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Dualistic thought is the net that en- traps. The holder of the kingdom is spontaneous awareness. Display arises from unmoving, unceasing awareness. Like the play of children, there is nothing to abandon, nothing to grasp. received these words from the great , Padampa Sangye, in a vision at the age of 6. They were the first memory he has of receiv- ing transmission of (Great Perfection), the ultimate teaching and on the na- ture of mind. The revelation of Dzogchen has been a continuous stream in his life, yet the events of his life themselves have taught him the profound truth of "nothing to abandon, nothing to grasp." Chagdud Rinpoche is a medita- tion master, a Tibetan physician His Holiness and monks drawing the . and healer, and an artist who has created 9 major statues of Budd- hist meditational deities since he H.H. THE DALAI arrived in the in 1979. The Abbot of Chagdud Gonpa in (Eastern ) TO BESTOW INITIATION and spiritual head of the Chagdud Gonpa Foundation in the United IN USA States, Rinpoche has dedicated his life to establishing in the West and to establishing peace His Holiness the karmic relationship with Kala- spiritual interest, it is very difficult in the world. has accepted an invitation from on the minds of the peo- for the seeds to take hold." Chagdud Tulku's training began Thubten Dhargye Ling, a Los ple, there is now a tradition to give "If one only wishes to receive soon after he was recognized as the Angeles-based Tibetan Buddhist the initiation to large public the initiation merely as a blessing, Center, to bestow Kalachakra In- gatherings." i.e., in order to establish a karmic Continued on page 2 itiation, a most sacred and impor- "The qualifications of someone relationship with the Kalachakra tant Buddhist teaching, in Los who wishes to receive the , initiation on this basis can Angeles. This historical religious Kalachakra transmission for actual be given to anyone who sincerely event take place for the second practice are as follows. In terms of appreciates the opportunity. Even time in the United States from July their level of bodhimind, which if in one's faith one does not com- 10 through 18, 1989. The first cherishes others more than one- prehend the principles of the path time it was given in Madison, WI, self: the best disciple dwells in an combining method and wis- in July 1981. unfeigned experience of this sub- dom ..., the seeds of initiation can Kalachakra means "Wheel or lime mind; the medium disciple be placed in one's mind if one has Cycle of Time." "Kala" is San- has had a small flash of it in his the smallest basis of faith. There- skrit for time, while "Chakra" ; and the lowest should fore, this is the minimum qualifi- means wheel. Over the centuries, at least have an intense apprecia- cation required to attend." this rarely performed ceremony tion for and interest in developing History has it li.at the has evolved into an elaborate pub- it." Kalachakra teachings were lic performance, including teach- "In terms of their philosophical brought to fr, the legen- ings by the Dalai Lama, Tibetan development: the best disciple has dary kingdom of Si ambala and religious and ritual dances by an undistorted experience of the then to Tibet. Shaking about monks in or- nature of ultimate reality as ex- ShamLala, His Holiness said that nate costumes and headgear, and plained in the or it was a land with 96 districts. the creation of a large mandala of Mind-Only schools of "However, if you lay out a map to colored sands. thought. The medium disciple has search for Shambala, it is not Kalachakra is an initiation of the a correct understanding based on something you can find... You Anutara Tantra or Highest study and reason. The lowest dis- cannot get there by buying an air- Yoga Tantra class, and it is very ciple should at least have a strong plane ticket. Maybe a spacecraft important for the disciple to take appreciation for and interest in could go to such a place, but the empowerment with the moti- learning the philosophical views of perhaps the ticket would be very vation to attain enlightenment in either of the two above-mentioned expensive. So we can consider the order to benefit all sentient beings. schools. Besides these two qualifi- ticket to be one's own . It In "Introduction to the cations, a disciple seeking the takes great merit to arrive at such Tvalachakra Initiation", His Holi- Kalachakra Initiation should have a place." ness the Dalai Lama wrote: faith and interest in this particu- For registration and other infor- "Although the higher meditations lar system. The purpose of initia- mation on the Kalachakra Initia- of the Kalachakra Tantra can only tion is to plant certain karmic tion, please contact: Thubten be practiced by a selected few, be- seeds in the mind of the recipient; Dhargye Ling, 2658 La Cienega cause of events past and to come but if the person does not possess Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90034, and in order to establish a strong the openness of a certain degree of (213)839-8057. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG NEWS & PROFILES continued from page 1 go Khyentse Rinpoche and Dud- Outwardly it was as though we gives urgency to . you. What they do will not mat- CHAGDUD TULKU jom Rinpoche. Again and again he suddenly had entered the realm of As he has written in his book, ter so much when you see it as a RINPOCHE listened to their teachings on the ghosts, always moving, hungry "Life in Relation to Death:" dream. The trick is to have posi- nature of mind, making extensive and expecting attack. Inwardly, we "Always recognize the dream- tive intention during the dream. retreats to practice what he had had the perspective of our prac- like qualities of life and reduce at- This is the essential point. This is tulku of the previous Chagdud, at heard. An essential understanding tice, the recognition that even tachment and aversion. Practice true spirituality." the age of 3. His mother, Dawa of Great Perfection became the these nightmarish events were in good-heartedness toward all be- For more information call Jane Drolma, was his first teacher. She heart of all his practice. essence empty, illusory displays of ings. Be loving and compassion- at (503) 942-7270 or 942-5081. was revered as a great lama and In 1955, having just completed mind." ate, no matter what others do to was famous as a delog who had a second 3-year , Chagdud Chagdud Rinpoche and Kenpo once left her body in a complete- Rinpoche went to his monastery in Dorje, together with some other ly deathlike state, then returned to the Nyarong region of Kham. Tibetans who had joined them, life and described the experiences Spectacularly situated on a high made it safely across the border. of her consciousness as it travelled ridge thousands of feet above a Not long after, however, in the tur- to different realms of being. Many narrow river valley, it is the second moil of resettlement, Rinpoche highly realized recognized oldest monastery in Kham. Rin- was separated from his revered her as the embodiment of , poche stayed for some months, teacher, and Kenpo Dorje died be- the female aspect of enlighten- then decided to make a fore he could see him again. ment. Having such a mother, and to . En route, in a visionary For the next two decades Chag- also a sister whose extraordinary experience, he was warned not to dud Rinpoche lived in 5 or 6 set- spiritual powers are renowned in return to Kham because the situ- dements in India, and then he Tibet even today, there has never ation would soon degenerate. He moved to . Gradually a few been a doubt in Chagdud Rin- travelled on with the recognition Western students, drawn poche's mind about the capabili- that he was leaving behind the by his warmth and accessibility, ties of women as practitioners. homeland of his youth. He would became acquainted with him and The first lama he ordained in the not return for 31 years. asked him to visit them in the West is a woman, Inge Sandvoss. In Lhasa he met and took teach- West. Rinpoche arrived in San Chagdud Rinpoche's relation- ings from Kenpo Dorje, an unsur- Francisco in the fall of 1979. He ship to his mother was often that passed Dzogchen master. Though moved to Oregon a year later, and of an extremely naughty little boy the news from Kham was of inten- now has centers and retreat lands to an extremely wrathful dis- sifying violence, and the waves of in both Oregon and . ciplinarian. Yet Dawa Drolma be- violence were beginning to over- When Rinpoche tells stories lieved that the energy of her son's take Central Tibet, for Rinpoche about where he has been he often naughtiness could bo channelled it was a time of single-minded par- uses the expression "sat down"— into practice. "Practice well," she ticipation in teaching and practice. ' T went to Nepal and sat down for told him, "and there will be some He had no doubt that the auspi- two years." Since he has been in benefit from your accomplish- cious circumstances he had found the West, he has travelled and ment." With her encouragement in Lhasa would soon be dispersed, taught almost continuously, yet he entered his first three-year so he was intent on using them wherever he is, even for a day or retreat when he was 11. Her death fully. two, there is a sense that he has sat while he was still in retreat was one Inevitably, the Chinese military down, that he is the mountain and of the turning points of his life, an closed its grip on Lhasa and Rin- the winds of activity play around indescribably deep experience of poche was forced to flee. With him. Or, as one student put it, . Kenpo Dorje he headed toward "Rinpoche has time for people, Tibet, in the hundred years pri- the Indian border, hiding in the and an interest in the workings of or to the Chinese conquest, was in mountains, avoiding the strafing of their daily life. His clarity pene- one of the great ages of Buddhism, the Chinese military aircraft, wait- trates the very heart of issues to tap a period when teachings flour- ing until the weather on the Indi- the potential for benefit." H.H. Kyabgyon Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche ished, sectarianism diminished an plains would be cool enough In his teachings Rinpoche em- and high lamas demonstrated the that his teacher, who was over 70 phasizes the development of deep extraordinary qualities that creat- years old, might have a chance of unstoppable, altruistic motivation TIBET HOUSE ed the legends of the land of survival. to attain enlightenment for the "magic and mystery." Chagdud Rinpoche says of that time, benefit of all beings. "You must Rinpoche's training took place in "Overnight we lost everything. We practice the essence, which is self- —NEW DELHI the twilight of this age when the left behind our families, our less love and compassion, and then Tibet House, the Cultural center to cover publications and travel ex- warnings of destruction already monasteries, our texts, our ritual try to help others to the greatest of H.H. the Dalai Lama in New penses and honorariums for the echoed like distant thunder. Yet he implements, everything that we extent of your ability." Delhi, came into being in 1965, speakers. The study group also was able to receive teachings from thought precious, everything we One avenue of teaching Rin- with the objective of preserving plans to organize tours to Buddhist many of the masters of his time, had invested with tradition. We poche is developing is "Bodhisatt- and promoting the cultural places of interest. including Jamyang Chokyi had no shoes, no food. We lived va Peace Trainings," which work heritage of Tibet. Following the In 1987 the Khyentse Lodru, Kenpo Ngagar, with the possibility of death at any with conflict resolution on an in- events of 1959, many Tibetans Fellowship for systematic research Sechhen Kongtrul, Kenpo Arak, moment and, indeed, many other dividual level and world peace on who came to India were faced with in selected areas of Tibetan Budd- Tromge Tulku, Kenpo Dorje, Dil- Tibetans died trying to escape. a global level. Rinpoche has said, the immediate diifculties of earn- hist Studies was instituted—the "The peacock is the symbol for ing a livelihood. Some of them first fellowship is funding research the , the Awakened who had managed to bring with in the field of architecture and art. Warrior who works for the enlight- them their ritual objects, jewelry, The Inter-Religious Forum for enment of all sentient beings. The and household objects, etc. began Communal Harmony was con- peacock is said to eat poisonous selling these to foreign tourists for vened at the Tibet House in 1987 plants that it transmutes into the small sums of money. to foster mutual understanding gorgeous colors of its feathers. It When this came to the notice of and communal harmony among does not poison itself, just as we H.H. Dalai Lama, it was decided the various religious communities who wish for peace must not poi- to form a sort of trust, wherein in India. The Forum's activities son ourselves. Convince your op- these valuable objects would be were inaugurated in a remarkable ponent as effectively as you know preserved. At the same time han- two-day inter-religious event, the how, but be constantly aware of dicraft centers were started where first of its kind in India, which was your own state of mind. If you be- artifacts were produced. Tibet led by H.H. the Dalai Lama and gin to experience anger, retreat. If House was thus established with many distinguished leaders from you can go on without anger, a museum, an emporium and a all the religious traditions. perhaps you will penetrate the ter- library. The library preserves rare In 1989 the Study Circle for rible delusion that causes strife texts and a publication unit has Tibetan and Culture and war, and all the hellish suffer- made available the 137-volume will come into being. Intended ings that arise from anger." Encyclopedia Tibetica, as well as primarily for our associates Like many other Tibetans and reprints from innumerable abroad, members will receive the particularly the lamas, Chagdud manuscripts. Tibet House Bulletin and are en- Rinpoche has a profound sense of Under the aegis of Tibet House, titled to reductions in entrance impermanence. Last year when he an International Seminar on rates for the discourses and dhar- returned to Kham, he was amazed Buddhist Iconography took place ma events organized by the center, that his monastery had not been in 1984, and an International as well as discounted rates on pub- devastated by the Chinese, that the Seminar on Comparative Medical lications. Membership fees are $15 lamas, monks and surrounding Systems is being organized. for individuals ($8 for students) villagers, through skill and loyalty, The Indo-Tibetan Study Group and $27 for institutions. had been able to protect not only for Art and Culture was set up in The dharma event this winter the buildings, but the texts and 1985 as an academic forum for the will be a 5-day retreat and dis- artwork. Even so, the buildings study of different aspects of the courses on the Fivefold Path of the that the Chinese had spared are culture, history, art, and , and the Teaching on now falling into ruin and disrepair. philosophy of India and Tibet. and Administration of The lamas are growing old and the Monthly talks by eminent scholars the Vow according to the Drikung young ones haven't been fully have so far been conducted. Later by Kyabgyon Drikung trained. His return, though joyous this year a new lecture series, the Chetsang Rinpoche. Rinpoche will and triumphant, was, as one of the Padmapani Lectures, in which also give the Special Precepts on old monks commented, "Like the eminent scholars who have made the Great Transference of Cons- living meeting the dead." outstanding contributions in the ciousness according to the Drikung Lineage. The retreat will Nuns in Eastern Tibet. There is a certain melancholy in field will participate, will be start- all this, yet for the Rinpoche it ed. 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strumental in the establishing of numerous centers throughout En- gland, and two centers in Spain. In 1979, Geshe Kelsang established By Jim Belither Center, first housed in the town of York. This has grown on all aspects of Mahayana Budd- to become one of the largest Budd- hism, both and tantra. Due hist centers in England, and now mainly to Geshe Kelsang's care and occupies a large mansion some thir- guidance, Institute has teen miles east of York. Madhyama- prospered and developed as one of ka Center has built up a network of the largest Buddhist centers in Eu- affiliated study groups located in rope, with a resident population of various towns in the north of En- about 80 people. gland, all under the spiritual direc- - • ■HHL. Some of the courses given by tion of Geshe Kelsang. Geshe Kelsang at Manjushri Insti- As a further expression of his Madhyamaka Center tute have since been edited and work in making published. To date these are: more accessible, Geshe Kelsang has stages of the path and tantric ma- sion, situated in seventy acres of Meaningful to Behold, Clear Light now started a study program at hamudra, further highlighting the grounds on the shores of of Bliss, Heart of Wisdom, and and Madhyama- emphasis on the practical experien- Morecambe Bay. The estate in- Buddhism in the Tibetan Tradition: ka Center, and will shortly begin tial flavor of the program. cludes mature woodlands, gardens A Guide. one at Vajravahari Institute. This Through years of quiet selfless- and a mile of coastline with exten- This year will see the publication program consists of thirteen sub- ness, Geshe-Kelsang-la has en- sive views of the bay to the south of Universal Compassion, a com- jects, which students are expected deared himself to many. Always and the peaks of the Lake mentary to Geshe Chekgawa's Mind to study over a projected seven-year ready to give advice and both to the north. We not only run Training in Seven Points, and Joy- period, based largely on Geshe Kel- spiritual and material help, he serves courses for visitors and residents, Geshe Kehang Gyatso ful Path of Good Fortune, a com- sang's books. These subjects in- as an inspiration for all wishing to but also, as a community endeavor mentary to the Stages of the Path clude: the , based on follow the Buddha's path. to apply the teachings of the Budd- (larnrim), and early next year Guide Heart of Wisdom; Training the ha in our daily lives. Whether com- to Dakiniland, a commentary to the Mind, based on Universal Compas- Manjushri Institute ing to attend a course, retreat, or on It was eleven years ago that Geshe highest yoga tantra practice of Vaj- sion; Stages of the Path, based on Manjushri Institute is a Mahayana a casual visit, please book well in Kelsang Gyatso was invited to be- rayogini, followed by Ocean of Nec- Joyful Path of Good Fortune; Tan- Buddhist center which has been advance. For additional information come resident teacher at Manjushri tar, a commentary to 's trie Mahamudra, based on Clear based at Conishead Priory in Cum- contact: Conishead Priory, Ulver- Institute in Cumbria, England. Guide to the Middle Way (Mad- Light of Bliss; Guide to the Bod- bria, since 1976. Conishead Priory ston, Cumbria LA12 9QQ, En- Since then, Geshe Kelsang has, in hyamakavatara). These works, hisattva's Way of Life, based on is a rambling Gothic Revival man- gland, telephone (0229) 54029. a characteristically quiet and unob- though rooted in the authentic tra- Meaningful to Behold; Guide to the trusive way, had a tremendous im- dition of Mahayana Buddhism as Middle Way, based on Ocean of pact upon the development of transmitted through the lineage of Nectar; Awareness and Cognition, . Je Tsongkapa, are nevertheless ac- based on a forthcoming commen- Born in Western Tibet in 1932, cessible and relevant for contem- tary by Geshe Kelsang; Grounds Geshe Kelsang first entered Ngamr- porary students and practitioners. and Paths of Sutra, Buddhist Te- ing Monastery near his birthplace All Geshe Kelsang's books in En- nets, and Seventy Topics all based when he was eight years old, and glish are published by Tharpa Pub- on root texts by Jetsun Chokyi later moved to the great lications, London. Eventually, it is Gyaltsan, Grounds and Paths of monastery of Sera-je near Lhasa. hoped that some fifteen works by Secret and Perfection of After leaving Tibet in 1959, he Geshe Kelsang will be published Wisdom based on forthcoming spent much of his time engaged in covering a wide range of subjects commentaries by Geshe Kelsang. retreat in various places in Nepal from both sutra and tantra, thus As part of the program there is and India, before coming to Man- providing a treasure-house of a commitment to engage in a num- jushri Institute in 1977. authentic dharma works for study ber of meditation retreats, includ- Soon after Geshe Kelsang arrived and practice by Western practition- ing retreats on the four preliminary at Manjushri Institute he began an ers of Mahayana Buddhism. practices, a close retreat of a highest ambitious program of courses there Geshe Kelsang has been in- yoga tantra deity, and retreats on Manjushri Institute

1989 and activities will include dis- courses, meditation and prayer ses- sions, consultation and discussion period as well as a relaxation peri- od. In keeping with the Tibetan tra- dition, there will be no fee for the TIBET HOUSE spiritual guidance and lectures. However, to cover the cost of arrang- ing accommodation, meals, etc., a —NEW YORK fee of $160 will be charged. Register with The Programme Unit, Tibet House, 1 Institutional Area, Lodi Tibet House is a non-sectarian, contact with other groups which Road, New Delhi 110 003, India. educational and cultural, not-for- are working on Tibet-related The director of Tibet House is profit institution, founded under activities—to send a newsletter and Doboom Tulku. He was born in the guidance of His Holiness the to eventually develop a network of Tibet in 1942 and was recognized Dalai Lama. Its purposes are to organizations, each working within as the incarnation of the previous preserve as a living tradition its own specific sphere of interest Doboom Tulku by Ven. Lama Tibet's cultural and religious but, at the same time, all working Phurchog Jamgon Rinpoche at age heritage, to present, as vital toward certain common goals. 3 and then lived in a hermitage near knowledge, Tibet's ancient tradi- In the near future, Tibet House the Dhargye Monastery where the tions of philosophy, art and will be sponsoring two special tours, previous incarnation had lived. He , and to share with the one by the Loseling Monks and the entered at age world community Tibet's unique other by the Gyuto Tantric Monks. 12 where he studied Buddhist contributions to universal spiritual Information on these tours can be Philosophy for 6 years, until 1959. understanding and human de- found elsewhere in this newspaper. DZOGCHEN RETREAT Doboom Tulku fled Tibet in velopment. They are also proceeding with plans 1959 and continued his studies in They are currendy seeking a per- for the upcoming "Festival Year of a transit camp for lamas in India un- manent residence in New York City, Tibet", in 1991, which will include In the stillness and presence of everyday lives, bringing us both til 1969 when he joined the Insti- to be a site for educational programs a large travelling exhi- meditation, we discover a pure confidence and skillfulness in our tute of Higher Tibetan Studies at and lectures, exhibitions, research bition, a specially commissioned awareness, beyond the ordinary action. At the heart of all the Budd- Varanasi from which he received his facilities, publishing enterprises, opera, and a number of other ac- thinking mind, and catch a glimpse ha's teachings lie the ancient medi- degree in 1972. He was ap- broadcast programming, concerts tivities (films, publications, etc.). or of our true nature, some- tation practices of Dzogchen. pointed as Librarian at Tibet House and special spiritual and secular In preparation for all of these ac- thing which we have long ago lost Sogyal Rinpoche will be return- and then as Librarian and Research events. Meanwhile, they have se- tivities, Tibet House is developing sight of amidst the busyness and ing to California to teach on Medi- Assistant at the Library of Tibetan cured office space at 625 Broadway, a file of Resource People, and we en- turmoil of our lives. The core of the tation and the Buddhist Approach Works and Archives in Dharamsala. New York City. courage all interested individuals to practice of meditation is releasing to during the week In 1977 he was asked to join the They would very much like to write to our office with information the heart and mind in deep ease and of October 12th in Santa Rosa and Private Office of H.H. the Dalai receive single or multiple copies of as to their particular interests and relaxation, where tensions are dis- Menlo Park. He will also be lead- Lama as Secretary, dealing mainly brochures or other literature relat- skills. Please address inquiries and solved and we find ourselves con- ing a 12-day Dzogchen retreat from with Tibetan correspondence. Dur- ing to Tibetan cultural or religious packets of brochures to: Tibet nected with that tremendous source November 23rd through December ing this 5-year assignment he ac- events and programs, which they House, 625 Broadway, 12th floor, of healing which we all have within. 4th in Oakland. This retreat will in- companied His Holiness on visits to would then make available to visi- New York, NY 10012 For health is a state where all aspects clude teachings on the Six Japan, the USSR, Mongolia, Swit- tors to the Tibet House office. (212)353-8823. " of body and mind are in balance. of Life and Death. For more infor- zerland, Greece and the US. Since They would also like to keep in Through this practice, the mind's mation please contact Fellow- 1981 he has served as Director of natural freedom begins to shine ship at (415)524-1535 or P.O. Box Tibet House where he continues to through whatever arises in our 7866, Berkeley, CA 94707. promote Tibetan cultural heritage to a wide audience through the diverse programs there.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG NEWS & PROFILES A flock of green parrots settle on sun had assumed the same posture the lantana brush. Up the hillside of Shakyamuni Buddha when he a gnarled ancient tree frames the died, laying on her right side, her dense jungle. To its right a small head propped up with her right chorten gleams white in the morn- hand. Her face was the image of ing sun, brilliant and unearthly. peace. For 3 days and 3 nights we There rest the ashes of Ani Jetsun attended the body. It remained Dolma, a woman whose awesome warm, no sign of decay. It shrank spiritual attainment has become a somewhat. And on the day before modern legend. the cremation a thin stream of red The Tibetan Refugee Camp of from one nostril and white from Lobersing in the eastern ghats of the other flowed. These are the Orissa, India is alive with the signs of great yogic attainment. sound of morning chores, cows When the fire was put to her lowing, babies calling, and break- pyre out of the spotless blue sky fast fires crackling. "When we a gentle rain fell. Many rainbows first came to the camp from Tibet pierced the smoke. Five enormous in the early 60's we did not know birds circled above until the body about her greatness," explains my was completely consumed and translator, Jamyang Dolma, as we then they vanished. They were 5 enter her neighbor Sengela's sit- , her escorts to the pure ting room. "She stayed by herself land. In her ashes countless rig- in a shack in the jungle always do- shells (precious relics) were ing her prayers and meditation. found." She did not enter the camp and we The relics were distributed were afraid of the jungle. Our lives Ani Jetsun Dolma among the relics of the camps. were very difficult then." During troubled times the vil- A small group of villagers and lagers may seek them out, confi- nuns gather about us eager to A LIFE OF DISCIPLINE, dent of their power to heal and share their memories of the great uplift. In her death as in her life saint. "Ani Jetsun remained iso- Ani Jetsun Dolma radiates a lated in her retreat for nearly two A RAINBOW DEATH wealth of blessings, the results of years," a tall, thoughtful woman her dedicated practice. She was shares. "One day a woodcutter not born to greatness, the people chanced by her hut and wondered of the camps repeatedly told me. about her isolation. Troubled by would be in the middle of the "She was born to a very rich went to and cir- She became great through her own family problems he requested a night to go to the large at the nomad family of Redding, an cumambulated this great and holy efforts. (divination). The information edge of the camp and pray. She re- eastern district of Tibet. No need mountain 13 times by doing full They refer to her as Rinpoche, she gave him was exact, his mained in retreat allowing the vil- to worry, she would live in luxury all the way around the Precious One. They cherish their problems were quickly resolved. lagers an opportunity for brief for the rest of her life. At 16 her mountain. memories of her and pray for her Soon everyone in the camp had interviews only a couple of times parents arranged for her to get When the war with the Chinese quick among them. The heard his story." during the year. married. For one month she con- broke out she heard that Shingdu inspiration of her life continues to The people of the camps began "Often when we would visit she sidered her prospects. Marriage. Rinpoche had gone to India. She glow, white and brilliant, like her turning to her for help. Without would have snakes crawling Children. It seemed like a world joined him and they travelled to chorten in the morning sun. any kind of medical assistance, the around and over her," said Ani of misery to her—ending in death. Orissa. He settled at Dejung Rin- heat, the malarial insects and lack Kata, one of her disciples. She worried about her ignorance poche's retreat and monastery. She The Nuns of Lobersing of adequate nutrition were a for- "Poisonous snakes. Cobras. She of the dharma, sure that hell was and her attendant built a shack in Conditions in the Tibetan camps midable challenge. "She kept a had no fear. Sitting with her one her inevitable destination. She ran the jungle. Several years later have been challenging for every- bottle full of water near her," ex- day I watched a big frog hopping away from home determined to ac- Shingdu Rinpoche passed away. one. Most residents are managing plained Sengela with an infectious across the room. One of the cobras quire the teachings she craved." The sun is setting golden in the reasonably well. Their lives may smile. "During her meditations made to strike but Ani Jetsun From the back room comes the camp and we join the villagers in not be plush but they are becom- she would blow on the water. brushed him away so that the frog low mutter of prayers. The chil- the twilight stroll. Two old ladies ing a bit more comfortable: whole- When someone came to her for could escape. Bears would come to dren press close, wide-eyed. pass us, prayer wheels spinning. some food, weatherproof housing, help she would give them a drop eat the (ritual cake) after her Changchup continued, "For many A young mother with her baby schools for the children. However, of that water. Only one drop of ceremonies. Mosquitos would not days Ani Jetsun travelled alone un- strapped to her back holds the there is one small group of nuns water would cure all kinds of dis- drink her blood. Even the hyenas mindful of the dangers or difficul- hand of an old man who clutches that still live in the most extreme eases, even of our cattle." left her in peace." ties. She made her way to his beads, muttering his prayers poverty, students of Ani Jetsun To the women she was priceless "Her body was golden radiant," Shungse, a nunnery intently. Dolma. beyond measure. "Bearing chil- added another nun. "She barely near Lhasa and offered her hair to Jamtrol Rinpoche's story of Ani These women are fiercely in- dren was a dangerous ordeal," said ate, only a bowl of milk with a lit- the abbottess, Lojin Rinpoche. Af- Jetsun's death in 1979 comes to dependent. As no one supports Tseten Dolma, Sengela's wife. tle wheat flour. Yet she was big and ter some years of study and prac- mind. He is Shingdu Rinpoche's them on a regular basis they beg During the last stages of our preg- fleshy." Jamyang laughed, "She tice she went on a pilgrimage. She brother and was living in the camp for food from door to door. As nancy we would go to Ani Jetsun never kept anything for herself. spent 9 years in retreat in one of at the time of her death. "Ani Jet- soon as they get the bare necessi- with some butter and she would We would bring her offerings of all Jetsun 's caves. She went sun told me one day that her at- ties they return to their hovels to blow on it and say . When kinds of foods, our favorite delica- to Shingdu Rinpoche's monastery tendant was getting old and it was retreat, study, and practice dhar- we went into labor we would eat cies. She gave it all away." and did several 3-year retreats. She getting difficult for her to attend ma. Due to their age they on oc- some of that butter. Immediately Children's voices call from the embraced 3 months of Dzog Chen to her work. 'My time has come,' casion suffer ill health, a situation the baby would be born. The but- dusty path, "She's here, she's Munsom, a retreat in total dark- Ani said, 'if I die it is a good time.' that can have tragic consequences. ter we ate would be found on the here." A neat, self-contained ness, never seeing light of any Two days later she fell ill. The next They have been supported from baby's head. For those years no young woman greets us. Chang- kind, totally isolated from any hu- morning many of us heard voices time to time by Western donors babies or mothers were lost." chup Cherton lived with Ani Jet- man contact. Devcholin followed like strange birds we had never and they expressed their gratitude "We could talk freely to her," sun in the jungle for 7 months this, subsisting on one consecrat- heard before. A few hours later her in the most beautiful ways. Ani Jamyang added. "She was a wom- studying meditation. To her, Ani ed stone a day. No food. Only one attendant informed us of her pass- Kata gave me some herb that had an, so we women could tell our Jetsun shared some of her story. small pebble a day for 90 days. She ing. We went to her hut. Ani Jet- been under His Holiaess's the troubles freely to her, she would Dalai Lama's throne when he gave understand." Sengela's brother the Kalachakra teachings in Bodh- nodded his head slowly. "Her Mo gaya. Ani Padma brought some was always accurate. She could medicine dutsi prepared in the vil- help you find what was lost. She lage. Ani Tsultrim brought a sim- could tell the outcome of events. ple cotton kata that has seen many And always she advised us to avoid miles. "We will all die soon," they harming others. She told us it told me. "But seeing you is our would bring peace and from that golden chance to thank those peace we could experience the donors who made it possible for us depth of spirituality." to continue our practice. We feel "She saved the crops one year,'' we can die peacefully now. mused a farmer, kneading his Sengela and his wife have been work-worn hands. "When we first doing their best to provide food for arrived the local tribals were wild. these nuns but their resources are They dressed in leaves and hunt- limited. They have 5 children to ed for their food. There were feed and school. They request do- elephants, bear, and wild boar. nations of $10 per month for each When our fields were planted and nun. They spoke of 5 nuns. These the corn ripening, the animals 3 I had the privilege to meet. would come to feed and the tribals Please consider sending a monthly would chase them, trampling stipend for the care of these wom- everything underfoot. Ani Jetsun en. Let their last years be eased by had us bring her some earth from your generosity. They will bless the field. She blew on it and we you with their prayers and love. scattered it through the plots. We Contributions can be made to never had that problem again." Rimay O Sal Ling, PO Ani Jetsun still did not make Box 1029, Paia, Maui , herself readily available. She rarely Modem day Tibetan Nuns. 96790 USA. They are tax left her hut. When she did it deductible.

