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SNOW LION PUBLICATIONS PO BOX 6483, ITHACA, NY 14851, (607)-273-8506 ISSN 1059-3691 VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2 Transmission The Statement of His Holiness How 'The Cyclone' Came to the West the Dalai on the Occasion by Mardie Junkins of the 33rd Anniversary of Once there lived a family in the practice were woven into their he danced on the rocks in an ex- village of Joephu, in the Palrong lives. If one of the children hap- plosion of radiant energy. Not sur- the Tibetan National Uprising valley of the Dhoshul region in pened to wake in the night, the prisingly, Tsa Sum Lingpa is Eastern Tibet. There was a father, father's continuous chanting could especially revered in the Dhoshul mother, two sisters, and two be heard. region of Tibet. As we commemorate today the brothers. Like many Tibetan fam- The valley was a magical place The oldest of the brothers was 33rd anniversary of the March ilies they were very devout. The fa- with a high mountain no one had nicknamed "The Cyclone" for his 10th Uprising in 1959,1 am more ther taught his children and the yet climbed and a high lake with enormous energy. He would run optimistic than ever before about children of the village the Bud- milky white water and yellow crys- up a nearby mountain to explore the future of Tibet. This optimism dhism of Tibet, the . He tal sand around its edges, sand that and play for hours. One day he stems from the determination of taught them to read and write and dissolved instantly on the tongue found a baby goat on the moun- the Tibetan people inside Tibet to chant the stories of the Buddha without a taste. This mountain had tainside and was so taken with it and also from the dramatic Shakyamuni and of Padmasamb- extraordinary rocks with foot- that he hid it under his shirt and changes that have taken place hava, the second Buddha who prints embedded in them. Tsa streaked home. An upset mother everywhere in the world, particu- brought to Tibet. Sum Lingpa, the Crazy Wisdom goat wasn't far behind. His own larly in the erstwhile Soviet Union. Teachings of the Dharma and Yogi, made these footprints when mother advised him to return the I feel certain that in the next five baby goat, which he did reluctant- to ten years some major changes ly. Other times he would pick wild will take place in China. mushrooms and stuff them in his The collapse of totalitarian re- shirt, but they were so plentiful gimes in different parts of the that they kept falling out, a world, the break-up of the Soviet predicament for a five-year-old. empire ana re-emergence of sover- Many a summer day "The Cy- eign, independent nations rein- clone" would lie down in a field force our belief in the ultimate of wildflowers—all with names of triumph of truth, justice, and the model for solving similar problems Tibetan deities—and gaze up into human spirit. The bloody October elsewhere in the world. In today's the vast blue Tibetan sky. revolution of 1917, which con- world of interdependence and in- During his fifth year he went on trolled the fate of the Soviet Un- terconnectedness, no nation can a journey with his mother to a ion for seven decades, came to an hope to survive, let alone prosper mountain miles away. They were end in the bloodless, non-violent on its own. At the same time, no going to visit a well-known monk August Revolution of 1991. nation or community wants to be named Ahtsok to whom the moth- We know from history that the a colony or subservient to another. er had a special devotion and who mightiest of empires and military The present Chinese leadership lived in lifelong retreat. Local peo- powers come and go. No power re- today has two choices. The first ple brought him offerings of mains sacrosanct forever. This is one is to start an enlightened po- cheese, yogurt, tea or tsampa and particularly true in this modern litical process for a smooth transi- left them a distance away from the age when the power of communi- tion towards a fully democratic cave with a friendly shout; other cations is so effective. It is, there- society and allow the countries times they stayed to visit. The fore, quite clear that China cannot they have forcibly annexed and oc- mother and son were visiting on remain unaffected by what is hap- cupied to become free and equal this day and climbed miles up the pening inside and outside the partners in the new world order. Ven. Palden Sherab (I.), Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal mountain to Ahtsok's cave above country. The second choice is to push the Rinpoche (r.) Continued on page 6. The present Chinese leadership country to the brink of a bloody must have the vision and wisdom political struggle, which in a coun- to learn from the current political try populated by a quarter of hu- changes in the world in order to find manity would be a great tragedy. Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light a lasting and peaceful solution to On our part, there will be no lack their problems. Today, we have on of willingness or sincerity, should New Book from Snow Lion the one hand the total disintegration the Chinese government show a of the Soviet Union, and on the oth- genuine interest in finding a solu- er, the fast emergence of one com- tion to the Tibetan problem. Even Dream Yoga and the Practice of inventions, cultural discoveries mon Europe voluntarily joining though the Strasbourg Proposal, Natural Light, by Namkhai Nor- and glimpses of the future. Sys- together for common and mutual which I made more than three bu. Edited by Michael Katz. 160 tems for developing dream aware- benefit. We are also seeing the birth years ago, is no longer valid, we are pp., $12.95, available June. ness are to be found among of a new Commonwealth of In- committed to the path of negotia- Few of us remember the many Australian Aborigines, Hawaiians, dependent States out of the ashes of tions. This willingness is amply dreams we have each night. Few- Native Americans, ancient Greeks the now defunct Soviet Union. demonstrated in my proposal for er still invent or create in our and Tibetan Buddhists. For some years I have been put- an early visit to Tibet. Regrettably, dreams, or often achieve lucidity. In Dream Yoga and the Practice ting forward similar ideas for solv- this proposal was turned down by Lucid dreams are those in which of Natural Light, Norbu Rinpoche ing the Sino-Tibetan problems. I the Chinese government. one is aware that one is dreaming gives instructions for developing have also said that this could be a Continued on page 5 even as the dream continues, a the capacity for clarity within the phenomenon that has been scien- sleep and dream states. Going be- Catalog Contents: tifically verified. Not long ago "lu- yond the practices of lucid dream- Adventure & Travel 38 Music & Chants 42 cid dreaming" might have been ing that have been popularized in Art & Photography 38-39 Ordering Info 44 considered an oxymoron. the West, this book presents Audio Tapes 40-41 Other Traditions 40 Unusual dreams have helped to methods for manipulating dream Biography 29 Posters 24 guide mankind's cultural, scientif- states that are part of a system for Cards 24 Religion & Phil 31-37 ic and religious progress. In the enhancing self-awareness called Children 26 Sale Items 43 Western world unusual dreams . In this tradition, the answer format. Cookbooks 27 Videos 42-43 were linked with the discoveries of development of lucidity in the Also included in this book is a 22-23 Women's Studies 28 the benzene molecule by Kekule, dream state is understood in the text written by Mipham, the Death & Dying 30 the sewing machine by Howe, and context of attaining greater aware- nineteenth-century master of Dharma Items 19-21 THIS IS A MAIL ORDER even portions of Einstein's theory ness in the after-death states for the Dzogchen, which offers addition- Health & Fitness 27 CATALOG. RETAIL STORES of relativity. Many non-Western ultimate purpose of attaining liber- al insights into this extraordinary History & Politics 29-30 SHOULD REFER TO THE peoples take for granted that ation. Much of the material is form of and awareness. 23 SNOWLION TRADE CATALOG. dreams can yield cures for illness, presented in a lively question and Continued on page 12 Language 28

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG NAMGYAL IN AMERICA! Start-up Schedule Set at Institute of An unusual introductory sum- mer retreat and a start-up sched- /> ■• ule of fall semester courses have been set by the recently estab- lished Namgyal Monastery Insti- -Si !»' tute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, . The monastery is a branch of Namgyal Monastery, the personal monastery of His Holiness the jjjf ';;i--h' Tenzin Rabgye Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, . Ven. Lobsang Gyaltsen Five monks are scheduled to arrive , HUKS^^***^ Wf^^^Vf Hpti* 11 in Ithaca, New York from Dha- phase, if funds allow, we hope to the Ithaca community. Two monks ramsala during late spring to be- have William Magee, currently In- will help teach an intensive sum- gin an important new chapter in structor in Religious Studies, mer program in Tibetan language the and Tibe- V*. : V' .'■.■'■" ■ -.'■'■ V- ....-; Tibetan Language and Literature and debate at the University of tan culture in America. Namgyal : ; v : Z vfc^:-^'^ o' ':'' ,::;;:.ri-: :^> : : >v> . - ^ ^ ; , ; v^.M: -+■■ ■ ' " <' at the University of Virginia, re- Virginia from June 8th through Monastery Institute of Buddhist side at Namgyal Institute to assist August 7th in order to gain ex- Studies will open its doors, provid- with teaching and translation. perience working with western ing an opportunity for authentic THE "GET ACQUAINTED WITH students. From July 6th through study of in MONKS TO VISIT July 25th, three of the monks will traditional monastic setting. The NAMGYAL" SUMMER RETREAT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA be constructing a sand at Institute is non-sectarian and The monks from Dharamsala the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts courses will be open to all quali- AUGUST 14-21, 1992 are expected to arrive in May 1992, in Richmond. fied students regardless of race, Namgyal Monastery Institute's first official program will be although regular classes will not All of the monks will be back in gender or religious affiliation. As a seven-day introductory retreat August 14-21, 1992. This retreat begin officially until September Ithaca in August for the nine-day an Institute of Buddhist Studies, will provied an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with (see the preliminary class sched- retreat which marks the first offi- Namgyal combines the Tibetan Namgyal. The retreat will begin Friday, August 14, with an ear- ule). During the summer the cial program of the monastery. faculty with an adjunct faculty ly evening meal and afterwards a meditation led by Namgyal's monks will be fixing up their liv- This will be a great kick-off for the drawn from preeminent Western Chanting Master, Ven. Tenzin Dasang. ing facilities and getting to know program. scholars of Tibetan Buddhism. Each day the participants will practice shamatha meditation Students with an interest in as a group for three hours. For the remainder of the day, various Buddhism working in Anthropol- classes will be available from which to choose, including: Ritual ogy, Asian Studies, Religious Arts (sand painting, butter sculpture, etc.; Symbolism in Tibe- Studies, Art, and interfaith and tan Art; The Buddhist and Setting Up a Daily Practice; PRELIMINARY FALL cross-cultural studies will all find Tibetan Language; Buddhist and Meditation Theory. a place at Namgyal. In the found- The site for the retreat is Arnot Forest, located one-half hour ing documents for the Institute, from Ithaca. The wildlife forest is maintained by Cornell Univer- COURSE SCHEDULE the Namgyal Monastery commit- sity's Department of Natural Resources and has a lodge, twelve tee wrote: "Our primary objective cabins and shower facilities. The preliminary fall course Tibetan education to lead students is to provide a qualified program Partial attendance is possible for those who cannot attend the schedule includes five courses into and to of Buddhist Studies and Tibetan full seven days. The cost of the retreat will be $200 without ac- totaling 15 units of study. Since increase their sharpness and ana- culture taught by monks who en- commodations; $270 includes cabin lodging or tenting if pre- Namgyal Institute cannot become lytical capacities. This course thusiastically strive to offer their ferred. Meals are available at a small additional cost. Particulars academically accredited until a covers content and procedure in understanding with great zeal; and about directions, meal options, etc. will be mailed by July 1. A record of performance has been es- beginning debate and contextual- to promote a harmonious relation- deposit of $100 is required, refundable until July 20. Please ad- tablished, students seeking formal izes this technique with a view to- ship of understanding with both dress registration and correspondance to: Namgyal Retreat, P.O. credit are urged to investigate spe- ward its educational efficacy and Tibetans and Westerners." His Box 127, Ithaca, NY 14851. ■ cial arrangements with their own religious significance. Holiness has described the under- (or other) accredited institutions taking as "an excellent and impor- PRESENTATION OF TIBE- that may be willing to offer credit plete program of Tibetan Buddhist TAN MEDITATION-3 tant project" destined to be of upon review of Namgyal's courses study traditionally found in a units great benefit to many people. and proof of satisfactory comple- monastery. (Meets 2 times per week: T, Namgyal monks are no tion of study. Interested individu- Topics covered in the Snow Lion TH—1 hr. per session) strangers to the , hav- als may contact the Namgyal Namgyal Textbook series include Textbooks: Shamatha Meditation ing accompanied and assisted His Secretary for more details or to ar- classical Tibetan language; mind; and Walking Through Walls Holiness the Dalai Lama on many range a discussion between Nam- logical reasoning and debate; val- The focus of the topics dis- of his journeys to the U.S., most gyal and an accredited institution. recendy as part of the Internation- id cognition; the four sys- cussed here is calm abiding and al Year of Tibet. During 1991, tems of Vaibhashika, Sautrantika, The five courses to be offered special insight. The achievement Namgyal monks created sand Chittamatra and Madhyamika this fall, subject to final review, of liberation from afflictive emo- mandala exhibitions and offered (both Svantantrika and Pransangi- include: tions and the realization of full en- musical performances at museums ka); the four sets of Kriya, TIBETAN LANGUAGE-4 units lightenment depends on the throughout the country, acquaint- Charya, Yoga and Anuttarayoga (Meets 4 times per week: M, T, successful development of calm ing many Americans with their ex- Tantra; as well as detailed presen- W, TH—1 hr. per session) abiding and special insight. The quisite sacred arts. tations of the major specific Textbooks: Translating Buddhism methods for practicing, the objects Namgyal Dratsang ("Victorious meditational tantric practices and from Tibetan, Fluent Tibetan, of observation, the obstacles to Monastery"), is a 417-year old in- specialized topics essential for an and Debate in Tibetan meditation and how to overcome stitution founded by the Third understanding of those practices. Buddhism them, the deepening stages of calm Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, in An Introduction to the Tibetan abiding and special insight, and NAMGYAL FACULTY 1575. Since that time, Namgyal Ven. Tenzin Dawa preparing small language in both its literary and the signs of achievement are dealt with from the perspectives of has served as a center of Buddhist sand painting. Six Tibetan monks will form the colloquial forms. Students learn learning, religious arts and medi- core residential faculty of Namgyal basic grammar and develop hear- , and Tantra. tation, while Namgyal monks have year diploma program. Shorter, Institute while also establishing ing and speaking proficiency in PERSONAL DIRECTED assisted the Dalai in their non-diploma courses will be avail- the nucleus of the branch monas- colloquial Tibetan as well as STUDY-3 units performance of religious rituals able to students who are unable to tery. Other Namgyal monks at- through training in a formal debate (Meets 1 hr. per week— and practices. Namgyal's program pursue the complete five-year tending universities in the U. S. or technique in Tibetan. There is ex- individually scheduled) of studies has been shaped by diploma. The Institute will seek visiting for other purposes will stay tensive use of drill and tapes as Students in consultation with respective Dalai Lamas. His Holi- affiliation with various academic at the Ithaca branch from time to well as training in translation tech- one of the lamas will determine a ness the present Dalai Lama has institutions to allow students from time and provide specific instruc- niques. topic for personal guided study. those universities and colleges to tional skills. Additional teaching introduced many innovations to LANGUAGE LAB-2 units The student and lama will then register for classes and receive faculty will be drawn from both the monastery including a new syl- (Meets twice a week: T, TH—1 meet for one hour each week pri- visiting Tibetan scholars and a labus and program of study. The credit from their primary school. hr. per session) vately to review the progress of the permanent adjunct faculty of program has now becoming a Tapes for Fluent Tibetan will be student. Students will be expect- BASED ON Western Buddhist scholars as- ed to complete a paper on the topic model for other Tibetan monaster- used. ies and is unique in that it com- SNOW LION TEXTBOOKS sociated with leading colleges, of study. universities and teaching centers. DEBATE IN TIBETAN bines both sutra and tantra in one An essential part of the Namgyal In addition to this core curricu- Fifteen such adjunct faculty mem- BUDDHISM-3 units diploma-granting program. This Institute study program is the re- lum, other activities and evening bers are now formally affiliated (Meets once a week: F—2 hrs. particular program is especially cent availability of key Tibetan and weekend courses are being well suited to Western students be- teaching texts in English transla- with Namgyal Institute. It is en- per session) Textbook: Debate in Tibetan planned, subject to finalization cause of its streamlined focus on tion. Snow Lion has been work- visioned that visiting lecturers will once the monks arrive and settle provide expertise not only in tradi- Buddhism essential topics. ing for five years on the Namgyal into a rhythm. For now, the list of tional Buddhist studies but also in An essential prerequisite in Namgyal Institute's Western Textbook Project to develop this other activities and courses in- such areas as Tibetan religious Tibetan philosophical studies is adaptation of this syllabus series of texts which now make it cludes: minimizes the extensive memori- possible to follow an English cur- arts, East-West cultural exchange, ascertainment of the procedure in zation and replaces study of Eng- riculum modeled very closely on and religious inter-faith dialogue. debate, for debate is the investiga- DAILY MEDITATION lish with study of Tibetan in a five- the same material taught in a com- During the 1992-93 start-up tive technique used throughout 5:30 p.m. each day (1 hr.)

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG NAMGYAL IN AMERICA!

■ ■£ scholar at Namgyal Institute, a monks travel fund, funding for special programs such as an annual inter-faith colloquium, and a general endowment fund. Interested readers should write for more details on these funding objectives. Contact: Secretary, Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, P.O. Box 127, Ithaca, New York 14851. ■

Ven. Tenzin Lhunpo. Ven. Tenzin Dasang. Ven. Tkubten Wangchen Ven. Pema Losang Chogyen.

EVENING PROGRAMS FUNDRAISING-AN URGENT Namgyal Institute's first year In addition to basic funding, History and Culture of Tibet (T) AND EVER PRESENT costs are estimated as follows: Namgyal Institute has also estab- (Meets once a week—1 hr.) CHALLENGE Educational Program Expenses lished some special funding goals (W) A major fund-raising campaign $37,610 38% (of budget) which we hope to see fulfilled in (Meets once a week—1 1/2 hrs.) to secure the future of Namgyal in Living and medical expenses for order to bring to life a larger, more Textbook: Shamatha Meditation North America is now underway. the monks mature vision of Namgyal in the Introduction to Tibetan Language The effort involves both contribu- $24,140 25% West. Included among these goals (TH) tions from the monks of Namgyal Housing for monastery and classes are special funds for: a building to (Meets once a week—1 1/2 hrs.) in Dharamsala, as well as commit- $17,142 17% permanently house the monastery Textbook: Fluent Tibetan and ments from a growing number of One-time start-up costs and teaching facilities, develop- Translating Buddhism From volunteer fund-raisers and con- $19,180 20% ment of Namgyal's library, a visit- Tibetan tributing individuals and foun- TOTAL FIRST YEAR COSTS ing scholars fund, endowment of SPECIAL WEEKEND dations. $98,072 100% a scholastic chair for a Western PROGRAMS As part of the start-up cost, One program per month is the Namgyal Monastery, Dharamsala, goal, drawing from the subject is contributing the cost of the Silk Applique of areas outlined below. These pro- monks' travel to the U.S., a cash grams will be taught by resident outlay of nearly $5,000. This is an monks, adjunct faculty members extraordinarily generous contribu- His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama or visiting teachers. tion given the general demands on the monastery in India, which A limited number of original Dharamsala. He studied there Sand Painting and unique depicting for the next six years, during Setting up an Altar and helps to illustrate the importance Namgyal Monastery places on this the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in which time he attended classes in Making classical style are being made traditional applique and em- Symbolism in new monastic branch and teaching institute. In addition, two Namgy- available as a gift by Namgyal broidery. Topics in Tibetan Buddhist Monastery. In 1978, Tenzin entered Nam- Philosophy al monks have already spent a month or so apiece volunteering These superb thangkas were gyal Monastery, completing his Thangka Painting created by the Tibetan monk- monastic studies in 1985. These Tibetan Medicine time preparing special items which are being given to major donors in artist Tenzin Gawa Dorjee Wang- studies included: memorization Topics of Meditation du. Tenzin is the only artist to of ritual texts, ritual music, in- Mask Making gratitude for their support (ex- plained in the donation section be- make a thangka of His Holiness struction in the making of sand EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES low). These include the the Dalai Lama using the ancient and the traditional AND PROGRAMS remarkable silk applique thankas figurative tradition of silk- butter sculptures. At the request a) Regular Fees (full time status is of His Holiness made by Ven. Ten- applique and embroidery. The 3' of the Tibetan community in 12 or more units) zin Gawa Dorjee Wangdu and x 5' thangka bears His Holiness' Ladakh, he repaired 115 ap- Application fee numerous sand paintings prepared signature and sewn into the bro- plique and embroidery thangkas (non-refundable) $20 by Ven. Tenzin Dawa. Namgyal's cade border of the thangka is a of . It was during this time Registration fee per semester initial appeal for funds has gener- sealed panel containing a signed in Ladakh, that he made three (non-refundable) 20 ated about $7,000 of the targeted prayer. Long-life Deity thangkas which He has made two of these: the Tuition per unit for full-time one-time start-up cost of $18,795, Tenzin Gawa Dorjee Wangdu were recently on display at the first is in Japan and the second, students 65 which includes the monks' trav- was born in 1961 in Lhasa. His World Wide Art Gallery in New which he only just recently com- Tuition per unit for part-time el, office equipment, legal fees for mother died when he was only York City. Upon completion of pleted, was used at the students 75 incorporation and visas, and fur- two months old; his grand- the thangkas, H.H. the Dalai Kalachakra Initiation in Madison b) Fees for Special Programs nishings for the branch monastery. mother and uncle raised him to- Lama encouraged him to con- Square Garden in October 1991. Weekend Program fee .... $60 Scheduled and pending museum gether with his brother and tinue with this work. Tenzin de- The thangkas are available to Fri. evening through Sun. installations of sand mandalas by sister. When he was 11 years old, veloped his skills within this art major founding donors who give afternoon the Namgyal monks after they ar- the family escaped from Chinese- form and now has eight students. $5,000 or more to help establish (no charge for full-time regis- rive will contribute to the occupied Tibet to Nepal and Tenzin is the first Tibetan a branch of Namgyal Monastery tered students) monastery's income. But there is then India. Through the kind monk-artist to make the Kala- and Institute of Buddhist Studies Special Lectures and Workshops still a long way to go. permission of H.H. the Dalai chakra mandala in this ancient in the United States. Namgyal 5 Income from student fees, spe- Lama^ Tenzin was admitted to tradition using the technique of Monastery, P.O. Box 127, Itha- (no charge for full-time cial events, gifts and contributions the Children's Village in silk-applique and embroidery. ca, NY 14851. ■ registered students) is currently projected to fall short Daily Meditation.... donation of the first year total by about r 1 Evening courses per semester $38,000. Readers are invited both Namgyal Monastery 60 to make contributions and to make Institute of Buddhist Studies (no charge for full-time regis- creative suggestions about how to tered students) P.O. Box 127 help meet this shortfall. Ithaca, NY 14851

Name Address Telephone YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HELP ESTABLISH NAMGYAL IN AMERICA! $ Enclosed is a check for this amount as my donation to help establish Namgyal Monastery and the Institute of Buddhist Studies in America. ($25+, $60+, $500+, $1000+, $5,000+) Gifts of appreciation have been provided for the following donation levels: $5,000+ (applique thang- ka by Ven. T. G. Dorjee Wangdu), $1000+ (Namgyal mask), $500+ (sand painting by Ven. Tenzin Dawa), $150+ ("Overcoming Differences" video), and $60+ (8" x 10" full color group portrait of the Namgyal monks in Dharamsala, India. / I am interested in participating in endowment funding. I am interested in becoming a student (either degree or non-degree) at Nam- gyal and I would like to be placed on the Namgyal mailing list. (Please include a donation to cover the cost of keeping you informed). Your financial help is urgently needed. If you previously thought about giving a contribution but didn't, please reconsider. Your contributions are tax deduaable. Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies is a Ven. T,G. Dorje Wangdu starting an applique thangka of His Holiness registered S01 (c) (3) non-profit tax-exempt organization. the Dalai Lama. J

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG NEWS Dalai Lama's Visit to - k?S 1 WP ? by Celia Wright

