HUNDREDS [CREDrT^TUE. j H.H. Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche has begun several projects that support the dharma (mGP in various ways. He has identified three of these as most urgently in d&s£$L JF need of funding. The Drikung Kagyu nuns outside of Tibet are scattered through India and Nepal and thus have been w/kf* unable to receive teachings on a WISW!i^M\ \ regular basis. They are also in great -rKt&C^ need of food and other necessities. There are also 160 student monks at Jangchub Ling and at Drikung Classifieds marize materials relating to pro- Thil in Tibet who need food and posed economic development clothing. Just $20 a month would THE CARETAKER GAZETTE. models for implementation in Ti- provide basic necessities for a nun Enjoy rent-free living in an area bet. Confer with Tibetan Govern- or monk. Extra funds would be you choose. 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THE BOY WHO HAD A DREAM A rich blend of history, legend, poetry, adventure and romance, The by Ringv Tulku Rinpoche, illus. by Pankaj Clear Mirror is a treasure-trove of the traditional narrative and folk Thapa. 32 pages, 9 x 11", full color wisdom of Tibet. It presents in full the often-cited but elusive accounts #BOWHHA $12.95 of the origins of the Tibetan people, the coming of the Dharma to Tibet, Beautifully illustrated in cartoon style, and the appearance of Avalokiteshvara as the patron deity of Tibet. this is a delightful adventure story of a Ti- Compiled in 1368 from earlier histories as well as a rich oral tradition, betan boy who dreams that he becomes BORN IN TIBET the text treats the era during which Buddhism came to Tibet, the city of king. It is a traditional folktale from Tibet. by Chogyam Trungpa Lhasa was established as the capital, and the Jokhang and Ramoche Ages 5 and up. 296 pp., 36 photos, 18 line drawings, #BOTI temples were founded. $15 The compiler, the renowned Sakya scholar Sonam Gyaltsen, narrates Identified at the age of thirteen months the traditional accounts in an engaging and highly readable style, in his as a major reincarnation of an enlightened words, 'to give pleasure to the faithful and to those who desire a history teacher, Chogyam Trungpa underwent a of the propagation of the Teachings'. Written to inform and entertain, Big period of intensive training in meditation, the book has maintained a preeminent position in Tibetan society and philosophy, and fine arts, receiving full or- is still popularly read today. dination as a monk in 1958. He then nar- Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen (1312-1375), born into the powerful Khon rowly escaped the Chinese army in Tibet— family that ruled much of Tibet, was teacher and mentor to many great this memoir concludes with his safe arrival masters of all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. He is still widely revered in India and his life in the West. Mind: for his scholarship and sanctity. Lama Choedak Yuthok was born in a yak-hair tent in BUDDHIST HERMENEUTICS Central Tibet in 1954. After becoming a monk and BUDDHISM ed. by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. 298 pp. #BUHE studying for twelve years under the Most Venerable AND $15.95 Chogay Trichen Rinpoche, he com- THE BEAT The essays in this volume are the fruition pleted a three-year solitary retreat. GEN E RATION of a conference on Buddhist hermeneutics held at the Kuroda Institute for the Study of Since 1982, he has served as inter- Buddhism and Human Values. They cover a preter for prominent teachers from range of topics such as: On the Interpreta- all four traditions of Tibetan Bud- BIG SKY MIND: Buddhism and the tion of the Mahaya na Sutras (Lopez); Kill- dhism. McComas Taylor lives in Beat Generation ing, Lying Stealing, and Adultery: A Prob- Canberra, Australia, in a house in- ed. by Carole Tonkinson. 387 pp. #BISKMI lem of Interpretation in the Tantras spired by the fortress-monasteries of $15 (Broido); Vajra Hermeneutics (Thurman); the Himalayas, amid a jumble of chil- Mipham's Theory of Interpretation "Between the beauty and deep charm of dren, books and treasures garnered (Kapstein). its excerpts, and the intelligence of its com- from the natural world.

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in conventional terms (deu). Lastly, he elu- cidates the complexities of the pre-Buddhist Bon tradition. DZOGCHEN CREATION AND COMPLETION: Essen- it SE! F-PERJECTED STATE DZOGCHEN: tial Points of Tantric Meditation by Jamgon Kongtrul, trans, by Sarah The Self-Perfected Harding. 128 pp. #CRCO $14.95 February State This book explains the essential points of creative visualization, one of the key prac- by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu tices of Tibetan Buddhist meditation. "An ed. by Adriano Clemente exceptionally important text that is very trans, by John Shane beneficial and will resolve all doubts about tantric practice."—Thrangu Rinpoche 150 pp., 5 line drawings, #DZSEPE $12.95

As Chogyal Namkhai Norbu ex- BUDDHIST SYMBOLS IN TIBETAN WML \ks**MF ■—•*•* ' plains m this very readable book, CULTURE our natural condition is self-per- by laden Sherap Dagyab Rinpoche. 160 pp., fected from the very beginning. 30 line drawings, 4 color plates, #BUSY $14.95 What is necessary is that we re-awaken and remain in our true nature. Through understanding and practice, we can rediscover the ef- Rinpoche presents the nine best-known fortless knowledge of the Self-Perfected State that lies beyond our groups of Tibetan Buddhist symbols, trac- ing their evolution through Tibetan and In- habitual anguish and confusion, and remain in this uninterrupted flow dian rituals and sacred texts. He shows how of contemplation, completely relaxed but fully present, through all they serve as bridges between the inner and activities. Rinpoche begins by clearly explaining the Dzogchen teach- outer worlds and can point the way to real- ings and then reveals, in a simple and non-intellectual manner, what ity. Included are the Eight Auspicious Sym- is meant by the practice of Dzogchen. bols; the Eight Bringers of Good Fortune; Chogyal Namkhai Norbu was born Seven Jewels of Royal Power; Seven Gems; in 1938 in eastern Tibet and received "... a practioner must be and the Five Qualities of Enjoyment. there the full training of an incarnate EAST OF LO MONTHANG: In the Land lama. He is a renowned scholar, spe- in full possession of all A CONCISE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM of Mustang cializing in the history and culture of manifestations of his or by Andrew Skilton. 264 pp., maps, index, by Peter Matthiessen, photos by Thomas Tibet, and is widely acknowledged to her energy...and must bibliography, #COHIBU $19.95 Laird. 192 pp., 9 x 12", 160 color photos, be one of the greatest living masters "... an excellent synopsis of current schol- #EALOMO $35 cloth of Dzogchen. He has lived in the West integrate them with arship."—Alan Sponberg, Prof, of Asian This is a photo-documentary of two men's for many years and has taught contemplation."—from Philosophy and Religion journey into the once-forbidden Himalayan Dzogchen at retreats around the Skilton constructs a framework that sets region called the Kingdom of Mustang. From world. Chapter 8, "The Fruit and the evolution of Buddhism's doctrines and the city of Lo Monthang, popularly known the Way of Behaving" schools within the context of the external as Mustang, the pair began a horseback ad- events and institutions that influenced their venture across arid plateaus and through development. An ideal introduction to the narrow river chasms. Together, in word and history of Buddhism. image, they reveal a place where mountains five miles high cast their shadows over the * ^% deepest canyon in the world, where nomads tice of "confession of downfalls to the thirty- golden goose, king of 94,000 geese dwelling 1 five buddhas," a common daily Buddhist near the city of Benares. The goose was the • live herding their flocks on desolate slopes and fear the nightly advance of the deadly ritual that takes about fifteen minutes to per- Buddha in a past life—and his wise teach- form. The author also explains the theoreti- ings serve to guide a king, his wife and the A C:< NriM HISTORY snow leopards. cal basis of purification—the cause and ef- readers of this lovely story. Excellent illus- fect principle of karma—an understanding trations. For ages 7-12 and their parents. m 1 of which is essential for those wanting to experience happiness and avoid suffering. BUDDHISM- —- - ^ - — — ■■■■■■ ■■■ 1; EXCELLENT BUDDHISM: • An Exemplary Life ft M, ^-M- ■ i .<.<■•ill by Kalu Rinpoche. 160 pp. #EXBU $15.95 ANI ml W SKII H>N . Contains biographical reminiscences on , .-w»- -.* ^F^riL™^ Kalu Rinpoche, teachings on daily life, inspiring stories on Buddhist practitioners of the past, and reflections on the relationship between Buddhism and the West.

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INDO-TIBETAN BUDDHISM: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors by David Snellgrove. 640 pp. 120 b&w plates, 5 maps #INTIBU $65 cloth This monumental study provides a com- Generating the Deitf GENERATING prehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and KARMAPA: Urgyen Trinley Dorje its subsequent establishment in Tibet and by Ken Holmes. 152 pp., 18 color plates, 38 encompasses a period of more than fifteen THE DEITY b&w photos and line drawings, 7 x 9" centuries. It is based throughout on a care- #KAURTR $22.95 by Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche ful study of all relevant sources; literary, 139 pp., 19 b&w photos, ISBN archaeological and iconographical. It is es- Drawing on twenty-five years of experience close to the senior lamas of the Kagyu 1-55939-055-7 $14.95 pecially informative on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice from the tradition, including the 16th Karmapa, Ken eighth to the thirteenth centuries, but also Holmes presents extremely useful and not In 1976, Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche deals at length with the earlier evolution of always widely available information on topics such as the Karmapa's uniqueness, his was selected by H.H. Dudjom Buddhist doctrine. lineage, reincarnation, the land of Tibet and Rinpoche to be his spiritual rep- "Professor Snellgrove was the ideal person to undertake such an enormous task, Tibetan Buddhism. Contains many photos resentative at the Pacific Region of the new incarnation and older pictures Yeshe Nyingpo centers. During his and his book can be expected to remain the standard work on the subject for many years of the 16th Karmapa and other lamas. twenty-one years of living and to come."—Journal of the Royal Asiatic teaching in the West, Gyatrul Rinpoche has established seven cen- Society ters and developed an unusual ability to communicate the Tibetan Ill the Presence Buddhist path to Western students. He is a master of the Palyul tra- IN PRAISE OF TARA: Songs to the of My Enemies dition, which contains teachings from both the Nyingma and Kagyu Saviouress schools of Tibetan Buddhism. by Martin Willson. 496 pp., 8 color plates, Generating the Deity offers an exceptionally clear and accessible 40 line drawings, #INPRTA $24.95 March presentation of the generation stage practices of deity yoga. Gyatrul Tara is the embodiment of enlightened Rinpoche explains the state of mind to be established at the begin- virtuous activity, the quintessential arche- ning of the practice session, the details of the visualization sequences, type of the fully evolved spiritual person in the three types of offerings and proper mantra recitation, as well as female form. This is a comprehensive and information on mudras, tormas and malas. Practitioners from all lin- unique collection of literature inspired by eages of Tibetan Buddhism will find these teachings enhance their Tara. Included are a history of the origin of understanding of sadhana practice. Rinpoche's detailed explanations the Tantra of Tara, canonical texts, sadhanas make it possible to practice these meditations as they were intended for practice, and the lyrical praises to Tara and as they were practiced in Tibet and ancient India. of both Indian and Tibetan devotees. It is thorough and at the same time inspirational and an expression of devotion to Tara.