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To encounter the chants of the as being in the transportation We feel very privileged to have Dalai Lama's personal choir, the rather than the entertainment Kobun Chino Otogawa of Gyuto Monks, is to confront a ritu- business—"we move minds." The the Soto lineage of Japan lead al beyond music, beyond ceremo- monks sound will indeed move a 20-day tour of India, Nepal, Sik- ny or conventional religion—it is you to an authentically new place. kim and Bhutan focused on dia- to experience something at the in- It is not entertainment but a prayer logues with the monastic orders of nermost core of what it means to for the salvation of all mankind, Tibet. be human. Contrary to our every- and an experience that should not The tour will depart from San day assumption that a single voice be missed. Francisco on February 18 on cannot sing a multi-note chord, Tibet House and members of Japan Airlines, overnight in Nori- each Gyuto Monk does so. And the Grateful Dead family are spon- ta, cover Delhi, Varanasi, Bodh- when 20 monks sing these chords soring the tour, all proceeds from gaya, , Patan, in unison, the result is a transcen- which will go to Tibetan refugees Boudnath, Darjeeling, Gangtok, dental mix of melody, rhythms, and the Gyuto Monastery in Bom- Rumtek, 4 days in Bhutan and and overtones that is quite literal- dila, India. The current schedule back to Delhi with an optional ad- ly unearthly. The monks' 1988 includes the following perfor- ditional 5 days not covered in the visit represents a unique opportu- mances: tour price. nity for Americans to witness a 11/1 Fifth Avenue Theater, $3300 includes a 120 day excur- world unimaginably far from what Seattle sion fare and American plan meals we know. 11/2 Intermediate Theater, Port- (breakfast only). Price includes In 1985, 12 Gyuto Monks made land, Oregon taxes, tips, airport fees and does their first visit to the U.S. After a 11/6 Lobero Theater, Santa not include price increases. Tips performance in Berkeley, San Barbara for local guides is up to individu- Francisco Chronicle writer Jesse 11/9 Royce Hall, U.C.L.A., Los als. $240 single supplement ($500 H.E. Hamlin felt it left the audience Angeles deposit required by October 1st "perhaps not completely free of 11/11 Santa Cruz Civic Auditori- and non-refundable if cancelled af- lust and greed, but certainly a lit- um, Santa Cruz ter 60 days before departure be- tle more enlightened." The 1988 11/12 Zellerbach Auditorium, cause of advance hotel H.E. tour will include 20 monks and University of California, reservations, administrative costs, can only have an even more pro- Berkeley etc...). found effect. Producer Mickey 12/3 Cathedral of St. John the We will stay in first class hotels DEZHUNG RINPOCHE Hart once described his own band Divine, New York City where available, cover many historic sites and have many dia- H.E. Dezhung Rinpoche not one hundred million mantras of logues at the monasteries. The only preserved and expounded the Chenrezi, the Bodhisattva of Com- tour will end in Delhi where peo- vast teachings of Shakyamuni passion, is a supreme example of ple may opt to stay the additional Buddha for our present time, but Rinpoche's constant efforts to DHARMA FRIENDSHIP 5 days or continue with their own he directly emanated the heart of benefit beings. extensions or return home. The the Buddha's wisdom and com- Dezhung Rinpoche was one of FOUNDATION tour will be closed after acceptance passion to all beings. While tire- the most learned lamas of this cen- of 15 to 20 people and people are lessly working to ensure the tury, utterly encyclopedic in his encouraged to make reservations continuation and flourishing of knowledge of the Buddhist tradi- Since 1984, Dharma Friendship receive these tantric teachings is early due to visas necessary for In- this profound heritage for future tion. He composed extensive and Foundation has coordinated the unprecedented in the West. The dia, Nepal, , and Bhutan generations, he firmly established illuminating texts on Buddhist Seattle teachings of Alan Wallace, teachings, by necessity, will be (the latter 2 require 2 months no- the roots of Tibetan Buddhism philosophy and meditation, as well who also serves as the group's open to those only with tice). Contact: Pat Mizuhara, P.O. throughout Asia and North as inspiring biographies of many Spiritual Director. DDF is also Kalachakra Initiation. There are a Box 148, Burlingame, CA 94010. America. of the great lamas in the lineage. sponsoring Ven. Gen Lamrimpa, limited number of spaces, so if you (415) 579-2520. Heralded by auspicious signs at At the request of numerous from Dharamsala, India, in this are interested, please contact Anna birth, H.E. Dezhung Rinpoche Western students for a deeper op- country to teach and guide those or David Branscomb at: Cloud was born into a family of renowned portunity to study and practice students interested in deepening Mountain, 373 Agren Road, Cas- physicians and lamas in Kham, Dharma, H.E. Dezhung Rin- their understanding and practice tle Rock, WA 98611. The phone East Tibet in 1906. Displaying a poche and H.H. Dagchen of meditation. number is 206-524-2521 week- deep religious inclination from Rinpoche founded Sakya January 6, 1988—January 6, days, and 206-274-4859 weekends. early childhood, he studied in Monastery in 1974 in Seattle. 1989: Ongoing (tranquil- The estimated cost for the full 4 retreat with his uncle, Ngawang Dezhung Rinpoche established ity) meditation self-retreat under weeks is $600 to $700 dollars. Nyima, from ages four to ten. He several other Sakya centers in later the guidance of Ven. Gen Lam- WANTED: Cook/staff person exhibited such extraordinary qual- years throughout the United States rimpa and Allan Wallace. Cost for ongoing year-long samatha ities after completing this retreat and . $18/day. For further information, meditation retreat at Cloud Moun- that Gaton Ngawang Legpa Rin- Dezhung Rinpoche passed into contact Anna at 206-524-2521. tain. Someone who could make a poche recognized him as the rein- on May 16, 1987 at Kalachakra Retreat will be commitment until the end of the carnation of the former Abbot of Tharlam Monastery in Nepal, offered by Gen Lamrimpa during retreat (1/6/89) would be Dezhung Monastery, Nyentrag amid numerous auspicious signs. the winter of 1989 at Cloud Moun- preferred. Room/board and small Lhunrig Nyima. His body remained in an upright tain Retreat Center, Castle Rock, stipend. Contact Anna at After wide studies, Rinpoche sitting posture for the next three WA This rare opportunity to 206-524-2521. became Abbot of Tharlam days. Both at the time of his cre- Monastery, where he taught and mation and when his ashes were supervised the daily lives of over removed from the stupa at the cre- three hundred monks. He traveled mation site, rainbows appeared in THAI-TIBETAN CENTER widely throughout Tibet, making the clear sky overhead. Such signs the Dharma accessible to all, and confirmed the profound realization giving extensive teachings and em- and accomplishment of this be- Tibet is a Buddhist country and preciation. Its objectives are: to powerments. In particular, he con- loved teacher. may have been the only country in study and make available to the ferred major initiations upon In gratitude and devotion to this the world where Buddhism was public knowledge on Tibetan cul- members of both palaces of the incomparable teacher, a memori- fully integrated both at the govern- ture and society; to build up an Sakya royal family. Although he al stupa will be erected in his ment level and in the daily life of understanding and good relation- was a fully-ordained monk of the honor on the grounds of Sakya the people. Today Tibetan Budd- ship between Thai and Tibetan Sakya tradition, Dezhung Rin- Monastery in Seattle, Washington. hism is slowly unfolding its rich- peoples; and to promote better un- poche held and bestowed significnt This Myang-day stupa symbolizes ness to the outside world. It is a derstanding between various lineages of teachings in all the the enlightened mind of the Budd- most appropriate time for two Buddhist Schools. schools of Tibetan Buddhism. As ha, and is thus a fitting tribute to Buddhist countries, namely The temporary office of Thai- a strong perpetuator of this non- one who manifested as a living em- Thailand and Tibet, to learn and Tibetan Center will be at the fol- sectarian tradition, Dezhung Rin- bodiment of the unfathomable na- benefit from each other's rich re- lowing address: 4753/3 Soi poche is highly revered by practi- ture of mind. ligious and cultural heritages. Thongnopphakun, Somdej- tioners of the Nyingma, Those who wish to be connect- Thai-Tibetan Center is formed chaophya Road, Klong Sam, and Gelug schools, as well as the ed with this most compassionate with this understanding and ap- Bangkok 10600 Thailand. Sakya. of beings are invited to contribute During his twenty-five years in to the construction of Dezhung North America, Dezhung Rin- Rinpoche's Memorial at Sakya poche inspired countless students Monastery in Seattle. The total to practice Dharma through his cost of materials for the stupa is es- living example of boundless com- timated at $15,000. Any donation, passion, selfless generosity, pure large or small, will be deeply ap- moral conduct, unwavering dili- preciated. Donations can be sent gence, and unsurpassed wisdom. to , 108 N.W. His continual recitation of over 83rd St., Seattle, WA 98117.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG NEWS & PROFILES SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING DHARMA CENTERS by Alexander Berzin

In August 1987, at a private au- Dharma centers form geographic closed-minded sectarianism is edu- dience with His Supreme clusters and that approximately cation. Although it is important Presence, His Holiness the Dalai 4-6 of them share a Geshe or Lama for each center to maintain the pu- Lama, in Dharamsala, I reported and translator. and so on rity of its own lineage and not mix to His Holiness on my recendy should not be sent unless the all traditions into a confusing stew, completed 15-month lecture tour centers are well established, other- it is essential that students be edu- to 24 countries. I presented sever- wise, again their time will be wast- cated about other lineages and tra- al suggestions concerning the ed. These teachers could rotate ditions of Buddhism, both operating policies of Buddhist residency in the centers, for in- Tibetan and non-Tibetan, so that Dharma centers in foreign coun- stance one month at a time in they can see for themselves that tries. His Holiness indicated that each, so they would visit any one nothing is contradictory in the it might be helpful to send these center 2 or 3 times a year. When Buddha's teachings. recommendations direcdy to the teachers are available constandy I therefore recommend that various parties concerned in these they are often taken for granted Dharma centers be open to invit- countries. Therefore, I would like and attendance can be low, since ing guest teachers and lecturers to present the following observa- students' lives are so busy with from both Tibetan and non- tions and suggestions: other commitments. If teachers Tibetan lineages other than their 1) The future of Tibetan Budd- come for only one month at a time, own. In this way the students will hism lies not in the hands of then since this will be a special be given a fuller Buddhist educa- H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche foreigners, but in the hands of the period, students will perhaps be tion, which can only be of benefit young generation of Tibetans. able to make the extra time to at- for promoting understanding, har- Since so lhtle of the tradition has tend more regularly and intensive- mony, and progress. been translated and so few of the ly. During periods in between 3) In some centers, tantric dei- foreigners have the leisure time to visits students will have time to ty and protector pujas are chant- devote themselves 100% to tradi- digest the teachings and put them ed in English, or some other H.E. LUDING KHEN tional Dharma training in Tibetan into practice under the guidance European languages, in large language, it will not be the foreign- of older students. groups open to the public. These RINPOCHE ers who are capable of carrying on Also, the greatest caution should contain some expressions such as and transmitting the lineages and be taken when using the Geshes, "blood-drinker" and so on, which initiations or giving the fullest Lamas and translators so that the cause a great deal of strange ideas IN NORTH AMERICA teachings and trainings in the fore- highest quality ones are not taken and bad impressions for new- seeable future. It will be the young out of teaching positions in India, comers and visiting parents. Tibetans. Therefore, if every for- Nepal, Sikkim, or Bhutan. If I Therefore, I recommend that Rinpoche is the 75th throne- of all the major deities. eign Dharma center has a resident might use an example, it is not although the , Bodhicitta, holder of Ewam Choden and In 1954, Rinpoche was en- Geshe or Lama and translator, or necessary to have a world-famous 7-limb and dedication prayers be head of the Ngor sub- of the throned by request of His Holiness aims to have them,, and if these professor in nuclear physics for chanted in one's own language, the Sakya School. The Ngor subline- Sakya Trizen as the head of Ngor- are of the highest qualifications, a learning arithmetic. If interest de- tantric texts be chanted in Tibetan. age was founded in 1429 by the pa School. He began his extraor- serious brain-drain will result. As mands, however, there can be one For instance, the Lama Chopa great scholar and meditation dinary teaching activities, each most foreigners are too busy to center for a large geographic region could be done in Tibetan and its master Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo. year ordaining 400-500 monks. spare more than 2 sessions a week where more intensive programs are Lam-rim section be recited in En- Ngor Evam Choden, the Rinpoche, as the Dorje , at the Dharma centers, the time of held, but these should be limited glish. This is especially recom- monastery founded by Ngorchen, conducted all of the High Tantra the Geshes and Lamas is mostly in number. mended for public gatherings. became an important center for rituals conducted in the wasted, and the monks at many of 2) There is still a problem of sec- Then those who wish to learn and tantric and philosophic teachings, Monastery. Again, for 3 further the Indian monasteries are left tarianism in many centers of many know the meaning of Tibetan will famed throughout Tibet. This years he stayed in retreat perfect- with inadequate teaching facilities. of the Tibetan traditions which is be motivated to study, and those January, the new Ngor Evam ing many common and uncom- As a result, high quality Tibetan extremely divisive and dangerous who are just casual will not get Choden was consecrated in Man- mon practices. These activities Buddhism will be lost by the next for the future of Buddhism. As strange ideas. Full translation of duwala, U.P., India. The follow- and his extensive quali- generation. His Holiness has always stressed, tantric ritual texts, then, should be ing short biography gives some fied him to transmit empower- I therefore recommend that the most powerful antidote for restricted to only private use. indication of the extent of His ments and expound commentary Eminence's teaching mission in all as a renowned scholar of the three vehicles of Tibetan . Buddhism. In 1959, at the age of 29, Lud- H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche ing Khen Rinpoche left his was born in 1931 in the palace of monastery in Tibet due to the in- Dargen Charpa near in vasion of the Chinese communists. Tsang. He was named Sharchen He fled to Sikkim with a small Luding Jamyang Tenpa'i Nyima party of 10 people followed by and his father, Tashi Gyaltsen, was horses and pack-mules, carrying TIBETAN MUSIC & of noble class and the lord of a the minimum necessities for the large estate in Tsang. Rinpoche is journey. He was only able to take DANCE TEACHER the second of 3 children. His elder 5 large wooden boxes of Buddhist sister, Dechen, presently lives in texts from the great monastery's Rajpur, U.P., India, and his youn- extensive collections. COMES TO CANADA ger brother, Rinchen Wangyel, is Outside Tibet, Rinpoche im- married to Jetsun Kushola, the mediately continued his teaching The Multiculturalism Project of Society, as TIPA was then called. older sister of H.H. . by establishing several monaster- the Secretary of State of Canada He is the only remaining original Beginning studies at the age of ies in Sikkim, India and Nepal. In has awarded Tibetans in Canada a member of that society. As a child 7, Luding Khen Rinpoche quickly 1985 Rinpoche gave major teach- grant for teacher development as- he performed in the operas, histor- mastered the fields of Praj- ings and initiations in many cities sistance. The grant specifically al- ical plays, and folk dances while naparamita, , Madhyamika, in the USA and Canada. To date, lows funds for a music and dance studying techniques of the dam- , Logic, and Episte- Rinpoche has taught 9 complete teacher to travel across Canada nyen, piwang, lingbu, bubchel mology. At the age of 10, Rin- Lam Dre cycles, numerous Vaj- teaching performing arts to Tibe- and nga. As he grew older his poche was chosen by the Luding rayogini initiations and teachings, tan children, adults and Canadians unique voice was discovered and of the Ngor Monastery to and the Hevajra Cause and Path with an interest in this area. he became the lead singer in the be the future abbott of the Empowerments several hundred The teacher assigned by the operas. He also excelled in Cham Monastery. times. Office of Tibetan Education in (monastic dance) and has per- Rinpoche was ordained as a Rinpoche will be at the follow- Dharamsala, India is Phurbu Tser- formed it on tours of the USA, monk by age 10 and entered the ing locations this Fall: Victoria, ing, a 28-year veteran and former Canada, and Europe. monastic community to begin BC, Canada: Oct 10-17, Sakya assistant director of the Tibetan The Tibetan communities in strict disciplinary training. He Thubten Kunga Choling, (604) Institute of Performing Arts. He Canada have learned through the continued for several years with his 385-4828; Seattle, WA: Oct 7-28, is well known in the Tibetan com- years that a very successful way to studies of Sakya Monastery, (206) 522-6927; munity as a gifted performer. publicize Tibet and its unique cul- and the , with special em- Oakland, CA: Oct 28-Nov 7, Mr. Tsering was born in , ture is through the performing phasis on the field of Lam Dre Ewam Choden, (415) 527-7363; U Tsang, and escaped the Chinese arts. The project is expected to be- (Path and Fruit) tantric system of Los Angeles: Nov 7-16, Sakya invasion by coming to India in gin at the end of October 1988, meditation. Starting at 16, Rin- Thubten Dhondrup Ling, (213) 1959 with his family. In 1960, at and inquiries may be addressed to poche did his first major retreat, 388-5922; Hawaii: Nov 17- Dec age 12, he was one of sixteen chil- the Tibetan Cultural Association, after which he continued for 5 12, Drayang Ling, (808) dren chosen for the newly formed 4675 Coolbrook, Montreal, Que- consecutive years practicing the 928-8539. Tibetan Music, Dance and Drama bec, Canada H3X 2K7.

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An island floats suspended twixt costumed women was received and Highlighted by the recent teach- tras arriving in Tibet from India. nored by practitioners in , the blue of the ocean and the blue encouraged by H.E. Situ Rin- ing visits by H.E. Jetsun Kusho- Konchog Gyalpo soon became a Mongolia and Tibet as "the Second of the sky. A rainbow arches poche on his last visit to the la and H.E. Luding Khen master of many deep teachings, Buddha." His nephew, Chogyal through distant, purple clouds. islands. Rinpoche, Jetsun Sakya Center most notably those of the "Path Phagpa (1235-1280), asumed the The green, naked hills are startled H.E. Situ Rinpoche has long continues to offer the New York and Result" (Lam Dre) system leadership of the lineage at a young by a Lama's red robes. The silence considered the islands one of his City community the opportunity which had originated with the In- age and performed great feats in rejoices. The Dharma lives and seats in the . In to study Buddhism in the pure un- dian Birwapa. In spreading the Dharma, even win- thrives in paradise. 1983 he founded the first broken Sakya Tradition. The 1073, he built a monastery ning the favor of the Mongol em- Since the early '70's great Tibe- Institute, a center of art, spiritu- remarkable tradition of Sakya beneath an auspicious circle of peror, Kublai Khan. tan teachers have been visiting the ality and healing on the island of teachers has won respect for the white clay on the slopes of Mount The philosophical view of the islands, imparting their blessings Oahu. school as a tradition not only of Ponpori and gave it the name Sakya school is called the "Non- and profound instruction. They Even the tiny garden island of learned scholars, but also of en- Sakya, which means "White differentiation of Samsara and Nir- found the beauty and comfort of Kauai has a budding dharma lightened sages. Earth." vana" and posits a theory of ulti- the natural surroundings an ideal center. Kagyu Thubten Choling, Another characteristic feature is Konchog Gyalpo's son was mate rality in complete accord with place for meditation and study. founded by , is the dual guardianship of the the Madhyamika school of Nagar- Though the was not large, based in the Kapaa home of a san- school by the lay and monastic (1092-1158), who secured juna. The current lineage holder of the students were enthusiastic and gha member and hosts visiting heads. The Sakyapa's spiritual hundreds of tantras from Indian the Sakya throne is His Holiness sincere. Soon dharma centers and teachers. lineage lists the royal line of the an- masters which became the basis of Sakya Trizin. retreat facilities were established All of the centers have newslet- cient Khon family, who are the the Sakya canon. The next two Following the Chinese invasion of on all of the main islands. ters and on-going programs. They official protectors and propagators lineage holders of Sakya, Sonam Tibet in 1959, the great Sakya Nesded in the Manoa Valley on welcome visitors, students and of the teachings of the Sakya Tsemo (1142-1182) and Jetsun teachers settled in many countries the island of Oahu is Kagyu Theg- retreatants. For more information school of Tibetan Buddhism. Dagpa Gyaltsen (1147-1216) were around the globe. In the early six- chen Ling. Founded by the Vener- about dharma in the islands, you The foundation of the Sakya line- sons of Sachen, and were famed ties, the Ven. Dezhung Rinpoche, able Kalu Rinpoche in 1974 it has may write to: Karma Rimay O Sal age descends directly from the ac- for their scholarship and medita- renowned for his scholarly and been in the care of Lama Karma Ling, P.O. Box 1029, Paia, HI tivities of the Khon family. In the tive accomplishment. Sakya Pan- meditative accomplishment, came to Rinchen for more than twelve 96779 or call (808)579-8076. middle of the eleventh century, the dita (1182-1251), the grandson of Seattle at the invitation of the years. Within easy access of the Khon patriarch sent his younger Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, followed University of Washington to partic- populous city of Honolulu, this brother Konchog Gyalpo them. He was revered as the ema- ipate in research on Tibetan religion active center has hosted the (1034-1102) to seek out the new tan- nation of Manjushri and was ho- and culture. In the mid-1970's, Kalachakra, several Rinpoche was invited to New York ceremonies and a visit of His Holi- by the Institute for Advanced ness the Dalai Lama. Several years studies of World to work ago, KTCL acquired their North on translation projects. Shore Retreat Center. The build- In New York a group of students ing rests amidst manicured quickly collected around Rinpoche, gardens, ponds and palm trees. SNOW LION and in the winter of 1977, Jetsun On the warm, still evenings the Sakya Center was founded. The ocean's roar blends with the low center was the first representative of chanting of prayers. f DHARMA CALENDAR '$$£ the Sakya Order on the East Coast The big island of Hawaii, home and for many years served as the of the fiery volcano goddess Pele, seat of Dezhung Rinpoche. Rin- is the largest in area of the poche was also a representative of Hawaiian islands, yet the most Your contributions to the Snow "Dressed for Tibet", Senior Transpersonal Assoc., Santa Rosa, the famed Rimed or nonsectarian sparsely populated. Nechung Lion Dharma Calendar are wel- Adults Division Special Program, 800-365-9753; Oct. 16, "Dis- movement entrusted to him direct- Drayang Ling is located here. On come! We list special events only: 92nd Street YM-YWHA; Oct. 17 covering the Compassionate ly by the great Gaton Rinpoche, the Kona side is Hale Kalani, a lectures, initiations, retreats that & 24, "People of the Mountains Presence", Assoc. for Transper- Jamyang Khentse Chokyi Lodro. small retreat center blessed by you would like to advertise to a and the Desert: Cultures of Tibet sonal Psych., Menlo Park, CA, At the end of 1986, the Center Ven. Kalu Rinpoche and H.E. wider audience. 30,000 copies of and the American Southwest", 415-327-2776; Nov. 23-Dec. 4, moved to a new location on the Up- Situ Rinpoche. On the Hilo side, this issue of The Snow Lion will American Museum of Natural Dzogchen Retreat (see listing per West Side of Manhattan where a newly founded Kagyu center is be circulated to people all over the History, 212-769-5000; Oct. 23, elsewhere). today it offers a full schedule of being organized by Lama Chur- world who are interested in Tibet. "Ritual!", NY Open Center, H.E. teachings and meditations under the dak, one of Kalu Rinpoche's For the fall and winter we need 212-219-2527; Oct. 25, "Aborigi- RINPOCHE Oct. 18-Nov.lO in guidance of the resident teacher, Lamas. submissions by August 10 and for nal Roots of Tibetan Religion", N. California, KTC Palo Alto, Lama Pema Wangdak. Lama Pema Mother Maui, as her residents spring and summer by February Tibetan Studies Society, Earl 415-323-7944; KTC Santa Cruz, studied at the Institute of Higher are fond of calling the gentle val- 10. This calendar contains events Hall, Columbia University, 408-462-3955. Tibetan Studies in Benares where he ley island, has embraced the dhar- NOT listed elsewhere in articles. 212-966-0935; Oct. 27, "Tibetan KALACHAKRA INITIA- received an acharya degree and ma in many inspiring ways. In order to use space efficiently, Pilgrimage", Tibet Center, TION & TEACHING Oct. studied under H.H. Sakya Trizin, Reaching out of the jungle on a we have arranged it by center or 212-966-8504. 18-Nov. 5; H.E. Chogye Trichen H.E. Chogye Trichen, H.E. Lud- grassy knoll is one of the first stu- lama. ARYALOKA RETREAT & Rinpoche; Sakya Center, PO Box ing Khen Rinpoche and H.E. pas ever built in the Western JACQUES MARCHAIS STUDY CENTER Aryaloka 606, Porter Square Station, Cam- Dezhung Rinpoche. Lama Pema world. Looking out over the blue CENTER OF TIBETAN ART offers retreats over Thanksgiving bridge, MA 02140; 617-492-5370 has been teaching in New York and Pacific, backed by the sacred Every Sunday until December, the and Christmas in addition to regu- or 876-1160. He will also be in Boston since 1982. mountain of Haleakala, the chor- museum holds a 2 PM program lar monthly programs. On Nov. NYC, Minneapolis, Berkeley, Van- At the new center, Lama Pema ten was consecrated in 1976 by that is free with admission to the 11-13, there will be a 3-day retreat couver and Hawaii. He is the leads a wide of activities, in- H.H. the . Four years museum. 338 Lighthouse Ave., in (415-323-4405). primary living teacher of H.H. cluding classes in philosophy, Ngon- later, hidden in the rolling hills of Staten Island, NY 10306, Otherwise, all programs are at Sakya Trizin. dro practices, Tibetan language pastureland on the dry side of the 718-987-3478. Oct. 2: Peking Heartwood Circle, Newmarket, BHIKSUNIPEMA CHODEN classes, weekly meditational prac- volcano, another stupa was built. Opera Dance Oct. 9: Symbolism NH 03857, 603-659-5456. Oct. 28-30, "Celebrating the Jour- tices and pujas, and guided retreats. Maui's dharma center, Karma of Oct. 16: GEORGE BOWMAN Oct. 13, ney", Karme-Choling, Barnet, VT Included in the schedule of medi- Rimay O Sal Ling, was stabilized Tibetan Pilgrimage—Peter Gold , 7:30 PM, Cam- 05821, 802-633-2384. tations is an ongoing Chenrezig in 1982 with the coming of Lama Oct.23: Annual Tibetan Harvest bridge , 199 Auburn CH'AN MEDITATION practice established by Dezhung Sonam Tenzin. His industry and Festival, 12 to 5 PM, Tibetan food, Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, CENTER Intensive Zen Retreats Rinpoche who was regarded as an perseverance bore fruit in 1987 bazaar, puppet shows, chanting 617-576-3229. with Master Sheng-yen Nov. embodiment of the Boddhisattva of with the purchase of the Zen Tea monks, etc. Oct. 30: The Life of LAMA TENZIN OSEL RIN- 24-Dec. 1; Dec. 23-31, Ch'an Great Compassion. This fall he will House in the oceanside village of the Buddha Nov. 6: Tibet Today POCHE, reincarnation of Lama Meditation Center, 90-56 Corona be leading a retreat from Paia. The quaint building and Nov. 13: Nov. 20: In- Yeshe will be at Vajrapani, Boul- Ave., Elmhurst, NY 11373, Oct. 15-23. small Japanese gardens are a hive troduction to Buddhism Nov.27: der Creek, 408-338-6654, in Oct. 718-592-6593. Jetsun Sakya continues to spon- of activity as sangha members Film-"The Golden Child", Gift Oct. ZEN RETREAT Dec. 12-18, sor visits and teachings by the great from remote parts of the island Shop sale. 11-23, Retreat on the Mandala of with Seung Sahn, teachers of the Sakya lineage. The come to pay their respects. PETER GOLD, author & lec- the 5 Dakinis, Big Indian, NY, , Center looks forward to visits from Another dream realized for Maui turer Sante Fe: Oct. 6, "Circle of 914-254-5086. 401-769-6464. other great Sakya teachers in up- this year is the Tenzin Retreat the Spirit", Channing, Dale & SOGYAL RINPOCHE Oct. 12, TIBET FUND BENEFIT: In coming months. Later this year Center. Resting above the jungle of Throgmorton Galleries, "For the Moment of Death", Praise of the Moon Jan. 22, H.E. Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, the North Shore, each room is 505-984-2133; Oct. 7, "Art, Life Inter. Iianspersonal Conference, Michael Heller, Jackson MacLow, head of the Tsarpa Sect of the Sakya blessed with the vision of the sun and Spirit in Tibet", St. Francis Santa Rosa, CA, 800-365-9753; Maureen Owens, Armand School, is planning his first visit to rising out of the ocean every morn- Auditorium, 505-982-5962. Oct. 12, "Finding the Heart's Schwerner, Phil Hemley and the the United States which will include ing. Its isolation makes it a perfect New York: Oct. 12, "The Rest", Santa Rosa, 707-874-2915; Dharma Bums, the Tibetan Sing- extensive teachings on the spot for long-and short-term Spirituality of Tibet and Indians Oct. 15, "Toward a Buddhist ing Bowl Ensemble; St. Marks Kalachakra Tantra. Next summer, retreats. of the American Southwest", Asia Therapeutic Strategy", Inter. Church, 2 PM, 718-857-3567, H.H. Sakya Trizin, patriarch of the Maui is also host to an annual Society, 212-288-6400; Oct. 14., 212-213-5010. Sakya School, will begin an exten- FPMT/Boston "Festival of the Great Mother, sive U.S. teaching tour. Fall: Talks by Geshe Lobsang TUPTEN GYATSO LING, PO Tara." One of the sangha mem- For more information about the Jampa at Milarepa Center, Barnet, Box 0641, , IL 60606-0141 bers, trained in the art of sacred Center's activities and upcoming VT Gyuto Tantric Choir in Dec. Oct., Geshe Sopa dance, collaborated with musicians events, please write or phone: Jet- Contact FPMT, PO Box 262, Nov., Gelek Rinpoche and dancers to perform a "ritual sun Sakya Center, P.O. Box 1603 Chestnut Hill, MA 02170, Jan., Glenn H. Mullin dance of the 21 Praises of Tara. Cathedral Station, New York, NY 617-661-1721. Feb., Thubten Pende The mandala dance of radiant and 10025 (212)459-4112.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG NEWS & PROFILES COMPASSIONATE CARE DIET & NUTRITION OF CHILDREN AT BUDDHIST SCHOOL OF DIALECTICS A program for the compassion- The program works this way: ate care of impoverished children the child in most urgent need of is the creation of Ananda Interna- help will be selected for sponsor- As study of Buddhism in gener- high cost of raw soy bean (the sub- tional Welfare Foundation. The ship and his or her name, age, al and particularly its dialectical stance from which tofu is made) Foundation was established in photo, and location will be sent to tradition is very profound and ex- except on some special occasions, 1985 through the inspiration of the new sponsor. The average tensive, it requires unceasing effort we can not offer this nutritious His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul amount needed is only $15.00 a if one wishes to gain clear under- item to our students. However if Rinpoche. His Eminence is one of month and the entire amount of standing of it. We therefore feel the funds were sufficient, we the four principal lineage holders the contribution is used solely for that the health of our students, would be pleased to offer this food of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan each specific child's welfare. This those who are pursuing this goal, to them more often as it is also a Buddhism who are presently the program is currendy assisting a is of crucial importance. very good substitute for meat. regents of His Holiness Karmapa. number of children and young At present we are only able to We sincerely hope that any im- The primary focus of the Foun- monks through the kindness of offer our students steamed bread provement in the students' diet dation is to provide relief from the our growing number of sponsors. and one kind of vegetable at lunch will provide them with ability to suffering endured by under- As a direct result of their concern, and rice with dhal for dinner. Be- overcome illnesses such as TB and INFINITY privileged people of the world liv- children who were very poorly sides this we can offer only 6 kg so forth, and spur them on in both ing in the shadows of poverty. nourished now have a healthier of meat per week between 90 stu- study and practice, so that they BOOKS As one of its projects, the Foun- daily diet. Other children are able dents. Previously we used to offer may in turn bring greater benefit dation has wholeheartedly under- to learn skills so they may eventu- some fruit and eggs but it is to others. taken a quest to eliminate suffering ally become self-sufficient and in presendy beyond our means to If anyone can give us financial Andrew Bloomfield, co-author in the lives of children and young turn help their families. Young offer them these and other nutri- assistance for improving the diet of Snow Lion's Tibetan Phrasebook monks in Tibetan refugee commu- monks are attending school and tious food. of our monks it would he greatly and Tapes, has recently opened a nities throughout Asia. This quest practicing in the monasteries Our students have learned how appreciated. Thank you for your spiritual bookstore, called IN- is more than dreams or en- together in preparation for an ad- to make tofu, and with the help of kind support. FINITY BOOKS, in Seattle, thusiasm. It is a commitment to vanced Buddhist education. For a small grinding machine, we Please respond to: Lobsang Washington. Besides fine books, the welfare of these children and these children the quality of life is make tofu and sell it as a means Gyatso, Principal, Institute of CD's, cassettes and art gallary, IN- in turn, through them, the preser- greatly improved. However, there of supporting our institute. Our Buddhist Dialectics, P.O. McLeod FINITY specializes in Buddhist vation of their vast heritage of are still hundreds more children homemade tofu is one of the most Ganj—176219, Dharamsala, Dis- and Hindu religious objects and Tibetan traditions, religion, art, awaiting help. His Holiness Kar- popular vegetarian foods in the trict Kangra (H.P.), India. practice materials—high quality and customs. mapa has said ' 'as you fulfill the town. Unfortunately, due to the statues, offering bowls, , Sponsors have a crucial role in needs of others, you simultaneous- arati trays, damarus, malas and making a difference "in the lives of ly fulfill your own." This program much more. Special orders are these children by fulfilling the bas- provides the opportunity to do just welcome and virtually any request- ic necessities for food, clothing, that. ed practice item can be obtained. education and encouragement for If you would like more informa- INFINITY holds evening lec- their overall development. The tion about the program, please tures at the store. Teachers in the generosity and compassion of each write to Ananda International Wel- Tibetan tradition who have spoken sponsor brings about a brighter fu- fare Foundation at the address be- include Alan Wallace and His ture for these children who other- low. All donations are tax Holiness wise would remain destitute. deductible in the U.S. and Rinpoche. Speakers who are ex- Personal correspondence with the Canada. pected this fall are: children and monks provides a AIWF, 328 N. Sycamore Ave., Oct. 12-13: Chagdud Tulku close sharing in the experience of Los Angeles, CA 90036, Nov. 4: Luding Khen Rinpoche their young lives. (213)934-5002. November: Jetsun Chimey Luding (featured in Snow Lion's last newsletter)—date not set INFINITY BOOKS 313 A 1st Avenue South Seatde, Washington 98104 A BENEFIT READING &. PERFORMANCE (206) 623-7495. FOR THE TIBET FUND Tashilunpo Monastery. Today we are so Interdependent, so closely Interconnected with each other, that without a sense May 1989. The tour will have an Sakya and Shalu, not on the nor- of brotherhood and sisterhood, TOURS emphasis on visiting temples, mal tourist routes, are also visit- and an understanding and belief meeting with monks, observing ed. Sakya was once the capital of that we really are part of one big Tibetan medical treatments, meet- Tibet, and Shalu was renowned as human family, we cannot hope to POTALA TOURS & TRAV- ing with physicians, and par- a center of scholarly learning and overcome the dangers to our ELS in New Delhi offers services ticipating in religious practices. psychic training. very existence - let alone bring in the following areas: domestic The tour leader will be Gary The May 5 tour fltes first to about peace and happiness. and international air ticketing, ar- rangements of all kinds of trans- Wintz, the first Westerner to live Kathmandu, via Hong Kong, and His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso portation, hotel reservations, in Tibet since the Chinese takeover 3 days are spent in Nepal. A visit in the '50's and one of the fore- to an Ayurvedic hospital in Kath- The XI Vth Dalai Lama arrangement of group tours to Buddhist places in India and most authorities on travel in Tibet mandu, where traditional Indian Nepal, arrangement of group tours today. On the tour Gary will lec- medicine is practiced, is one of the to Tibet through associates in ture on the historical and contem- features of the visit to Nepal. On SACRED VISION Nepal, and helping and seeking porary situation. A good guide is leaving Nepal the tour drives over permission to travel in India extremely important on any tour, the , through spectacu- PEACEFUL WORLD wherever necessary. This' compa- and Gary's expertise makes a lar mountain passes, and past the ny is an undertaking of the Tibe- world of difference in the appreci- awe-inspiring north side of Mt. FEATURING: REV. DANIEL BERR1GAN tan Administration. For more ation and enjoyment of Tibet for Everest, and then onto the plateau information contact: Potala Tours those who travel with him. Gary of Tibet. Out-of-the-way & Travels, 16. Jor Bagh, Lodi also has many old friends in Tibet, monasteries and towns, where DAVID MURRAY Road, New Delhi-3,India; Te- which opens the door for unique foreigners are still a curiosity, are PAULINE OLIVEROS lex:31-66160 BDL IN; Telephone: personal encounters with Tibetans visited. One of these rarely visit- &. other guest artists 616813, 623910. and special activities not available ed monasteries was built around a TIBETAN ART TOUR-John to the normal tourist. cave where the famous Tibetan DATE: OCTOBER 4TH, 1988 Brzostoski is planning to lead a The tour spends a longer time mystic and poet Milarepa spent many years. Four days are spent PLACE: THE GREAT HALL AT COOPER UNION tour to Tibet in June/July of 1989. in Tibet than other tours, with driving in vans or small buses LOCATION: COOPER SQUARE Mr. Brzostoski is a widely known many unique features. In addition teacher of Oriental art and culture to tours of the Potala, the , through the countryside of Tibet, COST: DONATION who has taught , Sera and Drepung overnighting in hotels on the way. and religion at New York Univer- monasteries, a newly re-activated Eight days are spent in Lhasa, PROCEEDS WILL BE USED sity, Cooper Union, and The New Buddhist nunnery, and much with an option to visit TO DEVELOP THE TIBET School. He has travelled widely in more, the tour includes an in- monastery and the . FUND AS A FUNDING Asia, including four trips to Tibet depth visit to the Traditional Tibe- For a free brochure with a SOURCEFORCOMMUNfTY which he led in 1984-1987. For tan Medicine Hospital and an op- detailed itinerary and other infor- AND ECONOMIC DEVEL- more information, contact Young tional tour to . mation on this tour contact Toby OPMENT PROJECTS FOR Ideas Travel, P.O. Box 8173, New The tour visits Tashilhunpo Weiss, PhD, Director, Power TIBETAN REFUGEES LIVING Fairfield, CT 06812. monastery in Shigatse, and also Places Tours, 28802 Alta Laguna IN NORTHERN INDIA &. OVERLAND THROUGH travels to , the ancient Blvd., Laguna Beach, CA 92651, NEPAL TIBET-May 5-25, 1989. Snow town that is the site of Palkhor (714) 497-5138. Mention that you Lion and Power Places Tours are monastery and the - read about it in the Snow Lion offering a special tour to Tibet in Chorten. The monasteries of Newsletter.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG NEWS & PROFILES NECHUNG DORJE DRAYANG LING