Without the Mongols there lay supporters lined the walls with might be no Dalai Lama today, in orange and yellow materials and name at least. The of the set up a throne. Fresh thangkas Dalai Lama has been linked with were being hung from the newly Mongolia for over four hundred painted red beams, and a small years and the name Dalai ("Great modern Buddha had its place on Ocean") is itself Mongolian. the altar. Outside, the whole com- When the powerful Mongol chief pound was alive with excited converted to Tibetan yellow-robed monks, most of them Buddhism in 1578, he conferred teenagers and some not more than the title on his teacher, Sonam seven or eight years old. Later they Gyatso, who subsequently beame packed themselves into their tem- known as the Third Dalai Lama. ple and began chanting with m Although officially indepen- the familiar accompaniment of dent, "Outer Mongolia" was from cymbals, drums and horns. 1921 until last year a protectorate The Khambo Lama (the abbot), of Soviet . During those sev- an intelligent middle-aged man enty years the practice of Tibetan with bright eyes and a warm man- A Yuri Temple of the Eastern Monastery, Ulan Bator. Buddhism was brutally sup- ner, had spent time in Dharamsa- pressed. Under Stalin's orders as la and spoke some English. He living in India. Some people be- their eyes. It had been only three ed about Buddhism." He also en- many as 100,000 monks were ex- had been one of the few Mon- lieve it and some don't. Whether days since they had feared he visaged a smaller number of ecuted and all but two of the golians allowed to continue his to accept certain back to might never step on Mongolian monks and nuns in the future, but hundreds of monasteries de- practice of Buddhism. He had Mongolia will be up to the people soil in their lifetime. Now here he of greater knowledge and wisdom. stroyed. Yet in 1990, in the wave studied at a Buddhist college in In- to decide." was prostrating himself where they "And they should participate in of anti-communism that swept ner Mongolia (part of China), and Two days later, on September walked every day. But he had more social programs such as edu- across Russia and Eastern Europe, Sri Lanka before returning to serve 27th, 1991, the Dalai Lama himself come to be with the people too. cation and health," he said. Mongolia became a democratic under the head lama of Ganden arrived in Mongolia. The govern- Twice that day he sat in the hot It was the Khambo Lama of the country and the people were once Monastery, the main monastery of ment found a formula they hoped sun of a huge sports stadium and Eastern Monastery who had told again free to practice Buddhism. Mongolia and one of the few to would work, separating spiritual spoke to the crowd through a us that the Dalai Lama was about In celebration of this new state survive if only as a museum. Now from secular, and allowing virtual- translator. The crowd was huge, to visit. "Just how important was of affairs, His Holiness the Four- he has been given Tashichoeling, ly no publicity of the visit within the perhaps three or four hundred such a visit for Mongolia?" we teenth Dalai Lama was to visit the Eastern Monastery, to build up country. But the people turned out thousand, almost a quarter of the asked. "Well," he said, "in every Ulan Bator, the capital of the Peo- from scratch. in thousands, thronging the ap- whole country's population. Some religious country the religious ple's Republic of Mongolia, in "Buddhism had a very hard proach road to , were close to the loudspeakers, leaders bring a kind of blessing to June of 1991. For the people of time under communism," he told and forcing the security police to some were not. It did not seem to the whole nation. The Dalai La- this huge country, this was to be us. "The worst time was in the smuggle His Holiness into the mon- matter. They drank him in. Some ma's visit would be very important a historic moment marking their 1930s when the lamas were purged astery by another route. When the knelt on the ground holding tradi- for the harmony and stablization new freedom and the reconsecra- and the monasteries destroyed. Dalai Lama at last appeared on the tional blue scarves above their of the whole national situation." tion of their practice of Buddhism. But communism couldn't destroy platform high up on the wall of the heads as offerings. Many, both The Khambo Lama of the East- But the Dalai Lama's visit was Buddhism. It remained hidden in monastery, the crowd was delirious men and women, had newly ern Monastery would like to be in opposed by the Chinese govern- people's minds and hearts. The with happiness. shaven heads. Others had come touch with Buddhist groups or in- ment, which threatened to deny people continued practicing it, The next morning before dawn with their children and relatives dividuals in America and England Mongolia the use of Chinese ports continued their devotion to the he came again to Ganden to con- simply to be present at such a for communication and support. He if the Dalai Lama was received in Buddha. Otherwise it would not duct a special ceremony. As he historic occasion. would also welcome visitors. His the capital. This was a crippling have been possible to revive it in stepped into the temple the Dalai Later, His Holiness spoke about fledgling monastery also urgendy threat since the country is land- such a short time. Within one Lama gave a deep laugh at the his plan for the development of needs funds, although he was far too locked, and the Dalai Lama's pro- short year, about 120 monasteries sight of so many monks packed Buddhism. "Because society has polite to say so directly. If you would posed visit was finally cancelled by have been opened and the number into every last inch of the colorful changed so completely," he said, like to be in touch or help in any a nervous Mongolian government. of monks has increased to about interior. Halfway to the front the "Buddhism must change too. The way, please contact the Ven. C. When we arrived in September 2,000. yellow sea of lamas paused. His general public used to be content Dambajav, Khambo Lama, we found a country close to star- Just how much Buddhist prac- Holiness prostrated three times as to call themselves Buddhist when Tashichoeling Monastery, Ulan Ba- vation, the people desperate and tice had been possible under such aged lamas shook their heads at they had very little real knowledge. tor, Mongolia. Phone 72800. (The demoralized. The withdrawal of a repressive regime? Were they each other and wiped tears from Now they should be more educat- mail to Mongolia is slow.) ■ Russia's support and the difficul- able to study the more advanced ty of changing to a market econo- tantra, for instance? "Oh yes," my, which no one really said the Khambo Lama, understood, had led to severe "throughout the time of com- shortages of everything. The munism such practices as the shelves in the food stores were Kalachakra Tantra and Highest empty and the faces in the streets, Yoga Tantra continued, although red from cheap vodka, suggested secretly of course. Sutra was also hopelessness and apathy. The new practiced right through that time.'' 'democracy' which people had ex- And the revival of Buddhism pected to solve all their problems now—was it for the people as a had turned out to involve very whole or was it aimed at those seri- hard work and a long-term com- ously wishing to pursue enlighten- mitment; the corruption of the old ment? "It's really for spreading system was still in place barely be- elementary Buddhist education neath the surface. among the people," he said. "In At such a point of crisis in Mon- a time when there are not enough golia's history, the revival of Tibe- trained lamas it is very difficult to tan Buddhism is clearly critical to concentrate on educating the bring back spirit and morale. But tulkus. But Buddhism could be the surviving lamas are pitifully spread among the people again few, most of them in their eight- and I am optimistic because it has ies, with little time left to teach the been the national religion." new student monks before they "What about the tulkus?" I die. Rebuilding the monasteries is asked. "Apart from the Jebtsun- another problem. The country has damba Khutuktu (the reincarnate no money and produces very lit- lama and political leader whose tle. For now, many monasteries are next incarnation was not searched functioning as they can in yurts, for after he died in the 1920s), the traditional Mongol round tents were there any other reincarnating Three Namgyal Monks constructing a . Photo: Bill Warren. made of felt or wood. lines of lamas in Mongolia?" We found one such monastery "No," he said. "There are no being rebuilt amid the high-rise recognized tulkus in Mongolia at SAND MANDALA EXHIBITS Russian-built apartments of the the moment. To review the rein- Namgyal monks based at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of having a museum sponsor such capital, Ulan Bator. Tashichoeling, carnation of tulkus there are cer- Monastery in Ithaca are available Art at Cornell University, the an exhibit, have them contact us or the Eastern Monastery, is liter- tain rules," he explained, "and for sand mandala and butter IBM Gallery in New York City for more information. These ex- ally being planted on top of what when the time or opportunity is sculpture exhibits in museums and many other museums in the hibits could be an ongoing has been a childrens' playground right, the Dalai Lama will be and galleries in the United States. United States. Many of these ex- source of income for the monks since the original monastery was asked to do it." Namgyal monks have created hibits have produced record at- in Ithaca as well as the parent erased in the thirties. And the Jebtsundamba sand mandalas at the Museum of tendance at the museums. monastery in Dharamsala and Orange and yellow wooden yurts Khutuktu himself? Was it true Natural History in New York At the present time, three serve to increase awareness of were being finished and decorat- that his was known? City, the Asian Art Museum of museums have expressed interest Tibet and its culture. Contact: ed when we arrived. Sewing Did the abbot think he might re- , the Los Angles in supporting the creation of sand Namgyal Monastery, P.O. Box machines were whirring away in- turn to Mongolia? "Well," he said, Museum of Natural History, the mandalas. If you are interested in 127, Ithaca, NY 14850. ■ side the yurt-temple as monks and "his reincarnation is thought to be

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Statement, continued from page 1. confronting the Tibetan people. interim government. This interim With the increased awareness of Therefore, I strongly endorse the government, it explains, will be the real situation in present-day call by the International Campaign responsible for drawing up a Tibet, there has been growing for Tibet, the Washington-based democratic constitution under world concern and support for our organization, to dedicate June which the new government of cause. I was very encouraged by 1992 to May 1993 towards creat- Tibet will be elected by the peo- the genuine interest and sympathy ing greater awareness and an ac- ple. It assures that there will be no shown by political leaders I met tive international role concerning political recrimination against during my travels and in the past Tibet's environment and human those Tibetans who have worked year. We consider these favorable rights for Tibetans. in the Chinese Administration. In changes in the attitude of the The indomitable courage and fact, because of their experience, governments not to be anti- determination of our people in the Tibetan officials of the exist- Chinese, but to be pro-justice and Tibet has been the strength of our ing administration in Tibet should truth. movement. The unique feature of shoulder the main responsibility. Thubten Dhargye Ling Joyfully Today also marks a very success- our struggle has been its non- The future Tibet will be an oa- ful conclusion of the Internation- violent nature. While we continue sis of peace in the heartland of al Year of Tibet. The International to strive for our legitimate rights, Asia where man and nature will Announces the Upcoming Visit Year of Tibet was celebrated in we must not deviate from the path live in perfect harmony, benefiting over 36 countries with more than of non-violence. I have no doubt not only Tibet and Tibetans, but of H. H. The Dalai Lama 3,000 different events and activi- that one day our people, as well as also helping to create the basis for ties. The world is much more the peoples of Inner Mongolia and a more cordial relationship be- His Holiness will teach on Shan- lic Dharma teachings, retreats, aware of Tibet today than it was East Turkestan, will be re-united tween India and China. tideva's Bodhisattvacharyavatara and cultural events as well as house a year back as a result of Interna- in full freedom in their respective When a genuinely cordial rela- from October 23 through 27th, a replica of the Kalachakra sand tional Year of Tibet activities. countries. tionship is established between 1992, at the Santa Monica Civic mandala. Construction, which is These activities not only remind- Meanwhile, in exile, we are Tibetans and the Chinese, it will Auditorium. This teaching pro- being funded by private dona- ed the world of the ongoing suffer- preparing the ground for a fully enable us not only to resolve the vides an important foundation for tions, will begin in early 1992 and ing of the Tibetan people and the democratic Tibet in the future. An disputes between our two nations the understanding and practice of is scheduled for completion at the destruction of its environment, official document to this effect has in this century, but will also ena- both sutra and tantra. time of His Holiness' visit in Oc- but also introduced to the world been brought out recently. Enti- ble the Tibetans to make a signifi- In 1989, His Holiness consecrat- tober. Contributions are appreciat- the unique richness of the Tibe- tled "Guidelines for Future cant contribution through our rich ed the site for a Tibetan Peace ed. To receive information on His tan civilization through the presen- Tibet's Polity and the Basic Fea- cultural tradition for mental peace Temple in Malibu, , at Holiness' visit in October, and on tation of performing acts and tures of its Constitution," this among the millions of young the request of Thubten Dhargye the Temple, contact Thubten above all through the many exhi- document states that the present Chinese. Ling. Dedicated to the preserva- Dhargye Ling-TDL, 2658 La bitions. Having created tremen- Tibetan Administration will be May our struggle soon lead to tion of Tibetan Buddhism and Cienega Avenue, , CA dous enthusiasm and goodwill, we dissolved the moment we return to the restoration of our legitimate Culture, this temple will offer pub- 90034. ■ must now globally try to deal with Tibet, and that I will hand over all rights and to peace and prosperi- more specific and urgent needs my traditional political power to an ty in the whole region. ■

mortgage. We now need to raise A House for Tibet the remaining $250,000. Therefore, we must either raise In 1991, the Tibet Fund became the money or convince a bank to the proud owner of a charming give us a classic mortgage, which brownstone, 241 East 32nd Street. is difficult in that we have no rec- The building is now home to the ord of previous ownership and as Office of Tibet, (Representative a non-profit organization, we live Office of the Dalai Lama), the from generous hand to hungry Tibet Fund (non-profit fund- mouth. raising organization which aids Tibetan refugees in India and Ne- We Need Your Help pal), Tibet House (coordinator of Paying off this mortgage will al- all cultural programming, includ- low us to reduce our overhead con- ing the Year of Tibet) and ancil- siderably and focus more of our lary support groups which bring energies and resources on helping the plight of Tibet to the attention Tibet itself. Please help us by of the world. sending a tax-deductible contribu- The building was purchased for tion payable to the Tibet Fund and $825,000, and thanks to dona- earmarked for the Building Fund tions, large and small, we were to: Tibet Fund, 241 East 32nd able to raise and pay $525,000 in Street, New York, NY 10016, cash and take a two-year, interest- 212-213-5011. only mortgage from the owner for If you have any questions, please $300,000. feel free to call one of us at any We must, however, pay off this time. Thank you so much for your mortgage of $300,000 in two years consideration and support. This The Kalachakra Medal or the owner could conceivably re- building means so much to us. claim the building. pleased to hear of our success in Rinchen Dharlo, President, The Kalachakra Medal issued an international non-profit organi- During His recent visit to the purchasing the new building. He Tibet Fund Elsie Walker, Presi- by the Paris Mint commemorates zation, to issue the first ever United States, His Holiness was has donated $50,000 towards the dent, Tibet House. ■ the past, present, and future Kalachakra Medal as a fund- Kalachakra initiations conferred raising project to finance the reset- by His Holiness the 14th Dalai tlement and education of some 200 endangered culture and take an ac- Lama of Tibet. Created by the nuns who recently came to U.S. Tibet Committee tive role to preserve it. By making world-renowned Japanese medal- Dharamsala, India, from Tibet. a positive contribution in the cam- ist, Keiichi Uryu, award winner of Another 200 nuns are expected to National Grassroots Organization paign for human rights, the Tibe- the American Numismatic Socie- arrive this year. A plot of land has tan people and their culture wDl ty in 1989, it is a powerful sym- already been purchased in Lower Seeks to Establish Professional Staff be given the opportunity once bol of peace, protection, and Dharamsala with a U.S. donation The U.S. Tibet Committee ferences, lectures and video again to flourish. generosity. and the Indian Army has given (USTC) was established in 1977 by presentations; addresses forums The USTC has operated as an The medal depicts, on the ob- tents to shelter the nuns who are a group of Tibetan and American ranging from environmental all-volunteer group for almost fif- verse side, Kalachakra and his constructing their own home. volunteers seeking to raise public groups to bar associations; con- teen years, depending entirely on consort Vishvamata. The design A brochure is available. To or- awareness of Tibet's plight. Their ducts letter-writing campaigns on small, private donations and mem- was based on a thangka painting der the Kalachakra Medal please mission: to alert people to the seri- behalf of Tibetan prisoners of con- bership fees to sustain this work. made by one of the greatest artists send U.S. $90 for the bronze or ousness of the current situation in science, and urges U.S. officials to The committee's mandate and ac- in Tibetan history. The U.S. $500 for the silver medal to: Tibet and encourage them to take support the Tibetan cause. tivities have expanded well beyond symbol is on the reverse. Issued in Dr. Armand Moury, President, action. The USTC is the leading These efforts make a difference. the abilities of our volunteers, and Florentine bronze, it is 72 mm di- Tibet Society of Europe, 23 Ave- grassroots organization setting the The U.S. Congress has enacted require a full-time, professional ameter, 6 mm thickness and nue Pirenne, B-1180 Brussels, agenda for national and interna- legislation recognizing Tibet as an staff and facilities. The USTC weighs 200 grams. It is also avail- Belgium. Tel. 011-32-02-343- tional initiatives to support Tibet. occupied country. The United Na- plans to hire an executive director able in silver. 3373. and a part-time assistant. Howev- Of his work, Keiichi Uryu stat- Beginning as a small group of less tions recently passed a resolution "I have become quite familiar er, the costs of maintaining a full- ed, "The Kalachakra art is mar- than ten volunteers, the commit- condemning human rights abuses with the Tibet Society of Europe time staff will result in a two-fold tee has grown into a nationwide or- in Tibet, citing "continuous vellous. It is based on lofty through joining two of their excellent philosophy, devotion, and skill. In ganization with 30 chapters, 1,000 reports of violations.. .which increase in the yearly USTC budg- tours to India to study the arts of the creating the Kalachakra Medal, I members, and over 10,000 Tibet threaten the distinct cultural, re- et, which is simply not possible Tibetans-in-exile and participate in have given all I have. It was very supporters. ligious, and national identity of with current resources. The USTC international conferences to share is looking for both private and cor- exacting and the most difficult In an effort to create broad the Tibetan people." The AFL- knowledge in the healing arts at the awareness of the situation in Tibet, CIO and Chinese pro-democracy porate sources to help raise the work I have done so far.'' Keiichi Tibetan Medical Institute in the USTC provides informational groups have joined the USTC in funds needed to sustain and ex- Uryu has produced over 1,300 me- Dharamsala, and I can highly mailings to thousands of people in coalition to promote a boycott on pand its work. Anyone wishing to dals and reliefs. recommend the organization for its The Tibetan Minister of Reli- the Americas, Europe and Asia. Chinese-made toys. help this fund-raising campaign, integrity and humanitarian concern." The group sponsors cultural ex- The U.S. Tibet Committee please contact Lisa Keary at gious and Cultural Affairs of the hibits and lecture tours of promi- hopes to expand public exposure 212-213-5011, US Tibet Commit- Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Mr. Vivian Hunter nent exiled Tibetans and recent to Tibet so that people will real- tee, 241 East 32nd St., NY, NY Kelsang Yeshi, formally autho- Box 562, Terra Cotta Tibetan escapees; organizes con- ize the value of this ancient and 10016. Thank you. ■ rized the Tibet Society of Europe, Ontario, Canada LOP-1 NO ■

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Nyingma Transmission, repeatedly. It was also foretold that Sherab Rinpoche, the older broth- continued from page 1 son the time came to launch their yearly. Sunray members come to the time to leave was in the win- er, became Abbot at the Central In- own teaching approach in the West New York for special initiations the timber line. They found the ter. The others said, "No, lets wait stitute for Higher Tibetan Studies with His Holiness' blessing. and practice instructions which monk wrapped in ragged woolen until the spring thaw to go." Guru in , India, in charge of the Since that time their teaching bears out the Native American clothes with a wool shawl around Rinpoche also predicted that if Nyingma Department. Khen Rin- has become more extensive each prophecy that Buddhism and Na- his head; he never wore animal ever Tibetans were fleeing Tibet, poche is one of the most highly year. sprout up around tive American practice would join skins. The little boy was deeply the safe haven was a land to the qualified scholars and meditation them wherever they go. They teach their amazing forces when the Red struck by Ahtsok. south called Pemako, where the masters of the Nyingma tradition, together with a simple and beau- Hat lamas came to the west. The children were eager scholars mountains dropped down into fully versed in Hinayana, Ma- tiful method: Khen Rinpoche The Rinpoche keep at early ages. They went to the vil- tropical jungle. In 1960 the father hayana, and schools, and teaches in penetrating Tibetan and translation at the center of their at- lage monastery for instruction. gathered the family together, called a master of Dzogchen, the most de- Khenpo Tsewang translates into tention. The entire cycle of the However, their prime instruction the oldest son, now eighteen, veloped and advanced tradition of English with inspired precision Seven Treasures of the Great Long- continued to be with their father home from the monastery, and spiritual practice in the Nyingma and wit. Their sanghas are formal- chenpa is in the process of being at home. The younger brother was with only what belongings could tradition. ly called Bud- translated by Khenpo Palden recognized as a , but the fa- be carried or packed on the yaks' The younger brother, the Vener- dhist Centers, established to teach Sherab Rinpoche working in con- mily decided not to emphasize this backs, set out in the depth of win- able Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal and preserve the tradition of junction with Dr. Janet Gyatso of in his upbringing. When the ter. They headed for Pemako. The Rinpoche, graduated from San- Nyingmapa Buddhism, especial- Amherst College and Dr. Anne younger brother was born the fa- hardships of the journey were skrit University in Sarnath. His ly the meditation technique of the Klein of Rice University. The first mily chose to move to another vil- extraordinary—the Himalayas, the Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche en- Higher . The practice of edition of The by lage. The baby became gravely ill, snow and cold, the Chinese taking throned him as Abbot in Charge these profound techniques aims at Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche, and when the illness failed to re- their yaks, and having to hide at the Nyingmapa Institute in removing the habits of mind ob- translated by Khenpo Tsewang spond to ordinary remedies his from Chinese machine guns. Kathmandu where he taught Bud- scuring the true, primordial Bud- Dongyal Rinpoche with Dr. Joan parents took him to the monastery Somehow, they made it to the safe dhist philosophy, writing, callig- dha Nature and revealing its Kaye, has been republished with for a diagnosis. They were told to land. But in Pemako the altitude raphy, and poetry. He was later boundless compassion. These the collaboration of Phyllis and move back to the village of Joephu dropped extremely, the water was invested with the authority of teachings have been transmitted in Michael Friedman. because the baby was the incarna- not safe to drink, they were unac- Khenpo Abbot by His Holiness an unknown lineage from master The Khenpos regularly return tion of a highly revered lama from customed to the heat and they all and presided at Orgyen Chokhol- to master from that time to the to Sarnath, India, to oversee the the Dhoshul region. The family became ill. The mother, two sis- ing Monastery. Khenpo Tsewang present day. construction on the Nyingmapa returned to their old village and ters, and the older brother were ill is a published author, historian, The first center began in New College and Monastery which they the baby regained his health. for months. The older brother and poet, as well as an expert in York City, the Khenpos' home founded there. These visits occur When "The Cyclone" was six recovered very slowly. The moth- the study of ancient Tantric liter- base. There are now Padmasam- on an average of about every oth- years old he entered Gochen Mon- er and sisters died. ature. He holds the transmission Buddhist Centers in West er year, allowing the Khenpos to astery for his secular and religious Father and sons went on to a and all initiations of the Nyingma Palm Beach and Orlando, Florida; teach and spend time with their fa- education—a five-year undertak- refugee camp for Tibetans in North- and lineages. Wilmington, Delaware; Albuquer- ther who still lives and practices in ing. The family visited him at the ern India. Refugee schools were be- In accordance with another of que, New Mexico; Cookesville, retreat in India. monastery; the trip involved a gun and the work of translating Padmasambhava's predictions, Tennessee; Santiago, Puerto Rico; Teaching Schedule: days' ride on horseback or yak. In sacred texts went on. Many lamas that when the iron bird flies and Denver, Colorado; San Francisco, 1953, at eleven years of age, he en- had carried out of Tibet whatever the horse goes on wheels Bud- California; and in Ellsworth, April 17-19, Cookeville, TN; tered Riwoche Monastery and sacred manuscripts they could. dhism will go to the west, many Maine. Close connections and a 615-528-7897: Kriya Yoga Tantra, trained to master Tibetan Bud- When each one had contributed Tibetan lamas were now teaching full teaching schedule are main- Avalokiteshvara Practice. dhist philosophy and logic and the what he had brought, the entire in the West. So in 1980, at the in- tained with all these centers. The April 25-26, New York; teachings of the Three Yanas. body of sacred teachings was intact. sistent invitation of Dr. Rhoda P. Khenpos visit each center at least 212-255-8774: Mulamadhyamika- Throughout the 1950s the Chi- At that time the Indian government Lecocq, a professor from Califor- three times a year with one visit prajna by ; Peals nese were invading Tibet. The fa- made a proposal to the United States nia who had taken teachings from usually being a week's retreat. of Laughter. ther, knowing Padmasambhava's that India print seventeen copies of Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche From 1980 on, the Khenpos May 9-10, Ellsworth, ME; predictions, felt that the time had each Tibetan text and the United in India, the Khenpos came to the have maintained a strong connec- 207-667-6127: Meditation. come as Guru Rinpoche had said States buy them for the Library of United States for a teaching visit tion to the Native American prac- May 23-24, New York; when Tibet would be destroyed Congress. It was agreed; India to California. His Holiness Dud- tice through the Sunray 212-255-8774: Dzogchen medita- and Tibetan lamas would be scat- received payment, and the U.S. Li- jom Rinpoche later enlisted them Meditation Society and its leader, tion & practice; the Eight tered all over the world turning the brary of Congress became the in assisting with His Holiness' the Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo. Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche. wheel of the Dharma. The father repository of the treasury of Tibe- considerable Dharma activities in The Khenpos travel to Sunray's June 6-7, West Palm Beach, FL; would relate these predictions to tan manuscripts. the United States. After about Vermont Peacekeeper Center to 407-586-9941: Nagarjuna's Letter relatives and friends in the village The Venerable Khenpo Palden eight years of working in this liai- give teachings and empowerments to a Friend. ■ What vehicle pulls all these voices together? 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SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG NEWS What's New at Snow Lion? Gift Statues for Tibetan Immigrants

The visit of H. H. the Dalai insight and the signs of achieve- For three years the Tibetan U.S. H.H. the Dalai Lama to each im- Lama to Ithaca last spring was an ment are extensively described. Resettlement Project has been migrant upon departure from In- inspiration to the entire commu- Shamatha Meditation: Tibetan working to bring 1,000 Tibetan im- 1t& . dia. From the Tibetan perspective, nity. The warm welcome that he Buddhist Teachings on the Cultiva- migrants to the U.S. In April, 1992, fcvgi these gifts will be of inestimable received is now being extended to tion of Meditative Quiescence, by the first 30 Tibetans will arrive, to value, coming as they will from the six monks of Namgyal Monastery Gen Lamrimpa, who gave two be followed by 60 each month hands of His Holiness. They will and the first five Tibetans to arrive weeks of shamatha meditation in- through September 1993. Each Ti- also be of value as transitional ob- through the Resettlement Project structions to students beginning a betan will resettle in one of the 15 jects, helping the immigrants to all of whom are expected to arrive retreat. These teachings are communities across the U.S. which bridge the distance between the in May. Ithaca is rapidly becom- presented here for the benefit of have been preparing for their ar- life thy have left behind and their ing a place where people can re- anyone who aspires to achieve rival. The resettlement effort is a new homes in the U.S. ceive a solid training in Tibetan meditative quiescence in their humanitarian response to the - The cost of each statue is $5, Buddhism. This has of course regular practice or in retreat. The station the Tibetans have suffered which means we need to raise been a remarkable experience for Two Truths, by Guy Newland is for more than 40 years under the $5,000 for the 1,000 immigrants. Snow Lion. We have always had described in Religion & Philoso- Chinese Communist Regime. Since Our intent is to provide an oppor- the hope of publishing a series of phy section. Dharma Paths, by the Tibetan immigration provisions tunity for a large number of peo- books that could serve as the ba- , a were approved by Congress without ple to personally touch the life of sis for the systematic study of broad and in-depth introduction to any federal funding, the entire reset- a Tibetan immigrant by making a Tibetan Buddhism, and now that Tibetan Buddhism by the abbot of dement project needs to be privately small donation. we are seeing this goal realized, it Karma Triyana . A funded. Donations can be sent to: Tibe- is exciting to know that the books Passage from Solitude: Training the The Tibetan Resettlement tan Resettlement Project-Madison- will be used by Tibetan monks Mind in a Life Embracing the Project-Madison, an affiliate of the raise money for a small gift statue Gift Statue Fund, 4548 Schneid- and western scholars to teach World, by B. Alan Wallace. The Tibetan U.S. Resettlement Pro- of Chenrezig, the of er Drive, Oregon, WI 53575; tel. English-speaking dharma stu- central theme of the Tibetan ject, is spearheading the effort to Compassion, to be presented by 608-263-4279. ■ dents. By the time you read this method of mind training is to article a major work on debate will make the liberating passage from be available {Debate in Tibetan the constricting solitude of self- Gomang Monks to Tour Buddhism) and the first major text- centeredness to the warm kinship book on philosophic Tibetan with others which occurs with the {Translating Buddhism From Tibe- cultivation of cherishing others. the United States and Europe tan) will be on its way back from Alan's presentation is very reada- The Gomang College of Drepung tan Buddhist tradition. Teachings needed. If you would like to assist the printer. The language text uses ble and enjoyable. In the near fu- Monastery, Tibet's oldest Gelugpa and lectures will also be offered. the Gomang tour in any way, to ar- examples from all four lineages of ture is Tibetan Arts of Love, by monastery, is pleased to announce The tour will emphasize world range performances in your area, Tibetan Buddhism —both Gedun Chophel. He is considered a tour of its monks in 1993. Under peace, purification of the environ- to make a donation toward travel philosophic and practice texts. one of the most erudite Tibetan the guidance of the venerable Lama ment, and publicity for the Tibe- expenses, or for further informa- In addition to these two text- scholars of the 20th century, and Lobsang Yeshi Rimpoche, the tour tan struggle for freedom. tion, please contact, in the U.S., books, Snow Lion has a number this book made him one of the of eleven monks will be in Europe Proceeds from the tour will ben- Roy McDonnell, 901-1/2 S. West- of other new books worth men- more infamous. It is a full-bodied in May and June, and in the U.S. efit the college, help sustain the nedge Ave., Kalamazoo, Michigan tioning: Walking Through Walls: Tibetan Kama Sutra combined in July and August. Monastery's growing population, 49008; tel. 616-383-4168. In Eu- Buddhist Meditation in the Tibetan with a robust introduction by The monks will perform sacred and help continue the unique tra- rope, contact Maria Toren (Ani Tradition, by Geshe Gendun Jeffrey Hopkins. These books plus dances, healing rites, and purifi- dition of the Gomang College. Tenzin Khandroma) Frittema Lodro, is a practical and systemat- Dream Yoga and the Practice of cation rituals of the Gelugpa Tibe- Sponsors and organizers are State 48, Leeuwarden, Holland. ■ ic presentation of Tibetan medita- Natural Light, and Amy and Gul- tion. The methods for practicing, ly in Rainbowland (are described the objects of observation, the ob- elsewhere in the news section) will stacles to meditation and how to be available by the summer! Pilgrimage to Sacred Buddhist Sites overcome them, the deepening Detailed descriptions of the books stages of calm abiding and special are in the catalog section. ■ with Zasep Tulku Rinpoche