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JOURNEY WITHOUT GOAL: Hie Tantric irreversible awakening? What leads up to it? Wisdom of the Buddha What follows? Living Buddha Zen bears by Chogyam Trungpa. 151 pp., 10 illus., inspirational power for those who passion- ately desire to awaken as the single Light #JOWIGO$18 / Trungpa Rinpoche introduces the prin- celebrated by all wisdom traditions. Here LIVING TIBET are breathtaking re-creations of 52 such in- ciples of tantra, based on the practice of The Dalai Lama in Dharamsala meditation, which leads to the discovery of effable moments, 52 transmissions of the egolessness. He provides a direct and expe- Light—from Buddha and continuously from iBtr Photographs by Bill Warren master to successor through India and THE DALAf LAMA IN" DHARAMSALA riential picture of the tantric world, explain- Text by Nanci Rose ing the importance of self-existing energy, China to the flowering of Soto in Japan. the mandala principle, differences between 138 pp., 160 color photos, 8 x 10 Buddhist and Hindu tantra—stressing the LIVING DHARMA: Teachings of 1/2" #LITI $26.95 nontheistic foundation of Buddhism. 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In MANDALA Living Tibet: The Dalai Lama in by Jose and Miriam Arguelles, for. by Dharamsala, photojournalist Bill ful portrayals of monks, nuns, artists, Chogyam Trungpa. 144 pp., 8 1/2 x 11", 81 Warren and writer Nanci Rose take children, the elderly and working Ti- b&w illus., 11 color illus., line art, #MAN $20 the reader on a colorful and infor- betans reveal the rich tapestry of life This is one of the first books to present mative journey through the winding in Dharamsala—there is an exclusive comprehensively the principle of the streets and behind the scenes of this section on the Dalai Lama, and also mandala, the center as a universal image, a vision , a way of growth, a ritual technique unusual place. Sensitive and delight- on the Nechung Oracle. Living Ti- and an essential life process. bet is an engaging and dramatic exploration of Tibet's rich artistic and cultural heritage as preserved in one MASTERS OF MEDITATION AND of the most successful refugee com- THE LAST FORBIDDEN KINGDOM: MIRACLES: The Longchen Nyingthig For an authentic munities in history. For an authen- Mustang, Land of Tibetan Buddhism Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism experience of Tibetan tic experience of Tibetan culture in photos by Vannessa Boeye, text by Clara by Tulku Thondup. 478 pp. #MAMEMI $30 Marullo. 156 pp., 100 full-color photographs, cloth culture in exile, there exile, there is no better guide than Living Tibet. llxll",#LAFOKI$40 Lively biographies of 34 important mas- is no better guide than Opened in 1992, the doors to Mustang ters in the Nyingma lineage of the Longchen Living Tibet. were unlocked and a few foreigners made Nyingthig. Beginning with Garap Dorje arduous trek to photograph and write about these stories convey exemplary lives led in this fabled land. This book is a riveting ac- monasteries, mountains, woods, and count of the authors' experience and a caves—lives of great austerity and dedica- thangkas; ivory carvings, ritual objects, fur- unique view of the society that exists there. tion, superb humility and peace, profound niture, carpets, and textiles. The statues of It is an evocative visual record of some of learning and wisdom, amazing miracles and Vajra Yogini, Marpa, Ushnishasitatapatra, the most dramatic and beautiful landscape joy. 9^^^^r*n^rJt Samantabhadra, Hevajra, Chakrasamvara, in the world. Mahakala and Maitreya are wonderful to MEDITATION ON EMPTINESS see. We also liked the ritual objects— THE LIFE OF BUDDHA: From Prince by Jeffrey Hopkins. 1022 pp. 21 line draw- phurbas, vajras, masks, butter lamps. The Siddhartha to Buddha ings, 51 charts, glossary, bibliography, index, ^■k-,'tje£>. jjjK L fffVmT altar furniture is also amazingly well-crafted. by George Hulskramer, illus. Bijay Raj Tibetan text, #MEEM $29.95 This is a hard-to-find-book from England. Shakya & Raju Babu Shakya. 72 pp., 8 1/2 Emptiness is the key teachings of the x 11" #IIBU $14.95 Buddha, and this book by the eminent Pro- ^rv 4jfBKwifci This beautiful hardcover comic book tells fessor Jeffrey Hopkins is the most compre- the life story of the Buddha and is histori- hensive and authoritative work on this sub- cally accurate. Well-illustrated. Ages 7 and up. ject. It also covers the important topics of meditation, dependent arising, the four noble truths, Buddhist logic, and tenets, and non-Buddhist schools of philosophy. A classic in its field.

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NAGARJUNIAN DISPUTATIONS: A THE RAIN OF WISDOM: The Essence Philosophical Journey through an In- of the Ocean of True Meaning dian Looking-Glass Irans. by The Nalanda 'IVanslation Com- by 'Diomas E. Wood. 409 pp. #NADI $22 mittee. 384 pp. #RAWI $35 Disputations is Thomas Wood's defense The art of composing spontaneous songs of the original nihilist interpretation of the CLOSE OUT SALE! that express spiritual understanding has Madhyamaka and a cogent critique of recent existed in Tibet for centuries. In this volume non-nihilist views. Wood addresses the tex- 50% off! are songs of over thirty teachers of the tual and epistemological arguments of the A PORTRAIT OF LOST TIBET Kagyu lineage including Tilopa, the Six- non-nihilist school and offers and interpre- by Rosemary Jones Tung, Photographs by teenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Khyentse Oser, tation of the Buddhist fourfold rejection or Hyu Tolstoy & Brooke Dolan. 224 pp. Marpa, Rechungpa, Gampopa, Chogyam negation that is consistent with nihilism. #POLOTI $15.95, Now $8 Trungpa, etc. Their longing for truth, their Thomas Wood is adjunct professor at the heartfelt devotion, and their sense of humor "This may be the finest pictorial represen- California Institute of Integral Studies in San are all expressed. These poems share a tation to date of Tibetan culture and Francisco, where he teaches comparative beauty and intensity that have made them customs."-Religious Humanism philosophy and religion. famous in Tibetan literature. Tibetan culture, just before its extensive destruction during the Chinese occupation, PATHS AND GROUNDS OF GUHYA- is evoked in these 131 rare and handsome SAMAJA ACCORDING TO ARYA photographs. A Portrait of Lost Tibet gives Kato Kinpoche NAGARJUNA an unforgettable glimpse into this exotic 184 pp. #PAGRGU $15.95 land, as recorded by Brooke Dolan and Ilya Tolstoy (grandson of the writer), in 1942. This is a very significant 18th-century text Their ten-month trek produced thousands that maps out the paths and the grounds of of photographs that represent the best the Guhyasamaja Tantra, and it is an indis- pictorial study of Tibetan civilization in pensable guide for initiated Buddhist tantric existence. practitioners. The Guhyasamaja Tantra provides the basic structure for the other highest yoga tantras—by understanding it, the other tantras are more easily understood.

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THE SAND MANDALA OF VAJRABHAIRAVA

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TANTRIC PRACTICE IN NYING-MA Mandalas are perhaps the world's richest religious symbols, by Khetsun Sangpo, Rinbocliay, trans, & intricate designs that in Buddhism symbolize the cosmos, the ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins, co-edited by Anne many facets of Buddhist teachings and, most of all, the ideal Klein. 239 pp. #TAPRNY $14.95 worlds of Buddhas. This book explains in detail the symbolism "this book presents one of those rare in- of one of the most important and colorful mandalas, that of the troductions to Tibetan Buddhism, which Buddha Vajrabhairava (wrathful form of the Buddha of Wis- really can be recommended because of the dom—Manjushri), created in sand by monks of Namgyal Mon- splendid combination of authenticity and astery (the Dalai Lama's personal monastery). It places mandala- clarity."—Tibet Forum making in the context of Buddhist tantra and describes the Rinbochay's commentary on the Instruc- process whereby a mandala is planned, executed and finally tions on the "Preliminaries to the Great Per- dismantled. fection Teaching" contains the classical Nying-raa presentation of the Dzogchen preliminaries and practices which lead to the realization of Buddhahood. It is an oral commentary on Patrul Rinboche's Kunzang Lamai Shelung (Words of My Perfect Tells the extraordinary story of an appar- lieved by their doctors have regained their Shangpa lineages and some explanation of Teacher). ently ordinary Spanish child who, at the age health by decreasing their exposure to cer- the principles of Tibetan medicine complete "...this text offers an all-encompassing of 14 months, was recognized as the rein- tain chemicals. this survey of Tibetan Buddhism. presentation of the Vajrayana expression of carnation of Lama Yeshe, who founded Mahayana philosophy and practice. ..the vir- many Buddhist centers in the West. It is also tue of this work is its technical complete- a riveting account of Tibetan Buddhism. ness. There is much here for repeated reading, contemplation and absorption."— Vajradhatu Sun

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approach. Some of the chapters: Self Image and the Imagined Self, Judging Mind, The Sense of Unworthiness, The Hindrances, Watching from the Heart, A Guided Medi- Guru yoga is an important aspect of the tantric practice of Mahayana tation on Energy in the Body. This is a ba- Buddhism and the foundation on which the whole tantric structure sic teaching text in meditation centers, hos- is built; it is also the force that gives vitality to a serious practitioner's HEALING INT5 pitals, hospices, wellness groups, healing meditation. Unlike other systems, tantric meditation depends largely LIFE AND DEATH centers and cancer and AIDS support upon inspiration transmitted in an unbroken lineage through a living groups across the country. person, the guru. This book presents a practical instruction which blends the essen- STEPHEN AND ONDREA tial aspects of the sutra path together with the profound tantric techniques that activate the latent spiritual forces within us. By laying the basic framework of the entire Buddhist path, it also sets down the LEVINE guidelines for undertaking a complete form of practice on a daily basis. The lucidity and the liveliness of His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama's commentary make such meditation both inspiring and HEALING INTO UFE AND DEATH compelling. by Stephen Levine. 294 pp. #HELIDE $9.95 Stephen Levine is a broad-minded teacher who is mature and experienced in working with both mental and physical illness. He knows the roots of suffering intimately and Handknotted Tibetan Wool Pile Rugs offers others many approaches to dealing EMBRACING with them. Stephen explores many aspects in S.W. American Indian Designs of the healing process, offering original tech- THE BELOVED made in Nepal by Tibetans niques for working with pain and grief RHATIONSHB' ,« A MfH OF AVHs:ENIN(i including sixteen guided meditations. He discusses the development of a merciful EMBRACING THE BELOVED: Relation- awareness as a means of healing and how ship as a Path of Awakening Reva B. Seybolt P.O. Box 165 to encourage others to do the same. by Stephen and Ondrea Levine. 305 pp 860-928-0754 Woodstock, CT 06281 #EMBE $21.95 cloth Few people recognize the enormous power of a relationship as a vehicle for physical, spiritual and emotional healing. Stephen and Ondrea demonstrate how to STEPHEN LEVINE use a relationship as a means for profound inner growth and healing. The insights and "A GRADUAL exercises in this book will benefit all who AWAKENING are drawn to seeing relationship as a path for spiritual renewal and merciful awareness of life.