On the island of Hawaii, where religion. ob- the cities and to the neighboring lava flows to the sea and where tained the pledges of numerous town of Pahala, leaving the tem- snowy mountain slopes and black gods to become protective deities ple abandoned for a number of sand beaches can be found, is a of Buddhism. The most powerful years. —Nechung Dorje one was Pehar of the "Five Guar- It was discovered by some of Drayang Ling—"Immutable Is- dian Kings," emanations of the Nechung Rinpoche's students, land of Melodious Sound." Locat- Five Buddha Families, whom the who had invited him to Hawaii ed in the foothills of Mauna Loa tantric master placed as the head and needed a suitable residence for is "a hidden valley" called Wood of the hierarchy of guardian pro- him. Initial stages of restoration TO THE WOMEN Valley. The road there passes the tectors of the Dharma and Tibet. began in 1973 and Rinpoche ar- rain forests of Puna and the active Thereafter, Samye was built, the rived in 1975. Work continued volcano Kilauea; through the Ra'u first monks ordained and Budd- gradually, with a small core of stu- OF TIBET desert, macadamia nut orchards hism spread quickly throughout dents clearing away the jungle and and swaying fields of sugar cane. Tibet. refurbishing the rooms amidst Once there, the visitor experiences Eventually, a small shrine dedi- Tibetan language and Dharma A Poem in Dedication To the Women of Tibet, the magic and charm of Nechung cated to Pehar was built to the west classes. My Mothers, My Sisters Drayang Ling. Overlooking the of Lhasa by an eminent Lama. Another vacant Japanese temple Pacific is a classic Buddhist tem- Close to where Drepung was found in Pahala and was ple with a peaked roof, painted in Monastery was built a couple of moved to the temple grounds in vivid colors, against a backdrop of hundred years later, it was named 1978. This original structure, now Sisters of *, Daughters of Tibet, Flowers of Emptiness green eucalyptus and clear blue "Nechung." When the Fifth occupying the upper floor of the Where will you bloom now? sky. A feeling of peace arises as Dalai Lama became the temporal two-story complex, has a roomy Your native land has been burned one listens to the breeze rustling leader in 1642, Pehar was institut- meditation/meeting hall with ad- And dumped with nuclear char, through the tall trees, the birds ed as the guardian protector of joining guest rooms. On the Desecrated, devastated — and windchimes in the silence and Tibet. A larger monastery was ground level are private and dor- And the sweet song of your mantras smells the fragrance of ginger and built surrounding the original mitory quarters, and a fully Moans imprisoned behind bars. jasmine in the air. shrine and some of the sacred ves- equipped kitchen and dining area. Nechung Rinpoche, the grand sels of the protector were moved This facility is used for retreats Mothers of Lineage Masters, lama of Nechung Monastery resid- from Samye to Nechung; thus this and can accommodate up to 30 Who have nurtured me with kindness through countless years, ed here for many years. His atti- monastery became the official persons. And given fully of your milk of wisdom — tude towards the Dharma was home of the State Oracle and re- During periods when there are Will the flow of your precious nectar open and nonsectarian, his vision mains a synthesis of the ancient no visiting lamas and scheduled Now be turned into tears? vast and encompassing. and new traditions. courses, the temple and retreat fa- Following the direction that To this date, Nechung cilities are open to individuals who Sisters of Niguma, Daughters of Drolma,** Nechung Rinpoche established, Monastery remains intact, now wish to pursue meditation and I who have chosen to be childless Drayang Ling regularly invites la- housing about 20 monks com- study on a personal basis. New In order to have the leisure to practice more intensively mas of all the major lineages. In pared to the 115 that once lived Age, community and meditation The wisdom teachings you have preserved, October, Lama Tarchin, a Nying- there. The Nechung Medium lives groups have utilized the retreat Sit comfortably in retreat ma lama, will speak on the nature at Nechung Monastery in center for Vipassana, health- While you are tortured in the fields of mind. The Sakya abbot of Dharamsala, India with about 40 oriented programs, women's meet- With forced sterilizations and forced abortions — Ngor, Luding Khen Rinpoche, monks. There, daily rites to invoke ings, yoga, and so forth. A refer- Your full term babies' cries will give commentary and impart the protector are performed, along ence library of books and Silenced forever at birth by a needle the blessing of Vajrayogini in a with special ceremonies for His audio/video cassettes on Budd- In the hospitals where you labor twelve-day retreat from November Holiness and the Tibetan govern- hism and Tibetan Culture is avail- To give birth to death. 19—30. Programs here range from ment in exile. able to guests. Also on the basic Buddhist subjects to the The temple in Hawaii is the only premises is a small store with a Mothers of Maitreya, most esoteric practices and are branch of Nechung in the West. good selection of books, incense Mothers no more. taught at both weekend seminars Built in the early 1900's by and items from the East. I mourn your murdered children — and long retreats. Japanese immigrants who worked "Drayang," the temple's pub- Our loss — Nechung Drayang Ling is af- for the sugar plantations, it was the lication announces upcoming pro- I your orphan, filiated with Nechung Monastery, center of a bustling community for grams and news several times And your heir. which houses the State Oracle of many decades. One of the first yearly. If you wish to be on the Tibet. The roots of Nechung trace Buddhist temples to be built on mailing list, further information Though your wombs are barren back to the times of the Indian the islands, it was crafted with on the Fall courses, or availability The Emptiness of your Spirit bears many fruit. saint, Padmasambhava. Prior to open verandas, a spacious shrine and rates of the retreat facility, Though you weep in the streets of Lhasa the building of Samye, the first hall and ornamental carvings. please write to: Nechung Dorje Your spiritual children everywhere monastery in Tibet, there were With the changing of the times, Drayang Ling, P.O. Box 250, Pa- Rejoice in the legacy you have released. many opposing forces to the new most of the people moved away to hala, HI 96777, (808) 928-8539. Through the power of interdependent interrelatedness, The treasures of Truth you have preserved And passed on through generations Survives — Though you may not.

THE FPMT Through the flower of Interbeing, And by the Winds of Impermanence, Your seed is carried across the world The Foundation for the Preser- within various FPMT business en- his health was apparently failing. Alive — vation of the Mahayana Tradition terprises. It seemed as though he was will- And flourishes in fertile, thirsty mindfields is an international network of There is an astonishing array of ing to do anything to help people Unknown to you. nearly 50 Buddhist colleges, urban programs and facilities—from the overcome their limitations and un- centers, monasteries, meditation Monastery 7-year Geshe happiness and experience their Sisters of Niguma, Daughters of Drolma, and retreat communities founded degree program to the Sewa Samiti higher selves No matter what My mothers, by Lama and Leprosy Center in New Delhi; subject he was discussing, he Do not despair — Lama . from the International Medical made sure that all of his listeners We your foster children, The intent of FPMT is to provide Program linking different medical had something personal and prac- Whose faces you have never seen, channels for integrating the teach- traditions (in Nepal) to Wisdom tical to take away with them." Will build a living bridge of Dharma, ings of the Buddha into Western Publications; from the Root Insti- Although his methods were often And dedicate your dream. culture; to bring within twentieth- tute for Culture and Religion, a fa- unconventional, his teachings were century reach traditional, well- cility under construction for always within the bounds of tra- investigated and effective methods pilgrims in Bodhgaya, India, to dition and this is due in part to the that are a basis for a more the Universal Education Associa- rigorous training he received in * Niguma was the wisdom consort of . Her teachings form the ba- meaningful approach to modern tion based in Pomaia, Italy, with Tibet before 1959 and in India sis of the lineage. life. branches world wide. thereafter. **Drolma is the Tibetan name for the female deity TARA, the Great Liberator. The FPMT offers opportunities How did all this come about? Lama Yeshe was born in Tibet for people of varied inclinations. Where did the inspiration and in 1935 not far from Lhasa. He For some, the centers and commu- energy for so much beneficial ac- was recognized as the incarnation nities are a complete way of life tivity come from? The answer is of the learned Abbess of Chi-me This poem was written by Jhampa Khacho (Michelle Levey), on Dakini where the practice of meditation very simple. To those who knew , home for about 100 Day, SAGA DAWA, Year of the Earth Dragon (June 9, 1988), at Cloud and the pursuit of precise intellec- Lama Yeshe (who passed away in nuns of the Gelug tradition. From Mountain Retreat Center in Castle Rock, Washington (near Seattle and tual understanding is balanced 1984), the growth of the FPMT is a very early age -he expressed the Vancouver, WA), U.S.A. with work or community service. no mystery. As Jonathan Landaw, desire to lead a religious life. May this poem-prayer inspire all who read or hear it. May it awaken For others, work is the main ac- one of his early students, says, within them a heartfelt yearning to realize the ultimate potentials of this tivity, carried out in the fields of "His warmth and humor seemed precious life and to help others to do the same. Permission is freely granted education, publishing, printing, inexhaustible and his devotion to Continued on page 10 to copy, print and share this in any way that will be of benefit to others. film, center construction and reno- others and to the teachings of the vation, farming and gardening, or Dharma never faltered, even when

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1947 in the village of Thami in the attendance had to be limited to 200 Solo Khumbu region of Nepal meditators. near . From the In 1972 the Lamas established house where he was born, he could Retreat Center in a ram- look up the mountainside and see bling house perched on the side of Lawudo, where the cave of the late the mountain above His Holiness Lawudo Lama was situated. the Dalai Lama's residence in While his predecessor had be- Dharamsala. Many serious stu- longed to the Sakya tradition, the dents from Kopan, the Tibetan Lawudo Lama himself had been Library classes and other centers a great master of the complete tan- have come to Tushita for teachings, tric teachings of the Nyingma tra- initiations and retreats over the dition. For the last 20 years of his years. life he lived in his cave, attended Westerners are not the only ones by his wife and two children. He who have benefitted from the La- spent all of his time either meditat- mas' compassionate activities. ing or giving teachings and spiritu- Lama Zopa Rinpoche's predeces- al advice to the people of the sor had been asked by the Tibe- region. His energy on behalf of all tan and Sherpa people of Solo beings was inexhaustible and it is Khumbu to build a monastery said that in his later years he near the site of his meditation cave. passed completely beyond the In 1971 Lama Zopa Rinpoche ho- need for sleep. nored the commitment made by From the time he was able to his predecessor by building a crawl, Zopa Rinpoche would monastic school—the Mount spend most of his time trying to Everest Centre for Buddhist climb the steep path leading to the Studies. The School was later cave of this deceased lama. Final- moved to and ly, when he was old enough to today there are 70 (mosdy Sherpa) speak, he declared that the cave monks receiving a closely super- was his and that he was the incar- vised monastic education that in- nation of the Lawudo Lama. He cludes traditional Buddhist further insisted that his only desire studies, as well as classes in Nepa- BRITISH OFFICIALS was to lead a life of meditation. li, English, Tibetan, mathematics When he was 4 or 5 years old, his and art. ACCUSE CHINA claim to be an incarnate lama was In 1974, the Lamas were invit- subjected to public examination by ed to make an 8 month-tour of the Ngawang Samden, a Nyingma U.S., Australia and . Lord David Ennals*, a member including a number of Chinese write: "just glancing out the win- master meditator who lived near- As they travelled around giving of the British House of Lords, ac- soldiers. Two Chinese restaurants, dow would have shown it was at by. When the young boy was public talks and meeting with old cused the Chinese Government of notorious for refusing to serve least 50 percent. Their (Chinese) repeatedly able to identify posses- and new students, they saw a imposing a "reign of terror" after Tibetans were destroyed. In the argument is that it is the adminis- sions belonging to the Lawudo tremendous and growing interest his and his Tibet expert, Freder- days following, and indeed during tration who are settled and they do Lama he was formally declared to in . Many ick Hyde-Chambers', April 1988 our visit people were being de- not include the 250,000 troops of be the rightful incarnation and students had returned from fact-finding mission there. Lord tained. A minimum of 700 were the PLA nor the floating popula- received the full investiture of the Kopan to their homelands feeling Ennals in a testimony before the being held and almost certainly tion who are in Tibet for 2 to 8 Nyingma lineage. Later he the need to set up their own local Congressional Human Rights considerably more. The treatment years on a contract arrangement, received the tantric initiations of Dharma centers. By the end of the Caucus, chaired by Congressman of those in prison and the number whereby they get a special al- this tradition from the head Lama tour in 1975, 12 centers had been Tom Lantos of California, on May of brutal deaths has only added to lowance for living in Tibet." at Thampi gompa, known affec- started, 9 of them in Western 10, 1988 said that since March 5, the tense situation. People are tionately as Gaga (grandfather) countries. It was at this point that 1988, more than 2000 Tibetans frightened and frustrated. Human Lama. Lama Yeshe brought together have been imprisoned and tor- rights are denied. Such peace ex- While still a young boy, Zopa some of his senior students to dis- tured with electric catde prods and ists maintained by a massive mili- Rinpoche was taken on his uncle's cuss the coordination of this rapid- clubs with nails. tary presence in Lhasa." back for a pilgrimage to Tibet. ly growing Dharma network. This The London Observer, in its For several days after the March When he arrived north of Sikkim group, the Council for the Preser- May 8th, 1988 edition, reported 5th massacre in the Jokhang Tem- at the Dung-kar Monastery of vation of the Mahayana Tradition, the massacre of 30 monks inside ple, said the London Observer, Domo Geshe Rinpoche, he star- was eventually expanded to in- the Jokhang, the holiest temple in there were executions, beatings, tled his uncle by declaring that he clude the directors of the centers Continued from page 9 Tibet, on March 5 during a pro- and hundreds of detentions. Jona- had no intention of returning and other departments, and the THE FPMT independence demonstration in than Mirsky, the first British jour- home with him. Rather, he want- FPMT came into formal existence. Lhasa, Tibet's capital. nalist to enter Tibet since the ed to stay at this monastery and Briefly, the FPMT was set up to A monk described the scene: March 5th demonstration, wrote: Whenever a monk would visit his devote his life to studying and function democratically. Most of "The police rushed in at 9:30 in ".. .it was clear that hatred of the home he would beg to leave with practicing the Dharma. And so he its centers are established as pub- the morning. They began beating Chinese authorities is at its greatest him and join his monastery. Final- did. His education would have lic charities according to the laws everyone with clubs who looked since the Cultural Revolution more ly, when he was 6 years old, he continued at Sera Je in Lhasa, but of their particular countries, with Tibetan, including some of the than 20 years ago, and that the received his parents' permission to his plans were interrupted in 1959. the election or appointment of regional leaders. By 10:15 it was massacre has dealt a possibly mor- join Sera Je College. He was or- Eventually he found his way to office-bearers as prescribed by finished. They had killed 30 tal blow to the painful reconcilia- dained as a novice monk at the age Buxaduar where he first became their constitutions, and all active monks. Later that day they carried tion between the Chinese and of 8 and received teachings on the the disciple of Geshe Rabten and members have a voice in the deci- the bodies outside like dead Tibetans." lam rim graduated path to enlight- then of Lama Yeshe. sions that effect them. animals and threw them in the During his stay in Lhasa, enment from Kyabje Trijang Rin- Although the FPMT was not le- Lama Yeshe passed away in back of two trucks." Mirsky talked to a number of poche, the junior tutor of His gally incorporated until 1975, its 1984. On February 12, 1985 a boy Lord Ennals said, "Conditions Tibetans. He writes: "Near the Holiness the Dalai Lama. He also beginnings go back to 1965 when was born to a Spanish couple with in Tibet are far worse than those (Jokhang) temple lives a Tibetan received many tantric initiations Lama Yeshe and Zopa Rinpoche whom, as Lama Yeshe himself had reported in the Soviet Union, veteran of 25 years in the Chinese and discourses from both the met Zina Rachevsky, a young said years before, he shared a spe- where nationality troubles have army. 'I have been all over China. Junior Tutor and the Senior Tutor, American woman, in Darjeeling. cial relationship. The child was received more publicity. There I like my Chinese comrades. But Kyabje , as well as A strong friendship developed and named Osel, meaning Clear Light, continue to be detention of in- all of us Tibetan soldiers hated the from Drag-ri Dorje Change Rin- the Lamas spent nearly a year and by the time he was 14 months dividuals at night. The Chinese Communist party and wanted poche, Song Rinpoche, Lhatzun teaching her at home before Zina old he had been recognized as the police and military have inflicted Tibetan independence.' " Dorje Chang Rinpoche, and many had to leave Darjeeling for Ceylon. reincarnation of Lama Yeshe, not extreme brutality in the treatment A truck driver says, "I want all other great and meditation She then wrote many letters to His only by Zopa Rinpoche, but by of prisoners." the parts of Tibet which are now masters. He also studied the fa- Holiness the Dalai Lama entreat- H.H. the Dalai Lama as well. At Accompanied by a Tibetan from part of Sichuan, Xining, Yunnan, mous Six of Naropa, follow- ing him to permit the Lamas to the time of the formal recognition, Britain, Lord Ennals and Hyde- Qinghai provinces to be reunited ing a commentary based on the join her. When permission was the Dalai Lama declared that Chambers were the first indepen- under one Tibetan country. But I personal experiences of Lama granted she returned to India and when young Osel was old enough dent foreign observers to be admit- know the Chinese will never per- Tsongkhapa. the three of them visited the Dalai to speak well he would give un- ted into Tibet since the mit it." This phase of his education Lama in Dharamsala. There Zina mistakable indications that he was pro-independence demonstration "Tibetans have only stones. The came to an end in 1959 when he was ordained as a novice nun. In indeed the true tulku of Lama on March 5. Lord Ennals said he Chinese have all the weapons and was 25 years old. As Lama Yeshe 1967 the two Lamas and their dis- Yeshe. Since then, people from all was able to obtain unusual access they know how to use them. The himself said, "In that year the ciple left India, not for Ceylon as over the world have had the chance to first-hand reports of what has Chinese are trying to overwhelm Chinese kindly told us that it was originally planned, but for Nepal. to meet the young Lama Osel and been taken place. us. They send in more settlers time to leave Tibet and meet the Zina purchased land at the top already he has displayed to many In a press statement issued on everyday. The Chinese are trying outside world." Escaping through of Kopan hill overlooking the of them remarkable signs, such as April 13, Lord Ennals and Hyde- to compress us like buttered barley Bhutan, he eventually reached beautiful Kathmandu valley and recognizing people from his form- Chambers said, "We were the first into a smaller and smaller ball." Northeast India where he met up the Lamas founded the Nepal Ma- er life. Lama Osel was enthroned, independent visitors since that When Lord Ennals and Hyde- with many other Tibetan refugees. hayana Gompa Centre in 1969. amid extensive media attention in major demonstration on March 5 Chambers broached the Chinese At the Tibetan settlement camp of When the first meditation course Dharamsala on March 17, 1987. and we can emphatically state that population transfer into Tibet, the Buxaduar he continued his was given there in 1971, it was at- Vajrapani Institute in Boulder the demonstration involved 10,000 Chinese authorities in Lhasa told studies, and, at the age of 28, tended by about 20 students. By Creek, CA (408/338-9540) is host- people. A Chinese soldier, 16 them that only ten percent of the received full ordination from the Autumn of 1974, 14 Western ing Lama Zopa Rinpoche, who Tibetan Buddhist monks, and 2 city's population was Chinese. Kyabje Ling Rinpoche. monks and nuns had been or- will be giving a Chakrasamvara in- Tibetan laymen are known to have However, in their 12-page report, His heart disciple, Lama Thub- dained and interest in the seventh itiation and commentary from Oc- been killed and scores were injured Lord Ennals and Hyde-Chambers ten Zopa Rinpoche, was born in lam rim course was so great that tober 8-31.

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aside, maybe wait for some kind of now on, he says, the policy will be He did not give away Tibetan sover- ing the Tibetan file on the desk in- news peg to come along and justify "severe." Yet, somehow, hope lives eignty, which he said Tibetans had stead of putting it away in a cabinet of writing about Tibet again. among Tibetans, for a taste of free- never conceded to foreign powers in the mind? ON MY MIND Well, here's a possible news peg, dom and for the right to worship as almost two millennia of existence. Yes, the Tibetans say, perhaps one will this do? Asia Watch, the human they please. In their exile capital of But he said he knew that this impor- day the Chinese will change. A. M. Rosenthal rights monitoring group, has just put Dharmsala on the Indian side of the tant, painful step toward acknowledg- The Chinese react with anger when out a report saying that there is se- Himalayas, they eagerly seize on the ment of Chinese power would disap- any nation raises the Tibetan ques- vere abuse of every human right in words of encouragement that come point many Tibetans. tion. Yet, Tibetans and their support- Tibet and that torture is routine in from Congress, led by a number Most newspapers of the world gave ers say, that very anger covers a political arrests. No country, includ- of Republicans and Democrats the speech zero space. Some printed a sensitivity to what the world thinks of The ing the United States, raises a cry, moved by Tibetan bravery. Tibetans few paragraphs. But the Tibetans China, and the new China may not al- Asia Watch says. heard. Many were sorrowful, and Is that because the Chinese lock bless them and President Jimmy ways want to be seen as cruel and op- Carter, quietly a strong friend of some were angry, but all still follow pressive. Tibetan the foreign press out of Tibet? Or is Tibet. ( Tenzin Gyatso. ■ But if the world forgets, the Chinese ■• it really because the U.S. has impor- The man who is Tibet's leader and will pay no price of loss of respect. tant business afoot with China, or its incarnation of the spirit of God is That will be the end of us, the Tibet- thinks it has, and does not want to the .-He usually signs ans say, and they know the Chinese File risk it for a country with no signifi- himself "Tenzin Gyatso, Buddhist quite well. So if Tenzin Gyatso still cance except in culture, religion, his- monk." He lives in Dharmsala, in New, painful hopes, all who wish him and his peo- The file has been on the desk for tory, freedom struggles, that kind of exile since 1959, but occasionally goes weeks — the clippings about ar- thing? reasons to ple well at least can do what Tibetans rests, beatings and killings and abroad in his nation's cause. Most ask: Remember them and speak of Here's another possible angle — a governments are polite to him but them. D a copy of the historic speech to which statement by Qiao Shi, the head of the ask that he not say much in their open and the world paid almost no attention at Chinese security apparatus, which is countries — the Chinese, you know. all. a major part of a Chinese occupation In June, in Strasbourg, before the read it The file is marked "Tibet" and it policy that has partitioned the coun- European Parliament, he spoke his keeps being put aside. And you sus- try, moved millions of Chinese into heart once more. This time he said again. pect that most readers are probably Tibet and Tibetans out, imprisoned Tibet would accept China's right to not wildly interested in Tibet, so why scores of thousands of others, burned handle Tibetan foreign affairs and inflict your own fascination and sor- , down thousands of monasteries, keep troops in Tibet, if China would row for that country on them, one driven the man who is Tibet's leader agree to live in association with Tibet The Chinese responded with a brief, more time? There is always some- and God-figure into-30 years of exile and allow it a democratically chosen harsh dismissal — and more repres- thing else to write about. and cost the lives of perhaps a million government where Tibetans manage sion in Tibet. Anyway, what's the point? The Chi- Tibetans. Tibetan affairs and man and nature China is a great nation and Tibet is nese are not going to relax their grip Now, says Qiao Shi, China has de- lives in harmony. small and imprisoned. Is there really on Tibet and not one other country cided to alter its policy in Tibet and any point, beyond sentiment, in keep- wants to do anything. So push the file will no longer be "lenient." From

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MERCILESS IN TIBET Last month His Holiness the with the concession of Tibet's for- the leadership of His Holiness has Dalai Lama announced a major eign policy to the People's Repub- superceded the risk to their lives. new initiative in his address to the lic of China as stated in His The road to independence is By Tinley Nyandak members of the European Parlia- Holiness's speech. Accordingly, difficult, painful and costly in hu- ment in Strasbourg, , in his we have expressed our concern to man lives. It will take time. efforts to find a peaceful solution His Holiness and his Government- However, we are convinced that in- New York, Aug. 2—China has tions that prisoners were beaten to the Tibetan problem. in-exile. dependence is attainable. ordered the "merciless repres- and tortured. But a Tibetan who We, the Directors of the U.S. The Tibetan people's indomita- We in the free world have a spe- sion" of anti-Chinese protests in was one of the 52 released told Tibet Committee, would like to ble spirit and resolve to achieve an cial opportunity and responsibili- Tibet through military force and Thomson that prisoners were rou- reaffirm our support and confi- independent Tibet is clearly evi- ty to build momentum for the as part of the tougher policy has tinely beaten before interrogation. dence in the leadership of His denced by the recent pro- worldwide effort to free Tibet. apparently appointed a senior mili- He said several monks were so Holiness the Dalai Lama and his independence demonstrations, Your support is indispensable. tary officer as Tibet's Communist badly beaten in one session that efforts to resolve the Tibetan issue. during which their commitment to China continues to commit atroci- Party Secretary. they were unable to undress them- However, we respectfully disagree a free and democratic Tibet under ties and cultural genocide in Tibet. The new policy was announced selves. Prison guards told them: On July 19 China called for the by Qiao Shi, standing member of ' 'We must beat you to get the truth "merciless repression" of anti- the Politburo and head of China's from you." Chinese protests in Tibet through security apparatus, during a tour The Tibetan said he saw sever- MORE PRO-INDEPENDENCE military force. Qiao Shi, head of of Tibet in early July. Qiao told the al monks undergoing "Chinese China's security apparatus, said authorities in Tibet that Peking rope torture," in which the Peking had decided to alter its had decided to alter its policy prisoner is suspended from a DEMONSTRATIONS policy toward Tibet from toward Tibet from "lenient" to beam, and that sticks, belts and "lenient" to "severe" and the "severe." Accordingly, the govern- electric prods were used in the government of the region must ment of the region must "adopt a beatings. He was given three in- SINCE MARCH 5 "adopt a policy of merciless policy of merciless repression tense sessions of political re- repression toward all rebels." towards all rebels," referring to education and was released after New York, July—Despite heavy the trucks and driven away. While We have so much work to be pro-independence activists. saying that he had only joined the military presence and show of the monks were being arrested, done. To keep our work going, we Sources in Peking said that Qiao protest at the urging of people force by the Chinese authorities in children wrote, "Free Tibet," and urgendy need your moral and had approved the appointment of around him at the Jokhang Lhasa, pro-independence demon- "Long Live the Dalai Lama" on financial support. If you have not Tibet's military commander Jiang Temple. strations continued to be staged by the dusty vehicles. sent in your 1988 $25 member- Hongquan as the next Party Secre- Mark Baker, another Australian Tibetan monks and nuns. Accord- Prison conditions in Lhasa and ship, please do so right away. tary in the region, replacing Wu journalist, wrote from Lhasa on ing to Western travellers, on May other places in Tibet are reported Please fill out the enclosed mem- Jinghua, appointed in June 1985. July 19, "Drapchi is the Chinese 17, between 30 and 40 nuns from to be worse than during the infa- bership form and encourage your In Tibet, the Communist Party gulag, a prison estimated to con- the Chubsang Nunnery near Lha- mous days of the Cultural Revo- friends to actively participate in Secretary is the real boss. tain between 500 and 600 men, sa demonstrated outside the Jok- lution. The people are not allowed this cause for freedom. Tibet has been rocked by pro- most of them political prisoners hang. After making two rounds of to meet any prisoner or to hand Sincerely, independence demonstrations and perhaps 30 or more of them the temple, the nuns raised their over food and clothing. The Tibe- Directors of the since September 1987 and China monks from . Ac- voices demanding the release of all tans are finding it extremely U.S. Tibet Committee has set up a special military cording to religious and dissident the nuns and others arrested for difficult to trace the whereabouts detachment that will "deal reso- sources, it is a place where Tibe- taking part in earlier independence of their own relatives or friends, Join the U. S. Tibet Committee. It lute blows" at future demon- tan political activists are systemat- demonstrations. arrested or detained by Chinese is a nationwide human rights organi- strators. ically beaten, bound and strung According to eyewitness ac- authorities. zation staffed by Tibetan and Ameri- Shortly before Australian For- from rafters and tortured with counts, the police fired shots in An American woman tourist, can volunteers that monitors eign Minister Bill Hayden's visit electric prods. Since a series of the air and used tear gas. Nine who returned recendy from Tibet, violations of Tibetan human rights to Tibet on July 18, 1988, a pub- bloody pro-independence riots nuns and two monks were arrest- lamented that only group tours, under Chinese military occupation. lic trial was held in the square in erupted last September, it is an ap- ed. In the first week of June, for- strictly regulated by the Chinese It also provides information on the front of the Jokhang Temple, the paratus that has been honed with eign tourists said, anti-Chinese authorities, were allowed to visit history and culture of Tibet, or- site of pro-independence demon- large-scale summary arrests and demonstrations broke out in Lhasa selected parts of Tibet. According ganizes Tibetan National Day ral- strations. In the open square in detentions, public show trials and when monks demanded Tibetan to her, the Public Security Bureau lies on March 10th, sponsors lectures front of Jokhang, 100 policemen a vast networks of overt and secret independence. Six monks were there would collect all the pass- and conferences, and publishes armed with machine guns kept police. It is the dark side of Tibet seen outside of the Jokhang car- ports from the tourists during reports on Tibet. The U.S. Tibet control as at least 25 monks were that the Chinese authorities have rying Tibetan flags, which, like all their stay in Tibet. These docu- Committee is a non-profit, tax- accused of and tried for offenses been assiduous in attempting to manifestations of independence, ments were returned only at the exempt organization supported entire- such as "theft" and "robbery." shield from the Foreign Minister, are illegal. time of departure. Interaction be- ly, by individual contributions. The prisoners were driven around Mr. Hayden, during his two-day After once walking around the tween the Tibetans and tourists You Can Make a Differencei the city in motorcycle sidecars and visit to Lhasa." pilgrims' way surrounding the was also strictly monitored by the Please become a member and ask a open trucks in a show of police Jokhang, the monks were con- Chinese authorities. friend to join. force. To complete the intimida- fronted by 600-Chinese soldiers. She further reported that new Please mail check or money order tion, loudspeakers broadcast de- They fired tear gas at the watch- identity cards were being issued to to: tails of the "crimes" and heavily ing crowd which, according to an the people in Tibet to keep track US Tibet Committee armed police guarded those eyewitness report, "was too of their activities. "Guntoting 107 E. 31st Street, 4th Floor charged. stunned and frightened to act." para-military forces keep patroll- New York, New York 10016 In a meeting with Hayden, The crowd scattered and the ing Lhasa and other areas of (212) 213-5011 Chinese authorities denied allega- monks were bound, loaded into Tibet."