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NEWS Native Americans and Buryats Collaborate on New School Curriculum by Gretchen Kaapcke

In August of 1991, just weeks into the work of reviving and dance in creating their own cultur- Morokhoeva, head researcher for after His Holiness the Dalai La- strengthening their traditions. ally supportive school program. curriculum reform at the Buryat ma's visit to Buddhist peoples in Under the old system, educators At the suggestion of Gary Cultural Center, an arm of the So- the USSR, another foreign visitor at local and regional levels Wintz, who brought the Buryat's viet Academy of Sciences. In the T URNING came to the Buryat Republic to throughout the USSR were com- message to the U.S., the Buryat busy week that followed, Butter- support local efforts at cultural re- pelled to accept set curricula from Education Project was launched in field spoke at a conference on vival. Robin Butterfield, Native Moscow—a rigid, euro-centric and January 1991 in Seattle, Washing- Buryat education at Lake Baikal W HEEL American education specialist for authoritarian school program. ton, for the purpose of identifying and at a seminar for seasoned the State of Oregon's Department Lacking experience in curriculum potential Native American experts professors and researchers in eth- Journal of the Buddhist of Education, arrived in the and teacher methodology develop- in education to work with the nic education at the Academy of Buryat capital of Ulan Ude on the Peace Fellowship ment, the Buryats are now seek- Buryats and of raising travel funds Sciences, visited urban and rural invitation of the Buryat parlia- ing help to transform the school for them. The first phase of the schools, and met with Stefan ment's Committee on Science, program into one that fosters in- Turning Wheel is the project was realized on a modest Kalmykov, Chair of the Buryat Su- Education, Culture and Sports to dividual creativity and a healthy scale when Robin Butterfield, of preme Soviet's Committee on quarterly journal of begin a five-year process of shar- self-identity as a Buryat. Winnebago and Chippewa heri- Science, Educataion, Culture and . Each ing the expertise of the Native In practice, this means turning tage, flew to Moscow and then Sports. Kalmykov—a Buryat rath- issue contains articles, American community in curricu- to a community with a long track Ulan Ude in August with a brief- er than a Kalmyk as his name reviews, poems, and lum development with Buryat record of success in addressing the case full of curriculum materials might imply—was favorably im- education researchers at the graphics speaking to special needs of indigenous stu- and step-by-step guides on how to pressed with the relevance of the Buryat branch of the Soviet Acade- dents struggling amidst a foreign organize curriculum projects. Buddhist peace and Native American materials to the my of Sciences. culture and in a european-based Her arrival in Moscow coincid- Buryat project. He not only ex- ecology work in all The Buryat people are Tibetan school system. The of ing with the week of the coup, tended an invitation for Butterfield traditions. Buddhists currently on the road to dozens of exemplary Native-run Butterfield remained undaunted. to return in July 1992 for a month rebuilding the hundreds of schools and colleges across the Her first meeting was with Mik- of continued collaboration, but Recent & upcoming issues monasteries and through- U.S. and Canada attests to the hail Kuzmin, ethnic education proposed an international confer- feature Thich Nhat Hanh, out their land that were destroyed resourcefulness and dedication of specialist of the Ministry of Edu- ence that same summer on in- Joanna Macy, Tai Situ during the Stalinist government's the Native American community cation of the Russian Republic, of digenous education for Siberian Rinpoche, and Gary Snyder; repression. As the Gorbachev era in seeing to its own educational which was a part at the and North American Native reports on engaged brought new freedom to reclaim needs in spite of opposition, fund- time. (The Buryat Republic offi- peoples. Buddhism in all parts of the old cultural and spiritual practices, ing shortages and other obstacles. cially seceded from Russia in De- The Buryat Education Project is the Buryats, like their cousins the It is this experience that the cember 1991 and has been currently working to raise funds world, including Tibet, Kalmyks, have thrown themselves Buryats have begun to tap for gui- recognized by Yeltsin as a new for Butterfield's return trip to Central America, and republic seeking to form a new un- Buryatia, and for a small group of Burma; and articles on ion with Russia.) Kuzmin briefed Native educators to participate in prison dharma, misconduct Butterfield on the history of eth- the Buryat conference in August. in Buddhist communities, TIBETRN LANGUAGE L nic education in the USSR, which Readers interested in contacting and abortion and became steadily more repressive the Project may write to Buryat CORRESPONDENCE COURSE after a brief liberal period under Education Project, P.O. Box Buddhism. Turning Wheel Lenin. Clearly excited about the 95560, Seattle, WA 98145, or tel- also has a regular feature on Home study program of colloquial and new prospects for programming ephone 206-368-0981. ■ Buddhist practice and scriptural Tibetan emphasizing spoken that serves the region's astonish- education. dharma. Text, tapes and ongoing help. ing diversity of ethnic groups and Gretchen Kaapcke is a specialist in for a more decentralized, ethnic- indigenous affairs with a background $25 for a year (four 48-page issues). defined approach, Kuzmin was ea- in Tibet Studies and Russian from BUDDHIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP 751 Airport Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87501 ger to learn of the inauguration of the University of Washington. She is P.O. Box 4650, Berkeley, CA (505) 473-5451 T"" Native American collaboration currently a teaching associate in the 94704 with the Buryats. American Indian Studies Center at 510/525-8596; fax 510/525-7973. In Ulan Ude Butterfield was U.W. and director of the Buryat warmly received by Professor Zoya Education Project.

"FACES OF SORROW" Teaching Tibetans English THE ABUSE OF THE i i TIBETAN PEOPLE "Giving Tibetans the ability to Children's Village, is designing an fective materials and well trained Produced/Directed by communicate with the world com- English program suited to the teachers for our schools and munity through the medium of specific needs and culture of the monasteries is important for todays Mary Teal Coleman the English language has been giv- Tibetan people. Through this pro- refugee community and for the fu- (Ani Tenzin Yeshe) en importance in our education for gram Tibetans will gain the skills ture in a free Tibet. many years. We now need a pro- needed to communicate our cul- "I encourage your support for gram for teaching English which ture, history, and current political this important program."—H.H. This documentary was videotaped in uses the latest teaching methods situation to the world communi- the Dalai Lama and also supports our primary goal ty, and also gain a better under- Dharamsala, India during 1990. It depicts first-hand of preserving Tibetan religion, cul- standing of other cultures. What You Can Do accounts from Tibetans who were imprisoned and ture and identity. "Among the projects now under The focus of the program is to tortured, most of whom are showing their faces and "The Tibetan English Program, way are a series of English text- train Tibetan teachers, but there revealing their real names for the first time; it also directed by Mr. Joseph Terbieten books for Tibetans, and a teacher is an immediate need for ex- under the auspices of the Tibetan training program. Developing ef- perienced volunteer English features in-depth commentary from His Holiness the teachers in schools, monasteries, XlVth Dalai Lama. nunneries, and adult education All proceeds from the sale of "FACES OF programs. The Tibetan English Book Project will help to bring to- SORROW" will be donated by Ani Tenzin Yeshe to gether institutions requiring Dharma Institute, a fully tax-exempt non-profit teachers and individuals who want organization dedicated to supporting the Tibetans' to teach. We will also provide spiritual/cultural traditions. Please help us continue orientation to our materials. Your financial support is also our work to educate the Western public about and needed to reach more schools and bring support to the Tibetans. The video is 1 hour, monasteries, to provide scholar- 15 minutes long and costs $53.90 (which includes a ships to train Tibetans as English 16-page magazine with full color photographs teachers, and to continue the se- TIBET IH EXILE ries of books. With your annual accompanying the video). Please pay by check or A new documentary about the Tibetan Community and the children contribution of $25 or more, you money order payable to Dharma Institute. being smuggled from Tibet to Dharamsala will receive our newsletter updat- "In many ways this fine work manifests the fate and hope of ing you on the work. Individuals TO ORDER- Tibet today." David R. Brower, President, Friends of the Earth or organizations may sponsor one Broadcast on PBS of the books in the series with a Awards and screenings: Earthpeace International Film Festival donation of $1,500. Make your Call 1-800-DHARMA-4 (in U.S.A.) Asian Art Museum, San Francisco Mill Valley Film Festival tax-deductible donations payable or (213) 281-9554 Gothenourg, Sweden Tibet Conference to the American Himalayan Foun- How available on videocassette for home and classroom use dation, noting that the funds are OR Send check or money oraer ror $29.25 plus 3.50 shipping to: for the Tibetan English Book Pro- Write P.O. Box 46096. West Hollywood. CA 90046 Tibet In Exile/Barb Barnes 1830 Allston Uay/Berkeiey,CA 94703 ject. Tibetan English Book Pro- ject, P.O. Box 283, Putney, VT 05346 ■

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 10 NEWS Lama Gondup and the RETREAT & -EMPOWERMENT Forgotten Children WITH HIS EMINENCE JANG-TSE CHOJE RINPOCHE

school's needs, and about his Dear Editor: His Eminence is the next head of the Gelukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism. dream of starting a boarding A very highly realized teacher, he is presently leading the Sacred Music While I was travelling in South school and an orphanage for Asia this summer, I visited three or- homeless children in Kathmandu. Sacred Dance tour for Drepung Loseling Monastery ganizations which work with street He wanted to give all homeless children and working children. One children a chance in life—not only of them set up by Lama Gondup was Buddhist children. As he was tell- particularly impressive. I have sent ing us about his future plans and you a copy of the story if you wish his desperate need for financial May 22-24, 1992 to publish it. I wrote not only to tell aid, I was wondering how and THE THREE PRINCIPLE ASPECTS OF THE PATH you of the ugly poverty of destitute when his interest in working with children but to show how some peo- homeless children had started. I ple with very little means are doing soon learned that it had begun, May 25, 1992 a beautiful job to change the lives of very simply, with his own life. MANJUSHRI - EMPOWERMENT these children. Although born in Kham, Tibet, Sincerely, after the exile Lama Gondup and Francoise Remington The Lamrim teachings present a complete sequential order of the path to attain his two brothers became street enlightment and the three main principals of this path are: the mind of You see them everywhere in India. children in Kathmandu for seven They sit on the side of the roads years. The first year was particu- renunciation, bodichitta and wisdom realizing emptiness. and cut stones all day, often not too larly difficult. They were working far from their parents who are at night in a hotel in exchange for The mind of renunciation enables one to detach from desires or attachment and working at more physically food and clothes. They were not realize the quality of peace. The path is to live daily life peacefully without being demanding tasks. These children paid money, but were thankful to enslaved by wordly concerns so they can take a place of right proportion in one's life. have no future, no possible upward the man who hired them—he kept mobility. They do not go to school, them alive. After a while the work Bodichitta is a genuine good heart that seeks and realizes goodness and extends but instead spend their days became too hard for the children to others motivated by compassion and goodwill for the happiness of others. breathing the polluted air of the so they decided to live on the road where the big Tata trucks street, surviving with the aid of Wisdom realizing emptiness enables one to cut through misconceptions about drive by. Even when they are tired, odd jobs. the true nature of reality and liberate one to realize the path to liberation. they cut tiny bits of stone, one af- At age 15, the young boy met a ter the other. When they are hun- lama. He was an important lama, gry they reduce the stone to but the youth did not know that Pre-registration by May 18. Location: Atlanta, GA powder, and eat it to pass the time at the time. He asked the monk to and to cut down the hunger. These teach him about the Dharma, and working children belong to the soon expressed his wish to become lower castes of India and Nepal. a monk himself. The lama was a For information and registration, call or write to: Yet someone with very little disciple of H.H. Dudjom Rin- money is trying to do something poche who gave him the name of for them. His name is Lama Gon- Lama Gondup. dup, and he lives in Manali, Lama Gondup studied for three The American Seat of1>repung Losding 'Monastery Himachal Pradesh. years in Kathmandu. Later he 2534 'BrokvoocC'Dr., Atlanta, Q!A 3030$ (404) 816 5635 "The work is bigger than my- went to live in a cave near Tso self. I am a small and ordinary Pema, which means Lake Lotus. person,'' he said with a twinkle in He does not live alone, for three his eye. A bright, energetic, pure disciples have joined and live near light of kindness surrounded him. him and Lama Wandong. His "I live in a cave where I medi- Holiness the Dalai Lama comes KALACHAKRA tate most of the time," he con- regularly once a year to meditate THANGKA tinued. "One day as I was walking with them. In 1989, Lama Gondup was through the slums around Mana- Painted by a Bhutanese master li, I noticed the poor Nepalese quite discouraged with the diffi- artist in Nepal according to children who were working on the culty of starting the school for the traditional specifications and road. Their parents approached children who cut stone all day. His framed in highest quality silk me and asked me for help. They lama advised him to seek outside told me they used to live on the help to continue his work. brocade. Lama Gondup has a long-range border between Nepal and Tibet DIMENSIONS 01 PAINTING making a living in small business plan. The school is only a first step approx. 33 x 46" with the Tibetans. When the for the younger children. His next DIMENSIONS OF BRO( ADE Tibetans fled to India they fol- major concern is the older children approx. 48 \ 64" lowed them but remained citizens who have no place to go to con- $1,000 of Nepal. They could not qualify tinue their studies after sixth for the Tibetan schools or for grade. The children cannot apply Thangkas of Guru Rimpoche, for Tibetan schools, nor for scholarships from the Tibetan Dorje Phurba, government. scholarships from the Indian Green Tara, "I went back to the cave and government since they are of Chenrezig meditated for a month. I saw how Nepalese origin. A boarding and Medicine Buddha well the Tibetans have been doing. school in Kathmandu would offer are usually in stock or They have set up schools with the them a chance to attend the available within three months. help of His Holiness the Dalai university or a technical college, Lama and the generous contribu- especially now with the new tions of foreign donors. The Nepa- government. We also accept special requests lese have not accomplished any As he explained his long-term for any thangka for which you change. It became clear to me that plan for the working children, I can provide a description or if the children could become edu- could feel how passionate and photo-available in four to six cated, they could change their way devoted he was to this cause. It was months. of life." not mere compassion on the part In 1989, with no money, Lama of this kind lama, after all, for he Half payment with order; Gondup started the Kailash Bodhi knew about their hard lives. He balance due prior to shipment. school. He asked his brother, niece had been one of them, and has and nephew, who fled from Tibet decided to do something to give with him when they were children, them a chance for a brighter to help him direct the school and future. teach the children. They now have Lama Gondup urgently needs 50 children between the ages of 6 sponsors who would be willing to and 14 attending the school, which help a working child to study. He is housed in two rented rooms. will send the child's picture, and DHARMAWA££ When I visited the school, I was the child will write to the sponsor Tibetan Thangkas, Statues, Carpets, Incense; struck by its neatness. The chil- about his or her life and progress Chod Drums, Phurbas, Bells and Dorjes; dren sat on the floor as they do in in school. Contributions of $10 to so many schools in India. They $20 a month could give an educa- Mandala Sets, Singing Bowls, Zafus; smiled as they tried to answer my tion to a child. Donations can be Malas, Gaus, Lingams and Masks. questions, though they spoke sent in the form of traveller's Tibetan and Hindi but not Eng- checks or American Express Gift SEND $1 FOR 20-PAGE COLOR CATALOG Traveller's checks payable to: lish. One of the teachers told me 54C Tinker Street • Woodstock • NY 12498 the children were proud of their Kailash Bodhi School, Post Box school and would not miss a class N.17, Manali, Distt. Kullu, MAIL ORDER OFFICE: 914-679-4900 even if they had to work. 17131 (H.P.) India, Attn: Lama Lama Gondup spoke of the Gondup. ■

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 11 NEWS New from Summer Kalachakra Teachings and Retreat

According to tradition, King able a broad series of Kalachakra then give a four-day commentary Wisdom Publications Chandrabhadra of Shambala re- teachings and a Kalachakra on the Practice of Kalachakra, quested Sakyamuni Buddha for a retreats. At the request of Ven. June 15-19, after which Ven. teaching that would enable him to Lama , Thubten Lodroe will lead a two- attain enlightenment in this life spiritual director of the FPMT, Pabongkha Rinpoche week Kalachakra retreat based on Liberation mom Palm without having to renounce his Ven. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche will the Six Session Guru Yoga in con- i^Your Hand LIBERATION IN THE throne and become a monk. He be touring the U.S. presenting a nection with Kalachakra, June felt that as a king he would have series of teachings and commen- PALM OF YOUR HAND 20-July 4th. Participation in the a greater opportunity to benefit taries on Kalachakra. His student, Kalachakra retreat will be limited A Concise Discourse on the Stages sentient beings. In response, Gelong Thubten Lodroe (Hermes to those having received the full of the Path to Enlightenment Sakyamuni Buddha taught the Brandt) will also be touring in or- Kalachakra Initiation (as an in- Edited by Trijang Rinpoche, the Kalachakra Tantra. der to teach and also to lead a itiatiation, not as a blessing only). Dalai Lama's tutor. Translated by Although the Annutarayoga Kalachakra retreat. Ven. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche's Michael Richards. Based on a 24- Tantras are all equally profound, Ven. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche teachings will be open to anyone day teaching in Tibet in 1921, this the Kalachakra Tantra is said to be is one of the primary holders of with Annutarayoga Tantra initia- may be the most famous Lam-rim unique in many respects. For in- the Kalachakra tradition. Born in tion. 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Dream Yoga, begins to receive these percep- you it could repeat in your dreams. continued from page 1. tions, but there are no reasoning Or, if today I have a problem with Is Your Future In The Cards? and thinking yet. Slowly, step by someone, it may repeat tonight in Excerpt from Chapter 1—The step, thinking actually arises. my dream. The principle is that if Reprinted with permission of Yoga Practice of the Night, by Namk- There is the presence of the state you have heavy tension, and you Journal, March/April 1992, copy- hai Norbu Rinpoche: of awareness, and yet mind has not sleep deeply, the tension tends to right Yoga Journal 1992. The night is very important for begun to enter into operations repeat. This is one kind of dream, people because half our lives pass such as thinking. This is the pas- a karmic dream of bhakshas. Bhak- by Richard Leviton during it; but often we quietly sage through which one moves in shas means traces of something sleep away all that time without that state which is called the state left. For example, if there is an Tibetan Divination any effort or commitment. There of natural light. It has always been empty bottle which once con- Looking toward Tibet for a divi- has to be real awareness that prac- considered that it is during this tained perfume, you can still smell nation approach founded on solid tice can occur at all times, even period that the practitioner of Tan- the trace of perfume. That is philosophic ground, there I find during sleep or eating, for exam- tra realizes himself. In Tantrism bhakshas. the stunningly simple : Tibetan ple. If this does not happen, pro- this period is also described as the The other type of dream is a Divination System, by Jay Gold- gress on the path is difficult to moment in which one meets the dream of clarity. Why do we have berg and Doya Nardin (Snow make. Therefore, the practice of mother light. It is exactly this mo- dreams of clarity? Because every- Lion, 1990). Mo is an ancient the night is very important, and I ment after the faint in which body since the beginning has in- Tibetan predictive technique for will explain its theory and practice. awareness develops again, or rea- finite potentiality; that is a forecasting the outcome of events, What is best known, or usually wakens. qualification of the natural mind undertakings and relationships thought of, when someone says In the practice we do, there has that we all possess. Sometimes, that was first presented to the West ' 'practice of the night" is the prac- to be an awareness of, or mastery even if we are not doing a particu- by Jamgon Mipham, a Nyingma- tice of lucid dreaming. There are of, this state of natural light. When lar practice, a dream of clarity will pa scholar (1846-1912). Mipham many explanations of lucid dream- one has an awareness of the pres- manifest because we have that na- culled this system from sacred tan- When I intone Manjushri's man- ing. But in the Dzogchen teach- ence of this state of natural light, ture. If you are doing practice of tras, and Goldberg and Nardin tra I experience an unmistakable ing, the practice of dream work, then even if afterwards the state of the night and becoming more fa- have handsomely spruced it up for jag of light through my mind, as and development of lucidity, is not dreams arises, one spontaneously miliar with it, then not only occa- Western consumption. if something or someone has fundamental. It is a secondary becomes lucidly aware that one is sionally, but on a regular basis, Mo divines by the throw of one touched me with fingers of bril- practice. In the case of dream dreaming while dreaming, and au- you will become familiar with dice two times. Each side of the liance. When I throw the dice I get practice, secondary means that this tomatically achieves mastery of manifestations of dreams of clarity. dice has one syllable of the six- what for me is the jackpot: Dhi- practice can arise spontaneously or one's dreams. This means that the What is a dream of clarity? A syllable mantra of Manjushri, the dhi, the Jewelled Banner of automatically from doing the prin- dream does not condition the per- dream of clarity manifests when great Bodhisattva of wisdom in Victory. cipal practice, which is called the son, but the person governs his or there are secondary causes; Tibetan belief. Each syllable also Dhi-dhi represents the "practice of natural light." her dream. For this reason, the through the secondary causes it pertains to one of the six formida- race of , the upholders This practice, the practice of the practice of dreams is secondary, manifests as clarity. We can even ble Buddha families and dharma of the wisdom of all the Buddhas natural light, actually has to do and I cannot overemphasize how obtain advice and predictions for protectors whose collective wis- and the activities of excellence, the with the state prior to dream. For extremely important it is to do the the future because there are secon- dom is embodied by Manjushri. text informs me. Heruka is a example, a person fells asleep; falls practice of the natural light. dary causes for future events. A There are 36 possible permuta- wrathful but protective deity in the asleep means that all of his senses When we start to dream we may dream of clarity generally tions of ah-ra-pa-tsa-na-dhi-, each Tibetan Nyingmapa tradition, vanish into him, and thus he is have one of two general types of manifests in the early morning. represented in Mo by an illustrat- considered the original Vajrayana sleeping. From that point on there dreams. One type is karmic Why? It is because when we first ed card bearing the essential max- school in old Tibet. Vajradhara is a passage, a period of transition, dreams and the other is dreams of fall asleep, we sleep very deeply. im of that Buddha family stands for the highest Buddha, the until dreams begin. That period clarity. In addition to those dreams Slowly we consume this heaviness combination, and by a concise full and perfect aspect of enlight- may be long or it may be short. reflecting karma from our current and our sleep becomes lighter. As commentary in the accompanying enment as recognized in the Vaj- For some people, the state of life, karmic dreams can also be it becomes lighter, clarity can man- book. Mo claims that its ontologi- rayana tantric tradition. In other dreams begins almost immediate- linked to our past lives. For in- ifest more easily. If your practice cal authority to give us useful gui- words, I'm in good company and ly after falling asleep. But what stance, if someone murdered me of continuous presence succeeds, dance derives from Manjushri prospects couldn't look better. "If does it mean, that the state of in a past life, I may still in this life then karmic dreams diminish. Himself, a transcendental deity in Dhi-dhi—the hoisted banner of dream begins? It means that the have dreams of being murdered. This is because they are linked the Buddhist pantheon. victory—appears, then you are vic- mind begins to function again. It is not true that what we dream with tensions. The state of con- Afo's approach is refreshingly torious and excel, like the raising In contrast, that which is called is always about our experiences templation or presence represents different from the other oracles of the banner of victors in every the state of natural light is not a from this life. If an event is very total relaxation. Consequently around. Seemingly it hinges upon direction." moment or a state in which the weighty, then you may feel it life there will be no manifestation of the toss of a dice. Following its in- Even if I had—Manjushri mind is functioning. It is the peri- after life. When you sleep very tension. In the place of karmic structions, first I visualize Man- forbid—tossed an unfavorable out- od beginning when you fall asleep deeply, you may create a perfect dreams, you can have more jushri, according to the full-color come, I would have unhesitating- and ending when the mind begins potential for past karma to mani- dreams of clarity. thangka painting of this deity on ly consulted this oracle again. The to function again. fest within your dreams. You may now understand what Afo's introductory card. I'm to re- technique is disarmingly simple, For example, the mind must be- If you merely have heavy ten- the theory is and what is its im- cite three of invocation in yet powerful, calling for a direct at- gin working in order for reasoning sion, it may repeat in your dreams. portance. Now I will explain how English, blow on the dice to en- tunement with a presumed tran- to occur. First we must have an For example, when you are a child you practice it. ■ dow it with the spiritual potency scendental intelligence, which to awareness of the senses. The mind and someone makes a problem for of my chants, then toss it twice. me is a remarkable possibility. Afo's results seemed highly rele- □ vant, nourishing, inspiring, and Chagdud'TuCfqi Rinpoche: Retreats 1992 mj^ best of all, authoritative. ■