WHO DIES? An Investigation of Con- scious Living and Conscious Dying UUh«~<«. Hi**** by Stephen Levine. 317 pp., #WHDI? 10.95 The bible of the conscious dying move- visiting Snow Lion or Namgyal Monastery, ment."—Harper's be sure to check out the Eddy Street Cafe "Stephen's work is magic. His work with near Cornell University, A GRADUAL AWAKENING the grieving and dying is amongst the most by Stephen Levine. 173 pp. #GRAW $8.95 skillful and compassionate that I am aware where the Sangha meet. In thirty chapters, Stephen cuts to the of."—Elizabeth Kubler-Ross core of life's issues and offers healing ap- This is a rare and insightful book. It pre- The Eddy Street Cafe proaches in his close-to-the earth Buddhist pares you for life as well as death. 420 Eddy Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-4208

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This modern spiritual classic has had a profound influence on the THICH NHAT HANH development and understanding of Zen. Contains luminous essays and lectures by contemporary Zen mas- THE ART OF MINDFUL LIVING: by Thich Nhat Hanh. (2) 3 hrs. TOUCHING ters, as well as personal accounts How to Bring Love, Compas- #PRMIPS $17.95 Tin of the experience of enlighten- sion, and Inner Peace into Your ment—providing listeners a vital Recorded live with a group of Daily Life introduction to the insights of Zen. practicing psychotherapists. EARTI 1 iliioogfc IE by Thich Mat Hanh. (2) 3 hrs. #ARMILI $18.95 Contents: How to meditate; true love versus possessive love; inter-being; meditating with children; communication between fa- It MM SH thers and sons; handling hurt feelings; understanding imperma- pSflEEDDSoi nence; five-fold meditation based on breathing, contemplation, and ARISING FROM FLAMES: imagery. Transforming Anger Through cf2btv Patience PEACE IS EVERY STEP: A Bud- by The Dalai Lama. 2 hrs. #ARFLT dhist Monk and Meditation THE PRESENT MOMENT: $15.95 Master Looks at War, and the A Retreat on the Practice of TOUCHING THE EARTH: The At a large gathering in Arizona, ROSHI PHILIP KAPLLAU f Peacemaking Process Five Prostrations & Deep Relax- the Dalai Lama spoke on bringing Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh. (1) #PEEVST ation the practice of patience into our BOfJHINANDSUNYA $9.95 by Thich Nhat Hanh. 6 cassettes in KWtHEDf vinyl case (7 1/2 hrs.), #PRMO by Thich Nhat Hanh with Sister lives, on how we can have a posi- Join Thich Nhat Hanh as he ad- tive effect on the minds of young $59.95 Chan Khong. 75 min. #TOEA dresses such issues as how true $10.95 people growing up in today's ag- peace is achieved, the tradition of Buddhism teaches that the One of the most powerful acts gressive society, on desire and how nonviolence, lessons from Vietnam present moment contains the seeds of devotion is also one of the most through training, we can reduce and the Persian Gulf, protests and of all things, including liberation KHENPO KONCHOG simple: bowing down and surren- anger and hatred and increase love patriotism, dealing with anger, de- from samsara. In this live audio re- dering to the Earth. This is the ba- and forgiveness. GYALTSEN spair and helplessness. treat with Thich Nhat Hanh, experience first-hand the traditional sis for the time-honored Buddhist AWAKENING TO WISDOM Buddhist practices designed to meditation practice that joins the TEACHINGS ON PATIENCE PRACTICE OF MINDFULNESS Lama Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen. IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: Working "touch the energy of mindfulness" mind and body in graceful prayer. by the Dalai Lama. 8 tapes #TEPA This teaching covers each phase of (1) #AWWI $9.95 with Anger, Nourishing Inner carried within, and open to the joy $100 this practice which is designed The Khenpo tells of the sense of Peace that is always present and waiting This is the outstanding teaching to release anger and cultivate unity, joy and harmony that comes to enter our lives. on the practice of patience given compassion. from purifying the mind and devel- by His Holiness in Tucson in 1993. oping its positive qualities. It is a detailed commentary on the 6th chapter of Shantideva's classic CHOD TEACHINGS MUSIC & CHANTS work which focusses on the prac- by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltshen Khenpo gives a teaching and tice of patience. During each of the Rinpoche (7) #CHTE $60 commentary on the Medicine Bud- sessions, His Holiness combined dha sadhana. Singing Bowl his own personal experience in the This is a seven tape set of teachings and commentary,on Chod development of patience with liis COMPLETE NGONDRO TEACH- par^AiJf^w§*'^p Chakra Meditation practice. One of the tapes contains extensive scholarship to explicate INGS Mans d e Beck a guided Mahamudra meditation the text.-This*is-an"excelleiu teach- by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltshen ing in which to immerse oneself. and Chod practice. Rinpoche (9) #CONGTE $90 0 iMj-. * *$*•*■.. MEDICINE BUDDHA TEACH- Ys! "•if. THE THREE PILLARS OF ZEN: INGS ILLUSORY BODY TEACHINGS Teaching, Practice, Enlighten- by Klienpo Konchog Gyaltshen ment by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltshen fi//i/)Oc/ie(l)#MEBUTE$10 Rinpoche (5) #ILBOTE $50 by Roshi Philip Kapleau. 2 tapes, #THPIZE $16.95

The Music of NAWANG KHECHOG

Born in Tibet, Nawang now lives in the USA. He was a musician since childhood and a Tibetan monk for 11 years. The experience of CHAKRA MEDITATION peace is very present in his lyrical and spacious flute music. (Please by Hans de Back. Cassette #CHME note that Tibet, Univei'sal Records is now handling the wholesale ECHOES OF TIBET: Traditional $10 requests for Nawang's tapes.) Tibetan Songs of Peace, Beauty Seven improvisations with Asian and Freedom gongs and bells composed as ex- by Tsering Wangmo. Cassette plorations of the seven energy cen- #ECTI $12 ters in the body. These are beautiful folk songs from Amdo and Kham sung by HANS DF. BACK Tsering Wangmo, who trained at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts as an opera and folk singer. She was the co-founder of the Singing Bowl Chaksampa Dance and Opera Meditation 1 Company. This is a solo recording.

jnwsic Sot relaxation . ami meditation RHYTHM OF PEACE: Bamboo Flute, MEDITATIVE MUSIC OF Didgeridoo, and Harmonic Chanting SINGING BOWLS Cassette #RHPE $10. The meditative sounds of Nawang Khechog. HIMALAYAN BOWLS I SOUNDS OF PEACE: Bamboo Flute & by Karma Moffett. Cassette Didgeridoo KARUNA #HIB01 $10 Cassette #SOPE $10. His spontaneous music by Nawang Khechog. Cassette #KA $12, CD Twenty-two singing bowls ex- captures the feeling and peace of the mountains #KACD $18 press the mystic feeling of the of Tibet. "I rely on music to promote understanding Himalayas. SINGING BOWL MEDITATION 1 and harmony between people and toward na- HIMALAYAN BELLS II by Hans de Back. Cassette SOUNDS OF INNER PEACE: Bamboo Flute, ture." #SIBOME $10 This is Nawang's latest production. All of by Karma Moffett. Cassette #HIBE Didgeridoo, Okharina, Incan Pan Pipes and Bathe in the pure and calming the songs are performed on Tibetan and other $10 Silver Flute sounds of singing bowls. Hans de This is a great recording of Cassette #SOINPE $10. Dedicated to the pres- ancient instruments from Australian, African, Back has a subtle and powerful Himalayan bowls and bells. It is ervation of Tibetan culture. Japanese, and Native American cultures. One touch which invites listeners to go harmonic and meditative. of his best! within.

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dhists. He insists on the need to see HOME TO TIBET: The Story of during the cultural revolution. dying. Includes interviews with the fundamental differences be- Sonam Lama's Return to His There are wonderful segments of H.H. the Dalai Lama in which he tween Buddhism and Christian- Homeland the new Karmapa and the unveil- speaks of his own view of life and ity—such as the idea of a Creator by Alan Dater and Lisa Merton. ing ceremony. death. God. But he also highlights the 55 min. #HOTI $29.95 striking similarities and parallels Home to Tibet documents the T SURPH U between the lives of Jesus and Bud- return of the Tibetan stone mason, dha, their teachings on non-vio- The Tibetan Boofe Sonam Lama, to his homeland for lence and the progressive stages of the first time since his escape of the Dead spiritual development. "Both the twelve years ago. His sister had life of Jesus Christ and of the Bud- asked that he return in order that dha show that it is only through she might prepare her mind for old effort, dedication, commitment age and death. Despite the fact that and standing firm on one's prin- Sonam has become an American ciples that one can grow spiritually citizen, returning to Tibet is dan- and achieve liberation."—The gerous for him. He first pilgrimages Dalai Lama in India where he meets the Dalai 4 Lama and goes to Nepal where he seeks the blessings and advice of ARISING FROM FLAMES: lamas there. This is the best film Overcoming Anger Through to watch if you want an intimate Part Is A Way of Life Patience experience of what it is like for Ti- by The Dalai Lama. 1 hr. video, betans to travel to Tibet and to feel ■ #ARFL $29.95 the many conflicting forces at play At a large gathering in Arizona, in the minds and hearts of the Ti- the Dalai Lama spoke of positive betan people—very insightful. TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, and negative desire and how Part 2 through training, we can reduce KARMAPA: The Thangka TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, narrated by Leonard Cohen. 45 anger and hatred and increase love Ceremony Parti min. #TIBOV2 $29.95 and forgiveness. presented by Tsurphu Founda- narrated by Leonard Cohen. 46 The Great Liberation presents a tion, produced by Ward Holmes. min. #TIBOVl $29.95 vividly detailed account of the con- THE GOOD HEART: The 14th 1/2 hour #KATHCE $29.95 Filmed in Ladakh, this new tents of the Book of the Dead and Dalai Lama Comments on the In May, 1994 members of the video explores the Tibetan wisdom of the traditional Buddhist teach- Four Christian Gospels Tsurphu Foundation joined H.H. of life and death and boldly visual- ings on compassion and the search #GOHE $33 the XVII Karmapa and the monks izes the afterlife according to The for truth which are its foundations. The film portrays an elderly priest This video is a summary of the of Tsurphu Monastery for the first Tibetan Book of the Dead. The film and his young student as they guide 1994 John Main Seminar held in unveiling of the new silk applique begins in Ladakh and follows the the soul of a recently deceased London. His Holiness gave an ex- thangka—one of the largest in the life and death of Tibetans in the man into the afterlife. The progress tensive commentary of the Four world. Measuring 60 x 100' it was high Himalayas—and then moves of the soul is envisioned through Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and re-constructed in the traditional to San Francisco, where it shows the actual sequence of traditional John for both Christians and Bud- style designed by the 9th Karmapa. the sacred text's growing accep- The old thangka was destroyed tance and use in hospices for the rituals and is interwoven with imaginative animation. MAPS, CARDS, PHOTOS ♦

Maps!