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H.H. THE DALAI LAMA means that the Government of on the thoughts I have presented. ASIA WATCH Tibet will have the right to decide A negotiating team representing ADDRESSES on all affairs relating to Tibet and the Tibetan Government has been the Tibetans. selected. We are prepared to meet In a report released today, Asia As individual freedom is the real with the Chinese to discuss details Watch described continued abuses EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT source and potential of any socie- of such a proposal aimed at achiev- of human rights in Tibet by the ty's development, the Government ing an equitable solution. Chinese authorities in the months of Tibet would seek to ensure this We are encouraged by the keen following demonstrations in Sep- Speech by His Holiness the Dalai Lama freedom by full adherence to the interest being shown in our situa- tember and October 1987, and Universal Declaration of Human tion by a growing number of March 1988. The report, "Evad- on June 15, 1988 at the European Parliament Rights, including the rights to governments and political leaders, ing Scrutiny: Violations of Human in Strasbourg, France speech, assembly, and religion. including former President Jimmy Rights After the Closing of Tibet" Because religion constitutes the Carter of the United States. We are also describes a Chinese policy, in- source of Tibet's national identi- also encouraged by the recent itiated after the fall demonstra- ty, and spiritual values he at the changes in China which have tions, of suppressing information very heart of Tibet's rich culture, brought about a new group of on current conditions in Tibet. We are living today in a very in- I believe all people have the moral it would be the special duty of the leadership, more pragmatic and In releasing the report, an up- terdependent world. One nation's right to peacefully protest in- Government of Tibet to safeguard liberal. date of a February 1988 Asia problems can no longer be solved justice. Unfortunately, the demon- and develop its practice. We urge the Chinese Govern- Watch study, "Human Rights in by itself. Without a sense of strations in Tibet have been The government should be com- ment and leadership to give seri- Tibet," Jack Greenberg, Chair- universal responsibility our very violently suppressed by the prised of a popularly elected Chief ous and substantive consideration man of Asia Watch and Vice Dean survival is in danger. I have, there- Chinese police and military. I will Executive, a bi-cameral legislative to the ideas I have described. Only and Professor of Law at the fore, always believed in the need continue to counsel for non- branch, and an independent judi- dialogue and a willingness to look Columbia University School of for better understanding, closer violence, but unless China forsakes cial system. Its seat should be in with honesty and clarity at the Law, said: "The Chinese Govern- cooperation and greater respect the brutal methods it employs, Lhasa. reality of Tibet can lead to a via- ment has severely restricted access among the various nations of the Tibetans cannot be responsible for The social and economic sys- ble solution. We wish to conduct to the territory and, as a result, its world. The European Parliament a further deterioration in the sit- tems of Tibet should be deter- discussions with the Chinese practices have largely escaped is an inspiring example. Out of the uation. mined in accordance with wishes Government, bearing in mind the scrutiny. This has had terrible con- chaos of war, those who were once Every Tibetan hopes and prays of the Tibetan people, bearing in larger interests of humanity. Our sequences. Serious abuses of hu- enemies have, in a single genera- for the full restoration of our na- mind especially the need to raise proposal will therefore be made in man rights continue, and are now tion, learned to co-exist and tion's independence. Thousands the standard of living of the entire the spirit of conciliation and we largely unchecked by the kind of cooperate. I am, therefore, partic- of our people have sacrificed their population. hope that the Chinese will respond international attention that accom- ularly pleased and honored to ad- lives and our whole nation has The Government of Tibet would accordingly. panied the suppression of the fall dress this gathering at the suffered in this struggle. Even in pass strict laws to protect wildlife My country's unique history protests." European Parliament. recent months, Tibetans have and plantlife. The exploitation of and profound spiritual heritage Asia Watch deals with the fol- As you know, my own county- bravely sacrificed their lives to natural resources would be careful- render it ideally suited for fulfill- lowing issues: Tibet—is undergoing a very achieve this precious goal. On the ly regulated. The manufacture, ing the role of a sanctuary of peace Abuses Accompanying the difficult period, the Tibetans— other hand, the Chinese totally fail testing and stockpiling of nuclear at the heart of Asia. Its historic sta- March 5 Demonstration Political particularly those who live under to recognize the Tibetan people's weapons and other armaments tus as a neutral buffer state, con- Imprisonment Torture Limits on Chinese occupation—yearn for aspirations and continue to pursue must be prohibited, as well as the tributing to the stability of the Access to Tibet freedom and justice and a self- a policy of brutal suppression. use of nuclear power and other entire continent, can be restored. The Asia Watch report is harsh- determined future, so that they are I have thought for a long time technologies which produce Peace and security for Asia as well ly critical of the U.S. Administra- able to fully preserve their unique on how to achieve a realistic solu- hazardous waste. It would be the as for the world at large can be en- tion's failure to speak out identity and live in peace with tion to my nation's plight. My Government of Tibet's goal to hanced. In the future, Tibet need forcefully about abuses in Tibet, their neighbors. cabinet and I solicited the opinion transform Tibet into our planet's no longer be an occupied land, op- and criticizes the Administration For over a thousand years we of many friends and concerned largest natural preserve. pressed by force, unproductive for missing obvious opportunities Tibetans have adhered to spiritu- persons. As a result, on Septem- A regional peace conference and scarred by suffering. It can be- for expressions of concern. For ex- al and environmental values in ber 21,1987, at the Congression- should be called to ensure that come a free haven where humani- ample, Wu Xueqian, then serving order to maintain the delicate al Human Rights Caucus in Tibet becomes a genuine sanctu- ty and nature live in harmonious as China's Foreign Minister, visit- balance of life across the high Washington, DC, I announced a ary of peace through demilitariza- balance; a creative model for the ed Washington and held discus- plateau on which we live. Inspired Five Point Peace Plan for Tibet. In tion. Until such a peace conference resolution of tensions afflicting sions with both President Reagan by the Buddha's message of non- it I called for the conversion of can be convened and demilitariza- many areas throughout the world. and Secretary of State Shultz violence and compassion and pro- Tibet into a zone of peace, a sanc- tion and neutralization achieved, The Chinese leadership needs to shortly after the March distur- tected by our mountains, we tuary in which humanity and na- China could have the right to realize that colonial rule over oc- bances. Presidential spokesman sought to abandon war as an in- ture can live in harmony. I also maintain a restricted number of cupied territories is today Marlin Fitzwater stated that in strument of national policy. called for respect for human rights military installations in Tibet. anachronistic. A genuine union or their discussions the President and Our history, dating back more and democratic ideals, environ- These must be solely for defence association can only come about the Foreign Minister "just didn't than two thousand years, has been mental protection, and a halt to the purposes. voluntarily, when there is satisfac- get to" a discussion concerning one of independence. At no time, Chinese population transfer into In order to create an atmosphere tory benefit to all the parties con- human rights relating to Tibet. since the founding of our nation Tibet. of trust conducive to fruitful cerned. The European Commun- Asia Watch, a Washington-based in 127 B.C., have we Tibetans con- The fifth point of the Peace Plan negotiations, the Chinese Govern- ity is a clear example of this. On human rights monitoring organi- ceded our sovereignty to a foreign called for earnest negotiations be- ment should cease its human the other hand, even one country zation, was established in 1985 and power. As with all nations, Tibet tween the Tibetans and the rights violations in Tibet and or community can break into two is affiliated with Helsinki Watch experienced periods in which our Chinese. We have, therefore, taken abandon its policy of transferring or more entities when there is a and Americas Watch. The three neighbors—Mongol, Manchu, the initiative to formulate some Chinese to Tibet. These are the lack of trust or benefit, and when groups have joined to form Hu- Chinese, British, and the Gorkhas thoughts which, we hope, may thoughts we have in mind. I am force is used as the principal me- man Rights Watch. For more in- of Nepal—sought to establish in- serve as a basis for resolving the aware that many Tibetans will be ans of rule. formaiton or a copy of the report, fluence over us. These eras have issue of Tibet. I would like to take disappointed by the moderate I would like to end by making please contact Asia Watch, 739 been brief and the Tibetan people this opportunity to inform the dis- stand they represent. Undoubted- a special appeal to the honorable Eighth Street SE, Washington, have never accepted them as con- tinguished gathering here of the ly, there will be much discussion members of the European Parlia- DC 20003, (202)546-9336. stituting a loss of our national main points of our thinking. in the coming months within our ment and through them to their sovereignty. In fact, there have The whole of Tibet known as own community, both in Tibet respective constituencies to extend been occasions when Tibetan rul- Cholka-Sum (U-Tsang, Kham and and in exile. This, however, is an their support to our efforts. A ers conquered vast areas of China Amdo) should become a self- essential and invaluable part of any resolution of the Tibetan problem and other neighboring states. governing democratic political en- process of change. I believe these within the framework that we pro- This, however, does not mean that tity founded on law by agreement thoughts represent the most realis- pose will not only be for the mutu- we Tibetans can lay claim to these of the people for the common good tic means by which to reestablish al benefit of the Tibetan and territories. and the protection of themselves Tibet's separate identity and re- Chinese people but will also con- In 1949 the People's Republic of and their environment, in associ- store the fundamental rights of the tribute to regional and global peace China forcibly invaded Tibet. ation with the People's Republic Tibetan people while accom- and stability. I thank you for Since that time, Tibet has endured of China. modating China's own interests. I providing me the opportunity to SPEAK FOR the darkest period in its history. The Government of the People's would like to emphasize, however, share my thoughts with you. More than a million of our people Republic of China could remain that whatever the outcome of the have died as a result of the occu- responsible for Tibet's foreign negotiations with the Chinese may H.H. the Dalai Lama TIBET pation. Thousands of monasteries policy. The Government of Tibet be, the Tibetan people themselves were reduced to ruins. A genera- should, however, develop and must be the ultimate deciding News Tibet keeps you up to date tion has grown up deprived of maintain relations, through its authority. Therefore, any proposal on the current situation in Tibet. education, economic opportunity own Foreign Affairs Bureau, in the will contain a comprehensive Furthermore, it carries feature ar- and a sense of its own national fields of religion, commerce, edu- procedural plan to ascertain the ticles on the various aspects of Tibe- character. Though the current cation, culture, tourism, science, wishes of the Tibetan people in a tan life: Buddhism, culture, Chinese leadership has im- sports and other non-political ac- nationwide referendum. medicine, art, history, civilization, plemented certain reforms, it is tivities. Tibet should join interna- I would like to take this oppor- activities of the Tibetans in exile, also promoting a massive popula- tional organizations concerned tunity to state that I do not wish and so forth. tion transfer onto the Tibetan with such activities. to take any active part in the News Tibet is sent to key persons Plateau. This policy has already The Government of Tibet Government of Tibet. Neverthe- in the U.S. Government and is a reduced the six million Tibetans should be founded on a constitu- less,! will continue to work as primary tool for helping the Tibe- to a minority. Speaking for all tion or basic law. The basic law much as I can for the well being tan people. A contribution of $10 Tibetans, I must sadly inform you, should provide for a democratic and happiness of the Tibetan peo- or more is an effective way to sup- our tragedy continues. system of government entrusted ple as long as it is necessary. port this needy cause. I have always urged my people with the task of ensuring economic We are ready to present a Contact: Tinley Nyandak, Office not to resort to violence in their ef- equality, social justice and the pro- proposal to the Government of the of Tibet, 107 E. 31st Street, New forts to redress their suffering. Yet tection of the environment. This People's Republic of China based York, NY 10016, 212-213-5010

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG 13 NEWS & PROFILES Peking on a tightrope. Tourists are WANT TO HELP THE FORBIDDEN TIBET being let in, but only in groups and mostly on expensive tours ranging from $1,500 to $2,200 per PEOPLE OF TIBET? LOOKS OUTWARD person per week from Hong Kong. This way their money goes This election year provides a significance is the United States By William McGurn to Chinese-owned hotels and their major opportunity to increase Government's continued complic- movements are controlled by public awareness and support for ity in this villainy through the sup- (This article appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Chinese travel agencies. the Tibetan people by requiring all ply of economic, technological, April 14, 1988) Backpackers aren't as lucrative presidential and congressional can- and educational support for Chi- and pose risks. Their little money didates to make the strongest na while ignoring any requirement goes to Tibetan hotels and restaur- declarations possible against op- for true human rights in Tibet. ants, and, more likely to speak pression in Tibet. Through this unqualified aid to an some Tibetan, they find out things At news conferences during the entity resolutely dedicated to op- Lhasa, Tibet—It's early after- month after the demonstrations, the government doesn't want the primary campaigns: George Bush pression (in the face of unanimous noon here outside the Jokhang for example, the authorities have world to know. Were it not for was asked to comment on relations congressional condemnation) our Cathedral, and every Tibetan yet to give a credible count of these people, last fall's and last with China and China's oppres- government is guilty of the most knows that something's up. casualties. The Chinese now put month's uprisings would have sion against Tibet. He responded severe violation of the principles it Ragged Buddhist pilgrims throw the number of dead at five, though gone the way of those in the past, by commenting on how much he professes to stand for. themselves to the ground in sup- for weeks they admitted only to the suppressed quickly, quietly and loved China and how important it This situation is intolerable to plication before the temple en- killing of one policeman, who is with impunity. is that the U.S. help China as any person of principle. It is my trance; the great brass prayer being built up in the local press as Yet for all Peking's Himalayan much as possible while he com- present goal to identify a political wheels continue to turn, but there a hero. But Tibetans say that in headaches it would be disastrous pletely ignored the crucial need for candidate who will assign his is an edge to the day's activity: addition to the policeman and at for Tibetans to conclude that they exerting influence on China for highest priority to a requirement Someone important is coming. least two laymen, between 8 and have a real shot at independence. true human rights in Tibet. that China institute true human Has to be important, because 16 monks also were killed. "A For one thing, Tibet is just too im- Michael Dukakis stated his posi- rights for the Tibetans and all its almost every other person in the Chinese dies and he is a hero," portant. Rich in many of the tion that it is imperative that for- people as an absolute, unqualified square is a plainclothes policeman. says a 60-year-old woman bitter- resources China lacks, the Tibetan eign policy be responsive to the prerequisite for our support. I will The someone turns out to be ly, "but Tibetans are nothing." plateau lies at the strategic heart wishes of the people of the Unit- then assign my highest priority to four American congressmen here Peking could have saved itself of Asia, near the U.S.S.R., China ed States. that candidate's election. on a lightning visit. For about 45 that hero and avoided the and India. American diplomatic Please send the following letter Since you have taken a strong minutes their entourage is let loose bloodshed had it not ordered the sources say that since 1950 China to the candidate of your choice: stand on apartheid, I hope you will to wander about the market sur- annual March 5 prayer festival to has built up a military presence take the earliest opportunity to rounding the Jokhang, to meet go on and forced Buddhist monks here that includes a number of air- Dear (CANDIDATE): have a statement published declar- Tibetans and perhaps pick up a to march past Chinese TV crews fields, radar stations, about China's recent intensification of ing your strongest possible denun- souvenir bracelet. As they do, and photographers here to record 100,000 ground troops along with the genocide against the Tibetans ciation of the depravity of China's however, a Chinese soldier perched the event as proof that China thousands of paramilitary police, elevates this situation to critical ur- oppression against Tibet and of high atop a roof overlooking the respects religious freedom in militia and reservists; the Ameri- gency. However, of even greater the U.S. Government's complicity. square quietly photographs any Tibet. The monks filed by all cans refused to comment on Tibetans bold enough to go up to right, but then a group from Gan- reports of five missile bases here the visitors. den monastery started chanting for for China's nuclear arsenal. In- Only a month ago the Jokhang Tibetan independence and the deed, most of China's moderniza- INTERNATIONAL and its surroundings were the release of one of their brothers, tion in Tibet revolves round a scene of a demonstration that Yulu Dawa Tsering, imprisoned military infrastructure. Decked though initially was said to have after the last riots. The Chinese out in olive drab, Lhasa resembles CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET been small, was—as a visitor here responded by rushing the Jok- more a set for the TV series I would like to bring to your at- lation which became law on De- quickly finds out—the largest and hang, and rumors flew through "M*A*S*H" than the holy center tention several pieces of legislation cember 22,1987. Please write your bloodiest protest against the town that the Chinese were killing of Tibetan Buddhism. that have been introduced in Con- congressional representatives in Chinese occupation since the abor- monks inside the cathedral, The Chinese case is that Tibet gress. The most important, H.R. support of H.R. 4570 and urge tive 1959 uprising [not true, see Tibet's most sacred site. Up to is an integral part of their 4570, was introduced on May 11, your friends to do the same. the Emancipation Monthly 10,000 people then took to ston- country—and, at a quarter of Chi- 1988 in the House of Representa- In addition to writing to your article—the editors]. Coming on ing anything Chinese: shops, na's land mass, this is a sizable tives by Congressmen Rose, Gil- representatives and senators, you the heels of riots last fall, the vio- restaurants, even a doctor's office. part. Peking dates its claim not man, Conyers, Lantos, Dornan can also write to the following lent March 5 protest reminded Although Chinese forces have from the 1950 invasion but the and Porter. House subcommittees: Peking that nearly four decades of now adopted a low profile with the 13th century, when the Mongol Section 1 of the Bill has 16 find- Chairman Dan Mica House colonial Chinese rule has failed to advent of tourist season, this was Khans established an empire that ings which outline the patterns of Subcommittee on International snuff out Tibetan calls for in- not before letting Tibetans know ruled both China and Tibet. discrimination and human rights Operations U.S. House of dependence and the near-universal who was still boss here. A monk Although history leans to the abuses against the Tibetan popu- Representatives Washington, DC. loyalty to their exiled god-king, the in nearby Drepung monastery says Tibetan claims, and though Tibet lation. The Bill then calls for: 20515 Dalai Lama. that the evening after the latest was certainly a de facto indepen- * United Nations investigation of Chairman Don Bonker House protest about 60 military trucks dent nation from the fall of the human rights in Tibet Subcommittee on International Carrot and the Stick came rumbling up to the grounds Manchus in 1911 until the Com- * Annual reports by the President Economic Policy and Trade U.S. These disturbances come at a and four monks were taken away; munist invasion, there is enough on human rights in Tibet House of Representatives particularly sensitive time for Chi- two others, he says, died in or af- ambiguity for the Chinese to make * Imposition of economic sanc- Washington, DC. 20515 na. Not only do they jeopardize ter the riots, and the Chinese have a case. A bad case, yes, but they tions, including: Chairman Walter Fauntroy prospects for the badly needed for- now stationed 50 policemen in the believe it, and those who overlook —suspension of Most Favored House Committee on Int'l De- eign exchange China hopes to earn monastery itself. Other monaster- this will forever underestimate Nation status velopment, Institutions and from opening the "Rooftop of the ies tell the same story, with a Gan- Chinese reactions to a challenge. —non-extension of preferential Finance U.S. House of Represen- World" to tourism, they mar the den monk reporting that 100 were treatment of PRC products tatives Washington, DC. 20515 image of a reformed and enlight- arrested at his monastery. Tibetans Dalai Lama Opposes Violence —possible disapproval of loans Chairman Sam Gibbons House ened People's Republic that Pek- estimate that altogether at least 600 The Dalai Lama himself under- from international bodies for Committee on Trade U.S. House ing is trying desperately to project people were arrested. Based on stands this well, and he has con- economical or technical as- of Representatives Washington, to an anxious Hong Kong and a word of mouth, the Tibetans tend sistently urged his compatriots not sistance to the PR DC. 20515 recalcitrant Taiwan. The result is to exaggerate numbers. But the to resort to violence. He skirts the * Voice of America broadcasts to Chairman Stephen Solarz House a curious mix of carrot and stick, Chinese simply he. issue of independence, his one Tibet in Tibetan Committee on Asian and Pacific a startling public appeal to the Families, for example, have not bargaining chip, preferring to * Monetary assistance for dis- Affairs U.S. House of Representa- Dalai Lama to come home cou- been told where those arrested are speak of human rights and peace- placed Tibetans and to preserve tives Washington, DC. 20515 pled with an internal show of force being kept, and only recentiy have ful accommodation. "Historical- Tibetan culture Chairman Gus Yatrov House that people here say is the most the next of kin been asked to come ly Tibet has never been a part of * Assessment of environmental Subcommittee on Human Rights repressive since the days of the and collect the dead, their outrage China," he says from London, damage by the United Nations and and Int'l Organizations U.S. Cultural Revolution. As the ban compounded by the evidence of where he is ending a pastoral visit. a Presidential Tibet Commission House of Representatives imposed on the press during the torture and Chinese demands for "However, about the future I am In addition, Concurrent Resolu- Washington, DC. 20515 October demonstrations indicates, a "storage" fee of between $135 leaving my opinions open. The tion 324 was introduced in the Please send the letter below. Feel the linchpin of the whole enter- and $162—more than the average real issue is the genuine satisfac- House on June 23, 1988 by Con- free to copy it or even cut it out, prise is to keep tourist money flow- annual per-capita income here. tion and happiness of the Tibetan gressmen Rose, Gilman, Lantos, sign it, and send it in. Even bet- ing in and as little information as The family of one man arrested af- people." Levine, Dymally, Conyers and ter, write your own letter. possible going out. ter the riots, Tenzin Sherap, was As the Dalai Lama knows, in Dornan which expresses the sup- "The Chinese are afraid of the asked around March 23 to come to the long term, Tibetan indepen- Dear : foreigner," says one Tibetan wom- the morgue. According to a dence depends, as it has through- port of Congress for the Dalai I am very concerned about the Lama and his recent proposal to an, her black hair braided with Western report smuggled out of out history, on a China weakened Chinese violation of human rights blue-and-white ribbons. "The Tibet, his sister said she could and distracted by some outside promote peace, protect the en- in Tibet. I urge you to co-sponsor vironment, and gain democracy foreigner goes home and tells the identify him only by his clothes, power, a day that is a long way off and support Bill H.R. 4570, in- for the people of Tibet. The world the truth." so badly battered was his face. A if it comes at all. In the meantime, troduced by Representatives Rose, The Chinese have good reason man who helped with the funeral the land once known as the For- proposal, delivered to members of Lantos, Gilman, Conyers, Dor- to fear this. A reporter who slips rites said that all the man's bones bidden Kingdom, for its refusal to the European Parliament on June nan, and Porter on May 11, 1988. into Tibet on a week-long tour had been broken. admit foreigners, now depends on 15, sets forth a plan for "a self- Sincerely, finds that despite Peking's claims If the Chinese botched the pray- foreigners' presence as the only in- governing democratic political en- Your name and address tity. ... in association with the that abuses ended with the Cultur- er festival, they fared better on the surance that the heavy pendulum People's Republic of China." (We would appreciate it if you al Revolution, the evidence sup- more familiar ground of cracking of Chinese policy will not swing Both pieces of legislation stand could forward the replies you ports Asia Watch's contention in heads, made all the easier by regu- against it yet again. "If you leave,: very good chances of passage but receive to: Campaign for Tibet, February that "a pattern of seri- lations imposed last time around says one Tibetan, a small photo of they need your support. Last year, 1511 K Street NW, Suite 739, ous human-rights violations con- that restrict individuals and forbid the Dalai Lama on the wall behind your letter writing was extremely Washington, DC 20005). tinues to characterize political and the press from coming here. But her, "they can kill us all." helpful in passing the Tibet legis- social life in Tibet today." A the start of tourist season has put

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(The following was taken from an ar- there was not a single modern The degree of autonomy enjoyed ticle appearing in "Emancipation building. Hu Yao Bang wept. by Tibet is probably not more APPEAL Monthly, Hong Kong, December "The Central Government spent than the autonomy enjoyed by the 1987. The article starts with a fair- several billions in Tibet, how did Xiamen (coastal city), and far less by Dr. David Crow ly standard description of the 1959 you spend it? Did you throw it in than Shenzen and Shekou. rebellion, then goes on to describe the Tsangpo river?" This was a far As for the right to "veto" cen- another, never yet extensively reported cry from the official picture of tral government policy, I wonder Dr. Ngawang Choppel is a Tibe- large-scale rebellion which was ru- "Tibet leaping through the cen- whether this isn't something that tan doctor and one of the nine sur- mored to have occurred in 1969, at turies" and Tibetan people lead- Hu Yao Bang said on the spur of viving monks of Gaden a time when the system of People's ing a happy life. the moment. Who would dare to Ling. Before its destruction dur- Communes was already in place.) He saw that the Tibetan econo- veto? ing the Chinese invasion, this my, far from being self-sufficient The first policy, the tax exemp- monastery was one of the largest "... During the rebellion, there as before, had swung to the oppo- tions and rebates, was implement- in Southwest Tibet, with over 300 were attacks on administrative site extreme: it was completely de- ed rather well. After 3 years, they monks and scholars. Dr. Choppel units at basic levels and also pendent on mainland China. All were extended for another 2 years. was imprisoned for 23 years. Af- against the army and transport. It consumer goods had to be import- People finally had breathing space. ter his release in 1983, on the ad- was said there were links with the ed, even food. Tibet exported However, because the situation vice of His Holiness the Dalai Dalai Lama reactionary group. some minerals, medicinal herbs, had been so very bad, 3 or 5 years Lama, he came to Boudanath, The best known leader at that and timber. If supplies from the of recuperation did not enrich Nepal, where he has been practic- time was a nun from Nyimu mainland were interrupted, the Tibet. In addition to tax rebates, ing medicine and directing the county in the western suburbs of Tibetan economy would be para- many other complementary meas- rebuilding of Shelkar Gaden Ling. Lhasa. She led over 1000 people lyzed and collapse. Hu Yao Bang ures are required. For the last year, I have been in an attack on the County Com- said one thing no one in China had Tibet is the poorest area, the studying medicine with Dr. Chop- mittee and on the Public Security ever dared to say: "This is plain average income is not even half pel and am writing this appeal on Department, where troops were colonialism." that of the mainland. Education, his request. During this time I stationed. He realized that Tibet had health and services are generally of have observed the progress of the Conventional troops were sent to suffered a lot of damage: whether lower quality than on the main- rebuilding project and the living repress the rebellion and failed to monks or lay people, they all car- land. There has been no change conditions of the 34 young monks do so. The nun led some of her fol- ried deep wounds, and the rela- from the colonial economy men- in Dr. Choppel's care. Although lowers into the mountains for guer- tionship was very tense between tioned by Hu Yao Bang. In his they no longer live in a tin shack rilla warfare. They were defeated, Han and Tibetans. Wherever he view, not only has the distance be- as they did when I first met them, captured, and tried in public in went, Hu Yao Bang criticized Han tween Tibet and the mainland not their needs are still urgent. Cur- Lhasa. They were executed. cadres and praised Tibetans for diminished, it has increased. rently, all are living in the half- Rumor had it that she was only the their long history, rich culture and In February, in "People's Liber- completed monastery, where they deputy commander and that the highly developed civilization as ation" there was a new phenome- maintain a full schedule of study real leader had escaped. well as for the Tibetan people's non. There was criticism of a novel and practice, as well as helping After the rebellion* there were diligence, intelligence and by Ma Jian which insulted the with construction. massive arrests, imprisonments, courage... Tibetans. The editor lost his job. The monastery urgently needs and reform-through-labor, as weH At the end of his visit, several Since 1959 all literature about funds to complete the building and as large-scale public trials and ex- policies were announced. The Tibet depicted underdevelopment, repay its loans. In addition, most ecutions. All the prisons and n three most important were: a peri- barbarianism—all literature fol- of the monks need patrons who form camps were full. Som od of recuperation for Tibet; no lowed the official line, painted a can provide them with basic neces- estimates assert that the number taxes for 3 years for peasants and black picture of Tibet which sities such as clothes, food, and of people affected was no less than nomads; 85% of Han cadres to be didn't correspond with reality. It educational materials. Your finan- in 1959, 87,000 were killed in a withdrawn (excluding the army); was a comprehensive negation of cial assistance is sincerely request- few days, unknown numbers were the autonomy of the region was to Tibetan literature, history, culture ed and gratefully appreciated. arrested. be increased. and civilization. The Chinese had Donations (in the form of a Little is known about the 1969 "If the policy of the Central a very dark idea of Tibet, really bank wire) can be sent to: Rating rebellion, even inside China. Af- Government is not in keeping with thought the cadres were "liberat- Lama Lobsang Samteng, Account ter 1959 and 1969, a great majori- the reality of Tibet, then Tibet has ing" it, that the Tibetans were not #68-04-00-0051, c/o NabiJ Bank ty of families (including those the right to refuse to implement it masters of their own land. Once Ltd., Jorpati Branch, Box 3729, living in Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan or revise it," he said. "liberated", they should have Kathmandu, Nepal. Thank you and Szechuan), be they aristocrats Many Han cadres in Tibet ob- been grateful. With this propagan- on behalf of Dr. Choppel and the or serfs, lamas or laymen, had lost jected, denounced Hu Yao Bang, da, how can one speak of ethnic monks of Shelkar Gaden Ling. one or two members, or else they and wrote to the" Central Govern- equality, democracy or au- were imprisoned, under surveil- ment. Hu Yao Bang was liberal, tonomy?" lance or refugees. If you include frank and sincere and recognized all those who suffered under the errors. His new policies relaxed Cultural Revolution, then you can the tension, probably avoiding say: several in every single family another large-scale ethnic clash. If were affected. one considers the long-term in- 1979 was the beginning of the terests of China itself, then Hu Yao open-door and reform policies. Bang's policies were really wise. The Chinese government started a Withdrawal of 85% of the Han dialogue with the Tibetan cadres met with opposition right government-in-exile. Several dele- away. It was hardly ever men- gations were sent from India (via tioned in Beijing. As for the num- Beijing) by the Dalai Lama at the ber of cadres, instead of being invitation of China and received a diminished, they were increased, spontaneous, warm welcome from according to the statistics of the the people, who prayed and wept P.R.C. itself (usually better known and beseeched the Dalai Lama to for political correctness than ac- return. This was a great shock for curacy). In a recent article refut- the Chinese leaders. All over the ing the claim that there is a policy , in all of "population transfer" of the Tibetan populated areas of Chinese civilians to Tibet, the Ven. Tara Tulku Rinpoche at Gaden Tenzin Ling Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan and number of Chinese in Tibet has Szechuan, after 30 years of libera- quadrupled since 1953.... Many tion, 20 years after the 1959 rebel- incentives were announced, many GADEN TENZIN LING lion, after so much criticism of the Han went from the mainland to Dalai Lama—"the problem of the Tibet. The proportion of residents Gaden Tenzin Ling (GTL) is a Medicine Buddha teachings, people's heart had not yet been changed. Local handicraft wor- Tibetan Buddhist Center in Itha- Geshe Tsultrim Gyaltsen taught on solved." They were still waiting for kers, technicians, and collectives ca, New York. Though the Finger compassion, and Zasep Tulku the Dalai Lama to return. were no match for the skilled Lakes region of upstate New York Rinpoche taught from Atisha's Hu Yao Bang, Secretary of the ("skilled" or not, being Chinese is a bit off the beaten path, GTL "Lamp for the Path to Enlighten- Central Committee said: "What is enough) workers from China, has beer, honored by visits from ment" and conducted a Yamanta- does it show when Tibetans can and many became unemployed many prominent teachers of Tibe- ka retreat. All of the events were voice their complaints to the Dalai and shops closed down. New con- tan Buddhism, and has drawn stu- successful and well attended. Lama but not to the Chinese Com- tradictions emerged. dents from as far away as Michigan Zasep Rinpoche of Toronto is munist Party? What kind of With respect to increasing au- and Florida. the director of GTL, and comes problems does it show?" tonomy, it has not been very suc- Since last winter at GTL: H.H. for teachings and retreats several When Hu Yao Bang and Wan Li cessful. Tibetan cadres have been Ganden Tri Rinpoche gave the times a year. His next scheduled went to Tibet, what shocked them promoted—but they do the daily Chenrezig initiation, Ven. Thup- visit is November 19 and 20, for most terribly was the poverty. It housekeeping while the Han ten Pende taught on the body a weekend of Shamatha and would hit you. China had put in cadres are the masters. This situ- and heat yoga, Alex Berzin taught Chenrezig meditation, to which all a lot of effort for 30 years and in- ation cannot and will not change, on Buddhist tantra, Tara Tulku are invited. You can write to Gaden vested several billions of dollars, as the autonomy has no substance. Rinpoche gave the in- Tenzin Ling at P.O. Box 6761, but the Tibetan people and Tibet There is no substantial difference itiation and a week of special Ithaca, NY 14851 or you can call were still in a condition of grind- between this "Autonomous teachings, Jeffrey Hopkins taught (607) 273-8506 days and (607) ing poverty. At that time in Lhasa Region" and a mainland province. on Deity Yoga, Dr. Rapgay gave 564-9005 evenings.