RED TARA, THE WISH-FULFILLING ESSENCE His HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA 7am Temple From Apong Terton Orgyan T'hrinley Lingpa Chagdud Gonpa is honored to an- Dear Vajra Brothers and Sisters, The blessings of Tara practice come so quickly that full realiza- nounce that His Holiness the Dalai As you know, in Tibet there are tion of pristine awareness, the non-dual nature of your being, can Lama has graciously accepted an many Tara temples, but today in be attained in this very lifetime, or at least in the transition of invitation to visit our Bay Area Dharamsala, where H.H. the death. Tara meditation is a means of seeing the true face of your home in late October. Details of Dalai Lama and 5,000 Tibetan mind, devoid of any trace of delusion. His Holiness' program will be refugees are living, there is not one. My friend, Lama Thubten Napa Valley, June 7-13, $240 available from Chagdud Gonpa after May 1. Nyandack of Dip Tsechokling Monastery School, and myself NGONDRO, THE PRELIMINARY PRACTICES OF VAJRAYANA Call Mitch Durrell From His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche's Tersar Ngondro have asked the statue maker of Zil- (510)284-3635 on if he could make statues In the Nyingma tradition, ngondro is considered the foundation of the Twenty-one Taras. He RESERVATIONS of Vajrayana meditation and is essential to realization of the agreed and told us it would take Great Perfection, the most profound teachings on the nature of Red Tara retreat (June 7-13) and a year and cost about 36,000 In- mind. The ngondro of the Dudjom Tersar cycle is a direct Ngondro retreat (June 14-21) in the dian rupees. The temple to house transmission from Padmasambhava, who prophesied that these Napa Valley, please pre-register by the 21 statues would cost about May 29 with a nonrefundable de- one lakh (100,000 rupees). If.like condensed, powerful preliminary practices would be effective in me you believe that to build a positof$120per retreat (50%of the a time when practitioners have little leisure to practice. Twenty-one Taras Temple in Napa Valley, June 14-21, $240 retreat fee). The venerable Chagdud Tulku Dharamsala would be in a small Mail to: Chagdud Gonpa way repaying the kindness of our Rinpoche, an incarnate lama of the GURU RLNPOCHE DRUBCHEN P.O. Box 90, Oakville, CA 94562 Tibetan teachers, please send your Nyingma Lineage, is a highly real- From His Holiness Rinpoche donations to the bank account For the Drubchen (July 31-Aug. 8), ized meditation master and accom- #1613 of Lama Thubten Nyan- plished scholar, artist and poet. His Guru Rinpoche was born in the Year of the Monkey. This please pre-register with a non-re- Monkey Year provides an extraordinary opportunity to perform dack at State Bank of India, extensive training, compassion.skill fundable deposit of $225 (50% of Dharamsala, H.P. India, specify- a Guru Rinpoche drubchen—the most sublime, extensive form as a teacher, and direct, humorous the retreat fee) by July 15 to Chag- ing Tara Temple Project Fund. May style enable him to transmit his of Vajrayana ritual. According to Guru Padmasambhava's own dud Gonpa Foundation, P.O. Box all sentient beings share in the profound insights to people of prophecy, he will come to aid beings directly wherever a 279, Junction City, CA 96048 of this project. drubchen is performed in his name. The significance of this widely divergent backgrounds and For information Signed, year's drubchen, which is from H.H.KhyentseRinpoche'sSWf- interests. Many consider him one of call: (916) 623-2714 Roger Garin-Michaud the foremost Great Perfection Arising Heart Drop ofPadma Cycle, is increased by its being Member's retreat discount, 25% If you are interested in this project, (Dzogchen) masters of this time. held within a year of His Holiness' . you may contact Roger for more in- Rigdiin Ling, July 31-August 8, $450 formation at 77 Kennedy Street, □ Kingston, ACT. 2604, Australia. ■

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called into the retreats to help with and psychotherapists about how to there was little real linkage be- Dakini Retreat emotional problems. help his people with their stress. tween the emotional work and the It seemed there could be He also said that is the institutions and teachers. Interview with tremendous benefits gained by ac- language of the mind in the West So all this made me look for tually bringing Buddhism and and thus we must study psychol- creative ways to apply the wisdoms by Davine Del Valle psychological understanding to- ogy to communicate Buddhism. I of East and West. I had studied gether. The psychological ap- want to stress that I was not in- Buddhist psychology and the psy- Tsultrim Allione, M.A., director had been in retreat in a Tibetan proach could also help Westerners terested in mixing up psychology chological interpretation of the of Tara Foundation, was ordained Buddhist retreat center in who have had no contact with and Buddhism, but rather to re- Five Buddha families with Trung- as a Buddhist nun by the for five years. Her teachers were Buddhism to understand the spect their boundaries in terms of pa Rimpoche. I had also studied in 1970. After several years as a nun, some of the greatest lamas of this teachings. the base, the path and the fruition the principles of the transforma- she returned to the United States and century. She was a diligent prac- Buddhism became Bud- of each and find ways for collabo- tion of the five poisons into the five began her family. In 1984, she wrote titioner. After five years she had dhism in Japan, Tibetan Bud- ration between them. I wanted to wisdoms. I felt that working with Women of Wisdom, a study of returned to America and resumed dhism in Tibet and it will also find a way to bring these two the five blocked emotions, the poi- Tibetan Buddhist women teachers her life in New York for about a have to adapt to the West, other- worlds together, to address the sons or 'neuroses'—anger, ignor- and women's spiritual quest. Since year. Then, out of the blue, she wise it will not truly penetrate the 'shadow' and at the same time re- ing, pride, passion and 1979, she has been studying with was struck by cancer and a few Western psyche. It would always spect the differences in psycholo- jealousy—would be a good basic Rimpoche and has months later she died. remain Tibetan or Japanese or gy and Buddhism. An integration structure. I also felt it necessary to been leading workshops and retreats. I spent time with her during Burmese Buddhism. Rather than of East and West had to happen involve kinesthetic and expressive She is currently writing Places She those three months and we talked seeing this as a failing of Bud- within individuals before it could learning and thus wanted to bring Lives (Penguin 1993), the story of a great deal about the Dharma dhism, I see it as an indication of happen in a healthy way in Bud- in art and movement. I envisioned her spiritual journey and pilgrimages coming to the West and her own a need for a creative marriage. dhist communities. a retreat in which intensive tradi- from the sixties to the nineties. process. She felt the cancer was Why not try to bring the two ways Like an underwater stone that tional practice would take place Davine: I think many people bringing her face to face with emo- of working with the mind into a lies for years without absorbing alongside therapy, artistic work, know you through your book, tional issues that had been fester- working relationship? Certainly any water, we can be immersed in mask-making and movement. The Women of Wisdom, but fewer peo- ing under the surface. She realized Buddhism is psychological in its the teachings yet not be penetrat- movement is a way to embody ple know about your retreats. Can that she had in some ways used the study of the mind, and psycholo- ed by them. The problem is that things which are often experienced you tell me why you began the long retreats to avoid emotional is- gy could benefit from the wider vi- our core is not altered and the old as concepts. Sometimes I think we "dakini retreats?" sues in her family and in herself sion and profound wisdom of wounds inside this shell-like shield need to talk about embodiment in- Tsultrim: We began the dakini that were difficult to face. Buddhism. Psychology could be are festering. These festering stead of enlightenment. retreat in 1987. At that time I had Her sudden illness and death used to make emotional wounds wounds are a 'shadow' of re- Emotions actually have the been practicing Tibetan Buddhism were dramatic for me. I realized more conscious and thus available pressed emotional issues which potential of insight in them. This for twenty years and realized that that if such a good practitioner for transformation by Buddhist erupt in anger, sexual manipula- is not to say that emotional states there needed to be a greater could have benefited from emo- wisdom. tion, the abuse of power, alco- are wise; but they have potential. cooperation between Eastern and tional work, then perhaps many Some Tibetans are also seeing holism, victimization, rigidity, They have energy. That energy is Western ways of working with the others were in the same situation. the mutual enrichment possible back-biting, gossip, depression, the principle of Tantra, it is the emotions. I had seen people coming out of from exchanges between psychol- and illness. I was aware of these continuum. Tantra actually means Specifically, the idea for the three-year retreats and going into ogy and Buddhism. The Dalai problems in dharma centers and 'thread,' like the thread which dakini retreat came out of the therapy or onto antidepressant Lama spent several hours in Los Buddhist communities with which runs through beads. The thread is death of a dear friend of mine. She medication. Therapists were being Angeles questioning psychologists I had been associated. It seemed the energy and it is the primordi- al intelligence which is the impe- tus to both enlightenment and confusion. The same thread runs through confusion and enlighten- Wisdom Publications, Inc. ment. In Tantra we are not talk- ing about going beyond emotions, we are talking about the wisdom of emotions that are devoid of ego The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism clinging, as in alchemy where lead is said to contain gold. So the point Its Fundamentals and History of the retreat is to find a way to the direct experience of the energy un- by Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje derlying the confusion of each of the five emotions and thus move toward an experience of the five Dudjom Rinpoche was an enlightened master, a discoverer of concealed treasures and a lineage master who held wisdoms. all the major transmissions of the Nyingma school. He Was also a prodigious scholar whose extraordinary clarity of I spoke with Namkhai Norbu mind manifested itself from his earliest years in an ability to communicate the profoundest teachings with a Rimpoche about the idea of doing simplicity and grace that made his essential spirit readily available to all. a retreat with the traditional dakini practice based on the five families The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism is the first English translation of the in the morning and at night, and master work of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, the late supreme head of the then working with the other mo- dalities during the day. The prac- Nyingma Tradition. The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism is in two volumes. tice was to be kept completely VOLUME ONE VOLUME TWO traditional and separate and the in- tensive emotional work would be The first volume contains the The second volume is an exten- done in a thematically parallel way, translations of the Fundamentals sive reference work compiled by the working with each emotion and and History of the Nyingma School. translators, Dr. Gyurme Dorje and each of the five families consecu- Dr. Matthew Kapstein, containing tively, two days on each family. He The Fundamentals are explained detailed notes, trilingual glossaries agreed to the experiment. in four parts: of terms and enumerations, a trilin- So that's how the dakini retreat ▲ Doctrine of Samsara and Nir- gual bibliography of texts, sectional was conceived. He taught me how vana maps of Tibet illustrating the text, to give the transmission of the Sad- ▲ Buddha nature according to and extensive indexes. hana of Dakini Simhamukha and the buddha-bodies we did the first retreat in 1987 near ▲ The causal vehicle of dialectics There are 1600 pages of text, 110 Woodstock, New York. We ▲ The resultant vehicles of secret full-color and monocrome plates of worked very hard, very intensive- mantra — culminating in the thangkas and historic places, and ly, with little time to eat or sleep, Great Perfection (Dzogpachen- 131 linedra win gsof lineage masters making five masks and working po, Atiyoga). and deities. Both volumes are cloth- with all five families in only ten bound and measure 6"VixlO". The days, but we had a lot of fun at the TheHistoryis explained in eight whole is protected by an attractive sections: same time and we all experienced slipcase stamped with gold. a great deal of growth. ▲ The origins of Buddhism and the life of Shakyamuni Buddha The two volumes, which are avail- D: How has the dakini retreat ▲ The Indian traditions of secret able only as a set, constitute the most evolved over these five years? mantra complete and exhaustive reference T: During the first year I had a ▲ The introduction of secret work of its type in the West. vision of a net of dakini mandalas mantra to Tibet around the world. So I began to ▲ The lives of the Great Perfec- do the retreat in different places tion lineage holders up to Order Information around the world. This year we Longchen Rabjampa will complete the circling of the Snow Lion Publications ▲ The unbroken distant lineages globe doing the retreat in Tusca- of Mahayoga, Anuyoga, and P.O. Box 6483 ny where Norbu Rimpoche has his Atiyoga up to the present author Ithaca, NY 14851 principal seat. After writing about ▲ The lives of the major revealers of "...the work that communicates the this vision I got a letter from a hidden treasure (tertons) highest wisdom of the Nyingma Checks may be sent with your Tibetan scholar at Harvard who ▲ A refutation of past misconcep- lineage to the English-speaking world.' order in the amount of $240.00 plus told me that the net of is tions about the Nyingma school $16.00 shipping. Mastercard or Visa mentioned in the Root Tantra of A A chronology of Indian and Shenphen Dawa Rinpoche may be used for credit card orders Chakrasamvara and also in the Tibetan Buddhism including placed by telephone: Hevajra Tantra. Tsongkhapa wrote predictions for the future based on about it in response to these two the Tibetan literary tradition 1-800-950-0313 tantras as something which is Continued on page IS.

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 15 NEWS Dakini Retreat, continued from page 14. energy and work with it. However, The point of the dakini retreat is to SUMMER PILGRIMAGE TO TIBET the principle of doing a practice have all parts of the karmic stream created by the interconnecting of and working with emotions, art of an individual brought out of dark WITH GLENN H MULLIN all the places the dakini sadhana and movement could be applied to corners. In the West, we have psy- A pilgrimage to Tibet's most sa- gust 21, 1992. The proposed route is performed. This letter was a many other practices. The retreat chology, but psychology has its cred places is being scheduled for will begin in Kathmandu and will confirmation of my vision. is about getting out of the intellec- limits. It's always a question of what this summer. This undertaking will visit Tibet's auspicious places— As the retreats moved around tual into the experiential. How is you're really looking for in therapy. be guided by Glenn H. Mullin and those helpful in shaping proper the world little things changed and your life actually going? How are From a Buddhist point of view, will take place from July 21 to Au- Continued on page 18. we made adjustments according to you feeling, what are your rela- you're not looking for happiness, where we were. We didn't always tionships? you're looking for the relaxation of make five masks. Sometimes we D: So when the retreat is over the struggle to get happiness and to ~ made one mask and did several what has happened to the par- avoid suffering. So the dakini retreat Sounds like. other kinds of art work like paint- ticipants? is part of that process, and part of ing, sculpture or collage. The re- T: It's not that you go into a the coming of Buddhism to the A Tibetan Cloud treat is always somewhat different, two-week dakini retreat and come West. The retreat is a lot of fun also. Windchime! because there have been different out a compassionate Buddha. It's We play and laugh and grow very Brass cloud, yak bells circumstances in each country and not even that you come back with close. It's not all heavy emotional & brocade windcatch. within each group. I always work anything that's stabilized, though work. It's a gesture toward a col- Visa, MC,Check, MO. with a psychologist and a move- you could. Hopefully you have a laboration between the East and the $49.95 postpaid from, ment and arts specialist. seed experience which you then West. ■ §JF2 The Tibet D: What made you choose the develop. If you've done therapy Er^jj Collection practice of Simhamukha, the but never meditated, then you may For those interested in being put on 6925 Willow St, NW Lion-headed Dakini? come out with a more meditative the Tara Foundation mailing list, Washington, DC 20012 T: That was Norbu Rimpoche's understanding. You also leave with contact Tara Foundation, 361 Old or call 202-882-0008 suggestion. It is perfect because it certain commitments that you Mill Road, Valley Cottage, NY is a practice that was a gongter make at the end of working with 10989; tel. 914-268-3050, fax dZi. in partnership with the Tibetan Government, assists artisans with (mind treasure) of Ayu Khadro, the five emotions. These are com- 914-268-4280. There will be a daki- training, design development and Rimpoche's great yogini teacher. mitments that you make by your- ni transmission May 16-19 near the marketing of their unique crafts I had included her biography in self to yourself. You also have the Ithaca, NY, and a dakini retreat For a copy of our newsletter my book Women of Wisdom, and Simhamukha practice to stabilize July 18-August 2 in Tuscany, Italy. I felt close to her. Ayu Khadro your understanding. For details contact Ellen Church- and catalog, please send $1 00 received the Simhamukha sadhana What we aim for is bringing the Bauer, 412 Fisher Settlement Road, in retreat from the Wisdom Daki- whole being forward, not just part. Spencer, NY 14883, 607-589-7463. ni herself and held it in her heart practicing it for 23 years before teaching it to anyone. Norbu Rim- poche received it from her when she was 114 and he was 14. So the Transcendence lineage is very fresh and the prac- tice is very beautiful and power- is our ful. Doing this practice has brought the blessings of the daki- nis, Norbu Rimpoche and Ayu Natural Heritage Khadro into the retreats. For example, after the retreat in Ojai, California, we were begin- ning our closing ceremonies when Seek the Highest we looked up to see in the sky be- hind us a cloud formed as a clear through exploring TANTRA dancing dakini. She stayed there for about twenty minutes and then TANTRA: The Magazine is the first publication devoted to Tantric practices - East & West, Past & Present, Right & dissolved into space, and the sky became completely clear. That Left - with articles on history, philosophy, rituals, , mysteries, and life-styles. Praised for its high quality and beauty, night there were several circular this periodical teaches thatTantra is the observance of Life as Sacred. It is the practice of discipline and focus, yet of joyful rainbows cast on a cloud below the spontaneity and deep surrender - the balance and harmony that enhance the potential for Union and Transcendence. moon. When Loppon Tenzin Namdak, the head of the Bon lineage, was Special introductory offer: $15.95 for four issues. at Tara Foundation, he saw the photograph of the cloud dakini from Ojai on the wall and asked Subscribe to TANTRA: The Magazine, P.O. Box 79S, Torreon, NM 87061 me about it. So I told him all about the retreat and showed him the crystal triggug (dakini knife) which I was guided to through a vision. He thought about it for a few days and then said that perhaps the Actively participate in your own healing. dakini retreat was a gongter, a mind treasure. He said that often when a teaching is new there will be magical manifestations because otherwise people won't have faith Land of Medicine Buddha is a Tibetan in it. I said that I didn't think it was a gongter because it was just Buddhist healing center which conducts an idea. He replied that gongters courses in: Chi Gong, meditation, nutrition, are often responses to situations and that it would be natural for visualization, and purification practices. some new teachings to evolve in America. That is what he said. I Course participants have experienced relief am not claiming that this is a gongter, but I have noticed that Land of Medicine Buddha from chronic pain and conditions such as many people seem to be helped by A Center For Healing and Developing A Good Heart the experience of the retreat. JUL J* it & *■ * «■ + ^ arthritis and cancer. The dakini practice seemed ap- propriate because the dakini prin- ciple is the principle of wisdom in Tibetan Buddhism. I started with Land of Medicine Buddha is a place where the healing of body and mind is the dakini practice because I felt the archetype of the wrathful suppc.ted by the peaceful and natural enviionment of magnificent redwood dancing feminine was something forests on the central coast of sunny California. Guests may participate in we need in our world, something connected to the emotions. 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THE NEW SUN newspaper goes beyond distinctions of religious and A new book: secular to bring contemplative wisdom to all aspects of modern life: livelihood and relationships, social and Homage to political commentary, new psychology and the arts.

Incorporating The Vajradhatu Sun, the new Shambhala Sun Khyab Je will also report on news and events of the international Buddhist world, with special emphasis on the vajrayana Kalu Rinpoche teachings of the Nyingma & Kagyu lineages. SHAMBHALA, ®

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This is a silver Lotus Seed #LOROMA $50 #ABV bracelet with dorjes and snow lions Padmasambhava #ABP on the ends and gold colored OM Crystal Mala #CRMA $80 DOOR CURTAIN #DOCU $65 For other hand malas and semi- Sakyamuni Buddha #ABB MANI PADME HUM letters. Measures 36 x 78" and is ideal for 5/8" wide. precious stone malas, please call us The following ceramic images are doorways and windows. for selection and availability. available in small (average 2") for #SIDOBR $52. This bracelet is all PRAYER FLAGS-Support $7 ea.: silver and has a row of seven dorjes DOOR & WALL TRIM Tibetan Nuns, $12 for set of five #DOWATR $40 (2 yds.) Avalokita #SMAVTS with snow lions on the ends. 3/4" #SEPRFL Sold in two yard lengths. White, Sakvamuni #SMBUTS wide. This is a set of traditional prayer yellow, green and red bands above Mahakala #SMMATS flags in the five colors with wind- BUTTER LAMP $16 wider pleated blue band. It is 16" horse and other animals and man- Green Tara #SMTATS White metal, well-made, 3 1/2' high. tras printed on them. They are #SMAKTS high. The following images are available pre-strung for easy hanging and in large (average 4") for $14 ea.: look great. The Tibetan nuns of Lobsering, India have made these Avalokita #LAAVTS and will receive payment for them Green Tara tfLATATS as they sell. The purchase of one set of flags will feed a nun for a month. MALA COUNTERS These pairs of counters have a bell SILVER RING: OM MANI and a dorje, multicolored tassels PADME HUM #OMRI $14 and attach to any mala. Adjustable with dorje on each end. White Metal Counters #WHMECO $14 WHEEL OF DHARMA PIN Silver Counters #SICO $60 #WHDHPI $5 BONE MALAS, $22 We have small bone malas with CHOD DRUM, #CHDR $170 DOOR MANTRA #HECEDO counters and head bead. They are BELL & DORJE #BEDO $60 This is the authentic chod drum $2.50 brown and strung on a red cord. The supreme symbols of the Vaj- with all the extra touches made by This mantra in Tibetan and San- #BOMA rayana path are the bell and dorje a Tibetan yogi living in Nepal. It skrit purifies negativity. It is print- (diamond scepter) used by tantric comes with silk tail, brocade car- ed on card stock. MEDITATION CUSHIONS practitioners. They are held in the rying case with yantra emblem and Carolina Morning Designs left and right hand respectively strap, skull bone piece on handle, produces high-quality cushions at and convey the mystical union of sea shell adornments and tradi- competitive prices and ensures wisdom and compassion. The customer satisfaction. These hand- tional mantras inscribed on the in- crafted cushions are available in six dorje has five prongs, four at each side on the wood. end curved around the central colors: burgundy, royal blue, for- prong, symbolizing the five Bud- CRYSTAL BUDDHAS, by Hen- est green, plum, navy blue and TIBETAN FLAG PIN, #TIFLPI black. Specify the color of your dha families. Lotus petals decorate ry Mettier. #HMCB $60 $1 the central caps. The handle of the These are exceptionally fine en- choice.' We plan to fill orders Wear the Tibetan flag to show your bell is similar to the dorje. The bell gravings of a Medicine Buddha on promptly, but it may take up to 4-5 support for Tibet. is composed of an alloy of several a single terminated quartz crystal. weeks for delivery. metals and is decorated with Tibe- The crystal is high-quality optical (round cushion seat) is 12" tan syllables, lotus petals and quartz and measures 2 to 3" and in diameter, 8" high and is stuffed dorjes. The bell produces a clear, the image appears as a cameo (a with kapok. #ZAF $32.50 brilliant tone that symbolizes the little more than 1/2 inches high) Support Cushion is a square cush- open dimension of reality. on the surface of one of the larger GAU, #GA $48 ion which measures 12 x 12 x 3" faces. It is a perfect instrument for Made from silver with kalachakra BELLS & DORJES, Supreme and is filled with cotton batting. TIBETAN FLAG, 36 x 54" meditation, healing or blessing. symbol on one side and double #SUCU $14 Grade #DABEDO $200 #TIFL $20 These Medicine Buddha crystals dorje on the reverse with coral. Zabuton (base cushion) measures Fine detail two metal bell and have received very positive feed- This flag is well-designed and is 25 x 31 x 3" and is filled with cot- dorje sets. There are a few still back from our customers. INCENSE printed on polyester. available at this price. PURE SANDALWOOD 8" bun- ton batting. #ZAB $38.50 CRYSTAL PENDANTS, by dle #SAIN $5 INFLATABLE ZAFU! #INCU TIBET CAP #TICA $12 Henry Mettier. EXTRA-GRADE TIBETAN IN- $17.50 Adjustable maroon cap with Tibet Very detailed, finely crafted quartz CENSE 16" bundle (45 sticks) just the thing for traveling medi- symbol on it. pendants of Tara, 4-arm Chenre- #EXGRTI $10 tators! A zafu cushion that can be zig and Padmasambhava. They TIBETAN INCENSE 16" bun- inflated to just the right height and measure 1" long x 3/4" wide x dle, #EXGRTI $5.00 deflated for easy storage. Inside the 1/2" thick. They have a gold band Authentic Tibetan incense made fine quality zafu cover is a beach- and loop for a chain. They are cut by refugees in India. We are offer- ball. Inflated it provides depend- so that the long axis of the crystal ing an excellent brand of Chandan able support for sitting meditation. comes out of the front of the (sandalwood) incense. Deflated it weighs about 8 ounces figure. and can be folded to fit a small TRADITIONAL TIBETAN #CRTAPE Tara $300 space. The cover is machine wash- INCENSE able and dryable. There is an #CRCHPE 4-arm Chenrezig $300 EAR OF T\Bt\ Traditional Tibetan incense pre- opening from which the beachball #CRPAPE Padmasambhava pared from medicinal herbs- (slightly larger crystal) $350 can be removed and reinserted. So, musk, saffron, nagi, and if later you prefer a more tradition- "YEAR OF TIBET" DECAL, DAMARUS (wood), #DA $40 sandalwood—is available in three al zafu, you can simply remove the #YETIDE $3 grades. Each box contains approx- beachball and stuff the cushion Great air-brushed design! DAMARU BANNERS #DABA imately 50 eleven-inch sticks: cover with kapok. $20 Highest Grade #BL $8 Beautiful brocade banners in 5 Medium Grade #RE $6 traditional colors. Common Grade #YE $5 BHUMPA, #BH $28 DHARMA DECALS Made with coppor and brass this KAPALAS (skull cup) The following decals are 7" in di- Medium brass #MEBRKA $30 FREE TIBET! is an item that typically appears on ameter and are $3.00 ea.: Tibetan or practice tables. It Sakyamuni Buddha #SHBUDH KATAS is used for blessed water. We also Amitabha Buddha #AMDHDE A standard offering scarf. "FREE TIBET" Bumper Stick- have the peacock feathers that are "FREE TIBET" Buttons 2 1/2" Chenrezi #CHDHDE White #PLOFSC $8 ers #FRTIBU $1.50 put into the bhumpa for $7.50 Diameter. #WHFRTI (white), Green Tara #GRTADH Banana color #KATA3 $8 Help keep Tibet in the public #SPEA #GRFRTI (blue-green) $1 Dorje Chang #DOPE Long white silk scarves with awareness by displaying this "Free White on Blue Green or vice versa. auspicious symbols embroidered Tibet" sticker on your bumper or DINGSHA BELLS (cymbals) into them. Call for availability. any prominent place. One size fits #DI $30 #BROFSC $36 all! SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 20 DHARMA ITEMS | NEW! | | NEW! | STATUES #RU THANGKAS! High quality statues of the Bud- Sizes are the measurements of the dha and various deities are availa- painting only. They are all proper- ble on request. We have numerous ly mounted and brocaded for rupas and our stock is always hanging. Please call us for infor- changing. Materials range from mation as to availability. Contact brass to copper with gold and us for photos of the following in painted faces. Contact us for pho- stock: tos of these images: Hayagriva $475 Dhyani Buddha (set of 5) 4 1/2" Karmapa $475 $1000 Kurukulla $650 Green Tara 4 1/2" $195 Medicine Buddha $800 Manjushri 6" $300 Shakyamuni $650 Manjushri 9" $700 Shakyamuni $450 Medicine Buddha 15" $1200 Four-Arm Mahakala $350 Shakyamuni Buddha 8" $325 Two-Arm Mahakala $475 TIBETAN STAMPS #TIST $5 Shakyamuni Buddha 4" $85 Vajrakilaya $400 60 Tibetan stamps that are Shakyamuni Buddha 4 1/2" $195 Vajrayogini $475 gummed for sticking on letters, Sinhamuka 10" $360 Vajrayogini $495 packages and other items. A color- Vajrasattva 6" $158 White Tara $1000 ful addition to your correspon- White Tara 5" $500 $600 dence that also supports the Yamaraja 6" $120 Tibetan cause.