LHASA TRANSFORMED MAP This is the most detailed map of International Campaign for Tibet. Lhasa city—with over 590 names, #LHTRMA $5 located by grid and numbered ref- This package contains two large erences, the map provides the cor- >■■■■? sheets of paper with four maps of rect names and exact locations of Lhasa. The most spectacular is a all monuments, temples, monaster- panoramic view of the city which ies, schools, hospitals, hotels, measures 62" x 6" in two pieces. Its shopping centres, various offices fun to look at it and find land mark of the Chinese Communist occupation administration, etc. In addition spots—but the main purpose of ''^''^'■'\^'-^'S^-\-v0v'■■'■'■ +:+<+■:': ^-ZiX'-?-. '■■:■■■'■■'■■ '■■■■'■■'■'■ '■'■■'"-.'. these maps is to show how the city to road, street, lane and place has been transformed by the Chi- names, all the mountains surround- ROBERT BEER POSTCARDS nese. There are also 2 city plan ing Lhasa have been identified and $.80 ea. delineated with precise contour maps to show what is in store for Robert is one of the very best TWENTY-ONE TARAS CARD lines. A separate main index in the city. flrig^crs^'awj Tibetan style painters. You'll like #WETWTA $1 both Tibetan and English includes these images: This is the well-known image of MAP AND INDEX OF LHASA a historical survey of Lhasa and a #BEKAMA Kalachakra Mantra the 21 Taras painted by Andy We- CITY recollection of the old city by the #BEMEBU Medicine Buddha ber. by Amnye Machen Institute, Cen- eminent Tibetan historian, the late W.D. Shakabpa. #BENGCA Nagarjuna tre for Occupied Tibet Studies. #BENACA Naropa #MPINLH $15 #BESHCA Shantideva #BETICATilopa #BEFAVA Face of Vajrasattva

4MW Photos of H.H. the XVIIth Karmapa $15 ea. Ward Holmes of Tsurphu Foun- dation is offering through us a number of photos of the new incarnation of H.H. the Karmapa. These THE BUDDHA photos are made from a CD and 5x6 172" #BUC $3 measure approx. 8x10". A portion This is a radiant image of the of the proceeds from the sale of #HHKA14 Wearing Circular Hat Buddha. these photos goes to benefit Tsurphu Monastery in Tibet. #HHKA17 Wearing Black Hat #HHKA21 With Tai Situ #BEAVMA Avalokitesvara #HHKA49 Wearing Red Hat MANTRA CARDS $.80 ea. #WEAMMA Amitayus #HHKA59 Wearing Gampopa Hat #HHKA60 Wiih Younger Brother #BEGRTA Green Tara Andy Weber has created these #BEMAMA Manjushri cards to aid in mantra visualiza- #BEMBMA Medicine Buddha tion. #BESHMA Sakyamun

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1996 TIBETAN CALENDAR TIBETAN ART CALENDAR #DRTICA $8 fTIARCA $28.95 This is a daily calendar with spe- Now in its 22nd year, the Tibetan cial festivals and ritual days Art Calendar contains 13 poster marked. It belongs to all lineages size, full-color reproductions of and is published by the Drikung some of the best thangka paintings Kagyu organization. Gives auspi- from museums and private collec- cious days for starting all types of tions. Measures 161/2 x 231/2" and activities as well as days of great- each thangka contains a descrip- est obstacles and hindrances to tion by Professor Lokesh Chandra one's endeavors.

RIGPA CALENDAR #RIGPA $8.95 This is the annual pocket calendar from Rigpa with Buddhist holi- days and special practice days as well as information on Tibetan Euddhism and photos of prominent lamas.

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR SACRED SPACES fljl The TIBET 1996 WALL #SASPCA $10.99 ' f: JHui^^R^ .'1 Ghry CALENDAR and Tragtith Twelve images of special places from around the #INCACA $9.95 npBfcg»„Jl «f world: the Valley of the Buddhas, City of Refuge, Vir- Twelve images of .... Tibet gin de Guadelupe Shrine, Temples of Angkor....—all beautifully photographed. Measures 12 x 24". Tibet and Tibetans in Wl~^K\ttm this fund-raising cal- 1996 Calendar endar.

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SINGING BOWLS Singing bowls produce a marvelous sound when struck or rubbed on the rim. They are ideal for meditation practice. We import three sizes from Assam in India— known for the best metals; the larger ones have lower tones. We send two strikers. One is made in DEITY MANTRA India out of hard wood and is good for striking the bowl. The other is BANNERS BHUMPA a wooden dowel that is made out #BH $28 Vertical banners 6 x 36", brocade of soft wood and is better able to Made with copper and brass with embroidered mantras in Ti- make bowls sing. These bowls betan. this is an item that typically ap- have been cleaned by us to look pears on Tibetan altars or practice as good as possible. They are not BUDDHA MANTRA BANNER, tables. It is used for blessed museum pieces but sound great. #BUMABA $22 water. DOOR CURTAIN Large Singing Bowl #LASIBO KALACHAKRA MANTRA BAN- #DOCU $95 EIGHT AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS $195 NER, #KAMABA $22 Beautifully designed and sewn by 9" to 12" in diameter. a Namgyal monk. This curtain is in DOOR CURTAIN MANJUSHRI MANTRA BAN- the traditional colors and measures #EIAUDO $125 Medium Singing Bowl #MESIBO NER, #MAMABA $22 approx. 38" wide by 74" high. Embroidered with the 8 Auspi- $95 PADMASAMBHAVA MANTRA cious Symbols, this door curtain is 6 1/2" to 8 1/2" in diameter. BANNER, #PAMABA $22 awesome. It measures 3' x 6'. Small Singing Bowl #SMSIBO $50 TARA MANTRA BANNER, Approx. 6" in diameter. #TAMABA $22

KALACHAKRA WATCH #KAWA $120 This designer's watch whose creation is in- Looc spired by Tibetan sacred art and endorsed by His BHUMPA FEATHERS Holiness the Dalai Lama, is #BHFE $12 dedicated to thepursuit of en- Traditional peacock feather ar- lightenment, world peace and rangement which is used in a free Tibet. bhumpa. This is a Swiss Quartz watch KATAS with Sport-3 hands, water-resistant Plain Offering Scarf A standard stainless steel construction with blue offering scarf. #PLOFSC $4 leather strap. The dial has a blue back- Brocaded Offering Scarf with ETERNAL KNOT DOOR CURTAIN ground with silver Kalachakra pattern. Pro- duced in a limited edition of 1000. Comes with MACHIG LABDRON auspicious symbols #BROFSC $12 #ETKNDO $75 warranty booklet (warranteed for one year by Fancy Brocaded Offering Scarf This curtain has the eternal knot 5 x 7" #MALAC $3 the manufacturer for defects) that also explains (8' long) with auspicious symbols From the cover of the book, this sewn onto the cloth. It measures 38" the significance of Kalachakra and the proph- #FABROF $25 x 74" and looks great. photo is one of the best images ecy of Shambhala. we've seen of this deity.

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PECHA COVERS

Used to cover sacred texts.

INCENSE BURNER #INBUR $36 STATUES. A traditional burner—10" long, 2 1/2 high, 2 3/4" wide—fill STATUES. it with rice and put incense in it. It is made out of copper with Standard STATUES!!! touches of silver and brass alloys. Two sizes of traditional book ENDLESS KNOT EARRINGS & covers in red cloth with yellow We just received a large PENDANT square and cord. shippment of high quality statues The Endless Knot is one of the 22" sq. #PEWR $15 of various deities. These are eight auspicious symbols of Ti- 30"sq.#PEWRL$15 among the very best that we have betan Buddhism. It represents the seen and we highly recommend knot of life, the interconnect- them to you. Most statues are edness of all life, and the gilted bronze with gold-painted interconectedness of wisdom and faces. Contact us for photos of the compassion—the Buddha Nature images that you want: in all. Dedicated to a free Tibet and to the Tibet Resettlement Project, Amitayus 8 & 12" $325-675 Marta Macbeth has designed and Shakyamuni Buddha 4" $125 produced beautiful sterling silver Buddha 8" $325 pendants and earrings featuring Buddha 12" $375-575 the endless knot symbol. A per- INCENSE BURNER centage of the sale of Endless Knot purchases goes to the Tibetan Re- #INBUWO $80 settlement Project in Ithaca This is a painted wood incense burner that measures 19" long, 5 1/2" deep and high. It has a carved front with snow Endless Knot Earrings, all silver, Fancy lions and the three jewels. A16" drawer slides out and holds 11/4" long, #ENKNEA $36 incense. You fill the burner with sand or rice, lay the burning Two sizes of book covers in yel- Endless Knot Pendant, silver w/ incense stick down on top of it and the smoke flows out low cloth with red Tibetan design beaded cord, 13/8" dia., #ENKNPE through a slot on the top of the box. brocade square and cord. $24 21" sq. #FAPE $17 30"sq.#FAPEL$20

MEDITATION CARPETS

TIBETAN MEDITATION CARPET (small) Mahakala (2 arm) 12 $450 29" square, #TIMECS $150 Now we have a second double dorje meditation carpet, as traditional as before but smaller. It is a size typically used by monks. The WtM floor side has been backed with maroon cloth so that the fringe does not show. Also made by Tibetans from wool. FANCY ETERNAL KNOT EARRINGS PECHA HOLDERS A wooden frame with red back- Matte Silver Eternal Knot TIBETAN MEDITATION CARPET (large) Earrings w/turquoise bead ing—embroidered with Double 3x3 feet, #TIMECA $250 #MASIEA $20 Dorjes, Wheel of Dharma and Om We are pleased to offer a custom-designed, traditional Ti- Ah Hung mantra. Comes in two Gold Eternal Knot Earrings betan style meditation carpet. The central image is the double sizes with tie cord. Green Tara 8" $325 w/red glass bead #GOEA $20 dorje, which is often placed below the meditator on retreat. Regular, 15 x 3 3/4" #PEHO $30 This carpet will enhance your meditation space with its auspicious design and gold, red, orange and blue colors. The car- Large, 17 x 4" #PEHOL $35 pet is woven by Tibetans from 100% wool. (■» 5 y „3 '" "" -::l g£ 0 mT^\ - 0 mil 0 i .•dA' *■*■ ri> «* 0 <*■* fm aBUB■ W •» P H Wm TH -» l av mE^H J» " ^™ ■'" * Endangered Culture Series

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DALAI LAMA JOURNAL #UALAJO $8.50 LOTUS SEED MALA Spiral-bound, measuring 5 x 7", this journal has a striking photo of #LOSEMA $25 His Holiness on the cover. A por- Mala has lotus seed guru bead tion of the proceeds is donated to and tassel. the Tibet Fund.