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NEW EXPLORER SERIES Because we think you'll enjoy it, we are selling it at a reduced price. HAYAGRIVA POSTER 19 x 25" These four records are well-known SHEDUR: A GHOST EXOR- At the bottom of the poster are the #JMH $8 for their quality and power. They CISM RITUAL, Ven. YesheDorje mantras associated with the deity, Stunning photo of one of the best are $9.95 ea.: Rinpoche, Master of the Rite. written in Tibetan. #NSGER statues from the Jacques Marchais TANTRAS OF GYUTO: MA- POSTER 24 x Museum of Tibetan Art. The Shedur, or "Disposing of the HAKALA #NSM Agents of Death" ritual, is per- 36" #DRP01 $20 This is the Mahakala is the Great Black Lord finest poster print that we carry. formed here by the Ven. Yeshe of Transcending Awareness. He is Dorje Rinpoche. It is truly a beautiful poster with a manifestation in wrathful form fine gold ink on it. of the Buddha compassion and is TIBETAN BUDDHISM: a principal protector of the RITUAL ORCHESTRA & BONPO LAMA NAMGYAL dharma. CHANTS #NSRO ANGDU 17 x 26" #DLBL $10 TANTRAS OF GYUTO: Side One: Padma Sambhava A meditating Bonpo Lama in SANGWA DUPA #NSSD Tsechu . This invocation traditional religious dress pho- This is the sacred chant of the Gu- to Padma Sambhava is performed tographed at Samung Monastery, hyasamaja Tantra. on the 10th day of each Tibetan Dolpo, Nepal. B & W. month. Side Two: Mahakala Sadhana. The external invocation of Mahakala.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG 16 SPECIAL ITEMS INCENSE TIBETAN SHIRTS MAPS AQUILARIA-R #AQ $5.00 A unique, entirely natural herbal preparation for the relief of stress and tension. Prepared by Dr. Lob- sang Rapgay and the Tibetan Holistic Medical Centre of India. Aquilaria-R herbal formula is one of the most popular and well- known stress formulas prepared from therapeutic and non-toxic herbal ingredients handrolled into sticks. This item is difficult to keep in stock. It is made in India and we often have to backorder it. CEDAR/ SANDALWOOD 8" box (50 sticks) #OSCS $5 EXTRA-GRADE TIBETAN ) INCENSE 16" bundle (45 sticks) TIBETAN SHIRTS #OSXG $10 Snow Lion now has 50-50 cotton tee shirts and sweat shirts for men NIRVANA BRAND #TMNIR $5 and women. Choose one of three For relief of stress and tension. A designs—Double Dorje, Tibetan totally natural, safe, non-toxic and Flag, or a lotus with Om Mani N EW non-habit forming aroma- Padme Hum on the petals and a therapeutic incense. Prepared by Hri in the center. They come in NEPAL HIKING MAPS TJ. Tsarong and Himalayan Her- white, yellow, red, and blue. They Helambu, Langtang: 1:100,000 # bal Co. of Gangtok, Sikkim. are high-quality shirts and are MLHL $9.95 TIBETAN INCENSE 16" bun- sized small, medium, large and Kathmandu Valley: 1:50,000 # dle, #IWTI $5.00 extra-large. The sizes run approx. MLKV $9.95 Authentic Tibetan incense made one size smaller and are mostly Khumbu Himal: 1:50,000 # by refugees in India. We are offer- available in large and extra-large. MLKH $9.95 ing an excellent brand of Chandan Please indicate a second color (sandalwood) incense. choice. OTHER MAPS Kathmandu City: 1:10,000 TRADITIONAL TIBETAN IN- #MLKC $5.95 CENSE Traditional Tibetan in- Double Dorje #PHSHIRT $12 India (North): 1:1.5 mil #MLIN cense prepared from medicinal Tibetan Flag #PHSHIRTF $14 $6.95 herbs—musk, saffron, nagi, and (Five Colors) Om Mani Padme Nepal: 1:.5 mil & 1:1.5 mil # sandlewood—is available in three Hum Lotus #PHSHIRT $12 MLN $6.95 grades. Each box contains approx- Sweatshirts: South-Central Tibet: 1:1 mil # imately 50 eleven-inch sticks: Double Dorje #PHSHIRT2 $24 MLT $7.95 Highest Grade #JCBLUE $8 Tibetan Flag #PHSHIRTF2 $28 Medium Grade #JCRED $6 Lotus # Common Grade #JCYELLOW PHSHIRT2 $24 $5 NEW CALENDARS

* 1989 DESERT CA1M0AR « MOON CALENDAR 19S9

We have 9 great calendars to choose from this year! You'll want one for every room! These 8 calendars measure 20 x 14" when they are hanging. TIBET #CLT $8.95 16-month calendar with lovely images from Tibetan life. BHUTAN-JEWEL OF THE HIMALAYAS #DBB $8.95 Tibetan Buddhism as it thrives in Bhutan. SACRED SPACES #GTSS $8.95 More places charged with a feeling of mystical wonder. THE HIMALAYAN CALENDAR #GTHC $8.95 Spectacular mountain shots. THE RAINBOW CALENDAR #GTRC $8.95 These rainbows carry visual power and majesty. MOUNTAIN LIGHT #GTML $8.95 Galen Rowell collection of incredible mountain scenery. MOON CALENDAR #GTMC $8.95 The silent Moon casts its spell in many moods and colors. DESERT CALENDAR #GTDC $8.95 Many faces of the stark desert power. 1989 TIBETAN ART CALENDAR 16 x 24" #WICATC $19.95 This is this year's model of the great thangka calendar. It contains 13 exquisite sacred masterpieces, many never reproduced before.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG 17 SPECIAL ITEMS AMBROSIA YIN: Amber Resin JEWELRY Essences #AMBER $16 We have a selection of earrings, Amber, the fossilized resin of pine necklaces, pendants, rings, trees. In the Baltic area, hard am- braclets with coral and turquoise. ber has been worn for centuries as Some rings and braclets have Om an amulet to protect the wearer DHARMA ITEMS Mani Padme Hum for $21 and $32 from misfortune. Soft amber has respectively. We have deity and an even more ancient tradition. It dragon rings and pendants. has been used as a folk medicine in the beief that its smell would PURBAS Tantric daggers made of strengthen the individual and give MALAS (prayer beads) MEDITATION GONG #SAG iron. 10" PURBALG $30 5" him courage from the soul of a We have a wide variety to choose $100 This is a large meditation PURBASM $12 from: wood, bodhiseed, lotus gong 5 inches in diameter. It has tiger. In Europe, it was believed to RUPAS High quality statues of seed, glass, rock crystal, coral and an exquisite brocade cushion and be a cure-all, protecting health and the Buddha and various deities are other semi-precious stones—with warding off poisons. The amber lacquered striker. It produces a available on request. We have resin sold here originates in the and without counters. Contact us beautiful rich sound that slowly numerous rupas and our stock is Tibetan Himalayas and is pack- for a list of our stock. Prices range fades—meditation practice will be always changing. Materials range aged in a hand carved rosewood from $12 to $150. enhanced by its use. Please allow from brass to copper with gold and $3 for shipping and handling. Be- case and a beautiful silk brocade BONE MALAS, $22, please al- painted faces. Prices vary from $70 cause of the rising value of the yen, pouch. low $1.50 for shipping. to $400. #RUPA we have had to adjust the price. We now have small bone malas AUTHENTIC MINIATURES, THANGKAS We have a number with counters and head bead. (tsa-tsa sculptures) OFFERING BOWLS (set of 7) of thangkas of different images. They are light beige and strung on Copper (medium-size) #BOWLC Please call us for information as to The following images are available a red cord. #MALA $38 in small (average 2") for $6 ea.: availability. Prices range from $140 White Metal (medium-size) # to $650 and the stock changes Avalokita #TSA:AVALO-S BOWLW $30 Sakyamuni #TSA:BUDDHA-S DHARMA DECALS rapidly. #THANGKAS Mahakala #TSA:MAHAK-S The following decals are $2 ea.: PINS, $5.00 TIBET BAGS #BAGS $12 Green Tara #TSA:TARA-S Double Dorje (5") #DECAL1 Double Dorje (5 colors) #PIND Cloth shoulder bags with TIBET ' .. #TSA:AKSHO-S Eternal Knot (5") #DECAL2 Stupa (white) #PINS on them. They measure 12 x 13" ■ The following images are available Om Mani Padme Hum (Tibetan and can hold a lot. in large (average 4") for $12 ea.: script) (2 1 2 x 10") #DECAL3 Avalokita #TSA:AVALO-L Door Mantra (Blessing for house) Green Tara #TSA:TARA-L KATAS (offering scarves) (2 1 2 x 10") #DECAL4 BELL & DORJE The supreme #KATAS $28 The following decals are 7" in di- symbol of the path are These are extraordinarily fine and ameter and are $3.00 ea.: the bell and dorje (diamond scep- beautiful, pure silk white offering Sakyamuni Buddha #DECAL5 ter) used by tantric practitioners. scarves that are woven with the 8 Amitabha Buddha #DECAL6 They are held in the left and right auspicious symbols and are very Chenrezi #DECAL7 hand respectively and convey the long. Only a few are left as they Green Tara #DECAL8 mystical union of wisdom and come from Tibet and are hard to Dorje Chang #DECAL9 compassion. The dorje has five obtain. TIBETAN THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE OIL #RAMO $8.50 34 Himalayan Herbs are blended in Olive Oil. Heat before use.

MEDITATION CUSHIONS Carolina Morning Designs produces high quality cushions at competetive prices and ensures INFLATABLE ! customer satisfaction. These hand- #CMINFL $16. Allow $2 for crafted cushions are available in shipping. three standard colors: burgundy, Just the thing for traveling medi- royal blue and black. Specify the tators! A zafu cushion that can be color of your choice. We plan to fill inflated to just the right height and orders promptly, but it may take deflated for easy storage. Inside the up to 4-5 weeks for delivery. fine quality zafu cover is a beach- Zafu (round cushion seat) is 12" ball. Inflated it provides depend- in diameter, 8" high and is stuffed able support for sitting meditation. with kapok. #CMZAFU $30. Al- Deflated it weighs about 8 ounces low $3.50 for shipping. and can be folded to fit a small prongs, four at each end curved (skull cup) Support Cushion is a square space. The cover is machine wash- around the central prong, sym- Medium brass #KAPALAB $30 cushion which measures 12 x 12 able and dryable. There is an bolizing the five Buddha families. Silver #KAPALAC $134 x 3" and is filled with cotton bat- opening from which the beachball Lotus petals decorate the central ting. #CMSUPPORT $10. Allow can be removed and reinserted. So KATAS #KATA2 $8 caps. The handle of the bell is $1.50 for shipping. if later you prefer a more tradition- A standard silk offering scarf. similar to the dorje. The bell is Zabuton (base cushion) measures al zafu, you can simply remove the composed of an alloy of several MALA POUCH #MP $8 25 x 31 x 3" and is filled with cot- beachball and stuff the cushion metals and is decorated with Tibe- These are lovely silk brocade ton batting. #CMZABUTON $35. cover with kapok. tan syllables, lotus petals and pouches with draw strings. They Allow $4.50 for shipping. TIBETAN MEDICINE dorjes. The bell produces a clear, are 6" in diameter. Beautiful gift BRACELETS brilliant tone that symbolizes the item. #3METAL open dimension of reality. The healing tri-metal formula for Regular Grade #NEBD3 $60 arm and hand pain. These tradi- Superior Grade #NEBD1 $190 tional Tibetan bracelets are craft- TIBETAN CARPETS 3 x 6' # ed from interwoven copper, brass, CARPET $475 and iron. They is attractive, ad- Handwoven, 100% wool, natural justable and functional. vegetable dyes. These carpets were Bracelet: hand-picked for their beauty by 3-metal band $17 our designer, Sidney Piburn. Con- tact us for more information. TRANSFER DECALS (Scratch- DAMARUS (wood), on) Ideal for stationary or cards. # $40 There are approximately 14 of each full-color symbol. DAMARU BANNERS Four Symbols—Knot of Infinity, #DAMARUB $20 Wheel of the Good Law, Flower, DINGSHA (cymbals) Umbrella #TDECAL $7.50 #DINGSHA $30 OTHER DHARMA ITEMS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST NEW ITEM Call or write to us for information about: DOOR MANTRA #HCDM Butter lamps, damaru covers, door $2.50 top cloth, curved ritual knives, This mantra in Tibetan and San- wrathful masks, peca book covers, skrit purifies negativity. It is print- lockets. ed on card stock. HATCHETS, #HATCHET $36.50 We have a few 11" chachu ritual hatchets.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG 18 SPECIAL ITEMS CARDS / POSTERS / PRI NTS

THARPA FINE ART DEITY PRINTS WISDOM DEITY CARDS $.75 ea AND CARDS WIC1 Je Tsong Khapa NEW TITLE These superb fine art prints and cards depict WIC2 Shakyamuni Buddha DHARMA ART PRINTS some of the most important figures of Tibe- WIC3 100-Armed Chenrezig Fine set of 12 line drawings of Buddhas, Bod- tan Buddhist iconographic art. They are WIC4 Tara hisattvas and enlightened masters: Chenrezik, reproduced from original paintings especial- WIC5 Manjushri Vajradhara, , Amitabha, Green ly commissioned for this series by renowned WIC6 4-Armed Chenrezig Tara, White Tara, Padmasambhava, Marpa, artist Andy Weber. Many of the images are WIC7 Vajrasattva Milarepa, , Karma Pakshi, and the available for the first time in these formats, WIC8 stupa. especially the wrathful deities. All sixteen WIC9 Saravati #HCAP 5 x 7" $10 cards and six fine art prints can be purchased GARUDA POSTCARDS $.75 ea. #HCAP 8 x 10" $15 now; the remaining prints will be available in Traditional thangka images. the future. These art prints and cards are par- GAC1 Gelupa Tree MAHASIDDA NOTECARDS $1.50 ea. Ten ticularly suitable for practitioners of the GAC2 Amitabha in Dewachen paintings by Robert Beer, eight of them of the respective deities because of the clarity and GAC3 Kalachakra Deity great Mahasiddas, are now available as beauty of the images. GAC5 Buddha with Discip. notecards with envelopes. They are beautiful. •v cv The fine art prints have been beautifully GAC6 Tsong-ka-pa on Lion WINC1 Mahasiddha reproduced in full color using up to 8-color GAC7 Avalokitesvara WINC2 Mahasiddha Darikapa lithography. Long-lasting colorfast inks have GAC8 Vajrayogini WINC3 Mahasiddha Ghantapa been used to insure permanent color fidelity. GAC9 Labchig Drolma WINC4 Mahasiddha Kukkuripa Fine matt art paper (acid-free, 100% rag) has Tibetan Fonts GAC10 4 Sakya Lamas WINC5 Mahasiddha Luhipa been specially manufactured for the prints. for the GAC11 35 Buddhas WINC6 Mahasiddha Naropa Each print carries the customary auspicious Macintosh GAC12 Padmasambhava WINC7 Mahasiddha Tantripa symbols of blessing on the reverse and is ac- GAC13 White Tara WINC8 Mahasiddha by Pierre Robillard companied by an explanatory leaflet. The GAC14 Cakrasamvara WINC9 Heruka & Vajravarahi prints measure 16 1/2 x 22 1/2" and are Package contains manual, disk, GAC15 Green Tara WINC10 Vajrasattva $19.95 ea. keyboard stickers. #PITF $49.95 GAC111 Jambhala By popular demand two new fine art prints WISDOM POSTERS GAC113 will be available soon! Vajrayogini and the WIPOl Buddha + 16 $5.00 • works on all Apple Macintosh GAC114 Simhavaktra Medicine Buddha, two of the finest images WIP02 1000-Armed Avalo. 5.00 computers GAC115 White Mahakala will be shipped to us this fell and you can place WIP03 Tara + 21 Taras 5.00 • contains fonts for dot-matrix and GAC116 Vajrapani orders for these now. WIP04 Manjushri 5.00 laser printing GAC118 Peaceful Deities The fine art cards measure 4x6" and sell WIP05 4-Armed Avalo. 5.00 • works with word processors, desk- GAC119 Wrathful Bardo Deities for $.75 ea. They have been beautifully WIP06 Guru Tree 7.00 top publishing "programs, data- GAC124 Yamantaka bases etc. reproduced in full 4-color offset lithography WIP07 Padmapani 6.00 • capable of printing Tibetanized using colorfast inks and laminated to provide POMEGRANATE NOTECARDS $1 ea. WIP08 4-Armed Chenrezig 6.00 a high gloss finish. with envelopes Three striking Buddhist im- for mantras GARUDA POSTERS $7 ea. ages have been selected for you. • requires additional purchase of #THCSET-F GAPOl Amitabha in Dewachen PMBE Buddha Eyes keyboard customizer called GAP02 Kalachakra Deity THARPA DEITY CARDS $.75 ea PMPB Prayer Beads "MacKeymeleon". GAP03 Kalachakra Mandala "This Tibetan font for the Macin- THC1 Shakyamuni Buddha PMPF Prayer Flags THC2 Avalokiteshvara tosh is, in a word, simply a superla- NOTECARDS OF THE FIVE DHYANI VAJRADHARA POSTER $20 THC3 Manjushri tive system for typing and editing BUDDHAS This is the finest deity poster print we have THC4 Vajrapani Tibetan, and is unquestionably the $7 for 10 cards plus envelopes. There are two seen. It measures 24 x 36". You can't go THC5 Green Tara best available anywhere in the cards for each Buddha—they portray the seed wrong. l THC6 White Tara world, including Tibet. It is ■>*i'«"§ v syllable in its appropriate color. DRPOl Vajradhara q^ttii[3n^q|- I have been usmg THC7 Amitabha #HCNC1 prototypes of it over the past year THC8 Amitayus WISDOM PRINTS $13.95 and a half for several projects (e.g. THC9 Medicine Buddha KALACHAKRA EMBLEM NOTE- 8 1/2 x 12" Available only as a set which in- to revise my Tibetan-English dic- THC10 CARDS $12 for 10 cards plus envelopes. cludes the following eight images: tionary and my grammar of literary THC11 Vajradhara w/Consort These are full-color cards of the Kalachakra Green Tara Tibetan) and have found it flawless. THC12 Vajrasattva w/Consort mantra. Contemplation of this aids in form- 4-Armed Chenrezig It is easy to use with on-the-screen THC13 Yamantaka ing a karmic connection with the teachings, Manjushri editing and multiple size fonts, can THC14 Heruka and the presence of this image is said to dis- 1000-Armed Chenrezig accommodate both English and Ti- THC15 Vajrayogini pel negative influences. White Tara betan on the same line, and has the THC16 Mahakala #HCNC2 Maitreya various Sanskrit letters one needs Wheel of Life THARPA FINE ART PRINTS $1S KALACHAKRA EMBLEM PRINT 8 X Guru Tree for Buddhist terms. It is a must for THPR1 Shakyamuni Buddha 10" full-color anyone seriously interested in read- THPR3 Manjushri #HCPR1 $7 ing and writing Tibetan language." THPR5 Green Tara 8 AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS NOTE- Professor Melvyn C. Goldstein. THPR7 Amitabha CARDS $5 for 8 cards plus envolopes. Director, Center for Reasearch on THPR9 Medicine Buddha #HCNC3 Tibet, Case Western Reserve Uni- THPR10 Je Tsongkhapa versity. THPR11 Vajradhara w/Consort Order directly from Snow Lion THPR15 Vajrayogini

NEW TIBETAN TEXT PROCESS- ING SYSTEM FOR IBM PC # MSTPTTP $40 The system supports all character of the standard Tibetan alphabet. In addition, the system has Roman and italic fonts with the capabili- ty to intersperse Tibetan and any combination of these fonts on the same line. TTPS possesses a num- ber of standard typesetting com- mands. The transliterated text used as input into the system must be created by a text editing or word processing program not provided with the TTPS software. Full- screen text editors, which are en- SMALL IMAGES (avg. 2");l$7eal tirely suitable, cost as little as $50. Avalokita...#TSA: AVALO-S Akshobhya....#TSA:AKSHO-S Word processors may be used as Mahakala...#TSA:MAHAK-S Green Tara...#TSA:TARA-S well, provided that they can cre- ate unformatted ASCII files. Sakyamuni....#TSA;BUDDHA-S TTPS runs on IBM PC/XT/AT * LARGE IMAGES (avg. 4"): |$14 ea. and requires a Toshiba 24-pin dot Avalokita*....#TSA: AVALO-L Green Tara*....#TSA:TARA-L matrix printer with downloadable fonts. For further information, contact us.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG 19 SPECIAL ITEMS Fl LMS VIDEO TIBET reproduced in photo-animation. the Tibetan Buddhist understand- TIBET: The Lost Mystery & THE BAMBOO CURTAIN A BUDDHIST TRILOGY Photographed with startling in- ing of and reaction to imperma- The Bamboo Curtain Falls FALLS, 50 minutes, $345 (VHS) Three award-winning movies timacy at a monastery in Nepal, nence and death—it should be of "Not only is this the finest film or $50 rental, plus shipping. from Orient Films of England are the film follows the lamas through particular interest to those work- about Tibetan culture I have ever #BBCBCF available from Snow Lion. Tibet: the preparation for and practice of ing in the field of death and dying. seen, but it is a moving documen- Compiled principally from A Buddhist Trilogy has played in the ritual known as "A Beautiful tary of the highest cinematograph- Chinese and Tibetan sources, it cinemas worldwide and has Ornament". The poetry of the text A PROPHECY, 54 minutes. ic standards. I highly recommend reviews the from received critical acclaim as a and the musical score conjoin to A graceful documentary on H.H. this film series for educational the Chinese invasion in the 1950's masterpiece. The Trilogy remains create a powerful cinematic and the Dalai Lama and on the chang- use."—Nathan Katz, Univ. of S. to the present. This film includes the definitive film on Tibetan spiritual effect. This is unique ing structure of his theocracy as es- Florida rare footage of the Dalai Lama's Buddhist culture: material for anyone offering a class tablished outside Tibet. Through Originally aired in England, as visit to Peking in 1954, the "An extraordinary testament, sim- in Tibetan Buddhism or ritual or a portrait of the daily activities of part of the BBC's, "The World Chinese newsreel coverage of the ple and very compelling."—Sheila art and will be of particular in- the Dalai Lama, of a lay Tibetan About Us", series, these two rivet- invasion, Tibetan and Chinese Benson, Los Angeles Times. terest to those who are engaged in family and of monks of Sera ing and highly acclaimed films footage of the 1959 uprising, and "Quietly powerful, an astonishing practices related to the Noble Monastery, it builds a picture of were produced in 1981 by Simon a film record of the Dalai Lama's achievement."—Geoff Brown, Savioress, Tara. Purchase and ren- how the traditional Tibetan social Normanton. They were compiled flight to India. Also included are The London Times. tal of this film is limited to univer- structure has been developed to in- after extensive research from sever- extracts from the harrowing eleven The four hours of film can be rent- sity departments and Buddhist clude Gandhian and democratic al hundred hours of powerfully hours of footage photographed by ed for $250 plus shipping via Ex- centers or to individuals who have social and political policies. The evocative archival film material— the first delegation of the Tibetan press Mail. The films can only be received a kriya tantra Tara in- film therefore draws a picture of nearly all in color—which was government in exile, during a three rented when a fully equiped itiation. the new Tibetan society and polit- photographed in Tibet between month tour of Tibet in autumn of screening room, professional stan- ical system established by His 1929 and 1980. 1979. THE FIELDS OF THE dard equipment and a qualified Holiness in exile—a possible blue SENSES, 52 minutes. THE LOST MYSTERY, 50 projectionist are in place. Only print for a future Tibet. Set in the majestic landscape of minutes, $345 (VHS) or $50 ren- educational institutions may rent Ladakh, this film is a study on the tal, plus shipping. #BBCLM the films. divine nature of mind, body and Documentary on the history of RADIATING THE FRUIT OF place. The film follows monks and Tibet from 1904 to 1949 by me- TRUTH, 125 minutes. farmers through a day, ending ans of archival footage, originally With an extraordinary authentic- with the advent of dusk and the photographed by a succession of ity this film generates a vision of detailed portrayal of the British diplomatic missions to Tibetan society previously unseen monastery's moving ritual Lhasa. They have vividly record- on film. Radiating the Fruit of response to a death in the commu- ed on some of the earliest color Truth is the only complete exposi- nity. As in the Tibetan Book of the film ever shot the street life in tion of Tibetan Buddhist Tantra in Dead, the departed is guided Lhasa, the garden parties, the which the entire ritual process is through the appearances that ac- monastic debates, the religious fes- filmed, the complete text translat- company the dissolution of cons- tivals, as well as rare footage of the ed in collaboration with the line- ciousness at the moment of death. 14th Dalai Lama's arrival in Lhasa age holders, and the visualization The Fields of the Senses presents in 1939.

These films are available in VHS VIDEO DHARMA ic traditions of Asia. The monks format. and musicians were joined in the LORD OF THE DANCE/ DES- mind. Kalu Rinpoche describes OCEAN OF WISDOM Video symposia by composer Philip THE BODHISATTVA MOTI- TROYER OF ILLUSION, dir. the nature of mind and teaches a Presentation of the Life and Glass, Prof. and VATION: THE PERFECTION by Richard Kohn, 113 minutes. # clear and direct meditation to in- Teachings of H.H. The Four- Tim Wilson, CBC producer and OF CONCENTRATION, by the FRLD $59 troduce us to Mahamudra, the teenth Dalai Lama. 35 minutes. panel moderator. Dalai Lama. 80 minutes. The Lord of the Dance is Gar- non-separateness of awareness and #POOW $49.95 The host, Kabir Bedi, focuses #WIFBM $49.95 wang To jay Chenpo, a form of emptiness. Ocean of Wisdom offers an intimate on the central themes of the fes- His Holiness teaches on the six Chenrezi and the Mani Rimdu is profile of His Holiness as a monk tival: the transformative power of MEDITATION: A MATTER perfections, including the methods the major religious festival of the and as a spiritual leader, as a states-. sacred chant, its essential role in OF LIFE AND DEATH, by Yen. for developing a mind of Everest region. Each autumn, man for our troubled times and as human expression, and the under- Sogyal Rinpoche. 90 minutes. equanimity and meditative stabili- Trulshig Rinpoche, the eleventh in a crusader for world peace. In rare lying unity of the spiritual and #WIFMLD $48.95 zation leading to the perfection of a line of and the spiritual footage, the Dalai Lama is seen secular spheres of human culture. Sogyal Rinpoche, incarnate Lama, concentration; and the perfection leader of the Everest region, goes during his private religious prac- Moving from the ancient Tibetan scholar and meditation master from his home in Thubten Chol- tices, his daily routine and his in- rituals to the New Music perfor- of wisdom realizing selflessness. from Tibet, has placed particular ing to Chiwong Monastery to pre- frequent recreation: personal mances, and using the symposia DEITY YOGA, by the Dalai emphasis on exploring healing and side over the festival. Lord of the moments that contrast with his footage and background explana- Lama. 30 minutes. #WIFDY the related area of death and dy- Dance is the first film made in the public role as the world's foremost tions by Bedi, the video provides $29.95 ing. This educational video which Tibetan language. It communi- Buddhist leader. In consecrating a a unique opportunity to explore Tibetan Buddhist culture is distin- discuss personal preparation for cates directly to Tibetan-speaking temple, giving initiation, being in- the various ways in which harmon- guished by its beautiful and death and working with the dying practitioners without any addition- terviewed for television, officiating ics and mantric sounds clarify per- elaborate religious images and was produced during a series of al narration. The English narra- at a fire ritual, giving talks and ception and bring the statues, but as His Holiness points seminars for hospice workers, tion was kept to a minimum. blessings—the Dalai Lama's mes- performer/listener to a fully in- out, real culture is inside a person medical professionals, and in- During three weeks of ancient sage is being heard and profoundly tegrated state. and is a matter of inner attitude. terested laypersons. We have only and secret ceremonies, the monks valued throughout the world. The In this address, His Holiness dis- a few left of this film. TANTRA OF GYUTO: of Thubten Choling and Chiwong director, Rajiv Mehrotra, is regard- cusses deity yoga based on wisdom Sogyal Rinpoche instructs us on SACRED RITUALS OF become Lord of the Dance, and ed as a major media talent in In- and the bodhisattva ideal of lov- the nature of mind, and how we TIBET, 52 minutes. #MFTG with the compassion and the pow- dia and has worked on several can prepare ourselves for death by $69.95 ing kindness and compassion, er of gods, undertake heroic tasks. award-winning documentary which are the necessary prerequi- becoming sensitive to our percep- Presents secret Tibetan Buddhist They challenge the most danger- films. sites for the higher practices of the tions, feelings and thoughts in ceremonies by monks of the Gyu- ous supernatural forces of the tantric vehicle. their changeableness. These small REQUIEM FOR A FAITH, 28 to Tantric College. universe, bend them to their will, "deaths" reveal the possibility of minutes. #HFRF $89 and then dramatize that conquest TIBETAN MEDICINE: A MEDITATION IN BUDD- seeing, through meditative This award-winning film tells the HISM, by the Dalai Lama. 1.5 in dance. They dissolve the BUDDHIST APPROACH TO penetration, the empty and open story of Tibetan Buddhism, alive universe into clear and infinite HEALING, 29 minutes. #MFTM hours. #WIFEOM $59.95 nature of the mind. We only have today in a remote Indian refugee $59.95 This talk on meditation was given light, and pour that energy into camp. Dr. Houston Smith's poet- a few left of this film. Filmed at the Tibetan Medical at Harvard University and trans- magic pills that they will distrib- ic narration guides us through a THE NATURE OF THE SELF, Center in Dharamsala, India. Ama lated by Jeffrey Hopkins. It covers ute to the thousand villagers who world of ancient rituals, continu- by the Dalai Lama. 57 minutes. Lopsang Dolma, Tibet's first meditative stabilization and wis- come to Mani-Rimdu seeking em- ous meditation, deep compassion #WIFNS $49.95 woman doctor, shows the making dom, cultivating calm abiding and powerment. and a profound faith in the divin- special insight, meditation instruc- In LORD OF THE DANCE/ The root of all suffering is the ig- of medicines and how acupuncture ity of man. tion (including posture), and over- DESTROYER OF ILLUSION, norance that conceives persons and moxibustion are used. THE SOUND OF WISDOM, coming obstacles. we meet the men who undertake and phenomena to have true exis- THE LION'S ROAR, 50 these tasks. We see the world tence. The only means for directed by Robyn Brentano, 1 THE FOUNDATIONS OF minutes, #WWLR $49.95 through their eyes—a world where eliminating that ignorance is to at- hour. #HFSW $89 This award-winning video docu- BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY, by THE SOUND OF WISDOM is the mountains are filled with gods, tain special insight, the exalted ments the life, teachings, and the Dalai Lama. 1 hour. # a one-hour documentary about the and a human being's potential is wisdom realizing selflessness. In death of His Holiness the 16th WIFFBP $49.95 One World Music festival of sacred only limited by his imagination this teaching, His Holiness Gyalwang Karmapa, head of the In this talk on held at the Cathedral of St. and his will. presents the view of the Mad- Kagyu order. Featuring extensive philosophy, His Holiness discuss- John the Divine in New York City. hyamika Prasangika School with interviews with the central figures es the two truths—conventional MAHAMUDRA: AN IN- In a historic two-day program of an analysis of the nature of the of the Kagyu lineage the film also and ultimate; what a Buddha is; TRODUCTION TO THE NA- concerts and symposia, the festival self. conveys the cultural context of the nature of mind; lack of inher- TURE OF THE MIND, by Kalu brought together the Tibetan NEPAL, LAND OF THE Tibet and the basic beliefs of Vaj- ent existence of phenomena; the Rinpoche. approx. 1 1/3 hour. Buddhist monks of Gyuto Tantric GODS, 62 minutes. #MFNLG rayana Buddhism. 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SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG 20 SPECIAL ITEMS MERIDIAN TRUST VIDEOS SNOW LION TAPES We are pleased to offer the complete line of Meridian Trust Films for Lectures by prominent Tibetan lamas and several of the foremost Western scholar/practitioners are now availa- you. In addition to the excellent talks captured on these films, many of ble from Snow Lion. These tapes will provide you with the opportunity to listen to Dharma topics as they these valuable teachings contain some of the last records of great lamas. were spoken by these teachers. A wide variety of subjects are available; many contain information not in print. Please include $**** per tape for shipping, handling and insurance. The The following selection is only the beginning. We plan to offer many more in the future from all four lineages. videos will be sent from London so please allow 4 weeks for delivery. The number of tapes in each series is indicated in parentheses. We will Telex your orders to Meridian from Snow Lion and the orders will be filled as quickly as possible. For a complete descriptive catalog please contact Snow Lion. H H HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA THE DALAI LAMA FOUNDATION OF EXCEL- STABILIZING THE MIND Peace: A Goal of All Religions, 1 hr., $50 LENCE (5) #SLTPTTFE $35 (14) #SLTPAWSM $98 AIBS Pro- HHDL Visits Christian and Buddhist Communities, 1 hr., $50 COMPASSION (1) #SLTPHHC Trans. Robert Thurman gram Excellent in-depth discus- Peace Through Human Understanding, 1 hr., $50 $7 This is one of the most moving Tara Tulku discusses the stages of sion on how to train the mind in The Gift of Peace: A Message for All Faiths, 1 hr., $50 talks on this topic by His Holiness. the path to enlightenment which the cultivation and simultaneous Contribution of the Individual to World Peace, 1 hr 15 min., $55 consist of practical instructions for integration of clarity and stability. Peace of Mind: Peace in Action, 1 hr., $50 THE FOUR OF any person to progress toward his (1) #TBTPFDG $7 Alan Wallace presents a practical World Peace, 1 hr., $50 or her own highest fulfillment. course of mental discipline The Experience of Transition, 1 hr., $50 HARVARD SEMINARS (12) # designed to heighten one's aware- Individual Responsibility Towards World Peace, 90 min., $62 SLTPHHHS $84 Trans, by Jeffrey H.H. DRIKUNG ness both during active daily life The Future of Religion, 1 hr., $50 Hopkins—AIBS Program KYABGON and in the quiet of solitude. The Essence of Buddhist Philosophy, 65 mins., $52 For five days in 1981, the Dalai The Essence of Mahayana Buddhism, 1 hr., $50 Lama gave a synthesis of the en- DEATH WITHOUT FEAR (1) DR. LOBSANG The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, Kalachakra, Rikon, tire Buddhist path. Topics in- #SLTPCRDWF $7 July 1985, 5 hrs., $124 clude: refuge, logic, death, karma, RAPGAY, PHD. The Song of Ultimate Reality, 1 hr. 30 min., $62 three trainings, meditation in- NATURE OF MIND (1) # SLTPCRNM $7 DEALING WITH ANGER: A struction, compassion, selfless- Buddhist Psychotherapeutic Ap- H.H. SAKYA TRIZIN ness, suffering, five paths and the proach (1) #RAWA $10 The Teaching of Buddha in Everyday Life, 1 hr. 30 min., $62 factors of enlightenment. The Triple Vision, 6 hrs., $138 MEDICINE BUDDHA HEAL- The Nature of Mind, 1 hr. 30 min., $62 37 PRACTICES OF ALL ING CHANTS (1) #RAMB $10 BUDDHA'S SONS-A COM- This lecture is very good. The VEN. TSENZHAB SERKONG RINPOCHE MENTARY (4) #SLTPHH37 $28 sound quality of the chants is not A Kind Heart, 1 hr., $50 Trans, by Jeffrey Hopkins. These great. are the preliminary teachings on VEN. KYABJE the path of the Bodhisattva given GEORGE DREYFUSS The Basis of the Spiritual Path, 2 hrs. 30 min., $80 by His Holiness prior to the (Geshe Sangye Samdrup) The Principles of the Spiritual Path, 4 hrs., $110 Kalachakra initiation in Madison. VAJRASATTVA (1) # DEBATE IN TIBETAN BUDD- PROFESSOR SLTPHHVM $7 Trans, by Jeffrey HISM (5) #SLTPGDD $35 Ge- Dharma: The Meaning of Existence, 2 hr. 45 min., $85 Hopkins Visualization & com- orge Dreyfuss is the first Dzogchen in Daily Behavior, 1 hr. 30 min., $62 mentary. Westerner to receive his Geshe The Three Testaments of , 1 hr. 15 min., $55 degree. He spent many years at the Sem-dzin: 21 Ways of Focussing the Mind, 2 hr., $70 WISDOM & COMPASSION IN Tibetan School of Dialectics where The Dzogchen Rite, 1 hr., $50 TANTRA (1) #SLTPHHWC $7 he studied and practiced Tibetan Trans. Jeffrey Hopkins Buddhism through rigorous train- VEN. LAMA THUBTEN YESHE ing in debate. He presents the fun- Extracting the Essence, 2 hr. 45 min., $85 GANDEN damentals of debate and its The Three Principles of the Path, 1 hr. 45 min., $65 TRI RINPOCHE LOBSANG importance for spiritual de- Tantra: The Experience of Transformation, 1 hr., $50 These talks were made possible by LHALUNGPA velopment. the American Institute of Budd- VEN. KALU RINPOCHE hist Studies. Lobsang Lhalungpa is one of the JEFFREY HOPKINS The Nature of Mind, 2 hrs. 30 min., $80 finest authors and translators of THREE PRINCIPLE ASPECTS Tibetan Buddhism. These talks APPROACHING THE TAN- VEN. SUMEDHO OF THE PATH (6) #SLTPGT3 were given at the Tibetan Medita- TRAS (3) #SLTPJHAT $21 In The Family, 1 hr., $50 $42 Trans. Sharpa Tulku. The tion Center in Wash. D.C. three outstanding lectures, Jeffrey Practice in Lay Life, 1 hr., $50 generation of renunciation, com- unfolds, with warmth and passion and wisdom—the essential ENLIGHTENMENT- penetrating wit, the meaning of Towards the Future, 1 hr., $50 EMPTINESS (1) #TBTPEE $7 The Buddhist Idea of a Perfect Society, 1 hr., $50 development for progress on the compassion, emptiness and deity path—is discussed in this excellent THE MEANING OF DHAR- yoga. VEN. GESHE NAMGYAL WANGCHEN set of tapes. MA (1) #TBTPMD $7 DEATH & DYING (4) # Spiritual Life in a Material World, 1 hr., $50 BODHISATTVA VOWS (2) SLTPJHDD $28 Discussion of #SLTPGTRBV $14 Trans. Shar- ZASEP TULKU the stages of death, intermediate DR. LOBSANG RABGAY pa Tulku RINPOCHE state and rebirth. Tibetan Medicine: An Introductory Lecture, 2 hr., $70 Introduction to Buddhist Psychotherpy, 4 hrs., $110 SK SESSION GURU YOGA SEMINAR ON COMPASSION KYABJE LING (5) #SLTPZT6 $35 This is a help- (5) #SLTPJHSOC $35 VEN. DR. TENZIN CHOEDAK RINPOCHE ful commentary on the practice of SEMINAR ON DEATH AND The Principles of Tibetan Medicine, 5 hrs., $124 IN PRAISE OF DEPENDENT six session yoga by Zasep Tulku IMPERMANANCE (3) # ARISING (5) #SLTPKLIPDA Rinpoche of Toronto, Canada. SLTPJHSDI $21 CULTURAL/DOCUMENTARY $35 This is a commentary on a classic Tsong-kha-pa text. ROBERT THURMAN SEMINAR ON GROUNDS Avalokiteshvara: The Dalai Lama in Europe 1982, 40 min., $50 AND PATHS (3) #SLTPJHSGP HHDL Visits Europe, 1986, 40 min., $50 TARA TULKU CULTURE AS MANDALA (3) $21 Remember Tibet, 1 hr., $50 These talks were made possible by #SLTPRTCM $17 Discusses the SEMINAR ON THE TWO Debate in the Tibetan Tradition, 1 hr., $50 triple mandala of the Dalai Lama. Two Tibetan Nunneries, 30 min., $40 the AIBS. TRUTHS IN THE FOUR TE- Three Great Monasteries, 1 hr., $50 (2) # NET SYSEMS (4) # & CLEAR SLTPJHSTT $28 Kalachakra 1974, 1 hr., $50 COMPASSION (1) SLTPRTFRD $14 This unusual Birth of a Buddha, 18 min., $44 #SLTPTTMCC $7 Trans. Robert talk is followed by an interesting Tibet: The Cultural , 1 hr., $50 Thurman commentary on a slide show of DHARMA SEED Buddhism in Focus: The Life and Teachings of the Buddha, Tibetan thangkas. TAPE LIBRARY 30 min., $64 SEMINAR (7) #SLTPTTPS $49 Trans. Robert FEMALE DEITIES (3) # Here are some excellent tapes on Buddhism in Focus: The Buddhist Way of Life, 30 min., $64 SLTPRTFMD $21 Visions of Hope: The Near Death Experience, 1 hr., $50 Thurman In this seminar, the meditation practice by Joseph Venerable Tara Tulku gives us an Goldstein and , The Dalai Lama of Tibet: 25 Years in Exile, 52 min., $50 ALAN WALLACE Kalachakra for World Peace, Switzerland, 1985, 1 hr., $50 overview of the Abidharma, both well-known for their medita- Pramana, Madhyamika and Tan- THEORY & EXPLORATION tion workshops and books. trika psychologies developed in In- OF CONSCIOUSNESS (6) # Joseph Goldstein NEW dia and Tibet during 25 centuries SLTPAWTE $42 Examines the of investigation and experimental nature of consciousness in a N EW YATRA TIBETAN YOGA: System of Namkhai Norbu, practice. Topics include: normal straightforward manner. Dir. by Michael Katz. $35 and altered functions and states of OPENING, BALANCING & Five senior Yantra Yoga practitioners demonstrate the movements of this mind; valid and distorted cogni- MAHAMUDRA (2) #SLTPAWM INVESTIGATING (1) # ancient system. Yantra Yoga has been practiced as part of the Tibetan tions; issues of objectivity, reality, $14 Discusses shamatha medita- SLTPJGOB $7 Opening what is Buddhist tradition for over 1000 years. Similar to in that it illusory projections; subtle minds tion on the nature of the mind. closed in us, balancing what is includes basic (postures), breathing exercises and movements, Yan- and energies in waking, sleep, The voice on the first five minutes reactive, investigating what is tra Yoga differs in its initial emphasis on more continuous movements. dream, trance, death and bardo of tape 1 speeds up slightly. hidden. More equally balanced energy and breath, relaxation, and inner develop- states. ment are the benefits of its practice.