PECHA COVERS We now have two types of pecha covers for sadhanas: BROCADED PECHA COVER PECHA WRAP #PEWR $15 #BROFSC $70 This has a 21" square maroon This is a solidly constructed pecha cloth with 4" brocade patch and holder that has a wooden frame cord with tassel. measuring 5 x 16". It opens to eas- ily hold your sadhana texts up to 2" thick. It is brocaded and has a cord with a tassel. TIBETAN PICTURE FRAME #TIPIF $12 Gao-shaped frame holds 2 1/2x3" photo. Cast metal relief with Bud- dhist design. Made by Tibetans in India.

PURBAS Tantric daggers make of iron. 9" #9PU $30 5" #5PU $12

PENDANTS Made from sterling silver: Dorje #DOPE $30 Kalachakra #KAPE $15

| NEW! | TIBETAN WINDCHIMES #TIWI $50 Three wonderfully sonorous bells hand-made from brass with tradi- tional brocade windcatch will add delightful tones to the sound of the wind. Made by Tibetans in India.

"POCKET" PUJAS $2.50 ea. Plastic coated cards with deity im- Green Tara #GRTAPO age on front and a short recitation Medicine Buddha #MEBUPO with Tibetan on the reverse. Meas- Guru Rinpoche #GURIPO ure 2 1/2x3 1/2." Sakyamuni #SHBUPO Chenrezig #CHPOPU

| NEW! | TIBETAN ART CALENDAR 1993, 16 1/2 x 23 1/2" #TIARCA i~4.i $25 Fall Order this popular calendar now. It will be sent to you as soon as it NEW! | is available this fall. SILK SCARVES, 39" Square, # $50 Four Tibetan designs, hand- screened, pure silk scarves, ideal for gifts. Made by Tibetans in TRADITIONAL 5-COLOR India. HANGING FOR COLUMNS We can now take special orders for OR WALL #WAHA $150 Used in #SISCT Tiger shrines and monasteries, it meas- #SISCO Opera thangkas and statues. Ask us for details. ures 50" wide by 68" high. #SISCB Bird #SISCC Cloud

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 21 DHARMA ITEMS

"SAVE TIBET" Buttons #SATIBU $1 Gold with black lettering and ma- roon flower. SNOW LION Button 2' Di- ameter. #SNLIBU $.60 Red drawing on yellow.

T-SHIRTS! SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR TIBET! ^i^tVi^m^*^*^*™***™*^*™*^*~«^«*™X Exquisite 100% cotton, 4-color shirts in M, L, XL. Stamp envelops and other correspondence with these two Double Dorje on black shirt great : IBLDODO $14 Potala on yellow shirt #MAPOTE $14 Year of Tibet on white shirt #YETITE $14 Tibet Flag on white shirt #TIFLTE $14 Tibet Symbol on black shirt THE YEAR OF TIBET #BLTISY $14 KALACHAKRA DESIGN T- THE YEAR OF TIBET SHIRTS $14, #KATESH #SLYTS $5.95 SAVE TIBET This is 4-color on white 100% cot- ton high-grade shirt in M, L, XL. #SLST $5.95 USzT£*i>&* »*t »!*T *»•-! s | CLEARANCE SALE! | Both are high-quality rubber stamps and measure PA" wide by WV high. TIBET PLACE MAP, by Peter HALF PRICE ON SWEAT- Gold, 16 x 23" #TIPLMA $5 SHIRTS! A charming and intriguing artist's Cotton/poly (50-50) sweatshirts for rendering of Central Tibet and men and women. They are high- quality shirts. Please give full .--,:., ^ <§» outlying areas drawn by a Tibetan in traditional Tibetan style. It description (color, size, design) on shows many important sacred, your order form and a second ^•SP*""^ *-». historic and geographic sites. Al- choice in case we are out of your tar of the Earth (also by Peter) first selection. The price listed is describes many of the places 1/2 the original retail price. depicted here (see Sale section). Sweatshirts: | NOW 1/2 PRICE! | PRAYER FLAGS $6 ea. These are excellent flags printed , Small: Ba-wSf on cotton muslin. Yellow; Medium: White #SWOR NOW $12 ASSEMBLY OF ALL LAMAS' im HEARTS, 20 x 20", orange Double Dorje, Small: Red, White, #LAHEPR Yellow; Medium: White, Yellow Mantras and prayers for protection #SWOR NOW $12 | BUDDHA, 18 x 26", burnt red Tibetan Flag, Medium Only, White & Blue, #TIFLSW NOW ■ „ ■ #BUPRFL -:^?^"'""^v^W^ '■^■'v'^-:■ -fe':^v^i> $14 LUNG TA, THE WIND HORSE, 18 x 22", purple #WIHOPR MANTRA OF AMITABHA, 18 x 18", burnt red #AMMAPR OM MANI PADME HUM, 18 x 18", Carmine #OMPRFL TIBETAN OM, 18 x 18", Car- mine #LFTOM VAST LUCK, 20 x 20", peacock blue #VALUPR The four propitious animals and four auspicious symbols with Om in the center of a double vajra.

NEW! EXQUISITE HAND-WOVEN 100% WOOL TIBETAN CARPETS Encouraged by the response that we have received been selling designs that are more mass-market- OTHER DHARMA to our Tibetan carpets, we have now commis- able but lack the refined look of these new car- sioned the manufacture of beautiful high-quality pets. You may be interested to know that a num- ITEMS AVAILABLE traditional style carpets. The designs selected were ber of these are hard-to-find Tibetan Tiger Rugs. from photos of carpets in museum publications The new carpets vary in pile density and the ON REQUEST we've been admiring but were unable to find. price varies according to this and according to the Tibetan weavers were located who could produce size (most are approximately 3 x 6', some are 6 them. We don't think you have seen carpets like x 9'). Please contact us for photos of available car- Call or write to us these before since weavers have, for some time, pets. Prices range from $225 to $1695. for information.

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 22 BOOKS BY THE DALAI LAMA Featured: claim of millions around the world. Foreword by Senator Claiborne Pell, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee. BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB SELECTION DEITY YOGA in Action and Performance Tantras, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Tsong-ka-pa and Jeffrey Hopkins (also Trans. & Ed.). 274 pp. #DEYO $14.95 Deity Yoga describes the profound process of meditation in Action and Performance Tantras. It is a invaluable book for anyone who is practicing or interested in Bud- TRANSCENDENT WISDOM A CommtmUtfy vn the Ninth Chapter of dhist tantra. It is comprised of Sti,< three parts: H.H tt,« Dale* Lama Heart of Mantra by the Dalai . fr'J & Aafictsteti':». B M*: Waii»r(; Lama is a lucid exposition of the meditative rites of deity yoga—the man concerns in a practical and di- The Great Exposition of Secret "In this work we have the Dalai distinctly tantric process in which rect manner with his characteris- Mantra—Pan 1 by Tsong-ka-pa, is Lama at full strength...a pro- yogis visualize themselves in the tic warmth, wit and perception. one of the principle classic texts on found work."—Parabola THE BODHGAYA INTER- form of a Buddha's divine body as Not limited to Buddhist or reli- tantra. It presents the main fea- In 1979, His Holiness the Dalai VIEWS 1981-85, by His Holiness a manifestation of compassionate gious believers, his message speaks tures common to all the Buddhist Lama delivered an oral teaching the Dalai Lama, Ed. by Jose Igna- wisdom. to all humanity of the importance tantra systems as well as the differ- on this text before an assembly of cio Cabezon. 104 pp., photos, The Great Exposition of Secret to the very fabric of society of ences between sutra and tantra. over a thousand Tibetans and #BOIN $8.95 Mantra—parts 2 & 3, by Tsong-ka- kindness, love, and compassion. It Contents include: paths to Budd- Westerners. B. Alan Wallace has "In these spontaneous interviews pa, details the practices of Action is a message of hope, both in terms hahood, vajra vehicle, deity yoga, translated, edited and added ex- he reveals his inimitable wit and ; and Performance Tantras. Special of the potential for individual and and method in the four tantras. planatory notes to this extraor- gently exemplifies the true nature deity yoga techniques for the de- social transformation, and in terms Supplement by Jeffrey Hopkins dinarily clear and valuable com- of a Bodhisattva."—East West velopment of the heart, mind and of the indomitable human spirit. discusses the meaning of empti- mentary. Journal physical form of a Buddha are "Hopkins has done an excellent ness, transformation, and the pur- These sparkling interviews with presented in a coherent series of translating and editing job, mak- pose of the four tantras. His Holiness the Dalai Lama are yogic exercises. The (hand ing the often-difficult terms and sure to interest Buddhists and non- gestures) that accompany the doctrines very accessible.. .gives Buddhists alike. His Holiness meditations are clearly illustrated. the reader an insight into contem- covers a spectrum of religious and Supplement by Jeffrey Hopkins porary Tibetan Buddhism as secular concerns in a most candid outlines in detail the structure of presented by the gentie, intelligent and stimulating manner. Psychol- Action Tantra practices as well as exiled leader of the Tibetan peo- ogy, tantra, politics, emptiness, the need for the development of ple. This is an excellent , reincarnation, liber- special yogic powers. book."—Choice ation, meditation, mantra, gurus, "Though [the Dalai Lama] is protector deities, and particle one of the most erudite scho- physics are some of the topics lars ... he has a gift for reducing discussed—much of this informa- his doctrine to a core of lucid prac- tion is unavailable elsewhere. ticality, crystallized in the title of These interviews were held at the his 1984 book, Kindness, Clarity close of annual teachings and in- and Insight."—Time Magazine itiations in Bodhgaya, India, the place most sacred to Buddhists.

THE UNION OF BLISS AND EMPTINESS, H.H the Dalai TO THE LION THRONE, by Lama. 191 pp. #UNBLEM $12.95 Whitney Stewart. 60 pp., large for- The origins of the instructions on mat #LITH $8.95 this Lama Choepa (guru yoga) This is an exciting and engaging practice are traced back to the ex- biography of the Dalai Lama for planatory tantra called Vajramala, children. The day the Dalai Lama in which the visualization of the was born, a rainbow touched his body mandala deities on the gu- house, two crows rested on his roof ru's body is explained according ESSENCE OF REFINED top and kept guard and his father to Guhyasamaja. Since the integral GOLD, by the Third Dalai Lama jumped from his sick bed and practice of Yamantaka, Gu- & Glenn H. Mullin, Commentary declared himself cured by his son's hyasamaja and Heruka has great by H.H. the present Dalai Lama. birth. This biography follows the merit and advantages, Lama 271 pp. #ESREGO $12.95 life of the young, spirited boy who Choepa explains how to do it on "For its down-to-earth style in- became a monk at age three, the basis of this guru yoga prac- dicating a rich spiritual path, this moved to the in tice. The actual practice is ex- must rank as one of the finest PATH TO BLISS, by The Dalai Lhasa and became the spiritual plained on the basis of Gu- Buddhist books in English to Lama, ed. by Thubten Jinpa & and political leader of his people hyasamaja, the preliminaries such THE DALAI LAMA: A date."— 77*e Christine Cox. 240 pp. #PABL by age fifteen. To her careful re- as the self-generation are explained POLICY OF KINDNESS, com- Continuing the living Tibetan $14.95 search into the early years of the on the basis of Yamantaka, and piled & edited by Sidney Pibum. tradition to the present day, the These teachings present a sys- Dalai Lama, Whitney Stewart performing offerings and so forth 152 pp., #POKI $6.95 present Dalai Lama provides an tematic approach to personal de- adds many touching stories from is explained according to Heruka. "This small book is a comprehen- extensive commentary to the Third velopment through visualization, the Dalai Lama himself, as well as This guru yoga is widespread sive and engaging introduction to Dalai Lama's "Essence of Refined reason and contemplation. The spirited illustrations to produce a within the system and most this great man.. This is an excel- Gold" drawn from his own presentation is clear and eloquent. book that will leave a lasting im- followers know it by heart. This lent anthology." -^Karuna penetrating experience. His dis- The approach is simple yet pro- pression on young readers. volume present useful tantric ma- ".. This is a very important col- course comprises the main body of found. It does not presuppose any Whitney Stewart writes fiction terial unavailable elsewhere. lection ... most highly recom- this text and alternates between prior experience on the part of the and non-fiction for children. She Other Tides: mended."— Library Journal personal reflections, direct beginner, while providing rich ma- has been a children's librarian and "Clear, concise, interweaving spiritual advice and scriptural terial for the more advanced prac- a tutor of English, French, crea- practical discussion with things of quotations. He elucidates in prac- titioner. Beginning with practices tive writing, and children's thea- a more ethereal nature, this is an tical terms what the student must that develop an effective mental ter. Her experience as a puppeteer essential and wonderfully inexpen- do to attain enlightenment. This outlook in one's life, this book and actor has been a base for writ- rs sive purchase."—Booklist, Ameri- book forms the most accessible in- guides the student to more ad- ing for and working with children can Library Association troduction to Tibetan Buddhism vanced techniques for developing in elementary and high school. Who is the Dalai Lama and why available. the mind's deepest potentials and TRANSCENDENT WISDOM: was he awarded the Nobel Peace ".. .presented in a practical and happiness. A Commentary on the Ninth Prize? Beginning with the Nobel understandable form.. .delight- TANTRA IN TIBET, H.H. the Chapter of 's Guide to Lecture which presents his policy fully illustrated, well-printed and Dalai Lama, Tsong-ka-pa and the Bodhisattva Way of Life, by of kindness, this book offers a highly recommendable as a prac- Jeffrey Hopkins (also Trans. & H.H. the Dalai Lama; Trans., ed. comprehensive view of his per- tical guide to Tibetan Ed.). 252 pp. #TATI $14.95 & annotated by B. Alan Wallace. sonal life, his wide-ranging in- Buddhism"—Soami Sariputra, ' 'This is a most valuable book for 146 pp., #TRWI $9.95 terests, and his thoughts on issues The Theosophist the serious seeker."— The Tibet "A clear exposition..." — of global concern. These ad- KINDNESS, CLARITY, AND Journal Vajradhatu Sun dresses, interviews and biographi- INSIGHT, by H.H the Fourteenth Tantra in Tibet consists of three "The Guide to the Bodhisattva cal essays reveal a highly pragmatic Dalai Lama, Trans. & Ed. by parts published under the auspices Way of Life" is one of the most man, dedicated to the establish- Jeffrey Hopkins, Co-Ed. by of the Dalai Lama: highly recommended texts for Ma- ment of non-violent solutions to Elizabeth Napper. 239 pp. Essence of Tantra by H.H. the hayana practice. The ninth chapter human problems in the personal, #KICLIN $12.95 Dalai Lama reveals the highly of that book, the chapter on Tran- environmental and political This best-selling book contains a practical and compassionate use of scendent Wisdom, is known among FREEDOM IN EXILE: The Au- arenas. A captivating picture collection of talks given by the this science of spiritual develop- Buddhist scholars as a challenging tobiography of the Dalai Lama. emerges of the Dalai Lama whose Dalai Lama to Western audiences ment. Contents include: tantra for and profound exposition of the 256 pp., 16 black & white photos, goodwill, understanding and prac- during his tours of North practice, refuge, the three paths, Madhyamika View of Buddhist phi- #FREX $10.95 ticality have brought him respect America. His Holiness covers a greatness of mantra, clear light losophy. It is difficult to understand In this landmark book the Dalai from world leaders and the ac- wide variety of spiritual and hu- and initiation. without a commentary. Lama tells his story—from his

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 23 THE DALAI LAMA/KALACHAKRA TEACHINGS THE DALAI LAMA KALACHAKRA TEACHINGS remarkable childhood as the leader SONGS OF SPIRITUAL HIGHEST YOGA TANTRA, by Kalachakra generation and com- ogy, physiology, and mythology of 6 million Tibetans through the CHANGE, by the Seventh Dalai Daniel Cozort 192 pp. #HIYOTA pletion stage yogas to those of the into a meditational system that crisis of the Chinese invasion up Lama & Glenn H. Mullin. 205 pp. $12.95 (see Religion section) mainstream tantras and details the embraces the entire universe and to the present life in exile and re- #SEWOD7 $10.95 (See Religion For anyone interested in practicing unique Kalachakra methods for at- leads to enlightenment. establishment of his culture in Section) Kalachakra, this book is a great taining enlightenment in this life- The Kalachakra, with its special India. general presentation of tantra and time. Part Two contains transla- connection to the land of Shamb- in addition has a special section tions of seven essential texts on the hala and a future golden age of | NEW! | comparing the completion stages practice of Kalachakra, including Dharma, has a special appeal for of the Guhyasamaja and Kala- a sadhana selected by the Dalai people of all levels of learning and chakra systems. Lama for this book. Glenn Mul- practice. Initiations into its prac- THE DALAI LAMA lin's perceptive and very readable KALACHAKRA: RITE OF IN- tices traditionally have been large discussion of the theory and prac- ITIATION, by H.H. the Dalai public events, especially when Lama and Jeffrey Hopkins. 511 pp. tice of this profound tantric system granted by the Dalai Lama. #KARIIN $22.95 is an excellent addition to the liter- Initiation into the Kalachakra For the first time, a tantric initia- ature on this subject. Tantra has been given with in- tion ritual is presented in detail in TIBETAN PILGRIMAGE, by creasing frequency in recent years, English. Peter Gold. 175 pp., color photos, but information on this complex #TIPI $14.95 (see Sale) KALACHAKRA TANTRA, system and practice remains Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey. 180 pp. THE WAY TO SHAMBHALA, sparse. The Wheel of Time fills the #KATA $12.00 by Edwin Bernbaum. 316 pp., gap by discussing the Buddhist background, history, initiation >\-&?... This book provides a sound expla- illus. #WASH $12.95 i nation of the practice of "Bernbaum.. .is a first-rate inter- rites, generation stage sadhana and Kalachakra. It contains tantric in- preter of Shambhala and Tibetan completion stage practices of the formation pertinent to practi- Buddhism. His prose is clear and Kalachakra tantra. tioners of any highest yoga tantra. jargon-free, and he speaks with KALACHAKRA DEITY TANTRIC YOGAS OF SISTER Topics include: the initiations, on-the-scene authority." — POSTER 11 x 17 1 2" #SMKADE , by the Second Dalai vows and pledges, cultivating the Smithsonian $3.00 Lama & Glenn H. Mullin. 240 pp. generation and completion stages, Shambhala is a reality to many This poster is of the great thangka THE MEANING OF LIFE #SEWOD2 $12.95 (See Religion energy centers, winds, drops, tak- Tibetans and Mongolians who that also appears on the cover of (From A Buddhist Perspective), Section) ing the three bodies as the path, await the emergence of its king Kalachakra Tantra: Rite of Initia- by the Dalai Lama, trans, by Jeffrey and day and night yogas. with his magical armies to conquer POSTER OF H.H. THE tion. It comes to us from India and Hopkins. 120 pp., color photos, materialism and inaugurate the DALAI LAMA, 12 x 19" the edges are a litde wrinkled. Be- #MELI $12.50 Fall golden Age. Guidebooks to the cause we think you'll enjoy it, we In this teaching on the twelve links #DALAPO $3.75 kingdom, its antecedents in liter- A beautiful full-color portrait of are selling it at a reduced price. At of dependent-arising, His Holi- ature, and its role as a metaphor the bottom of the poster are the ness presents the basic world view His Holiness taken from the cover for the inner sanctuary of the heart of Kindness, Clarity, and Insight, mantras associated with the deity, of Buddhism and how humans can are among the topics explored in written in Tibetan. make life meaningful. on an aquamarine background this engaging work. with the following quotation that GARUDA POSTERS $8 ea. OCEAN OF WISDOM: Guide- captures the essence of his teach- Very fine quality posters. lines for Living, text by Dalai ing: "Out of my experience, I tell GAKADE Kalachakra Deity Lama, photos by Marcia Keegan. my friends wherever I go about the GAKAMA Kalachakra Mandala 112 pp. 19 color photos. #OCWIP importance of love and compas- JHE WHEEL Op "jtME IMAGES OF TIBETAN $8.95 paper #OSWIC $14.95 cloth sion. Deep down we must have fhe kalachakra in Context CULTURE The Dalai Lama's message is in- real affection for each other, a clear These full-color Tibet Cards meas- terwoven with many photos of realization or recognition of our Oeshe Lhundufc Sopa ure 4 1/4" x 6" and are only 60 him. (jgerjaison cents each. They capture some of shared human status." job Newman With a foiwod by liis holiness the Dalai Una the most moving images of the 1985 \ BACK! 1 Kalachakra in Bodhgaya, India. OPENING THE EYE OF NEW CUCA9 Long-life Offering AWARENESS, by H.H. the Dalai CUCA10 Dalai Lama at Lama, trans, by Donald S. Lopez, THE PRACTICE OF Kalachakra Jr. with Jeffrey Hopkins. 144 pp. KALACHAKRA, by Glenn H. CUCA14 Tibetan Monk in Prayer #OPEY $12.95 Mullin, foreword by H.H. the Dalai CUCA20 Tibetan Lamas A succinct yet thorough presenta- Lama. 350 pp., Illus. #PRKA CUCA22 Dalai Lama & Dingo tion of the doctrines of Tibetan $14.95 Khyentse R. Buddhism written by the Dalai The Kalachakra spiritual legacy is CUCA31 High Lamas at Lama for those who do not have a vital and central part of Tibetan Kalachakra the leisure to study the great texts. Buddhism. Presented here is a THE WHEEL OF TIME: The ■ ■-: : : It is a good survey of the theory detailed and practical overview of Kalachakra in Context, by Geshe ■;:■■■:■■::; and practice of Buddhism. this unique spiritual path. In Part , Roger Jackson, MlwPilrs WJF iii. PATH OF THE BOD- One, Glenn Mullin discusses the John Newman, foreword by H. H. HISATTVA WARRIOR, by The tantric path to enlightenment by the Dalai Lama. 158 pp., #WHTI Thirteenth Dalai Lama & Glenn H. drawing on the writings of great $12.95 Mullin, 387 pp. #PABOWA $14.95 scholar-practitioners of the past. The Kalachakra is one of the most (See Religion Section) He describes the sutrayana and profound and sublime of the Bud- vajrayana paths, outlines the four dhist tantric systems. It is an in- classes of tantras, compares the tricate interweaving of yoga, astrol- THE DALAI LAMA

H.H. THE FOURTEENTH DALAI LAMA PORTRAITS KALACHAKRA SAND MAN- Because of the great demand for photos of the Dalai Lama, we offer full-color portraits suitable for gifts DALA POSTER, 8 1/2 x 12" or devotional use. Photos like these of the Dalai Lama are precious gifts for Tibetans in Tibet or Tibetan #BLKAPO $5 communities. ,«■«__—______-. ..„,,..,„ _„ A high-quality reproduction of the sand mandala against a blue back- ground. KALACHAKRA SAND MAN- DALA POSTER, 24 x 35" #KASAP $16 Large, full-color photo reproduc- tion of the sand mandala con- structed in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. KALACHAKRA SAND MAN- CULTIVATING A DAILY DALA POSTCARD, #KASAC MEDITATION, by the Dalai $.75 Lama. 137 pp., #CUDAME $6.95 Same image as poster only in post- The Dalai Lama explains how one card size. should proceed to cultivate a daily GARUDA POSTCARDS $1 ea. meditational practice. He also Traditional thangka images. presents tantric meditations and GAC3 Kalachakra Deity #DALAPP The Dalai Lama plus #DALACA Close-up of His Holi- discusses how and why they are ef- #COPOKl Wallet-size photo from KALACHAKRA EMBLEM long life prayer in Tibetan and ness' face $.80 fective in transforming the mind. the cover of Policy of Kindness. It NOTECARDS $12 for 10 cards The visualizations used are that of is laminated on both sides. $1 English on the reverse side. Lami- nated, 2 1/2x3 1/2" $2.50 plus envelopes. IKAEMNO the Buddha, Avalokiteshvara, These are full-color cards of the Manjushri, Vajrapani and Arya Kalachakra mantra. Tara. He shows how to develop the KALACHAKRA EMPLEM expansive view and a compassion- PRINT, 8 x 10" full-color ate heart. Insightful questions and #KAEMPR $7 (was $12). answers follow each chapter. SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 24 SPECIAL ITEMS SNOW LION TIBET CARDS

IMAGES OF TIBETAN CULTURE In these full-color postcard images of Tibe- tan culture all facets of Tibetan life are represented: painters, rug weavers, singers, masked dancers, lamas and monasteries, re- ligious ceremonies, nomads, yogis, the Kalachakra Initiation in , pilgrims, children, statues, landscapes and more! These CUCA34 Temple beautiful photos are of Tibetans in exile and CUCA35 Jokhang Rooftop of Tibet itself. Cards measure 4 1/4" x 6" and CUCA36 Jo Rinpoche Statue are only 60 cents each. CUCA37 Young Monk on Roof CUCA1 Statue CUCA38 Potala Palace CUCA2 Monastery Interior CUCA39 Potala Rooftop CUCA3 Thikse Monastery CUCA40 Tashilunpo Monastery CUCA4 Tibetan Rug Weaver CUCA41 Rebuilding of Ganden CUCA5 Mountain Sunset CUCA42 Monks of CUCA6 Monastery Courtyard CUCA43 Dharmachakra CUCA7 Landscape Sunset CUCA50 CUCA44 Mandala Offering CUCA8 Smiling Lady CUCA46 Chorten of Gyantse CUCA9 Long-life Offering I CUCA47 Monastery CUCA11 Tibetan Pilgrim CUCA48 Milarepa's Cave CUCA12 Masked Dancer CUCA49 CUCA13 Tibetan Man & Child CUCA50 Monastery CUCA14 Tibetan Monk in Prayer CUCA51 CUCA16 Potala Palace CUCA52 Tibetan Women CUCA17 Young Tibetan Monk CUCA53 Statue CUCA18 Potala from Back Side CUCA54 Woman with Headdress CUCA19 White Masked Dancer CUCA55 Lamayuru Monastery CUCA20 Tibetan Lamas CUCA56 Woman Chanting CUCA21 Red-Masked Dancer CUCA57 Monk in Meditation CUCA23 Tibetan Horseman CUCA59 Horseman CUCA24 Elderly Man with CUCA60 Yak CUCA25 Bashful Khampa Girl CUCA61 Nomadic Tent CUCA26 Tibetan Thangka Painter CUCA62 Ceremonial Tent CUCA27 Tibetan Mask CUCA63 Monks Debating CUCA29 Tibetan Ngakpa CUCA64 Potala Stairs CUCA30 Woman with Dog CUCA65 View from Jokhang Roof CUCA31 High Lamas at Kalachakra CUCA68 Chorten Detail CUCA32 Woman with Prayer Wheels CUCA69 Golden Buddha