2C SNOW LION WINTER '96 CATALOG DHARMA ITEMS liisii ♦ THANGKAS Buddha 13" (Burmese) $395 Chakrasamvara $950 These thangkas are excellent in 4-arm Mahakala $325 Chenrezig 8" $250-325 quality and are all properly 2-arm Mahakala $400 mounted and brocaded for hang- Chenrezig 12" $425495 2-arm Mahakala (large Newari) ^^. Chenrezig (1000-arm) 18" $1000 ing. Please call us for information $600 mm Green Tara 8" $275-325 as to availability. Contact us for Machig Labdron $350 Hayagriva 7" $575 photos of the following in stock: Manjushri $325 Jambala 8" $140-325 Marpa $295 Jambala (large) $475 Amitabha $295 Medicine Buddha $500 Karmapa 8" $325 Buddha & 108 Buddhas $425 Medicine Buddha (large) $575 Lion-faced Dakini 12" $475 Buddha (large) $525 Nagarjuna $325 MachigLabdronll"$250 Chakrasamvara $400 Nyingma Protectors $330 Mahakala (2 arm) 7" $325 4-arm Chenrezig $325 Large Nyingma Protectors $590 Mahakala (2 arm) 12 $450 4-arm Chenrezig $650 Padmasambhava $400 Mahakala (4 arm) 10" $495 4-arm Chenrezig & Manjushri & . Padmasambhava (w/deities) $320 Maitreya 9" $320-360 Vajrapani $320 Padmasambhava (standing) $400 Medicine Buddha 5.5"-8" $150-275 1000-Arm Chenrezig $360 Rainbow Body Padmasambhava Manjushri 6"-8" $250-295 Dorje Legpa $325 $400 Manjushri 12" $425 Dorje Senge $325 Padmasambhave w/8 forms $575 Milarepa6"$225 H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche lineage Red Tara $325 Mipham 7.5" $360 $350 H.H.SakyaTrizen$325 TIBETAN ANTIQUES #TIAN Padmasambhava 13" $425 Ekajati $320 Samantabhadra $325 Padmasambhava 9" $295-325 Garab Dorje $325 H.H. 16th Karmapa $350 Dechen Choeden, one of the Ti- two sizes, $135450. Red Tara Statue (bronze) 9" $175 Green Tara $320 Ushnishasitatapatra $325 betans who has resettled in Ithaca, Phurba, gold-plated copper Tsongkhapa w/disciples $775 Green Tara & 21 Taras $360 Vajradhara $400 has brought with her an unusually antique phurba, $750. Vajradhara 8" $325 Guru Dragpo $295 Vajrakilaya $350 fine collection of antiques, mostly Small Knives, mostly antique Vajradhara 12" $400 Guhyasamaja $360 Vajrakilaya (black) $490 from Tibet. These pieces are over with silver cases, $150450. Vajrapani 12" $495 Jambhala $295 Vajrapani $325 100 years old and are finely crafted. Large Knives, silver knives Vajrapani 6" $120 Je Tsongkhapa $325 Vajrasattva $480 Since they are one-of-a-kind items, with richly designed cases, Vajrasattva 6" $125 Je Tsongkhapa $490 Vajrasattva w/consort $325 we have photographed them as we some antiques, $375-600. Vajrasattva6"$125 Kagyu Lineage Tree $700 Vajrasattva w/Nyingma lineage do with thangkas, statues and car- Whips, wood and brass with Vajrasattva 8" $325 Kalachakra $325 $390 pets. These photos are available to dragon or serpent, $375450. Vajrasattva 12" $400425 KingofShambhala$320 Vajrayogini $325 you on loan so that you can see the Earrings, large, silver, antique White Tara 8" $325 Kinkara Skeleton Couple $350 Vajrayogini w/4 Dakinis $320 pieces and make a selection. Here earrings, $225-300. White Tara 12" $425-525 Lion-Faced Dakini $290 Wheel of Life $350 are some of the categories of ob- Flint Pouches, mostly antique Yamaraja 6" $160 Lion-Faced Dakini w/deities $360 White Tara $350 jects and price ranges: with silver and/or brass work, 6-arm Mahakala (3 headed) $325 Yamantaka (w/consort) $360 $265-500. Gaus, large silver antique pieces 6-arm Mahakala $325 Yamantaka $330 Necklace, antique Kangra art with coral or turquoise, oval 6-arm White Mahakala $325 Yamantaka (large) $565 silver necklace with jingles, shaped, $300-525. $675. Large Gaus, circular, mostly Tea Pots, Cups, Bhumpa, ym silver, some antiques, $300-750. Grain Containers, silver, Large Gaus, squarish, with some antiques, $150-1200. turquoise & coral, antique, Cups & Butter Lamp, silver, $400450. $375-750. Dorjes, five point antique dorjes, Hair Ornaments, silver with turquoise and/or coral, some antiques, $150-750. ^M^IQT^^^^^^

Chenrezig 8" $325 Karmapa 8" $325

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Tsongkhapa w/disciples $775 Dharma Items from Ngodup Sangpo

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We now have a selection of fancy plmrbas, dorjes and a few items like a rare curved knife, old bell and dorje and dingsha bell with animal horn striker. We will send you the list and photos if you are interested. These are beautiful items and are priced between one and five hundred dollars.

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BUDDHA SILK SCARF TIGER SILK SCARF 36" square, $50 #SIBUSC 39" square, $50 #SISCT Tiger Many Buddhas adorn this sub- Tibetan design, hand-screened, Vajrasattva w/consort $325 tly colored scarf—blue, taupe, pure silk scarf, ideal for gifts. Made lavendar, muted yellow. A lovely by Tibetans in India, gift.

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T-SHIRTS All these shirts are good quality 100% cotton.

OM MANIPADME HUM SHIRT, #OMTL (large), #OMTX (x-tra large) $15 This has a gold mantra circle on navy blue.

DOUBLE DORJE SHIRT, #DODOTL (large), #DODOTX (x-tra large) SI5 Gold double dorje on red.

TIBETAN FLAG SHIRT, #TIFLTL (large), #TIFLTX (x-tra large) Si5 Buddha Eyes Notecard The Tibetan Flag is on yellow and says "freedom" in Tibetan script. 5x7", color, #BUEYNO $2

NAMCYAL T-SHIRT, #NATL (large), #NATX (x-tra SNOW LION TIBET SHIRT, #SNLITL (large), #SNLITX (x-tra large) large) Si8 Buddha Eyes Bookmark $15 Golden mandala on black. The Dalai Lama's Ithaca 2 1/4x7 1/4", color, #BUEYBO Tibetan mountain scene with romping snow lions on white cotton. branch of Namgyal Monastery benefits from the sale of $1.50 Banner says TIBET". these shirts.

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Bold Items are published by Snow Buddhism and Language 21.95 Cultivating a Daily Meditation 7.95 Drinking the Montain Stream 14.95 Four Foundations of Lion. Buddhism in Practice 19.95 Cultivating the Mind of Love 14.00 Drung, Deu and Bon 19.95 Mindfulness 15.95 Buddhism in Russia 22.95 CultofTara 18.00 Dzogchen Meditation 15.00 Four Lamas of Dolpo 21.00 Advice from the Lotus-Born 18.00 Buddhism of Tibet 12.95 Cultural History of Tibet 20.00 Dzogchen: Innermost Four Noble Truths 9.95 Advice from a Spiritual Buddhism: Outline... 8.95 Curators of the Buddha 16.95 Essence 8.95 Four Ordinary Foundations Friend 14.95 Buddhism, Sexuality & Cutting Through Dzogchen: The Self- of Buddhist Practice 12.00 Altar of the Earth 14.95 Gender 21.95 Appearances 15.95 Perfected State $12.95 Four-Themed Precious Amy and Gully in Buddhism Through Cutting Through Spiritual East of Lo Monthang, cloth 35.00 Garland 7.95 Rainbowland 5.95 American Women's Eyes 12.95 Materialism 14.00 Eat More Weigh Less 14.00 Freedom in Exile 12.00 Anatman 5.00 Buddhist Handbook 14.95 Cycle of Day and Night $12.95 Echoes of Voidness 8.95 From the Land of the Ancient Futures 12.00 Buddhist Hermeneutics 15.95 Dakini Teachings 18.00 Ecstatic Spontaneity 25.00 Thunder Dragon, cloth 44.95 Ancient Secrets of the Buddhist I Ching 15.00 Dalai Lama at Harvard 14.95 Eight Gates of Zen 12.95 Fundamental Wisdom of Fountain of Youth 5.95 Buddhist Symbols 14.95 Death and the Art of Dying 14.95 Embodied Mind 14.95 the Middle Way 14.95 Ancient Wisdom 14.95 Buddhist World of Death and Dying 11.95 Embracing the Beloved 11.00 Garden of All Joy 15.95 Ascent 20.00 Southeast Asia 16.95 Death, Intermediate Empowerment 14.00 Garland of Mahamudra Asian Journal of Thomas Captured in Tibet 8.95 State and Rebirth 9.95 Emptiness of Emptiness 17.00 Practices 9.95 Merton 12.95 Calming the Mind 12.95 Debate in Tibetan Emptiness Yoga, paper 22.95 Garland of Immortal Assemblage of Vidyadharas 12.95 Ceaseless Echoes of the Buddhism, paper 38.95 Emptiness Yoga, cloth 39.95 Wish-Fulfilling Trees 15.95 Awakened One 9.00 Great Silence 15.00 Debate in Tibetan Encyclopedia of Eastern Gates to Buddhist Practice 14.95 Awakening of the West 18.00 Central Philosophy of Tibet 19.95 Buddhism, cloth 45.00 Phil. & Religion 22.50 Gems of Dharma, Jewels of Awakening the Mind 14.95 Ceremonies of the Lhasa Deity Yoga 18.95 Enlightened Beings 18.00 Freedom 19.95 Awakening the Mind, Year 24.95 Delhi-Jaipur-Agra 19.95 Enlightened Courage 12.95 Generating the Deity 14.95 Lightening the Heart 20.00 Chakras 14.95 Delog 13.95 Enlightened Journey 16.00 Generous Wisdom 8.95 Bardo Guidebook 14.95 Chariot for Traveling the Dependant Arising and Enlightenment by a Single Gentle Bridges 20.00 Bardo Teachings 8.95 Path to Freedom 18.75 Emptiness 37.50 Means 46.00 Gently Whispered 16.95 Beautiful Ornament of Chenrezig, Lord of Love 11.95 Determination 12.00 Entering the Stream 15.00 Glimpse After Glimpse 12.00 the Three Visions 12.95 Children of Tibet 14.95 Dharma Family Treasures 14.95 Essential Nectar 14.00 Golden Goose King, cloth 19.95 Being Nobody, Going Chinnamasta 14.95 Dharma that Illuminates All 18.95 Essential Teachings 12.95 Golden Letters 18.95 Nowhere $12.95 Choose Love 12.00 Dharma Paths 14.95 Essential Tibetan Buddhism 20.00 Golden Yoke, cloth 35.00 Being Peace 10.00 Cho Yang Year of Tibet 35.00 Dictionaries: Ethics of Tibet 19.95 Gradual Awakening 8.95 Big Sky Mind 15.00 Cho Yang V 18.95 *English-Tibetan-Chinese Everlasting Rain of Nectar 14.95 Great Dragon's Fleas 14.95 Bitter Winds 22.95 Cho Yang VI 18.95 Diet. 45.00 Excellent Buddhism 15.95 Great Kagyu Masters 14.95 Blessing Power of the Christ and the Bodhisattva 19.95 *English-Tibetan Diet, of Experience of Insight 14.00 Great Path of Awakening 12.00 Buddhas 15.95 Circle of Protest 16.50 Modern Tibetan 60.00 Explore Tibet 9.95 Great Stupa of Gyantse, Bodhgaya Interviews 8.95 Civilized Shamans, cloth 66.00 *Tibetan-Chinese Diet. Faith to Doubt 10.00 cloth 90.00 Bodhisattva Vow 11.95 Classical Tibetan language 1995 (2 vols.) 120.00 Feminine Ground 12.95 Great Swan 16.00 Bodhisattva Warriors 19.95 Clear Light of Bliss 19.95 *Tibetan-English Diet, of Fine Arts of Relaxation, Great Treasury of Merit 25.95 Body and Emotion 16.00 Clear Mirror 16.95 Buddhist Term. 40.00 Concentration 14.95 Guide to the Bodhissatva's Body of Light 12.95 Cloudless Sky 10.00 *Tibetan-English Diet, of First Buddhist Women 15.00 Way of Life 12.95 Bon Religion of Tibet, cloth 55.00 Commentary on Guru Yoga 7.95 Modern Tibetan 64.00 Five Tibetans 9.95 Guide to Dakini Land 29.95 Book of Buddhas 10.95 Complete Home Healer 5.99 *Tibetan-English Diet. (Das) 25.00 Flash of Lightning in the Guide to Walking Meditation 8.95 Born in Tibet 15.00 Concealed Essence of the Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche 9.95 Dark of Night 10.00 GuruPuja 4.95 Boy Who Had a Dream 12.95 Hevajra Tantra, cloth 20.00 Direct and Unmistaken Flight of the Garuda 15.00 Handbook of Tibetan Buddha 15.95 Concise History of Method 3.95 Fluent Tibetan 250.00 Culture 18.00 Buddha Nature - Thrangu Buddhism 19.95 Disputers of the Tao 19.95 Foundation of Buddhist Handbook of Traditional Rin. 13.95 Crazy Wisdom 19.00 Door of Liberation 15.00 Meditation 4.95 Tibetan Drugs 6.00 Buddha Nature - King Crazy Wisdom (Nisker) 12.95 Door to Satisfaction 12.50 Foundations of Tibetan Harmony of Emptiness Buddha's Question 9.95 Creating Mandalas 16.00 Dose of Emptiness 29.95 Mysticism 12.95 and Dependent-Arising 10.95 Buddha Within 21.95 Creation and Completion 14.95 Double Mirror 14.95 Four Essential Buddhist Healing Buddha 4.00 Buddhahood 15.95 Creative Vision 15.00 Dream Yoga & Practice Commentaries 9.95 Healing into Life and Death 9.95 Buddhism: Iconography 24.95 Crystal and the Way of Light 13.95 of Natural Light 12.95 Four Essential Buddhist Texts 7.95 Healing Sounds 14.95