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NEW NEW N EW SYMBOLISM OF THE CRE- MATION GROUND AND ORDER BY PHONE DEVELOPING THE FIVE BEING ALONE & APPRECIA- FOUR FOUNDATION YOGAS THE CELESTIAL MAIDENS SPIRITUAL FACULTIES (1) # TION (1) #SLTPCFBA $7 The OF TANTRA (1) #ALTPS60 $7 (1) #ALTPS107 $7 SLTPJGDF $7 Knowledge of im- inner solitude where we no longer Refuge & , Bodhichit- Are we ready to face our own permanence, care and meticulous- cling to things for support and ta, Vajrasattva, Offering of the death, and the total transformation ness with the practice, continuity, reinforcement. Celebrating the Mandala. it symbolizes? here understanding heroic effort, and uniqueness of all things and act- describes the practice of the Ten balancing the factors of enlighten- ing from a heart that truly touches NEW Stages of the Decomposition of the ment, suggestions for strengthen- and can be touched. Corpse, the Mandala of the Eight ing the spiritual faculties. TIBETAN BUDDHIST MEDI- Cremation Grounds, and the If LECTURES BY VEN. TATION (2) #ALTPS61 $9 The Dakinis who dance there. five stages of Tibetan meditation N EW SANGHARAKSHITA SYMBOLISM OF OFFER- and the visualization of Green you would VIPASSANA JHANAS (1) # Tara. INGS AND SELF-SACRIFICE SLTPJGVJ $7 An in-depth look at N EW (1) #ALTPS108 $9 THE SYMBOLISM OF THE In this lecture we are shown how like to the deeper levels of practice when HOW BUDDHISM CAME TO one explores impermanence, TIBETAN WHEEL OF LIFE the symbolism of ritual offerings TIBET (1) #ALTPS55 $7 (1) #ALTPS103 $9 originated in the and speed up the suffering and selflessness with one- Describes the introduction of pointed concentration. The Wheel of Life, described here Mahayana, and flowered with the Buddhism into Tibet in the in all its wealth of detail, is not Tantric offerings, particularly the time it takes COMPLETE MEDITATION seventh century, and the extraor- only a painting but a mirror, giv- offering of the Mandala. INSTRUCTIONS (1) # dinary events which culminated in ing one successively more pro- SLTPJGCM $7 Detailed instruc- its firm establishment by the found insights into oneself, and SYMBOLISM OF COLORS to receive tions in mindfulness of breath, eleventh century. revealing the steps in escaping the AND MANTRIC SOUND (1) # touch points, sensations, endless round. ALTPS109 $9 books Color and sound have rich sym- thoughts, feelings, intentions; also NEW . THE TANTRIC SYMBOLISM bolic significance, and so are cru- from us, THE SCHOOLS OF TIBETAN OF THE STUPA (1) #ALTPS104 cial agents of transformation. The BARE ATTENTION & THE BUDDHISM (2) #ALTPS56 $9 $9 lecture concludes with a brief in- (1) # A general introduction to three of The stupa is explained in terms of troduction to the figure of Man- please give us SLTPJGBA $7 Learning to see the four major schools of Tibetan the five elements, the Vase of In- jughosha, the Bodhisattva of what is happening in the present Buddhism: Nyingma, Kargyu, itiation, and the Flaming Drop. Wisdom. your order moment with simplicity and and Sakya. directness. Learning to recognize and work with desire, aversion, over the sluggishness, restlessness and doubt. BOOKS ON TAPE phone CONCEPTS AND REALITY (1) ISLTPJGCR $7 Experiencing NEW (credit card the reality of the moment instead ZEN MIND, BEGINNERS'S only please). of our concepts about things. AUDIO LITERATURE PRESENTS: MIND, Shurayu Suzuki-mshi, read by Peter Coyote (2) #TPTPZM Jack Kornfield Sbunryu Suzuki-rosbi's $15.95 There This program is about how to NEW Zen practice Zen as a workable dis- is someone FAITH IN THE HEART, cipline and religion. Here one be- FAITH IN THE DHARMA (1) gins to understand what Zen is here to take #SLTPJKFH In this mysterious really about. Every word breathes world, what can we trust—change, with the joy and simplicity that your order the law of karma, the moment, make a liberated life possible. liberation. read by NEW weekdays DEEPENING PRACTICE & Peter PRACTICING A BALANCE: Coyote THE TAO TE CHING, trans. from 8:30 AM COMPASSION AND SOCIAL Tolbert McCarroll, read by Jacob RESPONSIBILITY (1) # Needleman. (1) #TPTPTTC $9.95 SLTPJKDP $7 Getting quiet, ob- "For those who do not know to 5:00 PM EST. serving, opening, letting be. 22The Tao Te Ching, this reading Balancing the inner work of medi- will be a revelation. For those who Please call tation with the outer work of so- do know The Tao Te Ching, this cial action. reading will be a revelation." 607-273-8506 COURAGE AND SIMPLICI- TY & WISDOM, POWER, KNOWLEDGE (1) #SLTPJKCS $7 Courage of going into the unknown, being simple. A discus- sion of the many kinds of knowledge and power and of the N EW wisdom of being present. THE DALAI LAMA: HIS SYMBOLISM OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FIVE Christina Feldman REINCARNATIONS (1) # SACRED THUNDERBOLT BUDDHAS 'MALE & FE- ALTPS57 $7 Sangharakshita OR DIAMOND SCEPTRE OF MALE' (1) #ALTPS110 $9 NEW describes the life of Tsongkhapa THE LAMAS (1) #ALTPS105 $7 8-FOLD PATH: RIGHT and the foundation of the Geluk- The Vajra symbolizes the union of AWARENESS (1) #ALTPS53 $7 opposites and the Transcendental DEVELOPMENT OF IN- pa school, and places the Dalai Forgetfulness and distraction are SIGHT & MEDITATION (1) # Lamas and Panchen Lamas in power that breaks through all ob- the rule in ordinary life, but aware- SLTPCFIM $7 An exploration their historical context. stacles to Enlightenment. The im- ness and a fulness of mind is at the into the meaning and power of in- age of the vajra came to represent heart of human growth and de- sight and the value and precious- N EW reality itself, so that Tantric Budd- velopment. Sangharakshita distin- ness of meditation. hism is also known as the Vaj- guishes four dimensions of MONKS AND LAYMEN IN rayana. awareness, each with its own qual- NEW BUDDHIST TIBET (2) # SYMBOLISM OF THE COS- ities: awareness of things, self, ALTPS58 $9 How orthodox is the MIC AND others, and of reality. PRACTICE OF CONFUSION Tibetan monastic tradition? This THE ARCHETYPAL GURU (1) & SELF ACCEPTANCE (1) # lecture explains the grades of #ALTPS106 $9 SLTPCFCS $7 Seeing what lures seniority among Tibetan monks, Reveals the Three Esoteric Refuges the mind from accepting their day-to-day life, and their in- of Tantric Buddhism, this lecture actuality—looking at expectation, teraction with the laity. goes on to describe the practices fantasy, future thought. Freeing of prostration and guru-yoga. ourselves from belief systems and NEW models, discovering the essence of ourselves. SYMBOLS OF TIBETAN BUDDHIST ART (1) #ALTPS59 $7 Every aspect of traditional Tibetan life is infused with reli- gious significance, not least Tibe- tan architecture and iconographical painting, the topics of this lecture.

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG 22 SPECIAL ITEMS SNOW LION TIBET CARDS IMAGES FROM TIBET Tibet's borders have recently opened and peo- ple from all over the world now have the op- portunity to see some of the wonders of this remarkable land and culture. These 35 brilli- ant full-color postcards capture some of the best and most beautiful images of monaster- ies, statues, pilgrims, landscapes and monks as they exist today in Tibet. Cards measure 4 1/4" x 6" and are only 50 cents each. SLSTC5 SLSTC15 SLSTC34# Jokhang Temple IMAGES OF SLSTC35# Jokhang Rooftop 0 TIBETAN CULTURE SLSTC36# Jo Rinpoche Statue In these 32 full-color postcard images of Tibe- SLSTC37# Young Monk on Roof tan culture all facets of Tibetan life are SLSTC38# Potala Palace represented: painters, rug weavers, singers, SLSTC39# Potala Rooftop masked dancers, lamas and monasteries, re- SLSTC40# Tashilunpo Monastery ligious ceremonies, nomads, , the SLSTC41# Rebuilding of Ganden Kalachakra Initiation in , pilgrims, SLSTC42# Monks of Nechung f '■ children, statues, landscapes and more! These SLSTC43# \ beautiful photos are of Tibetans in exile and SLSTC44# Mandala Offering mm a few of Tibet itself. SLSTC46# Chorten of Gyantse Cards measure 4 1/4" x 6" and are only 50 SLSTC47# Sakya Monastery IfcV ' ' cents each. SLSTC48# Milarepa's Cave ■4 SLSTC1# Statue SLSTC66 SLSTC49# Drepung Monastery SLSTC44 SLSTC4 SLSTC2# Monastery Interior SLSTC50# SLSTC3# 1 SLSTC51# Sera Monastery SLSTC4# Tibetan Rug Weaver g^.. SLSTC52# Tibetan Women SLSTC5# Mountain Sunset SLSTC53# Maitreya Statue SLSTC6# Monastery Courtyard SLSTC54# Woman with Headdress ■i' J~~» . SLSTC7# Landscape Sunset SLSTC55# SLSTC8# Smiling Lady . SLSTC56# Woman Chanting SLSTC9# Long-life Offering ^■JE SLSTC57# Monk in Meditation SLSTC10 Dalai Lama at Kalachakra SLSTC58# Pilgrim Prostrating .-'.-. Wf ;:-*•'.,- SLSTC11 Tibetan Pilgrim ""» : * ■Ntf ■ ■ SLSTC59# Horseman SLSTC12 Masked Dancer SLSTC46 SLSTC60# Yak SLSTC13 Tibetan Man & Child SLSTC61# Nomadic Tent SLSTC14 Tibetan Monk in Prayer SLSTC62# Ceremonial Tent SLSTC15 Tibetan Ladies Singing SLSTC63# Monks Debating SLSTC16 Potala Palace SLSTC64# Potala Stairs SLSTC17 Young Tibetan Monk SLSTC65# View from Jokhang Roof SLSTC18 Potala from Back Side SLSTC66# Young Monks Studying SLSTC19 White Masked Dancer SLSTC67# Carved Buddha SLSTC20 Tibetan Lamas SLSTC68# Chorten Detail SLSTC21 Red-Masked Dancer SLSTC69# Golden Buddha SLSTC22 Dalai Lama & Dingo Khyentse R. SLSTC23 Tibetan Horseman SLSTC24 Elderly Man with SLSTC25 Bashful Khampa Girl SLSTC26 Tibetan Thangka Painter SLSTC27 Tibetan Mask SLSTC53 SLSTC28 Swayambhu Dorje SLSTC29 Tibetan Ngakpa SLSTC30 Woman with Dog SLSTC31 High Lamas at Kalachakra SLSTC32 Woman with Prayer Wheels SLSTC57 SLSTC59 SLSTC27 IMAGES OF LOST TIBET & HELP SUPPORT THE TIBE- FACES OF TIBET ■nUt **■*■';m Tibet, as it was prior to the Chinese invasion, TAN REFUGEES: To express our gratitude to the many Tibetans is no more. Most of the religious culture as ^*d ' it appeared prior to the 1950's was destroyed who made these cards possible, leaving only hints of what was once one of the JHE IH> ■■' -JJ Snow Lion will donate a percen- most spiritual societies on Earth. Tibet is now tage of the price of every Tibet opening to tourists but what visitors will not Card that you purchase to the find is the thousands of beautiful monaster- '-• i Tibet Fund to help support the Tibetan refugees. ies which flourished on the mountain sides, M ■- filled with several hundred thousand monks and nuns—a rugged and happy culture of a / people who lived their lives in a free and reli- gious atmosphere. SLSC11 SLSC51 Sixteen very high-quality black and white postcard images—5 revealing the Tibetan character and 11 of the best pictures from the Newark Museum's collection of rare photo- *m?z .... ■ * graphs of old Tibet are available in this series of cards. " 1 ,.*'■"/ '*■ Cards measure 4 1/4" x 6" and are only 50 cents each. IMAGES OF LOST TIBET SLSC1# Tibetan from L^..,*•"' . '.*>$5i SLSC2# Monks Sounding Trumpets SLSC7 SLSC3# Tibetan Nomad Tent SLCDL2- SLCDL1 SLSC4# Norbu Linga & SLSC5# Officials During H.H. 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ADVICE FROM A SPIRITUAL Tibet, is translated here by per- FRIEND, by Geshe Rabten and mission of His Holiness, the Geshe Dhargyey. #WIBKASF present Dalai Lama. $8.95 Arya Tara: probably the most An excellent manual of Mahayana widely practiced devotions among teachings and practices. BOOKS both Tibetan and Western Budd- hists. Included with the Twenty- one Verses in Praise of Arya Tara—a basis for numerous Tara APPROACH TO TRANSFOR- Tibetan Buddhism, some of the practices—are the complete texts MATION, by Ken McLeod. 20 pp. great lamas, through direct ex- for three popular sadhanas of #KKAT $2 perience, have delved into the Green and White Tara practice. This exhibition catalogue of Tibe- processes of dying and rebirth and Lo-jong: the heart of all Ma- tan Buddhist art contains lengthy have unravelled many of the mys- hayana teachings. A detailed com- and informative notes on 30 thang- teries for us. In Bardo Teachings, mentary on the seven aspects of kas plus numerous reproductions. Lama Lodo presents much of this Atisha's method of training the The explanations of the material, and through a series of mind to develop the Bodhisattva iconographical symbolism are eas- questions and answers clears up spirit, through transforming every ily worth the price of this booklet. many misconceptions that stu- activity into a spiritually signifi- dents have about the death cant event. THE ART OF TIBETAN MED- process. In addition to two texts on emp- ICAL URINALYSIS: A Do-It- "Bardo Teachings is remarkable tiness, and a beautiful biography Yourself Technique, Dr. Lobsang because it reveals a significant por- of the Buddha entitled Crushing OF THE Rapgay, Ph.D.. 76 pp. #TMATU tion of the secret tantric path. This the Forces of Evil to Dust, a tradi- $7.00 EARTH is genuine tantra—not a potpour- tional biography of the First Dalai Urinalysis is used by the Tibetan ri of Western self-help instructions Lama as well as biographical physician for detecting a state of and fragments of Eastern thought. sketches on all fourteen Dalai La- health as well as illness. It is rou- "Bardo Teachings is.. .a teach- mas are included. tinely used with other diagnostic ing on how to traverse the stages "There is no other book on the procedures to determine the na- ALTAR OF THE EARTH, by of death without fear. It is as true market that offers the same selec- ture of and prognosis for a disord- Peter Gold. 222 pp., 22 color pho- a guide to tantric Buddhism's view tion of information in such a con- er. By following the "how-to" tos #SLBKAE $14.95 of life and death as can be found cise form."—Prof. Roger Jackson, instructions in this book, it will be Altar of the Earth takes us on a in print."—San Francisco THE BODHGAYA INTER- Carleton College possible for a beginner to under- vivid journey into the majestic en- Chronicle VIEWS 1981-85, His Holiness the ".. .a genuine and valuable stand the mechanics of Tibetan vironment of today's Tibet—its Dalai Lama, Ed. by Jose Ignacio contribution to the growing urinalysis. BEING NOBODY, GOING people, places and matters of the Cabezon. 104 pp., photos, library of works which illumine NOWHERE, Ayya . 192 spirit. ARYASURA'S ASPIRATION #SLBKBI $8.95 Tibetan Buddhism."—Janice D. pp., #WIBKBN $12.95 Engagingly written essays and AND A MEDITATION ON These sparkling interviews with Willis, Religious Studies Review Based on a ten-day meditation stunning color photographs cap- COMPASSION, by H.H. the His Holiness the Dalai Lama are ".. .recommended as the real course in by a Western ture the beauty and magnificence Dalai Lama, trans. Brian Beresford. sure to interest Buddhists and non- nuts and bolts of Kadampa prac- Buddhist nun, Being Nobody, Go- of Central Tibet's most important #LTAA $6.95 Buddhists alike. His Holiness tice."— Mark Tatz, Tibetan Review ing Nowhere is full of clear, help- sacred and natural places—those A bodhisattva's aspirational prayer covers a spectrum of religious and ful instructions on meditation and A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF 1500 things which travelers will very in seventy stanzas by Aryasura is secular concerns in a most candid mindfulness, and all the essential YEARS OF TIBETAN HISTO- likely see but not fully understand supplemented by a rare commen- and very stimulating manner. Psy- points of the Theravadin Buddhist RY, Louis Magrath King. 51 pp. from reading ordinary guide- tary based on one by the Second chology, tantra, politics, empti- path. #POBA $3.00. books. Dalai Lama. Contains also a ness, , reincarnation, This book covers the salient points Altar of the Earth contains a reprint of a sadhana on the in- BEING PEACE, Thick Nhat liberation, vipasyana, mantra, gu- of Tibetan history from the first panorama of places that attract separability of the spiritual master Hanh. 115 pp. #PABP $8.50 rus, protector deities, and particle monarchy in the 5th century B.C. travelers to this ancient land: and Avalokiteshvara; and a dis- Thich Nhat Hanh, poet, Zen physics are some of the topics through the life of the 13th Dalai Yarlung Valley: the Tibetans' course by the present Dalai Lama master, was nominated by Dr. discussed—much of this informa- Lama. mythic origins, ancient kings, on the activation of compassion Martin Luther King, Jr. for the tion is unavailable elsewhere. shrines and monasteries including and bodhicitta. (includes Tibetan Nobel Peace Prize. In this book of These interviews were held at the Yumbu Lhakhang and Samye, and text). talks, he emphasizes the impor- close of annual teachings and in- NEW TITLE local village life. tance of being peace in order to itiations in Bodhgaya, India, the ATISHA, by Thubten Kalsang Lhasa and Environs: the great make peace. place most sacred to Buddhists. Rinpoche. #WIBKAT $3.50 Jokhang temple, people and pil- BEYOND THERAPY: The Im- grims, famous monasteries, the ATISHA AND THE BUDD- pact of on Psy- Dalai Lamas and their HISM OF TIBET, by Doboom chological Theory, ed. Guy dwellings—the Potala and Norbu Tulku & Glenn H. Mullin. Claxton. 352 pp. #WIBKBT/ Lingka. #TIABT $4.95 $18.95 Tibet's Heartland: Yamdrok AWAKENING THE MIND OF The impact of Buddhism on psy- Tso—the Turquoise Lake, ENLIGHTENMENT, by Geshe chological thought was the topic of Gyangtse's monastery, Kumbum Wangchen. 192 pp. #WIBKAME a recent British Psychological So- Chorten and fortress—the tumul- $12.95 ciety conference. How Buddhist tuous history of this region and life This book is a simple, clear ideas about self, identity and per- in its valley, Shigatse, Tashi- presentation of meditations that sonality go beyond or can be in- lungpo—seat of the Panchen take the beginner towards enlight- terpreted in terms of current Lama, and Sakya Monastery- enment. We are clearly shown the psychological concepts. Also con- ancient seat of the Sakya Order of nature of our own and others- sidered is the research on medita- Tibetan Buddhism. 'sufferings and how to develop tion, the value of contemporary Highlands of Southern Tibet: compassion leading to the altruis- therapeutic techniques and the nomadic life and the psy- tic attainment of enlightenment. question of spiritual development chospiritual significance of the and personal development. greatest mountains on Earth. 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Buddhist teachings ranging from With acute precision, he presents spiritual development. By his the common exoteric up to the many insights into the nature of words and living example, the NEW TITLE unique view, meditation and result emptiness. teacher serves as the representative of Dzogpa Chenpo. Every point is The Precious Garland by Nagar- of the Buddha's doctrines. The extensively illustrated with quota- juna. Originally written for a king, guru, as a spiritual friend, helps tions from the scriptures and ear- this text is famous for its descrip- students to discover their own ly writings. tion of the Bodhisattva path of Buddha-nature; by their practice The second part is the antholo- compassion and for its clear, con- of guru yoga meditation the en- gy in thirteen sections. It addresses cise analysis of the Buddha's lightened qualities of the Buddha topics ranging from the basis of teaching on emptiness. It describes become their own. delusion into samsara up to the at- how to find happiness by cultivat- The guru yoga text used here tainment of . It also ing virtues of body, speech and consists of 12 short verses which includes a detailed biography of mind and how to amass the stores guide the practitioner through the Longchen Rabjam. of merit and wisdom required for stages of guru yoga meditation. enlightenment. Geshe Lobsang Tharchin unfolds The Song of the Four Mindful- the meaning of the verses in his nesses by the 7th Dalai Lama. This commentary and gives precise in- short poem, accompanied by a structions for their practice. commentary by the present Dalai No matter what path one fol- Lama, contains all the essentials of lows, the only way that one can ac- sutra and tantra. It is to be used tually achieve Buddhahood is THE CHARIOT FOR TRAV- as a basis for meditations on mind- through accumulating enlighten- ELLING THE PATH TO fulness of the guru, altruism, dei- ing power, and mandala offering is FREEDOM: THE LIFE STO- ty yoga and emptiness. a most effective practice for this RY OF KALU RINPOCHE, by purpose. A COMPENDIUM OF WAYS McLeod, 91 photos & illustrations. Here, for the first time in En- OF KNOWING, A-kya Yong-dzin #KDCTP $16.75 glish, are presented the three Yangchen Gawai Lodro. 67 pp. NEW TITLE This exquisite book contains the forms of mandala offering: #LTCWK $2.50 autobiography and writings of one * outer mandala—Xht symbolic A clear mirror of what should be of the most outstanding lamas world * inner mandala—one's own accepted and rejected in the con- alive today, the Venerable Kalu body * secret mandala—xht offer- text of Buddhist philosophy, with Rinpoche. This book is a literary ing of the two minds, that of the and pictorial gem that communi- commentary by Geshe Ngawang altruistic aspiration to enlighten- Dhargyey. cates the depth of this lama and in- ment and the wisdom that per- spires us to ever greater ceives emptiness. This last offering realizations. A CONTINUOUS RAIN TO is reserved for tantric practitioners. CHO-YANG Council for Reli- BENEFIT BEINGS, by 15th gious and Cultural Affairs ofH.H. COMPASSION: A TIBETAN Karmapa. 33 pp. #KKCR $5.00 the Dalai Lama #CTC-Y $12.95 ANALYSIS, by Guy Newland. This commentary by the 15th This is a great publication—full #WIBKCTA $12.95 Karmapa on Tang Tong Gyalpo's BUDDHA NATURE: The Seed of information and many photos work on the meditation and man- of Happiness, Vert. Thrangu Rin- on the rich heritage of Tibet. Es- tra of Supreme Compassion is a poche. 180 pp. #ESBN $13.95 says include: Kalachakra and the supporting text recommended for The great bodhisattva Maitreya initiation in Switzerland; life and students wishing to perfect the put forth a concise teaching on the training of monks in exile; an oral practice of Chenrezi. enlightened essence within all sen- teaching by H.H. the Dalai Lama tient beings, known as the Uttara on training the mind; Buddhist THE CREATIVE VISION: The Tantra. Buddha Nature expounds nuns; folk-opera of Tibet; Bonpo Developing Phase of Tibetan in a simple way the profound religion; history of the Taglung Tantra, Herbert Guenther. 192 pp. points of this famous Mahayana Kagyu tradition. scripture which forms a vital link BUDDHIST AMERICA: #LOCV $25 to vajrayana practice. Centers, Retreats, Practices, Don THE CHRIST AND THE In this pioneering work the world- Morreale, ed.. 360 pp. 48 photos, BODHISATTVA, Donald S. renowned scholar Dr. Herbert BUDDHISM IN THE TIBE- #JMBA $12.95 Lopez, Jr. &S. C. Rockefeller, Edi- Guenther makes the symbolism of TAN TRADITION: A GUIDE, Over 500 centers in N. America tors. 274 pp. #SUCB $14.95 tantra practical, livable. Life, ac- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. 132 pp. are described in this "must have" The contemporary significance of cording to The Creative Vision, #RKBT $12.95 directory of Buddhist centers. the Christ and the Bodhisattva is evolves by recreating and re- This book presents the basic Contains all the pertinent details explored in essays by theologians envisioning the experienced world. teachings of the Buddha in a way down to diet and the experiences and Buddhist scholars. Langdon Tibetans developed a complex ar- that is readily comprehended and of participants. An introduction Gilkey, Brother David Steindl- ray of symbols to express their in- put into practice. Designed as an by Jack Kornfield is followed by Rast, and Ann Belford Ulanov ex- sight into life. This book helps to introduction, it also offers new in- many other essays and then pages amine the significance of the decode the real-life meaning of sight for the more advanced stu- and pages describing Theravadin, Christ from the Catholic contem- COMPASSION IN TIBETAN these symbols and thus their own dent of Tibetan Buddhism. Mahayana, Vajrayana and other plative tradition, depth psycholo- BUDDHISM Trans. & Ed. by experience. Buddhist centers. gy, and liberal Protestantism. Jeffrey Hopkins Co-ed. by Anne H.H. the Dalai Lama, Robert Klein. 263 pp. #SLBKCTB $10.95 : The Thurman, and Luis Gomez inves- Compassion in Tibetan Buddhism The ism Path to Nirvana, Ven. 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This is the uncommon story of the highest development in Buddhist ries, picked up from different Vol. 1, 104 pp. #ELFTM1 $17 insight. Professor Jeffrey scriptures—Hindu, Buddhist, remarkable Alexandra David- Presents the doctrines of Tibetan Hopkins—considered by many to Sikh and Muslim—not only enter- Neel, prolific author, inveterate ex- medicine. Elisabeth Finckh is a be the foremost contemporary tain but also spiritually uplift the plorer and traveler, pioneer specialist in internal medicine, feminist, and world authority on Western authority on Tibetan reader. These fables can be enjoyed trained also in neurology, psy- Tibetan Buddhist tantric rites. Buddhism—presents an in-depth, by one and all, old and young. chiatry and tropical medicine. She This is the first full-length English lively exposition on the compati- worked on these books with the bility of emptiness and dependent- biography of one of the great wom- close guidance of Dr. Yeshi arising as found in the Prasangika NEW TITLE en of modern times. She is espe- Dhonden. Madhyamika (Middle Way Conse- cially celebrated for her daring quence School). journey, at the age of fifty-four, The many reasonings used by through bandit-infested forests in the dead of winter to Lhasa, Tibet. Prasangika Madhyamika to analyze persons and phenomena and to es- tablish their true mode of existence as empty are presented in the con- text of the practice of meditation. This useful book helps the prac- titioner to avoid the pitfalls that at- ESSENCE OF REFINED tend the misapprehension of the GOLD, by the Third Dalai Lama meaning of emptiness by demon- & Glenn H. Mullin, Commentary strating its compatibility with by H.H. the present Dalai Lama. nominal existence. Ill pp. #SLBKERG $10.95 The Third Dalai Lama's famous NEW TITLE work Essence of Refined Gold is a powerful exposition on Atisha's A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, the basis of Lam-rim (teaching on the stages of the path). Continuing this living tradition to the present day, Tenzin Gyatso, FEMININE GROUND: ES- the present Dalai Lama, provides SAYS ON WOMEN AND A GARLAND OF IMMORTAL an extensive commentary to Es- TIBET, Janice Willis. 200 pp. ap- WISH-FULFILLING TREES, sence of Refined Gold drawn from prox. #SLBKWB $10.95 by The Venerable Tsering Lama his own penetrating experience. February Jampal Zangpo, Trans, by Sanghe His discourse comprises the main This is a volume of thoughtful, Khandro. 187 pp., 23 plates, 14 in body of this text and alternates be- critical, and provocative essays FORMULARY OF TIBETAN color, #SLBKGT $15.95 tween personal reflections, direct regarding "Women and Tibet." MEDICINE, Vaidya Bhagwan In the snowy land of Tibet, six spiritual advice and scriptural The contributors are some of the Dash. 453 pp., 23 illus., #CIFTM great mother monasteries uphold EMPTY CLOUD quotations. He elucidates in prac- very best in the field: Janice Wil- $35 cloth the doctrine of the Great Secret tical terms what the student must 164 popularly used and therapeu- Nyingmapa. In the east, the prin- Xu YUN lis writes on "Dakini: Some Com- do to attain enlightenment. ments on its Nature and tically effective recipes from the cipal monastery of these six is the e Also included in this volume are Meaning" and on "Tibetan Ani-s: treasure of Tibetan medicine are glorious and powerful Palyul. This the Lam-rim Preliminary Rite, a The Nun's Life in Tibet"; Janet described in this work. The ingre- book presents a comprehensive ex- beautiful guide to the Avalokitesh- Gyatso on "Down with the Demo- dients, their weight, methods of planation of the extraordinary vara tantric methods entitled The ness: Reflections on a Feminine preparation, therapeutic indica- Palyul tradition. Within this tra- Tantric Yogas of the Bodhisattva of Ground in Tibet"; Barbara Aziz tions and dosage are given. Tibe- dition, the Non-dual Great Seal EMPTY CLOUD: Autobiogra- Compassion, and a traditional bi- tan terms, along with their Mahamudra-Great Perfection Ati phy of the Chinese Zen Master on "Moving Towards a Sociology ography of the Third Dalai Lama. of Tibet"; Miranda Shaw on "An romanized forms, and traditional Yoga and the and Xu Yun, trans, by Charles Luk. 244 ".. .highly recommendable as weights and measures with their lineages are joined together as one pp. #ELEC $14.95 Ecstatic Song by Laksminkara"; a practical guide to Tibetan Rita Gross on "Yeshe Tsogyel: En- metric equivalents are furnished. great river of practice. When Master Xu Yun died at the Buddhism"—Soami Sariputra, The botanical and Sanskrit names remarkable age of 120, he was lightened Consort, Great Teacher, The Theosophist Female Role Model"; and Karma of the ingredients are given, as well justifiably recognised as the most as their methods of purification ESSENTIAL NECTAR, by Lekshe Tsomo on "Tibetan Nuns eminent Han Chinese Buddhist in and processing. Basic Tibetan con- Geshe Rabten. 308 pp. #WIBKEN and Nunneries". the Middle Kingdom. He suc- cepts of drug-composition, drug- $11.95 ceeded in retrieving Chinese action and drug-classification are Buddhism from abysmal decline Contains excellent meditations on THE FINE ARTS OF CON- described. and injected fresh vigor into it. the stages of the path. 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quested that Rinpoche leave his THE GURU PUJA, 67 pp., HEART OF WISDOM, by Geshe HIDDEN TIBET: The Land ascetic study and practice to be- #LTGP $2.95 Kelsang Gyatso. 150 pp. and Its People, by Roger Hicks. come the director of a prominent This presentation of the offering #THBKHOW $12.95 160 pp., photos #ELHT $16.95 retreat center. to the spiritual masters in the Because of its condensed form and May Rinpoche spent many years Tibetan phonetics and in English the profundity of its subject, the This collection of stunning photo- teaching and directing retreats in includes the tsog offering and song Heart Sutra is difficult to under- graphs provides a fascinating in- Tibet. He had revitalized the of the Spring Queen and is accom- stand correctly without a clear sight into the life, culture and Shangpa Kagyu lineage and was a panied by The Hundred Deities of commentary. Heart of Wisdom pro- religion of Tibet—pre- and post- senior lama of the the Land of Joy, the lam-rim dedi- vides both explicit and implicit communist. By combining rare lineage by 1955, when the six- cation prayer and so forth. meanings of the sutra, and relates pictures from the Dalai Lama's teenth Gyalwa Karmapa sent him them to the five Mahayana paths own collection and other sources to India and Bhutan to prepare for to enlightenment. with his own exciting and dramatic the anticipated exodus of Budd- HANDBOOK OF TRADI- photographs, Roger Hicks cap- hists from Chinese-occupied TIONAL TIBETAN DRUGS: tures the mood and spirit of the Tibet. Rinpoche was given a site Their Nomenclature, Composi- Forbidden Kingdom and its for a monastery, retreat center, and tion, Use, and Dosage, by T.J remarkable people. residence in Sonada, India in Tsarong. #TMHTD $5 1962. Gives the composition of 175 In 1971, H.E. Kalu Rinpoche popular Tibetan natural drugs. THE was sent on a teaching journey to This handbook is intended for HEARTSUTRA the West by His Holiness Karma- users of alternative medicines as EXPLAINED THE GARLAND OF MA- pa. Since that time, Rinpoche has well as scholars, researchers, and HAMUDRA PRACTICES, made six trips to the West, during entrepreneurs who are searching Trans, by Khenpo Rinpochay Kon- which he as founded numerous for an alternative to the highly tox- chog Gyaltsen, Co-trans. & Ed. by dharma centers. ic and costly modern synthetic Katherine Rogers, Intro, by H.H. drugs. GRADUATED PATH TO the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rin- LIBERATION, by Geshe Rabten. pochay. 140 pp. #SLBKGMP INf»AN ANDTIBETM* #WIBKGPL $3.95 COMMENTARIES $9.95 Gampopa, a disciple of Milarepa GREAT OCEAN, by Hicks & who lived in the 11th century, Tobden. 207 pp. #ELGO $10.95 Donald S. kopftZi Jr. brought together the Mahamudra Biography of H.H. the Dalai teachings of the Buddha into one Lama. five-fold path, to which his main disciple, Pakmo Druba gave the THE HEART SUTRA EX- name "The Profound Five-Fold r* PLAINED, by Donald S. Lopez, Path of Mahamudra". Tfk Great Patft. Jr.. 227 pp. #SUHS $10.95 Jigten Sumgon, the successor of The Heart Sutra Explained offers Pakmo Druba, founded the of Awakmng new insights on emptiness and HIGHEST YOGA TANTRA Drikung Kagyu order and taught form, on the mantra "gate gate Daniel Cozort 192 pp. Mahamudra extensively. 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HEALTH THROUGH by Tom Kelly & Carroll Dunham. heavily on oral commentary by the BALANCE: An Introduction to 200 pp., color photo book, present Ganden Tri Rinbochay, A GATHERING OF SPIRIT Tibetan Medicine, by Dr. Yeshi #ABHH $45 H.H. Jambel Shenpen. Women Teaching in American Donden, Ed. & Trans, by Jeffrey This is one of the finest photo Part One discusses the practices Buddhism, Ed. by Ellen Sidor, 81 Hopkins. 252 pp. #SLBKHTB books on Himalayan culture we common to sutra and tantra. pp. #PPGS $6.95 have ever seen! Not only are the Part Two presents the generation THE GREAT PATH OF $10.95 Here is the authentic voice of a pictures great but the book is well- stage of highest yoga tantra. AWAKENING: A Commentary The fascinating Tibetan medical new spiritual culture growing in system has never been so clearly designed and interesting to read. Part Three covers the entirety America: women practicing and on the Mahayana Teaching of the explained as in this collection of Tom Kelly and Carroll Dunham of the completion stage yogas: teaching Buddhism. In this book Seven Points of Mind Training, outstanding lectures presented at take you to remote Humla, one of * physical isolation * verbal isola- are the words of nine women Jamgon Kongtrul, Trans. Ken the University of Virginia in 1980. the most unusual places in the tion * mental isolation * illusory vibrantly connected with daily life McLeod. 100 pp., #SHGPA $9.95 Tibetan medicine restores and world. Beautiful, bitter, joyous, body * clear light * union and rooted in daily spiritual Written by the prolific nineteenth- maintains balance of the body's and holy, it is an ancient territory Part Four compares the practice. century scholar Jamgon Kongtrul, bordering Tibet, hidden in the the book provides clear instruc- various systems through a variety Kalachakra and Guhyasamaja Himalayas. Here is an intimate, stages of completion. tions for the realization of bod- of treatments which include diet moving adventure in one of the Remarkable for its definitive hicitta, or "awakened heart." and behavior modification as well last truly exotic places on earth. clarity, this exposition of the stages Specific guidelines are given for as the use of medicine. of highest yoga tantra is the first everyday practice. In addressing the means for restoring health, Dr. Donden HIDDEN TEACHINGS OF of its kind in the English language A GUIDE TO THE BOD- holistically considers factors of TIBET An Explanation of the and a must for anyone interested HISATTVA'S WAY OF LIFE, personality, age, climatic condi- Terma Tradition of the Nyingma in these highest tantras. , trans. Stephen Batch- tion, diet, behavior, and physical School of Buddhism, by Tulku lor. 199 pp. #LTGBW $11.95 surroundings. The great strength Thondup. 240 pp. #WIBKHTT HISTORY OF THE SAKYA This book is very often recom- of Tibetan medicine is that it is $18.95 TRADITION, by Tricken. 64 pp. mended to students of Mahayana. delicately responsive to patients' Dharma Treasures, Terma, have #GNHST $8.00 been concealed and later disco- It is a practical guide for aspirants complete symptom patterns—no A powerful and evocative account and followers of the bodhisattva complaint being disregarded. 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NEW TITLE at the same time inspirational and the path to enlightenment to be ing the generation and completion an expression of devotion to Tara, made available in English. Includ- stages, energy centers, winds, one of the most popular of all ed are detailed explanations of how drops, taking the three bodies as . to prepare the mind for medita- the path, and day and night yogas. tion, and a guide for the practi- INDIA-A TRAVEL SUR- KASHMIR, LADAKH AND VIVAL KIT, by Crowther, Raj and tioner through each successive meditation, showing its purpose ZANSKAR-A TRAVEL SUR- 1 W'ONPKU WHY Wheeler. 792 pp. #LPITSK $14.95 VIVAL KIT, by the Schettlers. 203 and demonstrating how each one The best and most popular guide pp. #LPKLZ $7.95 brings about a new stage of men- to India, winner of the Thomas Three contrasting Himalayan tal development. In this way Geshe Cook Guidebook of the Year regions—the narrow Himalayan award. Want to find a houseboat Kelsang offers a thorough and practical approach to the entire valley of Zanskar; reclusive in Kashmir or a palace in Ladakh, only opened since the Buddhist path to enlightenment, Rajasthan—or your way around mid-70's; and the beautiful vale of enabling the reader to fully ap- Dharamsala? The facts are all in Kashmir. Information ranges from preciate the essential meaning of this definitive guide—it even tells finding the best houseboat on Dal Buddha's teachings and apply you where to find the gurus. Lake in Srinagar to making treks them in his or her own daily life. INTERNATIONAL BUDD- over the Himalayan range to the HIST DIRECTORY. 150 pp. stark Tibetan plateau. Great pho- #WIBKIBD $8.95 tos of Tibetan Buddhist culture. INTO EVERY LIFE A LITTLE THE JEWELLED STAIR- Jung and Tibetan Buddhism ZEN MUST FALL: A Christian Radmiia Moacamn CASE, by Geshe Wangyal. 176 pp. Philosopher looks to I WONDER WHY, Thubten Cho- #SLBKJS $10.95 and the East, by Alan Keightley. dron. 80 pp. #TCIWW $2 In 1955, a geshe from Drepung 192 pp. #WIBKIEL $12.95 An American Buddhist nun living Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet arrived A committed and open-hearted in Singapore has produced this lit- Christian, Alan Keightley elo- in the United States. He founded tle gem of a book which skilfully the first Tibetan Buddhist quently shows the need for each answers basic but intelligent ques- monastery in North America and one of us to break through the in- tions on Buddhism. 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Both are sup- cludes with a commentary on the dispensible for anyone desiring a ment; Mind and Mental Functions TSONG KHAPA, by Thurman. symbolism of the Wheel. deeper understanding of the fun- presents the six types of conscious- plemented by commentaries by 258 pp. #LTLTT $11.95 Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, Geshe damental issues in Buddhist ness and 51 mental functions; In- Biography plus important writings Rabten, Thupten Zopa Rinpoche philosophy. It is also highly rele- direct Proofs discusses the structure NEW TITLE on the Sutra and Tantra. and Gegen Khyentse. vant to current issues in modern of a form of dialetic. Western philosophy. 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I A biography of the great terton of general phenomena, including all highly recommend this book!"— the 19th century as well as descrip- spiritual traditions, depend on the Prof. Jeffrey Hopkins, author. tions of his revealed treasures, fol- outer, inner and secret manifesta- lowing incarnations and family tions of the five wisdom dakinis. lineage. One-third of the Rinchen It considers such subjects as medi- Terzog as practiced in the Karma tation practice, lineage, isolation, NEW TITLE Kagyu of Nyingma lineages was energy, healing, magic, art, habit, revealed by him. respect and tradition. LEAH: A Story of Meditation and Healing, Stuart Pen/in, Fore- THE LIFE OF MARPA THE MAHAMUDRA: ELIMINAT- word by . 110 pp. TRANSLATOR, Nalanda Trans- ING THE DARKNESS OF IG- #WIBKL $7.95 November. lation Committee. 320 pp. NORANCE, by the 9th Karmapa, Leah is the story of a thirteen year #SHLMT $12.95 trans. Alex Berzin. 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Tibet's most renowned saint, poet MASTERS OF MAHAMUDRA: scholastic literature have deve- and mystic, traces the path of a Songs and Histories of the loped in this regard: presentations great sinner who becomes a great Eighty-Four Buddhist , of the tenet system as a whole; syl- saint. It is also a powerful and by Keith Dowman. 454 pp. logistic debate texts on problemat- graphic story, full of magic, dis- #SUMM $14.95 ic topics in the system; and aster, feuds, deceptions, and hu- Mahamudra represents the in- expository treatment of a single mor. Milarepa is a holy but separable union of wisdom and important issue. captivatingly human figure whose compassion, of emptiness and Translations of outstanding texts story points the5 way to spiritual skillful means. These eighty-four in each of these categories are liberation and complete self- masters who led unconventional found here in the English language knowledge. lives, include some of the greatest for the first time, annotated by the Buddhist teachers: Tilopa, Naro- translator and supplemented with pa, and Marpa among them. Keith interspersed commentary from Dowman has collected and trans- leading modern Tibetan lated their and yogi/scholars. the legends about them and gives