CUCA68 HELP SUPPORT THE TIBETAN REFUGEES: ;-i^':4\ To express our gratitude to the many POSTERS Tibetans who made these cards possi- ble, Snow Lion will donate a percent- These posters can only be sent to 1 NEW! 1 North American customers be- age of the price of every Tibet Card that cause of damage problems. They MANDALA PRINTS, Set of 12, you purchase to the Tibet Fund to help also must go only by the US Post each is 11 x 11," #MAPRI $15 support the Tibetan refugees. Office. Medicine Buddha, Amitayus, The following two Snow Lion 1000-Arm Chenrezig, Nir- Posters are high-quality, full-color manakaya Vajra Akshobya, Maha reproductions which measure 20 Mandala of the 1037-fold Vajrad- x 25 1 2" (including border): hatu of the Buddha Family, Gu- hyasamaja, Chakrasamvara, •"^SM^; POTALA PALACE, #POPAPO Kalachakra, Hevajra, $9 Vijaya & 9 Bhairavas, Vajrasattva. One of the most outstanding pic- tures of the Potala Palace we've | NEW! seen. JOWO SHAKYAMUNI MEDICINE BUDDHA, 11 x BUDDHA STATUE, #SHBUST 16" #WIPO10 $6 IMAGES OF LOST TIBET $9 A fine print of the Healing Bud- & FACES OF TIBET Stunning view of this sacred statue dha by Robert Beer. located in the Jokhang Temple in VAJRADHARA POSTER 24 x Tibet, as it was prior to the Chinese invasion, 36" #DRP01 $21 is no more. Most of the religious culture as Lhasa. It is the focal point of Tibe- tan prayers and pilgrimages. It is truly a beautiful poster, with it appeared prior to the 1950's was destroyed fine gold ink. leaving only hints of what was once one of the BONPO LAMA NAMGYAL most spiritual societies on Earth. Tibet is now ANGDU, 17 x 26" #BOLALI WHEEL OF LIFE, 17 x 24" opening to tourists but what visitors will not FATI53 $11 #WHLIPR $12 find is the thousands of beautiful monaster- A meditating Bonpo Lama in The best painting of this famous traditional religious dress pho- image that we have seen. ies which flourished on the mountain sides, i filled with several hundred thousand monks tographed at Samung Monastery, GARUDA POSTERS $8 ea. O and nuns—a rugged and happy culture of a Dolpo, Nepal. B & W. Very Fine quality posters of three im- people who lived their lives in a free and reli- powerful and atmospheric. portant images. • - • fcA>i GAAMPO Amitabha in gious atmosphere. BUDDHA EYES, 24 x 36" THARPA FINE ART DEITY Fifteen very high-quality black and white #BUEYPO $6 Dewachen GAKADE Kalachakra Deity PRINTS postcard images—5 revealing the Tibetan Mind-stopping close-up of the eyes These superb fine art prints depict of a Tibetan Buddhist statue. GAKAMA Kalachakra Mandala character and 10 of the best pictures from the some of the most important figures Newark Museum's collection of rare photo- HAYAGRTVA POSTER 19 x 25" I NEW ART PRINTS! I of Tibetan Buddhist iconographic graphs of old Tibet—are available in this se- #HASTPO $9 These are gold on black and red art. ries of cards. Stunning photo of one of the best The fine art prints have been Cards measure 4 1/4" x 6" and are only 60 statues from the Jacques Marchais on gold thangka images by the beautifully reproduced in full cents each. Museum of Tibetan Art. great artist Robert Beer. The color using long-lasting colorfast IMAGES OF LOST TIBET KALACHAKRA SAND MAN- colors are very striking and the im- inks and fine matte art paper. Each IMTI1 Tibetan from Chamdo DALA POSTER, 8 1/2 x 12" ages well-drawn. print carries the customary auspi- IMTI2 Monks Sounding Trumpets #BLKAPO $5 Gold on Black, 12 x 15" $7 ea. cious symbols of blessing on the IMTI3 Tibetan Nomad Tent A high-quality reproduction of the Guhyasamaja #BEGUPO reverse and is accompanied by an IMTI4 Norbu Linga & sand mandala against a blue back- Vajrapani #BEVAPO explanatory leaflet. The prints IMTI5 Officials During ground. Gold on Black, 18 x 23" $13 ea. measure 16 1/2 x 22 1/2" and are IMTI7 Potala During Losar $22 ea. KALACHAKRA SAND MAN- Kalachakra #BEKAPO IMTI8 Tantric Meditator DALA POSTER, 24 x 35" THARPA FINE ART PRINTS IMTI9 Tibetan Men & Horses #KASAP $16 Red on Gold, 9 x 11" $5 ea. $22 ea. IMTI10 Mani Stones—Tibet-China border The large full color photo #BEABPO BUPR Shakyamuni Buddha IMTI11 Wife of Tibetan Governor reproduction of sand mandala con- Khedrub Je #BEKHPO MAPR Manjushri FACES OF TIBET structed in the American Museum Milarepa #BEMIPO GRTAPR Green Tara FATI51 Nomad Yogi of Natural History, New York # BEYEP AMPR Amitabha City. MEBUPR Medicine Buddha FATI52 Yogi of Milarepa Tradition Red on Gold, 12 x 15" $7 ea. FATI53 Woman with Prayer Beads JETSPR FATI54 Young Tibetan Girl Nagarjuna #BENAPO VACOPR Vajradhara w/Consort FATI55 Yeshi Dorje, Weather Controller Padmasambhava #BEPAPO VAPR Vajrayogini FATI54 SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 25 SPECIAL ITEMS

NEW! | ROBERT BEER POSTCARDS $.75 ea. -*, „ ■££ *-, * ^jm Robert is one of the very best Tibetan style WISDOM ART CALENDAR CARDS painters. You'll like these images: ,m $.75 ea. #RBC1 Avalokiteshvara These are great color images. #BEKACA Kalachakra #WDC1 Buddha Shakvamuni #RBC3 Medicine Buddha #WDC2 Green Tara #BENGCA Nagarjuna #WDC3 Nine Deity Hevajra \ HI #BENACA *WDC4 Blessing of Medicine Mandala V #BESHCA Shantideva #WDC5 Amoghapasha Mandala #BETICA • #BEPACA Padmapani 1 I #BEKACA -w =- s&* ^vSSfca&gS? #WDC1 #BENGCA ggggomogm aamm—

GARUDA POSTCARDS $1 ea. Traditional thangka images. GAC1 Gelugpa Guru Tree GAC2 Amitabha in Dewachen GAC3 Kalachakra Deity GAC5 Buddha with Discip. GAC6 Tsong-ka-pa on Lion GAC7 Avalokitesvara #WDC3 f5Er GAC8 Vajrayogini GAC9 Labchig Drolma GAC10 4 Sakya Lamas #POPANO GAC11 35 Buddhas ROBERT BEER NOTECARDS $1.25 ea. POTALA PALACE NOTECARD GAC12 Padmasambhava with envelope. #POPANO $2.75 GAC13 White Tara Fine line drawings of deities and lineage This is the finest photo of the Potala we have GAC14 Cakrasamvara gurus: seen. The color is rich and it sparkles in the GAC15 Green Tara GAC111 #BEGADO mountain light. The notecard contains an ac- tual photo, envelope and hand inscription. GAC113 «BEKUNO Kuntuzangpo GAC114 Simhavaktra #BEMANOMarpa #BEKUNO #BEMINO GAC115 White Mahakala #BEMINO Milarepa GAC116 Vajrapani #BEPANO Padmasambhava GAC118 Peaceful Deities GAC127 White Tara Mandala #BETSKH Tsongkhapa GAC119 Wrathful Bardo Deities GAC128 Depiction of Universe #BEVANO Vajradhara GAC124 Yamantaka GAC129 Yogambara Mandala #BEYETS Yeshe Tsogyal GAC126 Ushnishavinijaya GAC130 Vajrasattva w/Consort THARPA FINE ART DEITY CARDS These superb fine art cards depict some of the most important figures of Tibetan Buddhist iconographic art. The cards measure 4x6" and sell for $.90 ea. They have been beauti- fully reproduced in full color and high gloss finish. KALACHAKRA SAND MAN- THARPA DEITY CARDS $.90 ea. DALA POSTCARD, #KASAC TDC1 Shakyamuni Buddha $.75 TDC2 Avalokiteshvara Full-color photo reproduction of TDC3 Manjushri sand mandala constructed in the TDC4 Vajrapani American Museum of Natural TDC5 Green Tara History, New York City. TDC6 White Tara POMEGRANATE TDC7 Amitabha NOTECARDS $1.25 ea. with TDC8 Amitayus envelope TDC9 Medicine Buddha BUEYNO Buddha Eyes TDC10 Je Tsongkhapa PRFLNO Prayer Flags TDC11 Vajradhara w/Consort TDC12 Vajrasattva w/Consort NOTECARDS OF THE FIVE TDC13 Yamantaka DHYANI BUDDHAS $7 for 10 TDC14 Heruka cards plus envelopes. There are TDC15 Vajrayogini two cards for each Buddha—they TDC16 Mahakala portray the seed syllable in its ap- TDC17 Guyhasamaja propriate color. #FIDHBU TDC18 Vajradharma 8 AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS TDC19 Maitreya NOTECARDS, $5 for 8 cards TDC20 Vaishravana plus envelopes. #EIAUSY TDC21 Vajrasattva TIBETAN POSTAGE AND TDC22 Prajnaparamita MONEY NOTECARD, TDC23 Wheel of Life TDC24 of Enlightenment fTIPOMO $9.25 for set of 10. This unusual card illustrates that j NEW! 1 Tibet had its own currency and postal system, prior to 1959. TDC25 1000-arm Avalokiteshvara TDC26 White Manjushri NOTECARDS These great cards are 5 x 7" and TDC27 Ushnisha Vijaya H TDC28 Kalarupa #VIWONO cost $1.50 ea. TDC29 Kinkara Skeleton Couple SHOTUN FESTIVAL TDC30 Mahakala (4-arm) #SHFENO TDC31 Heruka Chakrasamvara (12-arm) VILLAGE WOMEN #VIWONO TDC32 Five Buddha Families CHIN GOMPA & MT. KAILAS #CHGOMT THARPA GREETING CARDS $2 ea. w/envelope MASKED DANCERS OF Painted by Robert Beer, 5x7" NAMGYAL MONASTERY, Set THWITRWish-fulfilling Tree of 5 postcards #MADACA $4 THLOGRLotus Skeleton dancers, deer, old man, THEIAU Eight Auspicious Symbols protectors in full costume. These THDRTI Dragon & Tiger are very handsome and sales help THOFGOOffering Goddess support the monastery. "FREE TIBET", #SUBOCA THARPA BODHISATTVA CARDS $.75 #THBOCA $8.95 for set of 10. This humorous and poignant color Painted by Lama Jamyang postcard shows a suggestion box Atisha, Shantideva, Nagarjuna, , from Lhasa with the request to , Geshe Chekhawa, Geshe Langri free Tibet writen on it. This is a great way to send an important Tangpa, Je Tsongkhapa, Shakyamuni Bud- #TIPOMO dha, Lama Losang Tubwang Dorje Chang. message to others. #THBOCA #SUBOCA SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 26 CHILDREN'S BOOKS the Family, by Deborah Rozman. 152 pp. #MEFOCH $9.95 ILLUSTRATED MAP By following the simple and stimulating exercises offered in OF TIBET this book you can help your child to improve concentration, relieve The most vivid and colorful map of Tibet took the Depart- anxiety and relate to life with new ment of Religion and Cultural Affairs of His Holiness the confidence and joy. Dalai Lama two years to research and produce. MEDITATING WITH CHIL- DREN: The Art of Concentra- It features not only the geographic landmarks of Tibet, but tion and Centering, by Deborah also finely painted illustrations of regional costumes, ritual Rozman. 160 pp. #MEWICH dancers, farmers, nomads and Tibetan government officials, $10.95 all brilliantly depicted. A practical handbook for parents and teachers wanting to develop 40.5" by 22.5", the map is printed on durable thick matt- concentration and imagination in laminated paper suitable for framing. Educational as well as their children, including lesson decorative, the map brings out the diverse richness of Tibe- plans for children through 8th grade. tan culture. THE MOUNTAINS OF TIBET, by Mordicai Gerstein. Price: $10. Handling and shipping charges extra. Color illus., 7 and up, #MOTI TO THE LION THRONE, by Whitney Stewart. 55 pp. #LITH To order please write to: Chime Wangdu, The Office of Tibet AMY AND GULLY IN RAIN- $4.95 $8.95 241 E. 32nd Street BOWLAND, by W. W. Rowe, In a tiny village, high in the moun- tains of Tibet, lives a woodcutter. "Offers a fine introduction to the New York, NY 10016 illus. by Adam Chow. Ages 5-10, life and teachings of the fourteenth 96 pp., illus., #AMGU $5.95 June All his life he has longed to travel tel.: (212) 213-5010 Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of These are the adventures of Amy to faraway places, to see the world. Tibet. Interwoven are short tales Trent and her brother Gully. Find- But he grows old without ever about the culture and people of ing themselves in Rainbowland, leaving the mountain. When he Tibet. The Dalai Lama always they meet a magical man dressed dies, he is offered the chance to live another life, in any form he says, "If you can't help people, at in Buddhist robes who sends them least don't hurt them."—Skipping Cho-Yang, The Year of Tibet Issue in quest of the wishing stone. wants, anywhere in the galaxies. Stones This special, Year of Tibet issue of Cho-Yang offers detailed Along the way, they discover that Carefully he decides.. .and finds perspective on Tibet in five richly illustrated sections and special qualities within themselves himself in a place he never thought TWENTY JATAKA TALES, re- told by Noor Inayat Khan, illus. by accompanying photo essays, comprising 348 pages in full col- are needed to overcome threaten- he would choose. H. Willebeek Le Mair. 154pp., 21 or. It is the definitive introduction to Tibetan culture. ing situations—they learn to be People Who Have Helped courageous, to look beyond ap- illus. #TWJATA $9.95 Section I, Religion: Articles on the the World pearances, to do no harm and to Drawn from famous legends con- four major schools of Tibetan Bud- practice loving kindness. With THE DALAI LAMA: The cerning the former lives of the dhism and Bon, the indigeneous re- these powers they undo an evil leader of the exiled people of Buddha, these twenty stories tell ligion of Tibet. These desribe the witch's spells and bring beauty Tibet and tireless worker for of people and animals moved to history, major monasteries and im- and peace back to Rainbowland. world peace. #DALA $12.95 acts of altruism by the noble ex- portant lamas of each school. This is an excellent series that ample of their fellow creatures. A Guide to the Kalachakra Initia- describes the lives of extraordinary They are highly dramatic adven- tion; The Story of a Tibetan Yogini, people who held strong beliefs, tures resolved by non-violent and Shungseb Jetsun; An Explanation of and acted on those beliefs with compassionate means. Exquisite the Three Principle Aspects of the courage and commitment for the illustrations. Path by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. benefit of the world. They are WHERE IS TIBET?, by Gtna Section II, Sciences: Mind and Life, cloth bound and contain many Halpern. 48 full-color pages, ages Dialogue between scientists and the photos in color and B&W and are 3-10, #WHTI? $12.95 paper Dalai Lama; Tibetan Medicine; suitable for ages 10 and up. "Where is Tibet?" is really a way Tibetan Astro Sciences, etc. PRINCE SIDDHARTHA, by of asking "Where is Happiness?" Gina Halpern's enchanting book Section III, History & Politics: The Legal Status of Tibet; Post Landaw & Brooke. Color draw- ings, #PRSI $15.95 takes children on a double jour- Invasion Tibet: Two Lives, the storyu of two children growing uup THE ney. . .to a real country and into in Tibet after the Chinese invasion, etc. HUNGRY A delightful children's book on the life of . their own hearts. Section IV, Environment: The Environment Prior to the Chinese Brilliantly illustrated with Tibe- TIGRESS SHARING NATURE WITH Invasion; The Tibetan Buddhist View of the Environment; and tan images and colors, this sensi- CHILDREN, by Joseph Cornell. the Tibetan Way of Life. tively rendered, cross-cultural 143 pp. #SHNACH $6.95 book follows the search of a refu- Section V, Arts & Culture: Thanka Painting; Metal and Wood Puts the emphasis on developing gee Tibetan boy and girl for their Craft; Ritual Dance, Tibetan Opera; and New Forms of Art, etc. the heart and intuitive qualities to native Himalayan land. The chil- stimulate joyful, enlightening ex- 348 pages, US$27.95, handling & shipping extra. dren could be two of the real ex- periences. What is taught is pa- THE HUNGRY TIGRESS: iled children now living in India tience, awareness, empathy, trust, Buddhist Legends & Jataka and Nepal. But their search goes Tales, by Rafe Martin. 288 pp. and concentration in wholesome, beyond the geographical and per- #HUTI $15 uncompetitive games. sonal. In Gina Halpern's hands Respect, love, courage, persever- SHARING THE JOY OF NA- their quest becomes the universal TIBETAN ance, humor, and faith are the TURE, by Joseph Cornell. 209 pp. search of all who seek the path to universal mesages of these stories, #SHJONA $9.95 a place of peace. PHRASEBOOK retold here by famous storyteller A treasury of new games and ac- Where is Tibet? celebrates a Rafe Martin. This is the widest tivities for both adults and delightful spirit. Its answer to its Andrew Bloomfield & selection of Jataka tales (stories of children. own question, "Look into your Yanki Tshering the Buddha's earlier births) cur- SPIRITUAL PARENTING, by heart," sends a message of hope rently available. David Carroll. 416 pp., #SPPA and empowerment to all children. 152 pp. ISBN 0-937938-54-8 THE LAND OF SNOWS, by $12.95 There is no book like it today. $6.95 Christopher Gibb. 93 pp., many il- A practical, accessible guide to the WORKBOOK & TEACHER'S lustrations and photos, #LASN spiritual development of children GUIDE ON TIBET, by Yvonne $6.95 from infancy to adolescence. Writ- Piburn. 50 pp. #YPW $6.50 for Whether you are look- This history of Tibet, written for ten with no particular religious two booklets. ing for a room, visiting children up to 15 years old, is a perspective, it draws on the great These photocopied workbooks can concise, colorful and lively in- Eastern and Western religious tra- be used by teachers or parents as a monastery, or bargain- troduction to the history and daily ditions and aims at helping parents an educational activity book for in- ing for a bus seat, the life of the Tibetan people. The to effectively communicate troducing Tibetan culture. Ideal as Tibetan Children's Village pub- spiritual ideas to their children. prep for a visit to a Tibetan art Tibetan Phrasebook and lished this book. David Carroll has degrees from exhibit. Harvard and Columbia and is the accompanying tapes make immediate communi- ■ Medpiti0S>r^hildren author of twenty-two books. cation with Tibetans easy and fun. Travelers to TARA'S COLORING BOOK, Tibet, Nepal, and India as well as people wish- by Andy Weber & Nigel Wellings. 12 line drawings, oversize, "Whcm isTilx^,? ing to speak with Tibetans in the West will #TACOBO $7.95 A book of twelve exquisite line find this book invaluable. drawings of famous Tibetan icons. Tibetan Phrasebook begins by introducing you Buddha, Chenrezig, Tara, Man- jushri and others with instructions to both a phonetic system and a simple yet on how to color the drawings. complete grammar. In addition to containing TIBET, by Bobbie Kalman. 32 pp., 33 full-color photos, 8 1/2 x phrases and dialogues, each chapter is preceded 11," ages 8 to 14, #TI $7.95 Candid, intimate photographs by useful information, vocabulary, and some highlight this study of Tibetan cul- pointers about Tibetan customs and etiquette. ture and daily life. The photos are excellent and the whole book is The appendices include these helpful sections: very inviting to look at and read. Numbers, Dates, Days and Time, Dates of TINTIN IN TIBET, by Herge. 62 '.-,,.,,_ MEDITATION FOR CHIL- pp. #TITI $6.95 Festivals, Religious and Monastic Vocabulary DREN: Pathways to Happiness, Tintin meets intrigue, lamas, yaks and a General Vocabulary. Harmony, Creativity & Fun for and yeti in rugged Tibet.