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13.95 Ngondro Commentary 11.95 Singing Bowls 10.95 Tibetan Phrasebook Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree 12.50 Life of Shabkar 24.95 Nomads of Western Tibet 20.00 Six Vajra Verses 10.00 Tapes 14.95 Hero of the Land of Snow 6.95 Light of Wisdom 18.00 Now and Zen Epicure 17.95 Sky Burial 21.95 Tibetan Pilgrimage 14.95 HH. the 17th Karmapa 9.95 Lighting the Lamp 12.00 Nyingma School of Small Golden Key 11.00 Tibetan Quadrisyllables Hidden Treasures and Like an Echo 5.95 Tibetan Buddhism 240.00 Snow Lion's Turquoise Mane 17.00 Phrases & Idioms 18.00 Secret Lives 16.95 Lion's Roar 13.00 NyungNa 16.00 Some Essential Advice 4.50 Tibetan Thangka Painting 29.95 Highest Yoga Tantra 14.95 Little Lama of Tibet 15.95 Ocean of Eloquence 16.95 Song of Karmapa 12.95 Tibetan Tradition of Mental Himalaya 9.00 Living Buddha, Living Ocean of Nectar 29.95 Songs of the Sixth Dalai Development 10.95 History of Modern Tibet 25.00 Christ, cloth 20.00 Old Path, White Clouds 25.00 Lama 5.95 Tibetan Yoga & Secret History of Tibetan Painting, Living Buddha Zen 15.95 Open Heart, Clear Mind 12.95 Sovereign of All-Creating Doctrines 14.95 cloth 140.00 Living Buddhism 24.95 Opening the Eye of New Mind 19.95 Tintin in Tibet 7.95 Homage to Khyab Je Kalu Living Dharma 17.00 Awareness 12.95 Spirit and Nature: To Lhasa and Beyond 14.95 Rinpoche 24.95 Living the Mindful Life 14.00 Opening the Heart of Environment/Religious Torch of Certainty 12.00 House of the Turquoise Living Tibet 26.95 Compassion 12.95 Issue 16.00 To the Lion Throne 8.95 Roof 16.95 Living with Kundalini 18.00 Oracles and Demons of Spiritual Parenting 12.95 Touching Peace 9.50 How to Meditate 12.95 Long Discourses of the Tibet 58.00 Standing in Your Own Way 15.95 Training of the Zen Illuminations 14.00 Buddha ,cloth 34.95 Otherworld Journeys 8.95 Start Where You Are 12.00 Buddhist Monk 9.95 Illusion's Game 14.00 Longing for Darkness 13.95 Passage From Solitude 9.95 Status of Tibet 24.95 Training the Mind 9.00 Images of Enlightenment 24.95 Looking Into Mind 14.95 Passionate Enlightenment 13.95 Staying Well in a Toxic Training the Mind in Independence to Exile 7.95 Lord of the Dance 16.95 Passions of Innocence 14.95 World 15.95 the Great Way 12.95 India 19.95 Lost Lhasa: Heinrich Path is the Goal 10.00 Strange Liberation 12.95 Transcendent Wisdom 12.95 Indian Buddhism 22.50 Harrer's Tibet 39.95 Path of Serenity and Insight 16.00 Studies in Tibetan Transcending Madness 20.00 Indian Buddhism Lotus-Bom 17.00 Path of the Bodhisattva Medicine 7.95 Transforming Problems 11.95 (Nakamura) 19.95 Loving Kindness 18.00 Warrior 14.95 Study of Svantantrika, Translating Buddhism India Travel Survival Kit 24.95 Machig Labdron & the Path to Bliss 14.95 paper 19.95 From Tibetan 50.00 Indo-Tibetan Buddhism 65.00 Foundations of Chod 16.95 Path to Enlightenment 14.95 Study of Svantantrika, Translating Buddhism In Exile from the Land of Magic and Mystery in Tibet 7.95 Path to Enlightenment in cloth 35.00 From Tibetan Tape 10.00 Snows 13.00 Magic Dance 12.00 Tibetan Buddhism 70.00 Sublime Path Victorious Trekking in Tibet 16.95 Initiations and Initiates in Magic Life of Milarepa 16.00 Path to the Middle 19.95 Ones 8.95 TRIGG in Tibet 6.95 Tibet 5.95 Mahamudra 9.95 Paths and Grounds of Survey of Buddhism 24.95 Turquoise Bee 15.00 Inner Teachings of Taoism 14.00 Mahamudra Teachings of Guhyasamaja 15.95 Synchronicity, Science, Twenty Jataka Tales 9.95 In Praise of Tara 24.95 the Supreme Siddhas 15.95 Peace is Every Step 9.95 and Soul-Making 17.95 Two Truths paper 19.95 In Search of Stainless Mahamudra: Quint, of Piercing the Autumn Sky 9.95 Tale of the Incomparable Two Truths cloth 39.95 Ambrosia 12.95 Mind and Meditation 30.00 Plotinus: The Enneads 65.00 Prince, cloth 24.00 Understanding the Mind 21.95 In Search of the Dharma 16.95 Mahayana Buddhism 18.95 Policy of Kindness 10.95 Taming the Monkey Mind 12.95 Union of Bliss and Inside Tibetan Buddhism 20.00 Mandala 20.00 Portrait of a Dalai Lama 22.95 Taming the Tiger 12.95 Emptiness 14.95 Insight Meditation 11.00 Manifestation of the Portrait of Lost Tibet 15.95 Tantra in Tibet 14.95 Union of Mahamudra and International Tibet Tathagata 12.50 —closeout sale 8.00 Tantric Distinction 10.00 Dzogchen 18.00 Resource Directory 7.00 Manual of Key Buddhist Power of Compassion 12.00 Tantric Grounds and Paths 19.95 Universal Compassion 14.95 In the Mirror of Memory 19.95 Terms 10.95 Power Places of Tantric Path of Purification 15.00 Uttara Tantra cloth 20.00 In the Presence of My Manual of Ritual Fire Kathmandu, cloth 39.95 Tantric Practice in Vajrayogini Sadhana & Enemies 14.95 Offering 14.95 Practice of Co-Emergent Nyingma 14.95 Comm. 9.95 In This Very Life 16.00 Masters of Enchantment 19.95 Mahamudra 6.00 Tantric Yogas of Sister Violence and Compassion: Introduction to Buddhism 9.95 Masters of Mahamudra 21.95 Practice of Dzogchen 22.95 Niguma 12.95 Dialogues on Life Today 20.00 Introduction to Tantra 14.95 Masters of Meditiation & Practice of Kalachakra 16.95 Taoism 16.00 Vegetarian Asia 9.95 Introduction to Tibetan Miracles, cloth 30.00 Practice of Tranquillity and Taoist Secrets of Love 14.95 Viu's Night Book 7.95 Buddhism 18.95 Meaningful to Behold 24.95 Insight 12.00 Tara's Coloring Book 9.95 Walking Through Walls, Introduction to Tibetan Meaning of Life 12.50 Prajnapannita: Six Tassajara Bread Book 12.00 paper 19.95 Buddhism, cloth 34.95 Meditating with Children 14.95 Perfections 15.00 Teacher 2.95 Walking Through Walls, Invincible Amdo Tibetans, Meditation 22.95 Prayer Flags 6.95 Teachings of the Buddha 10.00 cloth 35.00 cloth 58.00 Meditation: Advice to Preliminary Practice of the Temple, Household, Warriors of Tibet 12.95 Is Enlightenment Beginners 14.95 New Treasure of Dudjom 20.00 Horseback 27.50 Way to Freedom 16.00 Possible? cloth 45.00 Meditation Differently 17.50 Preparing for Tantra 6.95 Thinking Green! 18.00 Weavers of Wisdom 10.00 Jamgon Kontrul's Meditation Handbook 9.95 Present Moment, Wonderful Thoughts without a 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Retreat Manual 15.95 Meditation in Action 6.00 Moment 7.00 Three Levels of Spiritual What the Buddha Never -i"' Jnanagarbha's Commentary Meditation on Emptiness 29.95 Prince Siddhartha 15.95 Perception 24.95 Taught 14.95 on..., cloth 21.95 Meditation on Vajrabhairava 9.95 Principal Teachings of Three Silver Coins 12.95 What the Buddha Taught 9.95 Jewel Ornament of Meditations on Lower Buddhism 6.95 Three Vehicles of Buddhist . Wheel of Sharp Weapons 6.95 Liberation 20.00 Tantras 7.95 Profound Buddhism ...15,95. ..- • Practice 12.00 Wheel of Time 12.95 Jew in the Lotus 12.00 Meeting the Buddha 12.00 Profound Wisdom of the Thundering Silence 7.00 Wheel of Time Sand Jewelled Staircase 10.95 Meeting the Buddhas 24.95 Heart Sutra 10.95 Tibet 7.95 Mandala 24.00 Journey in Ladakh 10.95 Meeting the Great Bliss , - Psycho-Cosmic Symbolism Tibet Handbook 30.00 Where is Tibet? 12.95 Journey Without Goal 18.00 Queen 14.00 of the Buddhist Stupa 10.95 Tibet Is My Country 16.95 White Lotus 19.95 Joyful Path of Good Middle Length Discourses, Queen of Great Bliss 12.95 Tibet - Student Workbook 6.50 White Sail 15.00 Fortune ...24.95 cloth 75.00 Quintessence of the Tibet - Teacher's Guide 6.50 Who Dies? 10.95 Jung's Psychology & Mind and its Functions 22.00 Animate and Inanimate 12.00 Tibet: The Facts 10.50 Wholeness Lost & Tibetan Buddhism 12.95 Mind and the Way 16.95 Quintessence Tantras of Tibet: Issue is Independence 9.50 Wholeness Regained 12.95 Kalachakra Tantra 12.00 Mind in Tibetan Buddhism 10.95 Tibetan Medicine 22.95 Tibet: A Political History 15.00 Wisdom and Compassion, Karmapa 22.95 Mind Only School and Rainbow Painting 20.00 Tibet: The Position in (cloth) 75.00 Keys to Great Buddhist Logic 15.00 Rain of Wisdom 35.00 International Law 25.00 Wisdom and Compassion, Enlightenment 12.95 Mind Science 13.95 Rainmaker 16.95 Tibet: Survival in Question 25.00 (paper) 40.00 Kindness, Clarity, and Mind Training Like the Rays Raven Crown cloth 29.95 Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit 14.95 Wisdom Beyond Words 17.95 Insight 12.95 of the Sun 8.95 Reasons and Persons 26.00 Tibet and the United Wisdom Energy 10.00 Kindly Bent to Ease Us I 14.95 Mindfulness in Plain English 12.95 Reasoning into Reality 18.00 States of America 7.00 Wisdom Energy 2 4.95 Kindly Bent to Ease Us II 12.95 Mipam 9.95 Rebirth Into Pure Land 10.95 Tibetan Arts of Love 14.95 Wisdom of No Escape 10.00 Kindly Bent to Ease Us m 12.95 Miracle of Mindfulness 11.00 Red Tar$ Commentary 7.00 Tibetan Book of Healing 16.95 Wisdom of Buddha 25.00 King of Samadhi 17.00 Miraculous Journey 14.95 Red Tara Sadhana 8.00 Tibetan Book of Living and Wisdom: Two Buddhist Knowing, Naming and Mirror of Mind 35.00 Reincarnation 12.95 Dying 16.00 Commentaries 24.00 Negation, paper 19.95 Mirror of Mindfulness 14.00 Religion of Tibet 15.00 Tibetan Book of Living and Wish-Fulfilling Jewel 10.00 Knowing, Naming and MO: Tibetan Divination Religions of India in Practice i 19.95 Dying, cloth 24.00 Women in Buddhism 15.00 Negation, cloth 35.00 System 29.95 Religions of Tibet 15.00 Tibetan Book of the Dead Women of Wisdom 10.95 Knowledge and Monastic 15.00 Repeating the Words of (TrungpaR.) 10.00 Wonders of the Natural Liberation, paper 18.95 Mongolia 13.95 the Buddha 12.95 Tibetan Book of the Dead Mind 14.95 Knowledge and Mongolia cloth 60.00 Rhetoric of Immediacy 17.95 (R. 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Bold items are produced by Snow Gyuto Monks Freedom -Lg. Auspicious Symbols 40.00 -Pure Sandalwood Incense-8 ' 5.00 -fancy (lg.) 20.00 Lion. Please note that we make Chants CD 16.95 -Lg. Banner 125.00 -Extra-Grade Tibetan Pecha Holders every effort to avoid products Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir 10.95 -Buddha Aus. Symbol Incense 10.00 -regular size 30.00 made in China. 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Ohe Age of Exploration, halted for so long by insular careful regard for the natural environment and local culture. Cold War politics which sealed much of Tibet"s bor- We travel only in small groups to minimize our impact on these fragile lands and create unique derlands, has experienced a rebirth in the Himalaya. and personal experiences for our guests. Groups of no more than eight allows greater flexibility Government restrictions have relented, unveiling and leaves days open for those spontaneous events which are the essence of adventure. Snow many areas nestled high among the Himalaya, undisturbed for Lion Expeditions provides the professional guides whom you seek for such a significant journey - so long by the changes that have swept the 20th-century world. experts well-versed in the culture, art, and natural history, and responsible for the challenging pas- Your guide into these timeless lands of the Himalaya is Snow sage of visitors through the remote Himalaya. Lion Expeditions, a unique Himalayan travel, service and outfit- In turn, we seek expedition participants ready to encounter the exotic and the unexpected, and ter of treks, mountaineering expeditions and overland journeys. who want to experience in a profound way the people, the land and the rich culture of this fasci- Our mission is to re-create the spirit of exploration and high nating region. adventure of the early Western expeditions into the region, but - with the heightened sensitivity of our own era - to operate with