SNOW LION FALL 88 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG 32 COMPLETE TITLE LIST a commentary on each of the Great side of her husband, a political book is extensive and sparkling. A Adepts. His extensive introduction officer for the British Imperial valuable contribution."—Prof. traces the development of tantra Government. These memoirs Janice Willis, Religious Studies and discusses the key concepts of taken from her diary recount her Review A BtKifftwsr Psys&ok>gv of Emptiness Mahamudra. life and journeys up until the un- MIPAM: A Tibetan Love Story, timely death of her husband in MATRIX OF MYSTERY: by Lama Yongden. 360 pp., #SGM Lhasa. SCIENTIFIC AND HU- $9.95 MANISTIC ASPECTS OF This is the first novel ever written DZOGS-CHEN THOUGHT, by NEW TITLE by a Tibetan lama especially for Herbert V. Guenther. 317 pp. Western readers. The characters #SHMM $22.50 cloth. are clearly types and composites, World-renowned scholar Herbert MIND yet they are drawn with such af- V. Guenther presents the highest AND fection and attention to human de- (Ati) teachings of the Nyingma MENTAL HEALTH tail that they remain thoroughly school. By relating these teachings IN engaging. to modern scientific and humanis- TIBETAN MEDICINE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY, by tic perspectives, he demonstrates Milarepa, trans, by Lama Kunga many cases where traditional reli- Rinpoche & Brian Cutillo. 232 pp. gious and modern secular view- #LOMJ $12.95 points interact. A rare collection of previously un- translated narratives and songs by MY LAND AND MY PEOPLE, NAGARJUNA'S SEVENTY the famous Tibetan poet-yogi by the Dalai Lama. 271 pp. STANZAS: A BUDDHIST Milarepa. This work is a compi- #POMLMP $6.95 PSYCHOLOGY OF EMPTI- lation of Milarepa's songs as Famous autobiography by His NESS, by David Ross Komito, preserved and sung by wandering Holiness. Trans, and Commentary by Geshe yogis of the Kagyu sect. The , Tenzin Dorjee, and pieces differ from those previous- David Ross Komito. 240 pp., \ I'OTAl.A PUBLICATION ly published in their range of #SLBKNSS $14.95 For almost two thousand years J material and directness of style, OF ANCIENT TIBET while continuing a high level of Nagarjuna's teachings have oc- MIND AND MENTAL poetic expression. cupied a central position in Ma- HEALTH IN TIBETAN MEDI- hayana Buddhism. An essential part of the study and practice in CINE, 61 pp. #POMMH $5.95 NEW TITLE Three excellent essays are con- the great Indian Buddhist monas- tained here: "Mind and Mental tic universities, these teachings Disorders in Tibetan Medicine" were later incorporated into the by Sonam Topgay and Mark Ep- Tibetan monastic program which stein, "Sleep and the Inner Land- modeled their curricula on that of scape" by Dr. Dhonden, their Indian predecessors. 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It #SHMAT $32.50 marizes those basic Buddhist doc- provides a clear verse-by-verse ex- This profusely-illustrated, classic trines on perception and the position of the full root text in ac- presentation of Tibetan art reveals creation of concepts which have cordance with the oral tradition a new sphere of ancient art and traditionally served as the back- transmitted to the author. conveys its spiritual meaning. The drop for Nagarjuna's teachings about how people consistently MEDITATION ON EMPTI- 142 color illustrations include misperceive and misunderstand NESS, by Jeffrey Hopkins, 1017 painted scrolls, gilded bronzes, the nature of the reality in which and sculptures in wood and stone. pages. #WIBKME $35.00 cloth they live and the means through THE MIRROR OF MINDFUL- Among die 372 black-and-white il- which they experience it. MEDITATIONS ON THE NESS: The Cyle of the Four lustrations is a series of 300 Tibe- This book will be of interest to LOWER TANTRAS, by Glenn Bardos, Tsele Natsok Rangdrol. tan icons, a chronological practitioners and scholars of Mullin. #LTMLT $7.95 140 pp. #SHMM $9.95 November presentation of the saints and gu- Buddhism as well as psychologists A collection of texts and sadhanas This concise handbook of teach- rus of Tibetan Buddhism. who seek a deeper understanding by previous Dalai Lamas includ- ings on the cycle of life, death, af- of Buddhist psychology and ing the preliminary teachings for terlife, and rebirth are aimed at MYTH OF FREEDOM AND epistemology. tantric initiation and texts for the helping the practitioner achieve THE WAY OF MEDITATION, practice of a dozen major deities liberation from the cycle of re- by Ven. Chogyam Trungpa. 176 pp. NEPAL PHRASEBOOK, by such as Avalokiteshvara, Man- MIND IN TIBETAN BUDD- births for the welfare of others. #SHMF $12.95 Meinhold and Raj. #LPNP $2.95 jushri, Tara, Maitreya, Sarasvati, HISM by Lati Rinbochay, Trans., The text combines teachings from In his distinctive style, finely at- All the usual information sections , Vajra Vidarana, Vaj- Ed. & Intro, by Elizabeth Napper both the Kagyu and Nyingma tuned as to the ins and outs of for travelers, with additional rasattva Guru-Yoga. #SLBKMTB $10.95 lineages in a way that can be ap- Western students' psychology, phrases and questions likely to be MEDITATIVE STATES IN Buddhist practitioners in the great plied to the student's individual Trungpa Rinpoche shows how our needed by trekkers and travelers TIBETAN BUDDHISM, by Tibetan monasteries of Lhasa, level of meditation experience. attitudes, preconceptions, and in the Himalayas. seeking to purify their minds and even our spiritual practices can be- Jeffrey Hopkins et al. 181 pp. MOUNTAINS OF THE MID- develop the correct understanding come chains that bind us to repeti- NEW TITLE #WIBKMS $10.95 DLE KINGDOM, by Galen necessary for final enlightenment, tive patterns of frustration and Discusses the four concentrations Rowell. 192 pp. color photos, NIRVANA IN TIBETAN began their formal inquiry into despair. 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It presents the Lenore Friedman presents inter- of past explorers in the moun- cept of Nirvana according to the vocabulary connected with the views with seventeen women tainous areas of vanished Tur- Tibetan tradition. mind and is a means of training teaching Buddhism in America. kestan and Tibet—a photographic NOT MIXING UP BUDD- the student in the process of portrait illuminated by stunning The women included in the book reasoning—an endeavor integrally HISM: Essays on Women and are of various backgrounds, with color photos and extensive descrip- linked with all steps of ge-shay Buddhist Practice, by Kahawai a wide range of personalities and tions of his experiences in these Collective. 117 pp. #WPNM $10 training. regions. forms of teaching. Together they Lati Rinbochay provides rich An important collection of essays represent the forefront of Ameri- and extensive commentary and springing from a revolutionary en- can Buddhism today and will sur- elucidates the penetrating instruc- counter between Western ely affect the development of tional methods Tibetans use in feminism and Zen Buddhism. Buddhist practice in the West for their quest for higher knowledge. This volume, the first of its kind, years to come. In her introduction, Elizabeth contains essays on Zen practice MEMOIRS OF A POLITICAL Napper explains the context of this and its relation to personal, social OFFICER'S WIFE IN TIBET, work within the Indian and Tibe- and political questions integral to SIKKIM AND BHUTAN, by tan traditions and outlines the the lives of contemporary women Margret Williamson. 240 pp. principal divisions of conscious- and men. Topics include: Budd- #WIBKPOW $16.95 Fall ness and mind. hism and Feminism, Sexual Pow- In the 1930's, Margaret William- ".. .a valuable work] written in er Abuse, Parentbirth, Woman to son spent several years traveling in concise form., .clearly translat- Child, On Abortion, and Practic- Sikkhn, Bhutan and Tibet at the ed .. .oral commentary on the text- ing Intimacy.

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OPENING THE DHARMA, by Here is a photographic evocation A part of the Dzog-chen or Ati tra- Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. of Tibetan culture just before its dition, Primordial Experience was 58 pp. #DIOD $6.95 massive destruction during the written by Manjusrimitra, an In- Opening the Dharma gives expla- Chinese occupation. In these 131 dian disciple of the first teacher of nations of the four major of rare and handsome photographs, Ati. It discusses the relation of Ati Tibetan Buddhism, outlining their A Portrait of Lost Tibet gives an un- to other systems of Indian lineages and histories, their in- forgettable glimpse into this exot- thought, Buddhist and Hindu, dividual special characteristics, ic land, as recorded by Brooke through an examination of the key their main practices and goals Dolan and Ilya Tolstoy (grandson concept of bodhicitta or enlight- common to all four Traditions. of the writer), as they traveled ened mind. Included is a preface The author is the founder of the through the country in 1942 on a by Namkhai Norbu which dis- Remay movement which pi- diplomatic mission for the Allies. cusses the history of the text and oneered the spirit of tolerance and Their ten-month trek produced its author, philosophical questions eclecticism in Tibet. thousands of photographs that about the relation of Ati to Budd- represent the best pictorial study hist Idealism, and the meditation OPENING THE EYE OF NEW of original Tibetan civilization in practice linked with this text. AWARENESS, by the Dalai existence. Lama. -WIBKOEA $10.95 PRINCE , by Tibet is shown here at a time Landaw & Brooke. Color drawings THE OPENING OF THE LO- when nomads roamed the vast PATH OF THE BODHISATT- #WIBKPS $15.95 TUS: Developing Clarity and central plateau, when religious fes- VA WARRIOR, by The Thirteenth A delightful children's book on Kindness, By Lama Sherab Gyalt- tivals punctuated the year, and Dalai Lama & Glenn H. Mullin, the life of . sen Amipa. 128 pp. #WIBKOL when yaks and ponies provided PRAYER FLAGS: The Spiritu- 387 pp. #SLBKPBW $14.95 $12.95 the only transportation. In these al Life and Songs of Jigten Sum- THE PROPITIOUS SPEECH Throughout his life the Thirteenth This book is concerned with the pages all levels of Tibetan society gon, by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen FROM THE BEGINNING, Dalai Lama (1876-1933) stressed development of the stages of en- come to life, from lavishly dressed 96 pp. #SLBKPF $6.95 MIDDLE AND END, by Thin- the importance of combining lightenment. It is simple and clear, nobility to sheepskin-clad nomads, The great Jigten Sumgon, foun- ley Norbu. 46 pp. #JEPS $8.00 spirituality with an aggressive ap- and continually brings down to from monks performing ritual tainhead of the Drikung Kagyu Translation of 's proach to worldly affairs. He is earth the powerful and practical dances to peasants plowing with school, was widely lauded as a sublime teaching known as The known to the Tibetans as simply methods of Buddhism for human yaks. bodhisattva and extraordinary Practice of the Essence of the Sub- the "Great" Thirteenth for he development. Included also are Accompanying the photographs master. Hundreds of thousands of lime Heart Jewel, View, Meditation provided a successful political as translations of short practices of is a text by Rosemary Tung which students gathered to hear his and Action which explains how to well as spiritual leadership in Guru devotion and Refuge, as well describes Tibetan society in its teachings. These teachings, in practice with the six syllables difficult and turbulent times—he as an autobiography of the author, time of splendor—a fascinating their written form, are appealing which are the essence of all sylla- perfectly exemplified the Ma- who is a Sakya lama. look at a people once totally re- for their depth and simplicity of bles: OM MA NI PAD ME hayana ideal of the bodhisattva moved from the modern world. expression. HUM. Tibetan text included. PASSIONATE JOURNEY: The warrior. This book will make a great gift! Prayer Flags contains many in- Spiritual Autobiography of Sato- Path of the Bodhisattva Warrior structions for spiritual practice. mi Myodo], Trans. & Annotated by brings into English for the first THE POWER PLACES OF Noteworthy is a succinct and clear Sallie King. 232 pp. #SHPJ $12.95 time many of the most important CENTRAL TIBET: A PIL- discussion of the tantric path of Passionate Journey is the story of writings of this remarkable states- GRIM'S GUIDE, Keith Dow- Mahamudra. Also included are: a rebellious Japanese woman man and spiritual leader. Includ- man. 320 pp., maps & photos texts on transforming conflicting whose spiritual search takes her ed are his "Heart of the #RKPP $15.95 April emotions, sickness and death into from motherhood and madness to Enlightenment Teachings", "Ser- This guide describes the location, the path of enlightenment; power- a career as a Shinto shamaness and mons at the Great Prayer Fes- site, remaining relics and the reli- ful vajra songs; biographies of finally to enlightenment as a tival", "Guide to the Buddhist gious and historical significance of Gampopa, Phagmo Drupa, Jigten Buddhist nun. Rejecting the tradi- Tantras" as well as his writings on 170 temples, monasteries, sacred Sumgon and the dharma protec- tional feminine roles of her cul- the Hayagriva Tantra and various caves, lakes and mountains within tor Ach'i Chokyi Drolma. ture, Satomi Myodo (1896-1978) meditational practices. Glenn Mul- this fascinating land. This infor- The great Jomgon Kongtrul in breaks from an unhappy past and lin unfolds the dynamic life of this mative volume describes the describing the influence of Jigten follows her star with spirit and de- Dalai Lama in a fascinating, high- power-places in the valleys within Sumgon wrote: termination. ly readable and comprehensive bi- a 150 kilometer radius of Lhasa as "The mountains are filled with ography which he researched well as the great temple-museums practitioners And the using 18 primary sources, Tibetan located on the tourist routes. plains are filled with Drikungpa and Western. Glenn has produced patrons." the most impressive biography avail- able on the life of the Thirteenth. PRAYERS FOR GENERAT- One of the most important ING GUJ&J DEVOTION, by themes in "Sermons at the Great Shamar Rinpoche, Ken Trashi Ozer THE QUINTESSENCE OF Prayer Festival" is his detailed &KahtRinpoche. #KDPGD$3.00 THE ANIMATE AND INANI- teachings on the six preliminary Four prayers invaluable for the de- MATE, by Ven. Lama Lodo. practices to be performed at the velopment of Bodhicitta, subduing #KDKQ $11.95 beginning of each meditation the ego and increasing understand- Presents an integrated approach to sitting—he gives precise details on ing. (English & Tibetan) the three yanas. Features the four how to begin and conduct an ef- foundations, development of the fective meditation practice. NEW TITLE aspirational and operational bod- hicitta, and tantric topics. An ex- PORTRAIT OF A DALAI cellent book. LAMA: The Life and Times of the Great Thirteenth, Sir Charles RAINBOW OF LIBERATED Bell. 450 pp. IWIBKPDL $22.95 ENERGY: Working with Emo- The author was the British Politi- tions through the Colour and cal Representative to Tibet during Element Symbolism of Tibetan the crucial early years of this cen- Tantra, by Ngakpa Chogyam tury. Fluent in Tibetan, he be- #ELRLE $9.95 came closely associated with the Ngakpa Chogyam presents a PATH OF COMPASSION, ed. Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the NEW TITLE unique view of the color and ele- Fred Eppsteiner. 240 pp., #PAPC turbulent affairs of that time. This ment symbolism of Tibetan Tan- $14 is an immensely readable personal PRAJNAPARAMITA IN TIBE- tra. This rich and vibrant system Essays by the Dalai Lama, Joan- account of the life of this great TAN BUDDHISM, E. Ober- of experiential psychology is ex- na Macy, Robert Aitken, Thich Tibetan leader and the events that miller. #CIPTB $15 pressed in lively, direct language. Nhat Hanh, , helped shape modern Tibet. Based on the Abhisamayalamkara Aimed at integration with life in Charlene Spretnak, Chagdud of Maitreya, this book summarizes the West, its powerful imagery and Tulku, Robert Thurman and the Prajnaparamita-sutras with colorful analogies make otherwise many others on the engagement of special emphasis on the path to difficult Tantric concepts immedi- Buddhism and Buddhists in the nirvana according to the Ma- ately applicable. The author ex- social, political and economic af- hayana. plores the nature and pattern of fairs of society. our emotions and how they relate "Food for thought for helpers THE PRELIMINARY PRAC- to the elemental energies of and social activists. A handbook TICES, Geshe Rabten. 70 pp. Tantra—Earth, Water, Fire, Air of advice for developing our com- #LTPP $4.95 and Space. passion."— The ordinary and extraordinary practices prerequisite for the higher meditations are here ex- plained. 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world. This is a book aimed at others alike. Recently acquired for hai Norbu Rinpoche and ends tra class. By engaging in these six linking and encouraging women the Fournier Collection, it is only with a discussion of misconcep- yogas, after the necessary prepa- Rebirth and the Western Buddhist on the spiritual path through the now that this extraordinary docu- tions about Buddhism and the ration, the yogi's body, speech and Martin Wiilson ideas and experience of Buddhist ment comes to light and is availa- "Eastern mind" in the writing of mind are transformed into those of women practitioners from various ble for study. It was composed in CG. Jung as based on the errors a Buddha and all the mundane countries and traditions. It inves- order to guide the uninitiated and of Evans-Wentz, long the only and supermundane powers of an tigates how women can avoid per- for all those who wish to do draw- Western source of Tibetan texts. enlightened one are attained. The sonal exploitation and maximize ings and paintings of the heavens. main practices of the six yogas are their potentialities for The Fifth Dalai Lama was a as follows: enlightenment—how to effective- skillful politician and outstanding * Mystic Heat Yoga * Illusory ly help institute full bhiksuni or- statesman and is celebrated for Body Yoga * * Clear dination worldwide and contribute having built the Potala Palace. He Light Yoga * Bardo Yoga * Cons- to redressing the gender imbalance authored 235 books on ciousness Transference Yoga as a major step toward planetary philosophy, meditation, history Mahamudra is a direct path to well-being. and poetry. With the publication insight into the luminous nature of of the Gold Manuscript, another the mind—a total naturalness of NEW TITLE aspect of the life of this great rul- mind comprised of relaxed from SNOW LION er is now unveiled: an inner world equilibrium. Teachings on Ma- of profound mysticism, magical hamudra is composed of the fol- powers and often disturbing the- lowing three texts: ophanic visions. REBIRTH AND THE * Tilopa—The Song of Mahamudra As a detailed narrative catalog of WESTERN BUDDHIST, by * The Third Karmapa, Rangjang his visionary experiences from age Martin Willson. 96 pp. Dorje—The Vow of Mahamudra * six to sixty-four, The Gold #WIBKRWB $6.95 Ven. Lama Kong Ka—Essentials of ^^^HHSS^I Manuscript serves as a guide not In this essay Martin Willson Mahamudra Practice only to the inner mystical life of presents arguments—devotional, this extraordinary man but also to scriptural, observational, logical the complex interweaving of the and scientific—for and against re- various gods, goddesses, protec- birth. This absorbing book is an tors, teachers, demons and spirits SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, by excellent starting point, with its who populate his consciousness. 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Ill pp., (transference of consciousness), #JESGK $12.00 Guru Yoga, Medicine Buddha and SHAMBALA: SACRED PATH This book covers many interesting the Chod practice of severing the SEEKING THE HEART OF OF THE WARRIOR, by Ven. topics: empowerment, three kayas, ego. WISDOM: The Path of Insight Chogyam Trungpa. 209 pp. Sambhogakaya Deities, Mani, Meditation, Goldstein & Komfield. -SHSH $9.95 Ngondro meditation, stages of dis- 176 pp., #SHSHW $10.95 Chogyam Trungpa speaks direct- solving, refuge, three yanas, two Based on talks given at several in- ly to the experience and challenge truths, emptiness, history of the tensive meditation retreats, which of being human. He presents the Buddha Dharma in India, and the focus on the deepening of insight path of warriorship found in tradi- development of the Nyingmapa meditation practice, the hin- tional Eastern cultures—Tibet in Lineage. drances that the practitioner en- particular—to demonstrate how an counters, skillful means of individual can lead a more sacred, overcoming them, and ways to dignified and fearless existence. integrate into everyday life the wis- dom that arises in meditation. In- cluded are chapters on suffering as the gateway to compassion, serv- ice, and karma. Each chapter con- cludes with suggested exercises to help readers enhance their under- standing of the subjects discussed.