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 27 HEALTH & FITNESS/COOKBOOKS HEALTH & FITNESS BEYOND THE DEVILS IN Gives the composition of 175 body's various systems through a TIBETAN MEDICINE THE WIND, Dorris Still. 141 pp., popular Tibetan natural drugs. variety of treatments which in- BRACELETS #3METAL 66 photos & illus., #BEDEWI clude diet and behavior modifica- The healing tri-metal formula for $16.95 cloth tion as well as the use of medicine arm and hand pain. These tradi- The exciting story of Dr. Albert and accessory therapy. The great tional Tibetan bracelets are crafted Shelton, the first American med- strength of Tibetan medicine is Tibetan from interwoven copper, brass, ical doctor to venture into the for- that it is delicately responsive to and iron. They are attractive, ad- bidding and isolated Land of patients' complete symptom Arts justable and functional. Snows, told by his daughter, patterns—no complaint being dis- Bracelet: Dorris Still, who was born in regarded. Its wide variety of cura- ofLove Woven 3-metal band #KBW $19 China and raised in Tibet until she tive techniques are described in 3-metal design with beaded edge was sixteen. Relates the Shelton fa- this book. #KBB $19 mily's background and travels that Dr. Yeshi Donden received the traditional Tibetan medical train- led them to the Eastern Tibetan by Gedun Chopel NEW! | city of Batang, where Dr. Shelton ing in Lhasa, Tibet, and served for established the first Western-style over two decades as the personal Trans, by Jeffrey Hopkins AYURVEDIC MASSAGE OIL, hospital in Tibet's history. physician to H.H. the Dalai Lama with Dorje Yuthok 3.5 fl. oz., #AYMAOI $9.95 Over 15 potent and effective herbs CANCER AND CONSCIOUS- in Dharamsala, India. There he re-established the Tibetan Medi- have been selected and blended NESS, by Barry Bryant. 240 pp. with sesame oil and leaf extracts, #CACO $16.95 cal Center and achieved fame by his successful treatment of many prepared according to traditional Cancer and Consciousness is about tion that elucidates the text. He methods for general massage use. dialogue—the patient's inner dia- renowned people. also shows how the development "Dr. Donden is totally attuned Concentrated and long-lasting logue with himself and his disease, THE HEALING BUDDHA, by of subtle states of mind in Highest formula. dialogue between doctor or healer Raoul Bimbaum. 318 pp., illus. to everything that is going on. He Yoga Tantra can be enhanced by and patient, dialogue between of- #HEBU $15.95 uses all his senses as his medical the use of sexual methods. instrument. 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SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 29 BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY & POLITICS provided kusha grass for the China, and his travels through BIOGRAPHIES Buddha's enlightenment cushion, Tibet, India, Burma, and Mongo- and partly through the eyes of the lia. With honesty and humility he ADVENTURES OF A TIBE- Kagyu and Nyingma lineages was Buddha himself. It brings to life portrays both the joys and the dis- TAN FIGHTING MONK, com- revealed bv him. the story of the Buddha in a most appointments of the spiritual piled by Hugh Richardson. 135 pp., vibrant way. quest. #ADFIMO $8.95 PRINCESS IN THE LAND OF This engaging story tells the life of SNOWS, by Jamyang Sakya & Tashi Khedrup prior to 1959: born Julie Emery. 288 pp., #PRLASN HISTORY into a rural Tibetan village isolated $14.95 from the modern world; ordained This is a vivid firsthand account & as a young boy into one of the of life in pre-Communist Tibet. 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SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 30 HISTORY & POLITICS/DEATH & DYING HISTORY & POLITICS DEATH & DYING the book is essential for all those an increasingly mechanized world 26 full-color plates, 9x11 1/2," death are explained by Lama working to promote justice in are thus a harbinger of future | NEW! | #BRDOLI $29.95 cloth Yeshe. Tibet. Included are: the Dalai challenges to be faced by all What happens after death? An- LIFE IN RELATION TO Lama's peace proposals; Govern- Tibetans. swered with unique authority by DEATH, by Chagdud Tulku Rin- ment resolutions condemning one of the most widely respected poche. 31 pp. #LIREDE $6.50 China; United Nations resolu- spiritual teachers of our time- Contains a valuable teaching on tions; and much more. The Status of Tibet Mother Meera—who has become death, the preparation for it and popular in the USA from Hidden A HISTORY OF MODERN History, Rights, and Prospects what to do while you are dying. TIBET, 1913-1951: The Demise Journey by Andrew Harvey. of the Lamaist State, by Melvyn in International Law Painted directly from Meera's in- Goldstein. 898 pp. #HIMOTI ner perception of the after-death $24.95 experiences of a disciple, these lu- This is a valuable book in its Michael C. van Walt van Praae minous works inspire our vision of presentation of a large number of death and comfort those who have historical documents that reveal lost loved ones. the play of forces at the time lead- DEATH AND DYING: The ing up to the Chinese invasion of Tibetan Tradition, by Glenn H. Tibet. It is well-researched even Mullin #DEDY $9.95 though it has been criticized for This authoritative book covers being narrow or biased in view. topics such as meditation tech- IN EXILE FROM THE LAND niques to prepare for death, in- spirational accounts of the deaths OF SNOWS, by John Avedon. AT THE.HOUR OF DEATH, 386 pp. #EXLASN $14.95 Westview Press of saints and yogis, and methods Karlis Osis & Erlendur Haraldsson. to facilitate the transition to new This is the first full account of the 250 pp. #HODE $10.95 Dalai Lama and Tibet since the THE STATUS OF TIBET: His- modes of consciousness at death. "Finally, a book that probes death DEATH, INTERMEDIATE Chinese conquest. It is a stunning tory, Rights, and Prospects in In- and dying with modern research STATE AND , by Lati and well-written record of the de- ternational Law, by Michael C. techniques. Osis and Haraldsson struction of an ancient civilization, Rinbochay & Jeffrey Hopkins 86 van Walt van Praag. 450 pp. present compelling evidence that and of the reconstruction abroad pp. #DEINST $7.95 #STTI was $32.50, now $24.95 the deathbed is the gateway to an- THE MIRROR OF MINDFUL- of Tibetan culture. cloth Anyone interested in the process of NESS: The Cycle of the Four other existence. The visions of the dying will find this book fascinat- THE RENAISSANCE OF This study reviews the history of dying appear to be not hallucina- , Tsele Natsok Rangdrol. TIBETAN CIVILIZATION, by the Tibetan state from its unifica- ing. The Highest Yogas Tantras tions but glimpses through the are based on simulating the 140 pp. #MIMI2 $9.95 Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf. tion in the seventh century to its windows of eternity."—New Real- This concise handbook of teach- 121 pp., 65 illus., #RETICI present disputed incorporation processes of death, intermediate ities Magazine states and rebirth, so it is impor- ings on the cycle of life, death, af- $11.95 into the People's Republic of This book is the product of ex- tant for the practitioner to know terlife, and rebirth is aimed at This is an inspiring story of the China. A definitive record of the tensive interviews of over 1,000 helping the practitioner achieve power of courage and hope—the how humans die—the stages of legal status of Tibet, the book pro- doctors and nurses who have been death and the physiological rea- liberation from the cycle of re- story of refugees who arrived des- vides a much-needed basis for un- present when patients have revived sons behind them. This text un- births for the welfare of others. titute at the frontiers of India and derstanding the unresolved Sino- subsequent to "clinical death." Nepal, yet a mere forty years later folds in minute detail the complex THE TIBETAN BOOK OF Tibetan conflict and its impor- The results are discussed in this had managed to rebuild the essen- Tibetan Buddhist system of sub- THE DEAD: The Great Liber- tance among the broader issues of scientific investigation of the ex- tle physiology—providing com- ation Through Hearing in the tial patterns of Tibetan culture in Asian politics. exile as a legacy for the future.' 'It periences of the dying at the hour plete exposition of the channels, Bardo, trans, by Francesco Freman- SUPPRESSION OF A PEO- drops and winds which serve as is very welcome.. .especialy since of death. tle and Chogyam Trungpa. 119 pp. PLE: Accounts of Torture and foundations for consciousness. it is from the pen of a distin- #TIBODD $9.95 Imprisonment in Tibet, A Physi- i.'ard-' l«\i;li".nc> In the foreword by H.H. the This classic Buddhist scripture is guished anthropologist. I warmly present Dalai Lama, practical, recommend the work."—Dr. cians for Human Rights Report, : ■ • .'...■. read aloud to the dying to help mature advice is offered on how, Robert Thurman. by John Ackerly & Dr. Blake Kerr. them attain liberation. Trungpa's #SUPE $5 through correctly approaching the commentary explains in straight- 1 NEW! | Discribes the prisons around death experience, its spiritual forward language what the text Lhasa, details prison life and tor- potential can be enhanced for teaches us about human psy- ture, the medical effects of torture, everyone involved. chology. and the Chinese attitudes. "The work forms an excellent companion volume not only to the THE TIBETAN BOOK OF TIBET: A Political History, by Buddhist texts known as the THE DEAD, by Evans-Wentz. 249 Tsepon W. D. 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This book tro. by H.H. the Dalai Lama. 160 Willis, Religious Studies Review describes what happens after you pp., 100 full-color and 20 b&w DEATHING: An Intelligent Al- die and the experiences in photos very large format, #TIEX ternative for the Final Moments the intermediate state before rebirth. $39.95 BARDO TEACHINGS: The of Life, by Anya Foos-Graber. 415 This book is the best visual rec- Way of Death and Rebirth, by pp., #DE $14.95 TRANSFERENCE OF CON- SCIOUSNESS AT THE TIME ord of the Dalai Lama and his peo- Ven. Lama Lodo, 73 pp., illustra- Death is the most natural passage ple in exile. The introduction we will make since birth. Looking OF DEATH, by Lama Thubten tions #BATE $8.95 traces the history of Tibet and is at death before the time comes is Little is known in the West about Yeshe. 45 pp. #TRCO $4.95 complemented with great histori- like learning about natural child- An introduction to the practice of the experiences that occur during birth before having a baby. The Powa, the transference of con- SEEDS OF PEACE: A Buddhist cal photographs. The large pic- and after death. Some of the great tures by Magnum photographer process of conscious preparation is sciousness at the time of death, for Vision for Renewing Society, by Tibetan lamas have experientially called "deathing." The author Sulak Sivaraksa, foreword by H.H. Raghu Rai makes this book the delved into the processes and have the purpose of being reborn in a provides exercises and meditations place where enlightenment will be the Dalai Lama, preface by Thick most powerful record of the spirit unravelled many of their myster- and struggles of the Tibetan that teach us the dying process and easier. Nhat Hanh. 133 pp. #SEPE $12 ies. Bardo Teachings presents much how to benefit from it the most. people. THE WHEEL OF LIFE AND "Sulak Sivaraksa is one of the of this fascinating material and Anya is a lecturer, yoga teacher, TIBET: THE FACTS, A Report DEATH: A Practical and heroes of our time. To the soul- clears up many misconceptions linguist and survivor of a near- Prepared by the Scientific Bud- Spiritual Guide, by Philip destroying, Earth-destroying that students have about the death death experience. religions of consumerism, greed, dhist Association for The United Kapleau. 371 pp., #WHLIDE process. JAPANESE DEATH POEMS, and exploitation, he brings deep Nations Commission on Human $9.95 "Bardo Teachings is remarkable ed. Yoel Hoffmann. 366 pp. wisdom and refreshingly sane al- Rights. 384 pp., 17 photos and A very thorough discussion of because it reveals a significant por- #JADEPO $21.95 cloth ternatives."—Joanna Macy illus. #TIFA $15 death and dying by the famous tion of the secret tan trie path. This "I raise the mirror of my life Sulak is one of Asia's leading so- This is an unbiased and powerful Western Zen Roshi. Intimate in is genuine tantra—not a potpourri Up to my face: sixty years. cial thinkers and activists. He tone, he covers dying, death, account of China's invasion and of western self-help instructions With a swing I smash the draws on his experience of Bud- occupation of Tibet, and continu- karma and rebirth as traditionally and fragments of eastern thought. reflection— dhism to approach a wide range of ing campaign to obliterate religion, "Bardo Teachings is.. .a teach- understood in the world religions subjects, including economic de- The world as usual culture and national identity. Ac- ing on how to traverse the stages All in its place." as well as the philosophic, scien- velopment, the environment, cepted as a standard reference, it tific and humanistic traditions. of death without fear. It is as true The consciousness of death is in women in Buddhism and Japan's is a "must read" for all those in- a guide to tantric Buddhism's view One of the best books on the topic. role in Asia. most cultures very much a part of terested in Tibet. of life and death as can be found life, this is perhaps nowhere more WHO DIES? An Investigation of SETTLEMENTS OF HOPE: TIBET IN THE WORLD: Re- in print." — San Francisco Conscious Living and Conscious An Account of Tibetan Refugees true than in Japan, where the ap- source Directory, by The Interna- Chronicle proach of death has given rise to Dying, by Stephen Levine. 317 pp., in Nepal, by Ann Armbrecht tional Campaign for Tibet. 113 pp. THE BARDO GUIDEBOOK, a centuries-old tradition of writing #WHDI? $9.95 Forbes. 184 pp., photos, #SEHO #TIWO $6 by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. 187 such a poem, often at the very mo- "The bible of the conscious dying $10 A pocket-size resource directory pp. #BAGU $14.95 ment the poet is breathing his last. movement."—Harper's This is the story of the Tibetan with over 500 listings of organiza- Rinpoche offers new information Here are hundreds of death "Stephen's work is magic. His refugees who resettled in Nepal. tions dealing with Tibet—the most on how to deal with the four poems, many with a commentary work with the grieving and dying Because of the unique confluence bardos and provides a guide for describing the circumstances of is amongst the most skillful and of eastern & western influences comprehensive compilation to practitioners desiring liberation. the poet's death. compassionate that I am aware here, the refugees are forced to date. Includes cultural resources, This is a commentary on The Mir- of."—Elizabeth Kubler-Ross make choices that more isolated Tibetan government offices, refu- LIFE, DEATH AND AFTER ror of . This is a rare and insightful refugees have yet to encounter. gee and community associations, DEATH, by Lama . book. It prepares you for life as Their efforts to balance the age-old international support network, BRINGING DOWN THE 45 pp. #LIDEAF $4.95 traditions of Tibetan culture with and more. 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BEING NOBODY, GOING BUDDHA NATURE: The Seed Written shortly before his death in testantism. H.H. the Dalai Lama, NOWHERE, Ayya . 192 of Happiness, Ven. Thrangu Rin- 1985, this collection of essays by Robert Thurman, and Luis Gomez pp. IBENOGO $12.95 poche. 180 pp. #BUNA $13.95 Lama Govinda provides a rich investigate the significance of the Advice from a S^uat Friend Based on a ten-day meditation overview of Buddhism with much Bodhisattva. Ge$$& F&fctefi and Skssiw Dhatgysy Buddha Nature expounds in a sim- course in Sri Lanka by a Western ple way the profound points of the food for thought for the Western Buddhist nun, Being Nobody, Go- Uttara Tantra which form a vital student. I NEW! | ing Nowhere is full of clear, help- link to Vajrayana practice. THE CENTRAL PHILOSO- ful instructions on meditation and BUDDHA NATURE, by Sallie PHY OF TIBET, by Robert A. F. mindfulness, and all the essential B. 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Echoes WAY OF LIGHT: Sutra, Tantra relating to the three levels of Bud- vered are: Mahamudra, women, provides a framework for under- and Dzogchen, by Namkhai dhist practice. , vows, mandala, bardo, the JC JOA& stand voidness by presenting it Norbu, Compiled and Ed. by John THE DALAI LAMA: A Policy four of Gampopa, the P from three different perspectives: Shane. 176 pp. #CRWALI $12.95 of Kindness, Compiled & Edited , etc. of/nfetme&&: devotional, logical and ex- This popular book examines the by Sidney Piburn. 152 pp., POKI DHARMA GAIA: A Harvest of An Annotated TVanslation of the periential. various levels of the spiritual path $6.95 (see Dalai Lama Section). Essays in Buddhism and Ecol- sTong thun chen mo EMPTINESS YOGA, by Jeffrey from the point of view of the ogy, Ed. by Allan Badiner. 265 pp. of mKhas grub dGe legs dpal bzang Hopkins. 504 pp. #EMYOP highest teaching. #DHGA $15 $19.95; cloth #EMYOC $35, A CULT OF TARA: Magic and Dharma Gaia explores the ground Namgyal Institute Textbook. Ritual in Tibet, by Stephen Beyer. where Buddhism and ecology ".. .Hopkins succeeds in infusing 542 pp. #CUTA $16.95 DEBBIE meet. Through the writings of 30 <0> forbiddingly abstract considera- The practices and philosophic ba- IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM celebrated Buddhist thinkers and tions with a breath of practical rel- sis of tantra and in particular the ecologists, we see how Buddhist evance."—Spectrum Review Tara Tantra are featured: initiation philosophy and practices can help JOSE IGNACIO CABEZON Emptiness Yoga is an absorbing and ritual service; offerings, us renew our relationships with and highly readable presentation praises and prayer. Also described one another, with other forms of of the highest development in is the tradition of Tara and its life, and with the Earth. Includes Buddhist insight. Professor Jeffrey ramifications in monastic writings of Gary Snyder, Thich grub dGe legs dpal bzang, by Jose Hopkins—considered by many to ceremony, folklore, literature, Nhat Harm, Joanna Macy, Joan Cabezon. 900 pp. #DOEM $29.50 be the foremost contemporary magic, art, medicine and divi- Halifax, Robert Aitken, Bill May Western authority on Tibetan nation. Devall, John Seed, Rick Fields, This text is a detailed critical ex- Buddhism—presents an in-depth, CUTTING THROUGH AP- and Deena Metzger, with a fore- position of the theory and practice lively exposition of the methods of PEARANCES: Practice and word by H. H. the Dalai Lama. of emptiness as expounded in the realization of the Middle Way Daniei F„ Perdue three major schools of Mahayana Theory of Tibetan Buddhism, by Consequence School (Prasangika Buddhist philosophy: Yogacara, Geshe Sopa & Jeffrey Hopkins. 376 | NEW! 1 Madhyamika). pp. #CUTHAP $15.95 paper, A Svatantrika and Prasangika. It is His personal and accessible indispensable for understanding Namgyal Institute Textbook. 1 presentation is based on a famous Here is an authentic presentation the Tibetan Gelugpa school's syn- work by Jang-gya which was used thesis of the Middle Way and the as a primary text in Tibet's largest of the fundamental aspects of the DEBATE IN TIBETAN BUD- epistemological traditions of In- monasteries. A translation of this practice and theory of Tibetan DHISM, by Daniel E. Perdue. dian Buddhism. text is included. Buddhism, set down in a beauti- 1025 pp., notes, biblio., index "It is encyclopedic and covers ful text especially useful to those The many reasonings used to #DETIBP $38.95 paper, the most important ideas in the analyze persons and phenomena interested in the study and prac- #DETIBC $45 cloth, A Namgyal tice of this tradition. The first part whole fabric of Indian Mahayana- and to establish their true mode of Institute Textbook. Tibetan Buddhism."—Kenneth existence are presented in the con- of the book, a meditation manual The practice and theory of in- DHARMA PATHS Inada text of meditative practice. written by the Fourth Pan-chen troductory Buddhist logic and VENT KHENPOKARTHAR. RINPOCHE Lama (1781-1852), covers much of This exposition includes a epistemology, as found in Tibetan masterful treatment of the com- the daily practice of Tibetan Buddhism, is the focus of this monks and yogis. It details how to patibility in thought and ex- clear and thorough exposition. An perience of emptiness and prepare for and how to conduct a essential prerequisite in Tibetan meditation session that contains dependent-arising. Emptiness Yoga philosophical studies is debate, will be greatly appreciated by both within it the important essentials which is the investigative tech- of the entire scope of the Buddhist beginners and advanced students nique used throughout Tibetan for its immediacy, profundity, and path. education to teach students Bud- precision. The second part presents a solid dhist philosophy by sharpening introduction to the theory behind their analytical capacities. Also, the practice. 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He founded scholars,, down to the modern nally edited and published in Thirteen-Deity Vajrabhairava, Gu- In Search of the Stainless Ambro- the first Tibetan Buddhist monas- period. Three major types of Tibetan by Trijang Rinpoche, the hyasamaja, Heruka, Vajra Yogini, sia provides the practitioner with tery in North America and was to scholastic literature have devel- late junior tutor to the Dalai and Cittamani Tara. the basic tools needed to overcome become one of the main forces in oped in this regard: presentations Lama, and is used widely by MASTERS OF MA- afflictive attitudes and self- the newly developing awareness of of the tenet system as a whole; syl- lamas. This single volume contains HAMUDRA: Songs and Histo- centered feeling. 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PATH OF THE BOD- Thisls a classic Tibetan text which Buddhist practitioners in the great sively describes the meaning and application of each of the 36 pos- HISATTVA WARRIOR, by The presents the four yogas of the path Tibetan monasteries of Lhasa, Thirteenth Dalai Lama & Glenn H. seeking to purify their minds and sible predictive answers. The vol- of Mahamudra in concise and clear ume begins with an introduction Mullin, 387 pp. #PABOWA $14.95 form. develop the correct understanding "A well-written and well- necessary for final enlightenment, by H.H. Sakya Trizin, one of the most highly esteemed Tibetan illustrated book... gives many began their formal inquiry into valuable insights into the Tibetan PRAJNAPARA.M1TA: mind and consciousness by study- lamas who is proficient in this sys- The Six Perfections tem. This is a unique item, never culture and religion."— ing The Presentation of Awareness The Thirteenth Dalai Lama and Knowledge, the text which before made available to Westerners. 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Path of the Bodhisattva Warrior work within the Indian and Tibe- NGONDRO: The Four Founda- OPEN SECRETS: A Guide to brings into English for the first tan traditions and outlines the tional Practices of Tibetan Bud- Tibetan Buddhism for Western time many of the most important principal divisions of conscious- dhism, by . 96 pp. Spiritual Seekers, by Walter An- writings of this astounding ness and mind. #NG $9.95 derson. 240 pp. #OPSE $9.95 leader—precise details are given ".. .a valuable work written in The four preliminary practices are Open Secrets presents a clear and concerning how to begin and con- concise form. . .clearly trans- methods which allow us, in the comprehensive overview of Bud- duct an effective meditation prac- lated. . .oral commentary on the most efficient way, to purify nega- dhism in general and Tibetan tice; an overview is given of the textbook is extensive and spar- tivity and accumulate merit. This Buddhism specifically. Buddhist tantras; also included are kling. A valuable contribu- short and easily understandable ORDERLY CHAOS: The Man- his writings on the Hayagriva Tan- tion."—Prof. Janice Willis, Reli- text on the preliminaries of Ma- tra and various meditational PRAJNAPARAMITA: The Six gious Studies Review dala Principle, by Chogyam Perfections, by Khenpo Palden hamudra is especially recom- Trungpa. 184 pp. #ORCH $13 practices. ".. .Highly recommended for Sherab Rinpoche, trans, by Khenpo mended to followers of the Karma From the perspective of the man- The dynamic life of this Dalai those wishing a greater under- Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. 103 Kagyu School by H.E. Gyaltsab dala principle, all phenomena are Lama is presented in an intrigu- standing of the mind."—The Mid- pp. #PR $15. Rinpoche. part of one reality and existence is ing and comprehensive biography, dle Way Based on his teachings at The Pad- THE NO-SELF' NATURE OF an orderly chaos. There is chaos researched using 18 primary Lati Rinbochay, a Tibetan mas- sources, Tibetan and Western. Mr. masambhava in PEOPLE AND THINGS, by and confusion because everything ter of the highest rank, entered Florida, Khenpo presents the six Charlie Singer. 25 pp. #NOSENA happens by itself without any ex- Mullin has produced the most im- Ganden Monastery in Lhasa at an perfections necessary in training $3 ternal ordering principle. At the pressive biography available on the early age and later received his life of the Thirteenth. the mind of enlightenment. Writ- Geshay degree, after which he at- The Buddha presented three ideas same time, whatever happens ex- as fundamental conditions pervad- presses order and intelligence, PATH TO BLISS, by H.H. the ten in a clear and sublime manner, tended the Tantric College of Up- Dalai Lama, ed. by Thubten Jinpa this work explains the practice of per Lhasa. ing human experience: suffering, wakeful energy and precision. impermanance and lack of self- Through meditative practices as- & Christine Cox. 240 pp. #PABL generosity, self-discipline, toler- MIND ONLY SCHOOL AND nature. This no-self doctrine is sociated with mandalas, the oppo- $14.95 ance or patience, joyful effort, con- BUDDHIST LOGIC, ed. by hard to penetrate and liberating in sites of experience are revealed as These teachings present a sys- centration and wisdom. 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SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 36 RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY and . Using examples practices, the basic texts and scrip- "It would be difficult to find a sin- from Buddhist teachings as well as tures, and the range of sects and gle book in which the history and everyday life, the author shows schools of thought are among the STOmtESi!! development of Buddhist thought how the first nine aspects of subjects covered. has been described as vividly and knowledge cover all avenues of SHAMBALA: Sacred Path of the fesfmm clearly as in this survey.. .for all "right-livelihood," leading to the Warrior, by Ven. Chogyam STORIES «£ those who wish to know the heart, tenth and most advanced aspect of Trungpa. 209 pp. #SHSAPA $9.95 LfeHEAET the essence of Buddhism as an in- knowledge, inner truth. THE SDC YOGAS OF NAROPA tegrated whole, there can be no SELF-LIBERATION: Through & TEACHINGS ON MA- better guide than this book."— Seeing Everything With Naked HAMUDRA, by Garma C.C. Lama Anagarika Govinda. Awareness, Trans. &Ed. by John Chang, 128 pp. #SIYONA $9.95 THE SYMBOLISM OF THE M. Reynolds, Foreword by Namk- The Six Yogas of Naropa are among mi> the WWib STUPA, Adrian Snodgrass. 469 hai Norbu. 240 pp. #SELI $14.95 the most highly regarded practices pp. #SYST $22.95 The famous classic known in the of the highest yoga tantra class. By The stupa is a symbolic form used West as The Tibetan Book of the engaging in these six yogas, after the throughout South, Southeast and Great Liberation has been available necessary preparation, the yogi's East Asia. This scholarly study only in rough translation by Evans- body, speech and mind are trans- explores the symbolism and prin- Wentz. Now a celebrated Tibetolo- formed into those of a Buddha and ciples of the stupa in a thought- gist reveals clearly what is said in the all the mundane and supermundane provoking manner and is of great original, the essence of Buddhist powers of an enlightened one are at- value in understanding the cultural Dzogchen teaching. Reynolds' com- tained. The main practices of the six verse. When the world is seen to terial available on Madhyamika in context of Buddhism. The book is mentary is based on the teachings yogas are as follows: be beautific and intelligible, the in- general, and the Tibetan treatment replete with diagrams, photos and of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. • Mystic Heat Yoga nate purity of the intelligent and exposition of Madhyamika in illustrations. • Illusory Body Yoga potency, the motherly Buddha, will particular.—Paul Williams—The | NEW! | • Dream Yoga be experienced. Middle Way THE TANTRIC DISTINC- • Clear Light Yoga SPEAKING OF SILENCE: This study presents for the first TION, by Jeffrey Hopkins. 184 pp. • Bardo Yoga Christians and Buddhists on the time in English a clear and exten- #TADI $8.95 • Consciousness Transference Contemplative Way, ed. Susan sive picture of the Svatantrika A clear & rational exposition of Yoga Walker. 327 pp. #SPSI $12.95 Madhyamika system through an topics from sutra and tantra. We Mahamudra is a direct path to in- Since 1981 Christians and Bud- analysis of issues and positions recommend this book as one of the sight into the luminous nature of dhists have been meeting informally central to Indian philosophy dur- better overviews of Mahayana the mind—a total naturalness of at Naropa Institute to share their ex- ing the final development of Bud- Buddhism. mind comprised of relaxed periences of the spiritual way. dhist thought in India. Several equilibrium. Teachings on Ma- Several dozen spiritual teachers, central issues are considered: the hamudra is composed of the fol- such as David Steindl-Rast, division of Madhyamika into lowing three illuminating texts: Thomas Keating, Joseph Goldstein, Svatantrika and Prasangika, the • Tilopa—The Song of Mahamudra Tai Situpa, Judith Lief, and Jack meaning of emptiness, the root • The Third Karmapa, Rangjang Engler, representing many varieties cause of suffering, the division of Dorje—The Vow of Mahamudra of Buddhism and Christianity, have objects of knowledge into the two • Ven. Lama Kong Ka—Essentials explored together the value of prayer truths, and the types of reasoning of Mahamudra Practice and contemplation, attitudes toward employed to refute the existence of God and emptiness, and practical a self. Included are overviews of 1 FORTHCOMING! | topics such as silence, virtue, com- Madhyamika in general and passion, sin, suffering, the self and Svatantrika in particular. THE SNOW LION'S TUR- the ego. "Lopez explains and translates QUOISE MANE: Wisdom Tales difficult material with considera- SHAMATHA MEDITATION: From Tibet, by . 256 pp., | NEW! | ble lucidity.. .it provides a crucial Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on illus. #HRTM $24.95 cloth, July. perspective on an important Bud- the Cultivation of Meditative Seventy tales from the oral tradi- dhist philosophical school." Quiescence, by Gen Lamrimpa, tion that Tibetan masters tell to en- —Choice Translated & Ed. by B. Alan Wal- tertain and enlighten. Replete with "Lopez's excellent introduction lace Co-edited by Hart Sprager. 140 Himalayan folklore, magic, rib- and commentary set Jang-gya's pp. #SHME $10.95 May, A Nam- aldry, and whimsy, these tales ex- work within its larger Indian and TANTRIC PRACTICE IN gyal Institute Textbook. press Buddhist values and univer- Tibetan context and place Lopez' NYING-MA, by Khetsun Sangpo, On January 6, 1988, a group of sal spiritual truths. Introduced by own study within the tradition of Rinbochay, Trans. &Ed. by Jeffrey twenty-four American dharma the Dalai Lama. Western Buddhology. This work Hopkins, Co-edited by Anne Klein. students began a shamatha medi- has been produced with care and 239 pp. #TAPRNY $14.95 tation retreat at Cloud Mountain SOME ESSENTIAL ADVICE integrity and makes an important ' 'This book presents one of those Retreat Center in Washington, un- ON THE PRACTICE OF contribution to our knowledge of rare introductions to Tibetan Bud- der the guiding hand of Gen Lam- MEDITATION, by Sogyal Rin- poche. 25 pp., #SOESAD $4.50 Svatantrika.''—Religious Studies dhism, which really can be recom- rimpa, a Tibetan meditation mas- Review ter. Some people had committed Four talks by one of the leading mended because of the splendid combination of authenticity and to practice for three months, some dzogchen masters on the practice THE SUBLIME PATH OF for up to one year. Gen Lamrimpa of meditation. This small book is THE VICTORIOUS ONES, clarity."—Tibet Forum Rinpochay's commentary on the gave two weeks of shamatha medi- full of practical advice and is compiled by The Office ofH.H. the tation instructions to these practi- highly recommended. Dalai Lama. 87 pp. #SUPAVI $5.95 Instructions on the "Preliminar- tioners at the beginning of the re- SONGS OF SPIRITUAL H.H. the Dalai Lama requested ies to the Great Perfection Teach- treat. These teachings are CHANGE, by the Seventh Dalai that his Private Office compile a ing" contains the classical Nying- presented here for the benefit of Lama & Glenn H. Mullin. 205 pp. book of practices to serve as a reci- ma presentation of the Tantric STEP BY STEP: Meditations on tation manual for all pilgrims to practices which lead to the reali- anyone who aspires to achieve #SEWOD7 $10.95 Wisdom and Compassion, by Maha ".. .inspiring.. .of immense impor- the holy places, suitable for monks zation of Buddhahood. meditative quiescence in their Ghosananda. 83 pp., photos, #STST regular practice or in retreat. tance to all the major Tibetan and laymen, formal Buddhists and ".. .this text offers an all- sects..."—Religious Studies Review $9 others. It is also useful at general encompassing presentation of the "Reading these poems im- "In these words, you will find the Buddhist gatherings on special oc- Vajrayana expression of Mahayana | NEW! | quiet simplicity and truth that un- presses the mind with the beauti- casions and as a daily reading prac- philosophy and practice.. .the vir- derlie his loving presence."—Jack ful simplicity of Buddha's tice for interested individuals. tue of this work is its technical Kornfield completeness.. .avoids the pitfalls teachings.. ."—The Middle Way Step by Step is a collection of medi- This highly valuable collection of being a mere text translation. tations on wisdom and compassion of tantric songs and poems of There is much here for repeated spiritual instruction for taming drawn from Maha Ghosananda's ex- reading, contemplation and ab- and developing the mind was writ- perience as a meditation master and sorption."— Vajradhatu Sun international peacemaker. ten by one of the greatest of the TANTRIC YOGAS OF SISTER early Dalai Lamas. NIGUMA, by the Second Dalai "The publications of these NEW Lama & Glenn H. Mullin. 240 pp. songs, reminiscent in many ways I I #SEWOD2 $12.95 of those of Milarepa, provide a STORIES OF THE SPIRIT, STO- "This has been the most enjoya- useful view.. .of Tibetan Bud- RIES OF THE HEART: Parables ble book on Buddhism I've read dhism.' '—Parabola of the Spiritual Path from Around in many years.. .one of the best the WMM, ed. by Christina Feldman books about Tibetan Buddhism on &Jack Kornfield. 396 pp. #STSP the market today."—Bruce Wil- | NEW! | $14.95 son, The Tibet Bulletin THE SOVEREIGN ALL- This new collection of teaching stories Included are: Tantric Yogas of CREATING MIND-THE draws richly and widely from many Sister Niguma: these explicit, ex- cultures and centuries. Each story MOTHERLY BUDDHA, by E.K. traordinary yogas are a special line- is alive and timely, filled with the age of the six yogas of Naropa THE SHAMBHALA DICTION- Neumaier-Dargyay. 288 pp. inspiration of these traditions. Their transmitted by his consort, the ARY OF BUDDHISM AND #SOLACR $16.95 May themes illustrate the parallels of the THE SUN MY HEART, dakini Niguma, which forms the ZEN, by Ingrid Fiscker-Schreiber This is a translation of the eighth- world's great teachings on separat- NhatHanh. 139 pp. #SUHE $9.50 basis of the Shang-pa Ka-gyu Sect. (Buddhism), Franz-Karl Ehrhard century Kun byed rgyal po'i mdo that presents being as the center of exis- ing wisdom from folly, false ideals Uses Buddhist psychology, episte- Vajrabhairava Tantra (Yaman- (Tibetan Buddhism), Michael Diener from the truth, and showing the way (Zen), trans, by Michael Kohn. 28 tence and as accessible in everyday mology, and contemporary physics taka): teachings on the generation experience. The fleeting existence is to compassion and freedom. This is as well as many anecdotes to ac- and completion stages. pp., #SHDI $19 a valuable book. Over 1500 entries make this th in its depth nirvana, a state of com- company the reader on this com- Four tenet systems: an excellent A STUDY OF SVATANTRIKA, passionate journey from mindful- most complete compact referenc plete integration. It addresses themes survey of the structure and histor- of great concern to the present, in- by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. 450 pp. ness to insight. ical development of Indian Bud- work of its kind. It is designed fo #STSVP $19.95, #STSVC $35 cloth, both students and others in cluding how to achieve a holistic A SURVEY OF BUDDHISM: dhism's principal schools, outlin- world-view that integrates the A Namgyal Institute Textbook. Its Doctrines and Methods ing their definitive doctrinal terested in Buddhist terms and "Lopez's book is a very welcome concepts. The lives and teachings phenomenological nature of existence Through the Ages, Maha distinctions. with the ground of being, and the addition to the more advanced ma- of important philosophers and Sthavira . 496 pp. Flower essence pills: detailed in- meditation masters, the variety of interrelatedness of individual and uni- #SUBU $19.95 struction in the practice of mak-