Snow Lion pio- brate Guru Rinpoche's conquest of grims on the 4- neers treks to local demons. 31 days. day kora path areas previously 1996 Departure: TBA (late July) around the ven- closed or Land Cost: $4,000 (5-8 members) erable mountain restricted along over the Doma the Tibetan bor- PHOKSUMDO La (19,250'). Tour also includes trips der with Nepal TURQUOISE JEWEL to sacred Lake Manasarovar and the and India. With Phoksumdo Lake - Nepal's largest ruins of Tsaparang and Tolling, capi- the end of the alpine lake - is the showcase of this tals of ancient Guge. 29 days. Cold War, most spring trek across a high traverse into 1996 Departure: 6/12-7/10 of these regions wild country and amid people who's Land Cost: $5,000 (5-8 members) are open, culture spans Buddhist, Bonpo & although on a Hindu. 21 days. MANASLU - restricted basis. In Nepal, those regions are Inner Dolpo 1996 Departure: 5/19-6/8 ANNAPURNA (opened in 1994); Mustang (1992) one of the world's last Land Cost: $3,200 (5-8 members) TRAVERSE Destined to become a classic trek, remaining Tibetan Buddhist kingdoms; and Manaslu (1991) NOMADIC TRAILS which features an adventurous trek around the world's sev- this traverse follows a unique route OF UPPER DOLPO which takes us through an endless enth highest summit. In India, newly opened areas along Trek with Tibetan nomads and salt the Tibetan border include Spiti (1993); and Rupshu variety of traders across three high alpine pass- ecosystems, (1995), one of the wildest and least inhabited Himalaya es along ancient trade routes to the MISSION regions, where the shores of Tso Morari Lake house a past numer- turquoise lake of Phoksumdo and ous remote STATEMENT Nyingmapa Tibetan Buddhist monastery. "In these new explore the Bonpo monasteries of frontiers, the centuries-old traditions of the Himalaya ethnic Tarap Valley. 27 days. groups on a high altitude odyssey. A remain unimpacted by Western influence," says Snow 1996 Departures: 9/30-10/26 Lion's Operations Director "The terrain and strenuous trek in the remote realms To share the essence Land Cost: $3,700 (5-8 members) climate will continue to prevent rapid change in a land beyond Manaslu and Annapurna, the of the Himalaya — where the wheel is largely useless and access to the interi- JOURNEY TO best of two classics. 30 days. its vastness, or is only possible-viaanciwit-fGotpatU&rZ , KAILAS - 1996 Departures: 3/31 - 4/29, Center of the Universe 10/21 -11/19 veteran Himalayan mountaineer, Al Land Cost: $3,600 (5-8 members) timelessness, culture JOURNEY TO KHAM Join Ward Holmes on an overland Travel into Kham, the highly restrict- Burgess, Snow Lion's Operations Director. 30 days. journey from Kathmandu to the base and humanity, and ed region of eastern Tibet for a 20- of holy Mount Kailas to join other pil- to provide our day trek to Pelpung Gompa with 1996 Departures: 9/29-10/28 Ward Holmes, Snow Lion's Tibet - Land Cost: $3,600 (5-8 members) Tibet has long aroused customers with the Bhutan Tour Coordinator, and KANCHENJUNGA the wanderlust of the highest quality Jamyang Lodoe, veteran Snow Lion Five Treasures world's most intrepid Expedition Leader. 29 days. of the Snow explorers, its allure travel experience 1996 Departure: 8/25-9/22 Journey through lush forests below stemming from geo- Land Cost: TBA cascading waterfalls into the rugged graphical and self- available in this imposed isolation. Until RUPSHU upper valleys to reach base camp beneath Kanchenjunga, world's third the 1980s, few outsiders extraordinary part Trekking on the had the tenacity to pen- Changtang highest summit. 29 days. T I & U etrate the high passes of the world. Trek in the unknown and unmapped 1996 Departures: 10/13-11/10 Land Cost: $3,600 (5-8 members) and towering peaks of the Himalaya and cross the stark province of Rupshu at the far western Tibetan Plateau. Inland salt lakes dot the arid landscape edge of the Changtang Plateau. MUSTANG between towering peaks roamed by traders and shep- Encounter nomadic Tibetan families, The Forbidden herds. herds of ibex, kyang and bhraal Kingdom Most 1996 departures will be led by Ward Holmes, enroute to the Buddhist monastery at Trek northward Snow Lion's Tibet - Bhutan Tour Coordinator. In 1971, Tso Morari Lake. 26 days. t^^y^^S^s through ocher Ward became the first western student of His Holiness, the 1996 Departure: 7/16-8/10 and vermillion 16th Tibetan Karmapa, and is the president of the Tsurphu Land Cost: $3,000 (2-8 members) gorges beneath Foundation based in.Maui. He is a devout Buddhist, SPITI the towering Tibetan scholar and veteran Himalayan trip leader. Annapurna Province of JOURNEY TO THE 'ROOF OF THE WORLD' Ancient Tibet range to the fabled, walled villages of Explore the gilded palaces, temples and monasteries of Lhasa with a special Travel by minivan along ancient tran- Mustang, the once forbidden Tibetan kingdom. 17 days. excursion to Tsurphu Monastery, the home of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa. shimalayan trade route to obscure vil- Padma Sambhava foretold in the 8th Century that Tsurphu Monastery will be lages and monasteries of the once 1996 Departures: 5/18-6/3,11/9-25 Land Cost: $3,700 (5-8 members) the center of activity of all the successive Karmapas, who by their vast activity Tibetan kingdom of Guge to Tabo will liberate inconceivable numbers of sentient beings. 13 days. Monastery (est. 996 AD). Travel this DOLPO 1996 Departures: 4/17-29, 5/8-20, 7/17-29, 9/25-10/7,10/9-21,10/23-11/4 remote area to view the rich temple Full Moon Festival Land Cost: $2,900 (2-8 members) art which emerged from an exchange at Shey Gompa of transhimalayan religious faith and The wild countryside of Dolpo was HIMALAYAN MEDITATION RETREAT artistic styles. 16 days. Tibetan Buddhist meditation course at first chroni- 4W- 1996 Departures: 8/13-28, 8/27- 9/11 cled in The Kopan Gompa outside Kathmandu followed Land Cost: $2,700 (2-8 members) Snow by a Himalayan trek to Sherpa villages, Chewong and Thubten Choling monasteries HIGH HIMALAYAN Leopard by Peter of the Solu-Khumbu. 22 days. [ NOTICE: Though both companies TRAVERSE 1996 Departures: TBA j share the same name and commitment Makalu to Everest Matthiessen [to Tibetan culture and the environment Land Cost: TBA Cross snowfields and glaciers and in 1973. Trek with Tibetan and Dolpo I of the Himalaya, Snow Lion Corp. pilgrims to the most important cele- ' (d.b.a. Snow Lion Expeditions) of Salt rappel off cliffs on a wild traverse • Lake City, Utah and Snow Lion across 150 miles of rugged bratory event of Inner Dolpo at Shey I Publications Inc. of Ithaca, New York Gompa. Masked dancers and long '. are independent and unaffiliated. Himalayan terrain between the base 1.800.525.TREK camps of Makalu and Everest with colorful religious processions cele-