Sakyadhita: DAUGHTERS OF NEW TITLE THE BUDDHA, ed. Bhikshuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo. 300 pp. ap- SELF-LIBERATION prox., #SLBKSDB $14.95 Jan. THROUGH SEEING EVERY- Sakyadhita: DAUGHTERS OF THING IN ITS NAKEDNESS, THE BUDDHA documents the Trans. &Ed. by John M. Reynolds, International Conference on SECRET VISIONS OF THE Foreword by Namkhv Norbu. 240 Buddhist Nuns, the first gather- FIFTH DALAI LAMA: The pp. #STSL $14.95 Jan. ing of its kind ever to be held in Gold Manuscript in the Fourni- The famous classic known in the history. The book discusses the er Collection, by Samten Gyaltsen West as The Tibetan Book of the meaning of Buddhist ordination, Karmay. Measures 10 x 14 1/2", Great Liberation has been available SONGS OF SPIRITUAL the value of celibacy, the role of 260 pp. (104 pp. color illus.) only in rough translation by CHANGE, by the Seventh Dalai women in the Dharma, and the #SPSV $190 September Evans-Wentz. Now a celebrated Lama & Glenn H. Mullin. 205 pp. particular importance of ordina- This beautiful manuscript re- Tibetologist reveals clearly what is THE SBC YOGAS OF NAROPA #SLBKSW7 $10.95 tion for women. counts in words and images the vi- said in the original, the essence of & TEACHINGS ON MA- The Seventh Dalai Lama is often Female Buddhist renunciates sionary experiences of the Great Buddhist Dzogchen teaching. HAMUDRA, by Ga%ia C.C. considered the greatest of the ear- from East and West talk about Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lob- (This material forms the "root Chang, 128 pp. #SLrM§YN $9.95 ly Dalai Lamas. He wrote exten- their lives—their joys, their zang Gyatso (1617-1682). A new text" of The Tibetan Book of the The Six Yogas of Naropa are sive commentaries on the Tantras, problems, and their future as discovery, it was hitherto totally Dead.) Reynolds' commentary is among the most highly-regarded and over a thousand mystical Buddhist nuns in the modern concealed both from Tibetans and based on the teachings of Namk- practices of the highest yoga tan- poems and prayers. Songs of

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Spiritual Change is a highly valued aspects of the medical system, in- greatness of mantra, clear light Part Two: Internal Preparatory collection of tantric songs and cluding pulsology, pharmacology and initiation. Practices—refuge in the triple poems of spiritual instruction for and comparisons with the Chinese The Great Exposition of Secret gem, generating the mind of en- taming and developing the mind. system. Dr. Finckh, a medical Mantra—Part 1 by Tsong-ka-pa, is lightenment, Vajrasattva purifica- His inspired verse is an outpour- doctor in West Germany, was one one of the principle classic texts on tion meditation, offering mandala, ing of Himalayan spirituality, a of the first Western physicians to tantra. It presents the main fea- Chod practice of cutting attach- unique presentation that appeals to study (and integrate into practice) tures common to all the Buddhist ment, and guru yoga. the heart as well as head. the Tibetan medical system with tantra systems as well as the differ- Part Three: The Great "Vital energies generated by in- considerable success. ences between sutra and tantra. Perfection—the direct path of ner or outer means Are drawn into Contents include: paths to Budd- breakthrough and leap-over to one's own central channel, Caus- hahood, vajra vehicle, deity yoga, realize the Buddha-mind of essen- ing the mystic fires to blaze. In- and method in the four tantras. tial purity and spontaneity. spire us thus to gain great insight Supplement by Jeffrey Hopkins Part Four: Daily Recitations and Into the innately produced great discusses the meaning of empti- Meditations—practices to actualize bliss Generated by the touch of the ness, transformation, and the pur- the teachings of the previous secret drop."—page 162 pose of the four tantras. sections. Included is a biography of the ".. .this text offers an all- THE TANTRIC DISTINC- Seventh Dalai Lama as well as bi- !-.a '■': -.■:■. encompassing presentation of the ographical sketches of all fourteen TION, by Jeffrey Hopkins. 184 pp. Vajrayana expression of Mahayana Dalai Lamas. #WIBKTD $8.95 philosophy and practice.. .the vir- "Mullin's translations read A clear & rational exposition of tue of this work is its technical THE SUPERHUMAN LIFE well.. .these songs, reminiscent in topics from sutra and tantra. We completeness.. .avoids the pitfalls OF GESAR OF LING, Trans, by many ways of those of Milare- recommend this book as one of the of being a mere text translation. Alexandra David-Neel & Lama pa... reveal a side of dGe-lugs-pa better overviews of Mahayana There is much here for repeated Yongden, Forward by Chogyam that so far has been little known Buddhism. reading, contemplation and ab- Trungpa Rinpoche. 271 pp. in the West, perhaps helping to sorption."—Prof. Harvey Aron- #SHSLG $14.95 put an end to the stereotype of that son, Stanford University The legendary adventures of a order of Tibetan Buddhism as one great, fearless warrior-king are re- merely concerned with pedantry counted in this Tibetan national and scholasticism."—Parabola THE TAN IRK: epic. With his magic weapons, rid- Selected Works of the ing on his winged horse, Gesar of A STUDY OF SVATANTRIKA, DALAI LAMA II Ling triumphs over the evil forces by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.. 450 pp. of the four directions which would 1 [BET #SLBKSOSP $19.95, The Status of Tibet turn people's minds from the #SLBKSOSC $35 cloth sacred teachings that point the way History, Rights, and Prospects This study presents for the first to ultimate self-realization. in International Law time in English a clear and exten- sive picture of the Svatantrika A SURVEY OF BUDDHISM: Madhyamika system through an Its Doctrines and Methods analysis of issues and positions Through the Ages, Maha Michael C. van Walt van Praag central to Indian philosophy dur- Sthavira Sangharakshita. 496 pp. ing the final development of #THBKSOB $18.95 ; Buddhist thought in India. Several "It would be difficult to find a sin- John I central issues are considered: the gle book in which the history and division of Madhyamika into development of Buddhist thought Svatantrika and Prasangika, the has been described as vividly and meaning of emptiness, the root clearly as in this Survey.. .for all THE TANTRIC MYSTICISM Glenn H. Muilin ill cause of suffering, the division of those who wish to know the heart, OF TIBET, John Blofeld. 257 pp., objects of knowledge into the two the essence of Buddhism as an in- illustrated, #SHTMT $13.95 truths, and the types of reasoning tegrated whole, there can be no Like other forms of Buddhism, employed to refute the existence of better guide than this book."— tantric mysticism aims at the at- TANTRIC YOGAS OF SISTER a self. Included are overviews of Lama . tainment of the highest wisdom. NIGUMA, by the Second Dalai THE STATUS OF TIBET: His- Madhyamika in general and "I recommend Sangharakshita's What makes tantra special is that Lama & Glenn H. Mullin. 240 pp. tory, Rights, and Prospects in In- Svatantrika in particular. book as the best survey of it offers a wealth of practical tech- #SLBKSW2 $10.95 ternational Law, by Michael C. Studies of the Svatantrika school Buddhism"—Dr. Edward Conze. niques for utilizing all of life's cir- The Second Dalai Lama elucidat- van Walt van Praag. 450 pp. cloth, have been limited in the past by THE SYMBOLISM OF THE cumstances toward this end. ed important teachings from the #WVST $32.50 the fact that most of the important STUPA, Adrian Snodgrass. 469 Among the topics Blofeld covers lesser-known sects and lineages of This study reviews the history of Sanskrit texts were lost. These pp. #CUSOS $22.95 are tantric morality and conduct, Tibetan Buddhism. Their special the Tibetan state from its unifica- texts were fortunately preserved in The stupa is a symbolic form used meditation and visualization, the treatment of popular tantric tradi- tion in the seventh century to its Tibetan translations. The Svatan- throughout South, Southeast, and symbolic meaning of gods and de- tions, such as Yamantaka and the present disputed incorporation trika school is approached on three East Asia. This study explores the mons, the significance of rituals yogas of Naropa, are presented into the People's Republic of Chi- levels: first, from the writings of symbolism and principles of the and shrines, and the relationship here in English for the first time. na. A definitive record of the le- its founders and their followers in stupa in a thought-provoking man- with the guru. In this collection of sixteen texts, gal status of Tibet, the book India; second, from expositions by ner and will be of great value in Glenn Mullin has chosen works provides a much-needed basis for notable lamas such as Jam-yang- understanding the cultural context that vividly convey the Second's understanding the unresolved shay-ba and Jang-gya; and third of Buddhism. The book is replete scriptural mastery and his breadth Sino-Tibetan conflict and its im- from contemporary oral commen- with diagrams, photos and illus- of tantric experience. The four portance among the broader issues taries by Tibetan scholars in exile. trations. main texts translated here include: of Asian politics. Tantric Yogas of Sister Nigu- ma: these explicit, extraordinary NEW TITLE yogas are a special lineage of the from SNOW LION six yogas of Naropa transmitted by his consort, the dakini Niguma, which form the basis of the Shang- pa Ka-gyu Sect. Vajrabhairava Tantra (Yaman- taka): teachings on the generation and completion stages. Four tenet systems]: an excel- lent survey of the structure and historical development of Indian Buddhism's principal schools, outlining their definitive doctrinal distinctions. TANTRIC PRACTICE IN Flower essence pills]: detailed NYING-MA, by Khetsun Sangpo, instruction in the practice of mak- b*\j'; Rinbochay, Trans. &Ed. by Jeffrey ing and empowering flower es- Hopkitis, Co-edited by Anne Klein. sence pills that free the 239 pp. #SLBKTP $12.50 practitioner from the need for or- n TANTRA IN TIBET, H.H. the Rinbochay's commentary on the dinary foods. Dalai Lama, Tsong-ka-pa and Instructions on the Preliminaries to - In addition to texts on selfless- Jeffrey Hopkins (also Trans. & the Great Perfection Teaching con- ness, guru yoga and emptiness, a THE SUN MY HEART, Thick Ed.). 252 pp. #SLBKTT $12.95 tains the classical Nying-ma traditional biography of the Se- Mat Hanh. 139 pp. #PASMH Tantra in Tibet consists of three presentation of the Tantric prac- cond Dalai Lama, and brief bi- STUDIES IN TIBETAN $9.50 parts published under the auspices tices which lead to the realization ographical sketches of all fourteen ' MEDICINE, by Elisabeh Finckh. THE SUN MY HEART uses of the Dalai Lama: of Buddhahood. Dalai Lamas are included. 110 pp. #SLBKSTM $9.95 Buddhist psychology, epistemolo- Essence of Tantra by H.H. the Part One: External Preparatory "the great cover is an indication Winter gy, and contemporary physics as Dalai Lama reveals the highly Practices—setting the proper moti- of the great book that follows. This is a scholarly collection of well as many anecdotes to accom- practical and compassionate use of vation, meditation on imperma- Even for the beginner there is a papers on specialized topics in pany the reader on this compas- this science of spiritual develop- nence and the faults of cyclic huge amount of informa- Tibetan medicine. There are five sionate journey from mindfulness ment. Contents include: tantra for existence, suffering, karma, and tion.. ."—Sonny Cook, Gaden articles dealing with various to insight. practice, refuge, the three paths, reliance on a spiritual guide. Choling

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TARA'S COLOURING BOOK, ography offer a superb overview of foundations, its history and dei- by Weber and WeUings. #WIBKTCB this vast and complex region. Con- A Wis'o::: FtfiftSW* ties, its tantric and ritual aspects, $5.95 tains many beautiful color photo- meditations for healing and views The Tibet Guide Contains 12 exquisite line draw- graphs! Stephen Balcheiot on dying, and its humoral theory ings of famous figures from Tibet THE TIBETAN BOOK and unusual methods of diagnosis with explanations of their mean- • OF THE DEAD and cure. ing and suggestions as to their color. Fun for adults and children. TIBETAN COLLECTION: GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, THIRTY-SEVEN PRACTICES RELIGION, ARCHITECTURE OF ALL BUDDHA'S SONS, by AND SOCIETY, by Valrae Rey- Geshe Dhargyey et al. #LT37P nolds & Amy Heller. #NM-1 $2.50 $12.50. The path of the Bodhisattva told The Newark Museum's Tibetan like it is. collection is one of the finest in the , by world. This book covers many Maurice Walshe. 672 pp. topics and is illustrated with 52 #WIBKTHIH $34.95 photographs of traditional life (pre-1959) drawn from the exten- The contains some of the most famous scriptures in sive archives of the Museum. Also, there is a special section on the the Pah Canon and its suttas rev- symbols used in Tibetan art and eal the gentleness, compassion, THE TIBET GUIDE, By THE TIBETAN BOOK OF their meanings. power and penetrating wisdom of Stephen Batchelor. 500 pp. THE DEAD: The Great Liber- Gotama Buddha. #WIBKTG $26.95 ation through Hearing in the TIBETAN COLLECTION: The Tibet Guide contains a histo- Bardo, Trans, by Francesco SCULPTURE AND PAINT- ry of Tibet, a simple description Fremantle and Chogyam Trungpa. ING, by Valrae Reynolds, Amy TIBET: A POLITICAL HISTO- of Tibetan Buddhism, details of 119 pp. #SHTBD$9.95 Heller, Janet Gyatso. 208 pp. RY, by Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa. travel to Tibet, detailed explana- This classic Buddhist scripture is #NM-3 $20 #POTPH $15.00 tions of the 44 main sites of in- read aloud to the dying to help The Newark Museum's Tibetan This engrossing and insightful terest in Lhasa, and important them attain liberation. Trungpa's collection has one of the largest book presents a vivid picture of sites in the rest of central Tibet commentary explains in straight- holdings of Tibetan artifacts in the political personalities and the and en route from Lhasa to Nepal, forward language what the text world. In this volume of the Tibe- character of the Tibetan people. It Mt. Kailas and western Tibet, an teaches us about human psychol- tan Collection, we see some of the is essential reading for anyone in- iconographical guide, a glossary, a ogy. It will interest readers who are finest painting and sculpture from terested in Asian affairs. recommended reading list, and concerned with death and dying as Tibet. Included are pictures and many maps and color and black- well as those who seek spiritual discussions of: sculpture, includ- and-white photographs. Winner of understanding in everyday life. ing metal, wood, ivory, lacquer, the Thomas Cook award. stone and clay; thangkas, includ- THE TIBETAN BOOK OF ing painted, appliqued and em- THE DEAD, by Evans-Wentz. TIBET IS MY COUNTRY: An broidered examples; wall Tibet #OXTBD $7.95. a travel survival kit Autobiography of Thubten Jigme paintings; and iconography, in- This is a classic Tibetan Buddhist Norbu, brother of the Dalai cluding body positions, gestures, scripture focusing on the nature of Lama, as told to Heinrich Har- and symbols associated with dei- TIBET, by Pietro F Mele; intro. by the mind and its projections- rer, by Norbu. 300 pp. ties. Janet Gyatso has written an Michael C. van Walt van Praag 9 wrathful and peaceful—which #WIBKTMC $16.95 excellent chapter on "Image as 1/2 x 9 1/2" #SLBKT $25 seem to be objective. This book Heinrich Harrer has told in Seven Presence: The Place of Art in Pietro Francesco Mele is regarded describes what happens after you Years in Tibet how he accompanied Tibetan Religious Thinking". as one of the world's most out- die and the psychic experiences in the Dalai Lama and his family on standing photographers. He was the intermediate state before TIBETAN , by their flight from the Chinese Com- the official photographer of an rebirth. . #WIBKTDH munists in 1951. For many years Italian expedition through India to $14.95 he kept a close friendship with Tibet led by Professor Giuseppe NEW TITLE Thubten Norbu, the Dalai Lama's Tucci, one of the greatest authori- NEW TITLE elder brother, and together they ties on Tibetan history, literature kt&f&atwt wrote this book. Besides being the and religion. This opportunity story of Norbu's own life, it is a gave Mele a unique opportunity to uniquely authentic document partake in Tibetan life. This book about the last decades of free presents a series of photos that ex- TIBET-A TRAVEL SUR- Tibet's history. emplify Tibetan culture. Each VIVAL KIT, by Buckley and page frames a facet of the Tibetan Strauss. #LPTSK $7.95 people and Tibetan landscape in NEW TITLE The fabled mountain land of Tibet a way that delights the eye. is now opening up to travelers. In his introduction, Michael van This premier guide has full details Walt updates the reader on the on this remote and fascinating major events in Tibet that have oc- region, including crossing the curred since Mele traveled there. border to Nepal for a new Asian Cataclysmic changes have drasti- overland route. Contains many cally altered the face of Tibet, color photos and useful descrip- making this book's record histor- tions of the region, as well as its ically valuable as well as artistically history and culture. beautiful. TIBET AND ITS HISTORY, by Hugh Richardson. 344 pp. #SHTH $10.95 TIBETAN BUDDHIST ART, As the official representative of the Hiroki Fujita. 203 pp. 8 1/2x11 TIBETAN-ENGLISH DIC- British and Indian governments at 3/4", 104 large color photos, TIONARY OF BUDDHIST Lhasa for long periods between #POTBA $80 TERMINOLOGY, Tsepak Rig- 1936 and 1950, Richardson writes This massive work contains many zin. 479 pp. ILTTED $25 cloth This is the first such dictionary in from firsthand knowledge of Tibet ohn F. outstanding photos of art and life and its people. He opens with a Avedon and landscape. After a foreword by English and is based on "The brief but thorough description of H.H. the Dalai Lama, there are Great Volume of Precise Under- Tibet's geography, economy, lan- chapters on Tibet, the Himalaya standing" (Mahavyutpatti)—the and the monasteries, followed by first Sanskrit-Tibetan dictionary guage, government, people, and TIBET TODAY: Current Condi- culture. He traces the evolution of thangkas representing the life of commissioned by King Tri Ral- tions and Prospects, John the Buddha, eight great scholars, pachen in the 9th century, sup- rule from the early religious kings Avedon. 32 pp. #WIBKTT $3.95 four great founders of schools, the plemented from the works of to the Dalai Lamas and interprets John Avedon assesses the legacy of Kings of Shambala, Panchen various Tibetan lamas. The work the events the led to the Chinese nearly forty years of Chinese rule Communist invasion in 1959. Lama, Ling Rinpoche, H.H. the contains 4,000 main entries and in Tibet, and looks at the future Dalai Lama. These are each exten- over 6,000 sub-entries, providing prospects of survival for Tibet's six sively described. Sanskrit equivalents where million people as a nation with its possible. own unique cultural identity. TIBETAN BUDDHIST MEDI- CINE AND PSYCHIATRY, by A TIBETAN-ENGLISH DIC- TIBET, by Elisabeth Booz. 208 pp. Terry Clifford. #WETBM $15.95 TIONARY, Sarat Chandra Das. #PATIB $9.95 cloth #MBTED $19.95 Tibet provides essential practical Presented here is a comprehensive Compiled from a large number of information about Lhasa—the and clearly laid-out introduction to Tibetan and Sanskrit works, this principal city of business and the Tibetan art of healing. In dictionary contains Tibetan words devotion—and many places far be- straightforward language, the with their accepted Sanskrit yond. 14 maps and diagrams pro- author discusses the many compo- equivalents, followed by the En- vide excellent details unavailable nents of Tibetan Buddhist glish meaning. All the technical anywhere else, while special sec- medicine—its religious, terms are illustrated with extracts tions on history, culture, and ge- philosophical and psychological from Sanskrit and Tibetan works.

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TIBETAN MEDICINE: A TO LHASA AND BEYOND, by Wholistic Approach To Better Giuseppe Tucci, Foreword by His STI LL N EW Health, by Dr. Lobsang Rapgay, TIBETAN Methods & Materials Holiness the Dalai Lama 193 pp. Ph.D.. 87 pp. #TMTM $7.00 THANCKA TAINTING 24 photos #SLBKTLB $14.95 This book discusses Tibetan Prof. Giuseppe Tucci was both a medicine—the humanistic ap- renowned orientalist and adven- proach to health. Contents: the re- turer. He has received many lation of mental disorders to awards and honors for his scholar- physical illness, systems of psy- ship, and his publications on his- chology, wind in death meditation, tory, art, archaeology and wind diseases, madness, treatment ethnology have been translated of cancer, relaxation yoga. into many languages. To Lhasa, and Beyond is a fas- cinating account of Tibet as it was prior to the upheavals following the Chinese take-over in 1959. Prof. Tucci takes the reader along the roads he followed in 1949 and reveals the people, religion, art, customs and landscape of a coun- try that very few Westerners ever TIBETAN PILGRIMAGE, by TIBETAN THANGKA PAINT- had the opportunity to see—Tibet Peter Gold. 200 pp. approx. ING: Methods & Materials, by was a free country and its high #SLBKTPI $14.95 David P. & Janice A. Jackson with civilization was intact. TRANSLATING BUDDHISM Travel not only stirs the blood, It also appendix by Robert Beer. 216 pp. Intimate in style, this travelogue FROM TIBETAN: An Introduc- gives birth to the spirit. 8-1/4" x 11-3/4" #SLBKTTP vividly captures for the reader tion to the Tibetan Literary Lan- Peter Gold takes us on a won- $24.95 Prof. Tucci's experiences in Tibet. guage and the Translation of drous pilgrimage to the Tibetan This is a new up-dated edition Not only is this book entertaining, from Tibetan, by communities of India and Nepal with valuable guidelines for thang- it is also enriched by his vast Joe Wilson, Jr., textbook & cas- and offers us an intimate view of ka painting using modern tech- knowledge of Tibetan art and settes, #SLBKTBT $45 cloth, their ways of life, art, spiritual niques and commercially available culture. Replete with photos and Winter 89 practices and sacred places. materials by the highly respected illustrations, this book is both a Based on the system developed by Through his engaging and creative thangka painter, Robert Beer. He literary and a visual splendor. Jeffrey Hopkins at the University style and superb color photos, has also added many line drawings "Tucci's description of the time- of Virginia, this book presents in TIBETAN PHRASEBOOK, An- Peter brings us face-to-face with of the primary deities to show the less civilization of the Tibetan peo- lesson form, with drills and read- drew Bloomfield and Yanki Tsher- the heart of Tibetan life—its geometrical proportions. ple is as perceptive and relevant ing exercises, a practical introduc- ing. Includes two-90 min. rugged practicality and spiritual Tibetan Thangka Painting is the today as it was when he wrote the tion to the grammar, syntax and cassettes, 4-1/4" x 7" mysteries. first detailed description of the book thirty years ago. It is hoped conceptual vocabulary of the Tibe- #SLBKTPH $19.95 We share the author's ex- techniques and principles of the that this book will contribute tan language used in Buddhist Tibetan Phrasebook by Andrew periences in Dharamsala, India, sacred art of Tibetan scroll paint- towards a better understanding of works on philosophy and medita- Bloomfield & Yanki Tshering is headquarters of His Holiness the ing. Not only does this book docu- the Tibetan people and their tion. The book, which is accom- the first extensive Tibetan phrase- Dalai Lama and the Tibetan ment an ancient and in some ways values."—His Holiness, the Dalai panied by cassettes in Tibetan for book. It is suitable for both travel- government-in-exile. Peter dis- endangered tradition, but it can Lama use with the drills and exercises, ers and beginners in Tibetan covers the world's most unusual also serve as a useful guide for ar- serves as an introduction both to language. The book is 145 museum at the Tibetan Library tists. This book presents, step-by- the reading and translating of pages—longer than most phrase- and the curative power of Tibetan step, the techniques by which a NEW TITLE Tibetan and to the central ideas of books, and the two 90-minute medicine. The president of the thangka is made, from the prepa- from SNOW LION Buddhist philosophy and medita- tapes make it possible to hear how Tibetan Women's Organization ration of the canvas to the final ap- tion. We apologize for the time it the language should sound. speaks frankly on the position of plication of the sacred syllables has taken to complete this book. Yanki's clear, female voice is easy women in Tibetan society. An ora- behind each completed figure. We think it will certainly be worth to understand and accelerates the cle goes into trance as the voice of Included is a description of the the wait. learning process. People tell us a goddess speaks through her pigments, how they are mixed and that Tibetan Phrasebook is super- body. Peter relates his dramatic en- how applied. The theories under- TREASURY OF DHARMA: A bly written and a pleasure to use. counter with the preserved body lying the painting method are Tibetan Whether you are looking for a of Ling Rinpoche. elaborated, and different chapters Course, by Geshe Rabten. 224 pp. room, visiting a monastery, or To cap the Tibetan Pilgrimage, introduce the reader to the basic #THBKTD $14.95 speaking with a lama, the Tibetan Peter Gold joins two hundred principles of composition, color Geshe Rabten describes the men- Phrasebook and accompanying thousand other pilgrims at Bodh and figural proportions. tal roots of happiness and suffer- tapes make immediate communi- Gaya, India—place of Sakyamuni A wealth of line drawings and ing, the wholesome and cation with Tibetans easy and fun. Buddha's enlightenment—for the photographs illustrates the steps unwholesome tendencies of the Travelers to Tibet, Nepal, and In- Kalachakra Tantric Initiation un- and the many line drawings of mind, and introduces different dia as well as persons desiring to der the direction of the Dalai symbols and motifs will gready aid meditative techniques for effective- speak with Tibetans in the West Lama. Amid a festival of deities, the artist. ly counteracting our misconcep- will find this book invaluable. sights, sounds and offerings, Peter Robert Beer discusses in great tions and negative emotions. He Tibetan Phrasebook begins by in- leads us into the heart of the detail how to use modern tech- TRANSCENDENT WISDOM emphasizes the responsibility we A Commentary Bodhisattta Way ot Die have to the world and the necessi-

system and a simple yet complete calm center of Buddhism. outstanding section and makes this H.H. the Dalai Lama ty of adopting the altruistic values grammar. In addition to contain- "You have captured the spirit of book really useful for Western , Ed. & Amwtaretf by !?, fiter. Wail- of the bodhisattva. The book con- ing phrases and dialogues, each Tibetan Buddhism by your capac- artists. cludes with a detailed analysis of chapter is preceded by useful in- ity of sharing the life and the con- emptiness, the ultimate nature of TIBETAN TRADITION OF formation, vocabulary, and some victions of the people who TRANSCENDENT WISDOM: reality, an understanding of which MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, by pointers about Tibetan customs preserved their culture even in ex- A Commentary on the Ninth lies at the very heart of Buddhist Geshe Dhargyey. #LTTT $9.95 and etiquette. The appendices in- ile, and thus saved it for the rest Chapter of Shantideva's Guide to practice. A comprehensive presentation of clude these helpful sections: Num- of humanity. the Bodhisattva Way of Life, by the graded path to enlightenment bers, Dates, Days and Time, Your descriptions and your ex- H.H. the Dalai Lama; Trans., ed. TREKKING IN THE HIMAL- based on a series of teachings given Dates of Festivals, Religious and periences.. .are deeply moving & annotated by B. Alan Wallace. AYAS, by Tomoya lozawa. 208 pp., in the philosophy class of the Monastic Vocabulary and a Gener- and will teach even the uninitiat- #SLBKTW $9.95 many color and b&w photos and Library of Tibetan Works and Ar- al Vocabulary. ed the beauty and spiritual The Guide to the Bodhisattva Way other illustrations, #HITIH chives. A thorough and accessible Though the clear and simple achievements of Tibetan Budd- of Life is one of the most highly $24.95 introduction to Tibetan Budd- form of romanization ensures that hism. You have seen this through recommended texts for Mahayana Covering the entire range of 3500 hism. Geshe Dhargyey speaks you will be understood, two the eyes of a poet and the heart of practice. The ninth chapter of that kilometers, this is the most com- from his own experience about 90-minute cassette tapes comple- a lover."—Lama Anagarika book, the chapter on Transcendent plete guidebook on trekking in the how to implement the teachings ment the book so that you can ac- Govinda Wisdom, is known among Budd- Himalayas. It contains a wealth of and integrate them with the mind. tually hear and practice how the hist scholars as a challenging and information on trekking in the TIBETAN REFLECTIONS, by words and phrases are spoken by profound exposition of the Himalayan range; descriptions of Peter Gold. 112 pp. 22 color pho- a native. Unlike many courses Madhyamika View of Buddhist people, places, customs and man- tos #WIBKTR $11.95 which use sometimes difficult-to- philosophy. It is difficult to under- ners are presented in the text, as Peter's interesting experiences in understand male voices, Yanki's stand without a commentary. well as through photographs, refugee communities. clear pronunciation has been en- In 1979, His Holiness the Dalai sketches, maps and charts. It is an thusiastically praised by students Lama delivered an oral teaching exceptionally well-produced, of Tibetan. on this text before an assembly of authoritative guide, and a very over a thousand Tibetans and useful travelling aid. Westerners. B. Alan Wallace has translated, edited and added ex- planatory notes to this extraor- dinarily clear and valuable commentary which clarifies the different points and shows how the Centrist View differs from other Buddhist and non-Buddhist

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This is unavoidable; we NY, NY 10016, 212-213-5010. offer them to you because of their Shipping (please refer to info on postage) valuable contents. 2. TIBETAN FRIENDSHIP GROUP, 1206 Alviria Drive, Ojai, TOTAL BACKORDER POLICY CA 93023, 805-646-2892. This is a long-standing, well-informed or- We do everything possible to as- ganization founded for the purpose sure quick fulfillment of your ord- I I Yes! I would like to remain on the Snow Lion mailing list. of helping Tibetan refugees ers. Due to unforseen circum- through various relief projects. stances, it is sometimes necessary Write to Diana Peron for further Check or MO enclosed to backorder items. If an item is information. Visa Master Card American Express unavailable for any reason, we will notify you on your invoice and 3. THE OFFICE OF TIBET, Expiration Date: ship it as soon as possible. If you 107 E. 31st St., 4th Floor, NY, NY 10016, (212) 213-5010. 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