34 SNOW LION WINTER'96 CATALOG For the devoutly Ladakh means "land Buddhist people who of passes" in the local inhabit the region, it's Tibetan dialect; but Chomolungma — moth- we call it the "land of er goddess of the uni- light." One of the verse. To us, it's known westernmost regions as Everest. Its snow- of the Tibetan realm, capped summit — the Ladakh has escaped world's highest at many of the changes 29,028' — looms over that Chinese occupa- the Khumbu region of tion has inflicted with- Nepal and continues to in Tibet itself. Today, "Little Tibet" upholds the continuity of beckon curious trekkers and mountaineers to her base. its venerable past. The rain shadow of the Himalayan Magnificent mountain scenery sets the backdrop for village range falling over the region makes it a great destination The traveling life of local Sherpa people whose warm hospitality charms for summer travel and a sanctuary from the monsoons. you with openness and generosity. Snow Lion offers four Isolated in a high plateau region of stunning mountain Buddhist mystic, treks ranging from 13-22 days with high vantage points at ranges and precipitous river valleys, Ladakh's culture has either Thyangboche Monastery (12,600') or Kala Pattar nonetheless been enriched by its position as a southern Padma Sambhava, H (18,471') depending on the trek. While both provide great outpost of the Great Silk Road. foretold in the 8th unobstructed views, Kala Pattar actually looms above the Zanskar River gorge at the western mountaineers' basecamp. TRANSHI MALAYAN Century that Trek from the Suru Valley to Alchi, edge of the Tibetan plateau. ULTIMATE EVEREST CLOSE one of the Himalaya's oldest Tibetan Discover obscure monasteries, Tsurphu Monastery EVEREST UP Buddhist monasteries. Traverse arid nomadic families, herds of wild ibex and dramatic scenery. 32 days. will be the center of A world-class high altitude trekking Fast track the haute route to Kala and pastel canyons across the high 1996 Departure: 8/10-9/10 odyssey to the alpine lakes of Gokyo Pattar via Thyangboche. 17 days. passes of the Great Himalayan activity of all the Land Cost: $3,200 (4-8 members) and a traverse of Cho La enroute to 1995 Departures: 10/30-11/15 Range in Ladakh as ever-changing successive Kala Pattar. 22 days. 1996 Departures: 3/18 - 4/3, 4/1 - light dances on a wildly beautiful, EXPLORING THE 1996 Departures: 3/24 - 4/14,4/21 - 17, 4/29 - 5/15, 5/13 - 29, 9/23 - stark and mystical landscape ascend- ANCIENT CULTURE Karmapas, who by 5/12,9/29-10/20,10/27-11/17 10/9,10/14-30,11/4-20 ing. 20 days. OF LADAKH 1996 Departures: 6/25 - 7/14, 7/15 - their vast activity Land Cost: $2,900 (guaranteed) Land Cost: $2,400 Relaxed touring to traditional Tibetan 8/3,8/10-8/29 Buddhist monasteries which lord over EVEREST! MOUNTAINS & Land Cost: $2,800 (2-8 members) will liberate incon- the Indus River valley. An in-depth Designed tor trekkers on a limited MONASTERIES look at the ethnic Tibetan people of ceivable numbers of schedule, includes views from Spend time exploring Sherpa villages PASSES & GORGES Ladakh, their lives, art, architecture Thyangboche and Sherpa villages and Tibetan Buddhist monasteries on OF ZANSKAR sentient beings. and culture by minivan with light day enroute. 13 days. the trail to Thyangboche. 17 days. Epic summer transhimalayan trek hikes. 14 days. 1995 Departures: 10/23 -11/4,11/6 1995 Departures: 10/16-11/1,11/13 across the Great Himalayan Range 1996 Departure: 9/2 -15 -18,11/20-12/2 -29,12/18-1/3-Special crossing four high passes and Land Cost: $2,400 1996 Departures: 5/13 - 25, 5/27 - Christmas Trek! dozens of rivers following the remote 6/8,9/30-10/12,10/28-11/9, 1996 Departures: 1/8 - 24, 2/5-21, In Sanskrit, Bhutan 11/25-12/7 2/19-3/6,3/4-20,4/15-5/1, Join Snow Lion on a means the "end of Tibet," Land Cost: $2,100 10/7-23,11/4-20,12/2-18, but in Bhutan's native pilgrimage to 12/16-1/1 (1997) dialect it 7sDruk Yur Land Cost: £2,300 meaning the "Land of Tsurphu in 1996. Thunder Dragon." MANI RIMDU FESTIVAL Bhutan remains the least Snow Lion will take a select group to the Mani Rimdu known and most environ- festival, the most spectacular ritual event of Sherpa cul- mentally pristine of the ture at Chiwang Monastery. Conducted solely in Nepal's Himalayan countries and Khumbu valley, in the shadow of Everest, this week long I N U T ft fl Bhutan provides visitors festival takes place in the post-harvest lull in agricultural with a close glimpse into pre-20th century Tibetan culture. activity. This annually performed anthology of Guru Rinpoche's victory over the Bonpo demons. Mani Rimdu provides an opportuni- JOURNEY TO BHUTAN'S SACRED CORE ty for Sherpas to commune with friends and relatives as well as to obtain spiri- . Travel with Snow Lion's Tibet - Bhutan Tour Coordinator Ward Holmes to the tual blessings. 10 & 18 days. inner sanctums of Bhutan's dzongs and gompas in Para, Thimpu, Taksang and 1995 Departures: 12/3 -12,12/3-20 (extended trek to Thyangboche) Bumthang Valley. This tour is only for practicing Buddhists and a letter of rec- 1996 Departures: TBA ommendation is needed. 21 days. Land Cost: $2,200 / $2,400 (guaranteed) 1996 Departure: 11/6-26 Land Cost: TBA

Reservations: 1-800-525-TREK 8 members") refers to the Land Cost at that particular tier. In Call our reservation office between 9:30 am and 5:30 pm (MT) most instances, we will operate the trip with fewer participants at Mon - Fri. We'll be happy to answer your questions and help you an additional cost - provided we're permitted to do so by the complete your trip application. If you don't have a trip applica- country. While we are committed to operating all trips with as few tion, call us. We'll fax or mail you one. as two participants, some countries and regions do have mini- To reserve a trip, fill out the trip application, then fax it to us at mum requirements. If you have questions, just call us. We'll tell (801) 355-6566 with your $600 deposit on Mastercard, Visa or you the current status of any departure. AmEx. Your balance is due 75 days prior to departure by check Trekking Land Cost Includes: or credit card. Leader and staff services, all meals (except lunch and dinner in SNOWLION Once we've confirmed your reservation, we'll ship you an EXPEDITION S the cities), accommodations (hotel before and after your trek - Expedition Planning Guide. It will help you prepare for your trip tents or guesthouses during), trekking and all permit fees, applic- with materials such as: a preparation timetable, your trip itinerary, able domestic transportation to the trailhead and airport transfers map(s), Q&A, Himalayan health primer, gear & clothing checklist, SNOW LION EXPEDITIONS in the cities. arrival information, cultural notes and a reading list. OQUIRRH PLACE Tibet, Bhutan, Ladakh (cultural) 350 SOUTH 400 EAST Air Reservations Land Cost Includes: SUITE G2 Snow Lion has a full-service International Air Department which Leader and staff services, most meals, hotel, guesthouse and SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH can handle your reservations to Kathmandu or New Delhi - our some tented accommodations, domestic transportation and air- two gateways. Airfares start at $1,450 from Los Angeles or San port transfers in the cities. 84111 U.S.A. Francisco and $1,550 from New York City. Reduced airfare to Not Included in Land Cost: LAX, SFO and JFK is also available. TEL (801) 355-6555 Roundtrip airfare from your home port to the applicable FAX (801) 355-6566 Discounts & Fees v Himalayan gateway, most meals in the cities, passport and visa We discount $150 for reservations made six months in advance. fees, tips, medical treatment (checkups, evacuation, immuniza- Reservations made within 60 days of departure are charged a tions), insurance, excess baggage charges, airport taxes, laundry RESERVATIONS: fee of $75; 30 days of departure $150. charges, room service, phone calls, porters' tips or personal 1-800-525-TREK items. Tier Pricing CATALOG: "Guaranteed" means that the trip will happen with any number of 1-800-525-TREK participants at the published Land Cost. A published tier (i.e., "5-

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