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 37 RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY ing and empowering flower es- presented in this famous teaching no-self or emptiness (sunyata). Tibetan communities in Tibet, In- sence pills that free the practi- by the First Dalai Lama, these two Buddhist perspectives on ethics dia, Nepal and Ladakh. They tioner from the need for ordinary syndromes can be transformed and and emptiness center on the dis- returned home with thousands of foods. eventually overcome. tinction between two truths—the photos, paintings, drawings, and ' 'the great cover is an indication TRANSFORMATION AND conventional and the ultimate. field recordings. From these a PBS of the great book that follows. HEALING: Sutra on the Four Newland's work lays out the Mad- documentary has been produced Even for the beginner there is a Establishments of Mindfulness, hyamika philosophy of two truths to introduce people to the many huge amount of information..." by Thich Nhat Hanh. 180 pp. as seen through the eyes of Tibe- facets of Tibetan culture. —Gaden Choling Newsletter #TRHE $10 tan scholar-yogis of the Gelugpa White Lotus is a companion vol- "This is a wonderful book for Mindfulness is the most basic order. Linking the classical Bud- ume to the documentary. spiritual practitioners, especially meditation practice—awareness of dhist philosophy of Nagarjuna Presented here are sixteen essays, for those engaging in the various what is going on in the body, the with the living tradition of monas- each written by an expert in the methods of Mahayana Buddhism. feelings, the mind, and the world. tic courtyard debate, the authors field, covering Tibetan life, art, ar- The book contains lots of practi- The author explores the psycho- explain the two truths without re- chitecture, literature and history. cal advice.. ''—The Middle Way logical implications of the sutra of sort to mysterious trans-rational The accompanying photographs TEACHINGS OF A BUD- the Buddha. paradoxes. Newland exposes their and artwork provide a rich sensory experience of the culture that sur- DHIST MONK, by TREASURY OF DHARMA: A extraordinary efforts to clear away the sense of contradiction between vives today among Tibetans. Sumedho, foreword by Jack Kom- Tibetan Buddhist Meditation emptiness and conventional real- "White Lotus is splendid. It is field. 109 pp. #TEBUMO $10.95 Course, by Geshe Rabten. 224 pp. ity, and thus builds a Madhyamika a guide to the middle path of Tibe- Spiritual life is not about becom- #TRDH $14.95 system that is both ethically salu- dhism on the successful develop- tan culture that celebrates Bud- ing someone special but discover- Geshe Rabten describes the men- ing a greatness of heart within ev- tory and rationally coherent. ment of calm abiding and special dhist attitudes and endures the tal roots of happiness and suffer- tremendous agony of that culutre ery being. It is an invitation to ing, the wholesome and unwhole- UNION OF MAHAMUDRA & insight. With calm abiding the inwardly drop our opinions and to DZOGCHEN, by Tulku Chokyi mind rests without fluctuation on without focusing too much on one some tendencies of the mind, and or the other. White Lotus strikes a come to rest free of fixed positions. introduces different meditative Nyima Rinpoche. 267 pp. a single object of observation. fine balance with beautiful illus- is the abbot of a techniques for effectively counter- #UNMADZ $15.95. With special insight it not only re- trations and writings."—Galen Buddhist center in England and acting our misconceptions and A commentary on two great vaj- mains on the object of concentra- Rowell lectures and leads retreats around negative emotions. He emphasizes rayana teachings by one of the tion but analyzes it with clarity the world. the responsibility we have to the foremost teachers. This book is and intensity. The methods for THE WISDOM OF NO ES- THE THREE JEWELS: An In- world and the necessity of adopt- based on eight spontaneous songs practicing, the objects of observa- CAPE: and the Path of Loving troduction to Buddhism, San- ing the altruistic values of the bod- by Karma Chagme, a renowned tion, the obstacles to meditation Kindness, by Pema Chodron. 110 gharakshita. 279 pp. #THJE $18 hisattva. The book concludes with 17th-century master, and concisely and how to overcome them, the pp. #WINO $10 To understand the Three Jewels is a detailed analysis of emptiness, puts forth the oral instructions of deepening stages of calm abiding This book is about saying yes to to understand the central ideals the ultimate nature of reality, an a contemporary master. Tulku and special insight and the signs life, about making friends with and principles of Buddhism. As an understanding of which lies at the Chokyi Nyima focuses on the es- of achievement are extensively ourselves and our world, about ac- authoritative introduction to Bud- very heart of Buddhist practice. sential teachings of Buddhism described. cepting the delightful and painful dhist doctrine and philosophy, The situation of "no exit." It exhorts TRANSFORMATIONS OF while covering all the stages of the WHEEL OF SHARP Three Jewels is an essential Bud- us to wake up wholeheartedly to CONSCIOUSNESS, by Ken Wit- path. WEAPONS, by Geshe Dhargyey. dhist text. everything and to use the abun- her, Jack Engler & Daniel Brown. 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It is an in- Lingpa, a great eighteenth-century its poetry and the universality of meditators in any tradition who are and explains in detail how all life tricate interweaving of yoga, astrol- saint and visionary, the instruc- its message, there is no Buddhist interested in how mystical ex- situations can be used to transform ogy, physiology, and mythology tions in this book focus on the for whom the teaching in the book perience fits with normal and ab- our habitual self-centered behavior into a meditational system that devotional practice known as Guru is irrelevant."—the Dalai Lama. normal psychological de- into authentic loving kindness and embraces the entire universe and Yoga. The author, H.H. Dilgo TIBETAN TRADITION OF velopment. concern for others. leads to enlightenment. Khyentse Rinpoche, is a highly re- MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, by The Kalachakra, with its special vered meditation master and UTTARATANTRA: The Sub- scholar. 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WORLD AS LOVER; WORLD TO CHERISH ALL LIFE: A school, Aryasanga, after twelve Initiation into the Kalachakra AS SELF, by Joanna Macy, Fore- Buddhist Case for Becoming years of one-pointed meditation. It Tantra has been given with in- word by Thich Nhat Hanh. 252 pp. Vegetarian, by . 104 is an analysis of the Tathagata- creasing frequency in recent years, #WOLO $15 pp. #CHLI $7.95 garbha teaching. Often used in the but information on this complex Dependent co-arising is one of the Clear, direct, and concise, TO Tibetan tradition to bridge the system and practice remains most fundamental and complex CHERISH ALL LIFE marshals sutras and tantras. sparse. The Wheel of Time fills the concepts of Buddhsim. Joanna the basic religious, humanitarian, VISION AND TRANSFOR- gap by discussing the Buddhist Macy provides many insights into and scientific reasons for becom- MATION: An Introduction to background, history, initiation how to apply this ancient philoso- ing vegetarian. Expanding on the the Buddha's Noble Eightfold rites, generation stage sadhana and phy to our own lives by showing Buddhist principle of cherishing Path, by Sangharakshita. 169 pp. completion stage practices of the us how our world and its creatures all life, Kapleau's compelling dis- #VITR $12.95 Kalachakra tantra. are nothing less than an extension cussion examines crucial Buddhist The eightfold path is the most WHEN THE IRON EAGLE of ourselves. 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"Every introductory Buddhism exercises and advice to help you on pp. #WRKARI $8.95 162 pp. #TRZEBU $9.95 ".. .a challenging, but worthwhile course needs just this book! It is your way. Meditation is the way to Rinpoche discusses the four This is perhaps the best introduc- exploration of an important per- the first book to tackle the array freedom from worries and fears. thoughts which motivate religious tion to Zen and the life of the Zen spective on one of the most cru- of national Buddhisms in a "It is difficult, like swimming up- practice; the qualities of the Three monk. By means of a direct and cial topics in Buddhist thematic way and with considera- stream, but sailing downstream Jewels and the Practice of the Six with the crowd means we end up succinct description and by 43 il- philosophy."—Roger Jackson, ble wit and insight. Corless' vision Perfections are explained. Includes on the mudflats—upstream we lustrations, this book gives the Carleton College. of Buddhism is both intriguing a short story entitled The Prince find the clear and unpolluted most precise picture possible of When Buddha combined the and stimulating."—Jeffrey and the Stallion which illustrates source." Zen life. ethical bedrock of karma and re- Hopkins the magic-show nature of reality. birth with the view of imperma- WHITE LOTUS: An Introduc- ZEN AND THE PSYCHOL- | FORTHCOMING! | nence and no-self, root contradic- | NEW! tion to Tibetan Culture, ed. by OGY OF TRANSFORMA- tion was an incipient danger. If, in Carole Elchert. 240 pp., 38 color TION: The Supreme Doctrine, TRAINING THE MIND IN reality, there is no self, then who WALKING THROUGH and 70 black & white illus. by Hubert Benoit. 264 pp. THE GREAT WAY, by the First is the agent of good and evil? 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The persistent problem June, A Namgyal Institute of the experience of being a Tibe- to develop insight. Benoit is a mas- the two greatest enemies to happi- of Buddhist philosophy has been Textbook. tan."—H.H. the Dalai Lama ter psychologist and has presented ness and peace of mind. By prac- to find the middle way: an ontol- This is a practical and systematic In 1988 an expedition of five ar- the inner working of enlighten- ticing the lojong methods for de- ogy sturdy enough to support a co- presentation of Tibetan medita- tists from three continents traveled ment in Western terms. This book veloping great compassion and the herent ethical system that does not tion. The achievement of libera- together for six months and co- is suitable for the followers of any blissful wisdom of emptiness betray Buddha's original vision of tion from the afflictive emotions vered over 7000 land miles to visit tradition Eastern or Western. and realization depends in Bud- SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 38 ADVENTURE & TRAVEL/ART & PHOTOGRAPHY ADVENTURE & TRAVEL HEART OF ASIA: Memoirs its own. It is honest and hilarious, culture before the Chinese take- TREKKING IN NEPAL, from the Himalayas, by Nicholas full of exotic moments. over. Every religious studies li- WEST TIBET AND BHUTAN, Roerich. 192 pp. #HEAS $10.95 brary should own a copy."— by Hugh Swift. 420 pp., 14 maps, One of the world's great artists, vi- | NEW! | Religious Studies Review photos, #TRNETI $14.95 sionaries and humanitarians, ".. .provides excellent reading This Sierra Club Adventure Travel is best known for for anyone contemplating a visit to Guide is essential for the novice or his Himalayan landscapes. This Central Tibet. It helps travelers to veteran visitor. It provides a history book, in exquisite detail, describes put what they see in a historical of Himalayan trekking and covers his expeditions through Central and cultural context so that they natural history, scenic attractions, Asia where he sketched, painted can understand it better and ap- and cultural sites, peoples, and and studied the people and places preciate how much of profound events. There is lots of info on with the same richness, vigor and value has been lost in Tibet. Not preparing for travel and other brilliance that have made his a dry academic exercise, the book practical guidance. It covers paintings famous. combines in lively fashion vivid Tibet's 'Wide Open West' (in- INDIA: A Travel Survival Kit, by travel writing with a solid ground- cluding Mt. Kailas, the head- Crowther, Raj and Wheeler. 792 pp. ing in rigorous scholarship."— waters of the Indus river, and the IINTRSU $19.95 Edwin Bernbaum. lost cities of Tsaparang and The best and most popular guide TREKKING MOUNT Toling). to India, winner of the Thomas EVEREST by Ryohei Uchida. 128 TREKKING IN TIBET: A Cook Guidebook of the Year pp., 180 full-color photos. Traveler's Guide, by Gary McCue. award. Want to find a houseboat This is the remarkable story of Jim ITRMOEV $14.95 350 pp., 65 photos, 12 maps, in Kashmir or a palace in Reynolds' 3500 mile journey Over a period of four years around #TRTI $16.95 Rajasthan—or your way around across Tibet. Beginning in China, Mt. Everest, Uchida was able to Trekkers can use this up-to-date Dharamsala? The facts are all in he went to Lhasa and Mt. Kailas capture extraordinary images of lo- guide to hike among nomadic this definitive guide. and then across the mountains to TIBET: Travel Survival Kit, by cal villagers' daily lives in the pres- herders near Lhasa, to traverse the Kathmandu by foot, bike and Robert Strauss. 232 pp., Over 100 ence of the beautiful Himalayas. In landscape of alpine lakes and | NEW! | thumb. He was among the last illus., maps and color photos. addition to the author's description mountain passes between the Westerners to leave Tibet after #TITRSU $13.95 of the region, practical information historic monasteries of Ganden WWSiifik China closed the borders to in- This is a new edition (and much needed to travel there is provided. and , to walk the fertile dependent tourists in 1987. Dur- improved) of the Lonely Planet 1 | NEW! | Nyang Chhu Valley's old caravan ©Si ':. ing his trip he decided to become travel guide to Tibet. Since Tibet routes near Shigatse, or spend a Buddhist monk and now resides opened to tourism in 1984, official 1 ' weeks under Mt. Everest's or Mt. Ijjyjitjli in Thailand. policy has changed frequently. Dibits (i Kailas' famous peaks. This is a This practical guide helps with the cultural guide as well as including ' < % uncertainties of travel in Tibet. It : necessary information to plan a contains comprehensive back- K successful trek. We recommend it. Wk ground on the history, politics, TRESPASSERS ON THE

,"■■■'.■ . : " ,■■,■,'■'. . : culture, Buddhism and the Dalai 1 III Lama in addition to details on ROOF OF THE WORLD: The Secret Exploration of Tibet, by ■ travel. » Peter Hopkirk. 272 pp., illus. TO LHASA AND BEYOND, by #TRROWO $10.95 Giuseppe Tucci, Foreword by His Tells of an incredible contest that Holiness the Dalai Lama. 193 pp. spanned a century as travelers 24 photos #LHBE $14.95 from nine different countries at- " Tucci's description of the time- tempted to enter a Tibet closed to less civilization of the Tibetan peo- the outside world and be the first ple is as perceptive and relevant to- to penetrate Lhasa, its sacred JOURNEY ACROSS TIBET: A day as it was when he wrote the capital. Young Woman's 1900-Mile Trek book thirty years ago. It is hoped THE WAY OF THE WHITE Across the Rooftop of the World, that this book will contribute to- CLOUDS: A Buddhist Pilgrim in by Sorrel Wilby, foreword by the wards a better understanding of Tibet, by Lama Anagarika Dalai Lama. Tid pp., color the Tibetan people and their TREKKING IN NEPAL: A Govinda. 305 pp. #WAWHCL photos, # Normally $9.95, Avail- values."—His Holiness, the Dalai Traveler's Guide, by Stephen Bez- Lama ruchka. 432 pp., 70 photos, 14 $15.95 able from us for $7.95. An account by Lama Govinda of At the age of twenty-five, Sorrel To Lhasa and Beyond is a fas- maps, #TRNE $16.95 his mystical pilgrimage through Wilby had already traveled alone cinating account of Tibet as it was This latest edition of the bestselling SANCTUARIES: A Guide to Tibet. on a bicycle through Japan, Ko- Lodgings in Monasteries, Ab- prior to the upheavals following book helps new and experienced rea, and China before setting out beys, and Retreats of the North- the Chinese take-over in 1959. trekkers reap the rewards of Nepal's on her greatest challenge—to Walk east United States, by Jack and Prof. Tucci takes the reader along extraordinary scenery and warm across Tibet. Sponsored by Aus- Marcia Kelly. 241 pp., line draw- the roads he followed in 1949 and people. Completely updated trek- tralian Geographic, she experienced ings, #SA $13 reveals the people, religion, art, king routes plus valuable informa- ART& three months of ordeal and ecstasy More than 300 places both reli- customs and landscape of a coun- tion on local customs and traditions that led through barren desert gious (mosdy Christian, Buddhist, try that very few Westerners ever and taboos, plus a detailed chapter PHOTOGRAPHY plains, mountain passes and into Hindu) and nonsectarian, where it had the opportunity to see—Tibet on the Nepali language. "Extremely isolated hamlets where no is possible to find refuge, peace, was a free country and its high useful in setting out the dos and Westerner had ever been. Often and spiritual refreshment. "Sanc- civilization was intact. Replete don'ts of treks, including how to she needed the help of nomads tuaries" is good news indeed for with photos and illustrations, it is choose a trail, how to prepare, what who, though poor in material pos- the contemplative within each one both a literary and a visual splendor. to bring, and what precautions to sessions, were in their generosity of us."—Joanna Macy "A classic valued for its lucid take."— descriptions of Tibetan religious and their spiritual faith, are among SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, by richest people in the world. Heinrich Harrer. #SEYETI $8.95 A JOURNEY IN LADAKH, by This exciting and enjoyable clas- MAPS Andrew Harvey. 236 pp. #JOLA sic work of travel and brilliant ob- $8.95 servation is now reissued with 15 An exceptional and very well- photographs. During WWII, written book, one whose magic is Heinrich Harrer, a youthful Aus- compounded by a singular blend- trian adventurer, escaped from an ing of the wondrous and the com- Indian internment camp into monplace, the sacred and the hu- Tibet to become a confidant to the morous. young Dalai Lama. MAGIC AND MYSTERY IN SHAMBHALA: In Search of the TIBET, Alexandra David-Neel. New Era, by Nicholas Roerich. 328 III tlW^w!! Ill 321 pp., 32 illus. #MAMYTI $6.95 pp. #SH $10.95 Experiences among lamas, magi- Nicholas Roerich evokes the com- ART OF TIBET, by Pratapaditya cians, sages, sorcerers and Bonpo ing of Shambhala, the new era of Pal. 343 pp., large format, 277 il- wizards. A true adventure into human achievement and destiny lustrations including 56 full color. psychic discovery. through the experiences of his #ARTIC $49.95 cloth. MIPAM: A Tibetan Love Story, travels through Central Asia and The Tibetan art collection of the by Lama Yongden. 360 pp., #MI Tibet. He reveals the many facets LA County Museum of Art is one $12.95 of the theme of Shambhala in of the most significant and com- ON TOP OF THE WORLD: chapters on Buddhism, Tibetan prehensive. Tibetan painting, Five Women Explorers in Tibet. art, desert cities, subterranean sculpture and ritual objects are 224 pp., 26 illus. #TOWO $9.95 dwellers and the Great Mother. presented with expert descriptions of iconography. Remarkable for its In the late 1800s, when women SHOPPING FOR BUDDHAS, NEPAL HIKING MAPS Map of Tibet, 1919 w. 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SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 39 ART & PHOTOGRAPHY mandalas and yantras. "The book fascinating details painted by two This books contains rugs from the is as vital today as it was the year |50» OFF, NOW $14.95 | obviously curious, scientifically- first major exhibition devoted ex- it was written, still unmatched for minded, observant ex- clusively to Tibetan rugs which the eloquence of its recognition plorers ... the pictures here are took place at the Texile Museum and celebration of this inspiration grand."—The Fessenden Review in Wash., D.C. of Indian an."—Joseph Campbell Tibetan culture, just before its THREE KINGDOMS ON THE BUDDHIST ART OF THE extensive destruction during the ROOF OF THE WORLD: Bhu- TIBETAN PLATEAU ed. by Liu Chinese occupation, is evoked in tan, Nepal, Ladakh, by Robert Lizhong. 358 pp., 13" x 10 1/2", these 131 rare and handsome pho- Apte. 128 pp., oversized, 147 full- 665 color photos, #BUARTI $100 tographs. A Portrait of Lost Tibet color photos. #THKIRO $35 cloth gives an unforgettable glimpse into The beautiful photographs and en- Published by China Books, this this exotic land, as recorded by gaging text draw us into the heart collection captures some of the Brooke Dolan and Ilya Tolstoy of this traditional culture, giving most beautiful art to be found at (grandson of the writer), as they us glimpses of the people, magnifi- the Buddhist monasteries in Tibet. traveled through the country in cent landscape, art, religion, ar- Divided into sections covering ar- 1942 on a diplomatic mission for chitecture, and everyday village chitecture, sculpture, painting, the Allies. Their ten-month trek life. produced thousands of photo- relics and monastic activities. The TIBET, by Pietro F. Mele; intro. by text is written from the Chinese graphs that represent the best pic- torial study of Tibetan civilization Michael C. van Walt van Praag. 9 viewpoint of Tibet. 1/2 x 9 1/2," B&W Photos, #TIM BUDDHIST ICONOGRAPHY, in existence. ".. .the houses, nomads, monks $7.95 cloth (was $25) TIBET: Land of Mystery, ed. by by Tibet House. 247 pp. plus 73 "Mr. Mele deserves to be con- Sun Jie. 160 pp., full color, 11 x plates, #BUIC $18.95. LHASA: Tibet's Forbidden City, and monasteries, religious ceremo- nies and mountains of the high gratulated for bringing out this al- 13," #TILAMY $60 cloth Buddhist iconography holds an by Christine & Frank Brignoli. 107 bum. I am impressed with his pp., 11 x 11 1/2", 79 color illus- plateau offer a poignant glimpse of This is a photographic knockout. unique position in the spiritual what once was."— The Washington book and feel confident that it will Many large and double page pho- and cultural life and tradition of trations #LHTIFO $29.95 cloth Times give a glimpse of Tibet to those tographs that are rich and the Tibetan people, rts study is The colorful imagery of Central who have not visited our coun- one of the best ways of under- Tibet's largest monasteries and "This may be the finest pictorial dramatic—these photos are representation to date of Tibetan try."—His Holiness the Dalai standing Buddhism. Tibet House temples is stunningly preserved in remarkable in their portrayal of culture and customs."—Religious Lama of New Delhi published this com- this coffee-table book of photos. Tibet. The book is published in Humanism Pietro Francesco Mele is prehensive survey of the history, The daily life of the Tibetans in regarded as one of the world's Beijing and has an introduction significance, philosophy, sym- and about Lhasa is well- THE SACRED MOUNTAIN most outstanding photographers. that is supposed to tell history the OF TIBET: On Pilgrimage to bolism, variety and impact of Bud- documented with special empha- He was the official photographer way the Chinese government dhist iconography. sis on the majestic Potala Palace, Mount Kailas, by Russell Johnson of an Italian expedition through would like it to be. We will include the lively Barkhor area, the sacred & Kerry Moran. 128 pp., 116 color CRAFTS OF KASHMIR, India to Tibet led by Professor a short historical summary with Jokhang temple, plates, 8 3/4 x 10 1/2", #SAMOTI JAMMU & LADAKH, by Jaya Giuseppe Tucci, one of the greatest the book to give you the point of Summer Palace of the Dalai $19.95 paper Jaitly & Kamal Sahai. 228 pp., authorities on Tibetan history, view of a western international Lama, and the massive Drepung Spectacular photography and vivid literature and religion. This oppor- lawyer. The differences are very 170 full-color photos, 10 x 10" narrative provide a journey and Sera Monasteries. tunity gave Mele a unique oppor- educational. #CRKAJA $55 cloth through the stunning Himalayan Crafts introduces us to the almost THE MONASTERIES OF THE tunity to partake of Tibetan life. HIMALAYAS: Tibet, Bhutan, scenery to the majesty of Kailas, This book presents a series of unbelievable creativity of this Asia's most sacred mountain. This region's people. In this sophisti- Ladakh & Sikkim, bv Suzanne photos that exemplify Tibetan cul- Held. 10 x 12" #MOHI $40 sublime, snow-clad pyramid of ture. Each page frames a facet of cated and splendidly illustrated rock has been visited by pilgrims An unusually good photographic the Tibetan people and Tibetan book, scholars and artists with an for more than a thousand years. account of Himalayan Buddhist landscape. intimate knowledge of the area Johnson's magnificent photo- monasteries. Suzanne Held por- In his introduction, Michael van write about the lives of Buddhist, graphs depict an awe-inspiring Hindu and Muslim craftspeople, trays in large photographs the Walt, Dutch expert in interna- monastic life, art, architecture, landscape and reveal the vitality tional law, updates the reader on their methods of production and and determination of the pilgrims. rituals, dances and colorful fes- the major events in Tibet that have the historical context of their Moran describes their path in tivals of the Tibetan people in this occurred since Mele traveled designs. which every step has its own leg- region. there: cataclysmic changes have EARLY TEMPLES OF CEN- end and every feature of the land- TRAL TIBET, by Roberto Vitali. scape its own divinity. drastically altered the face of Tibet, making this book's record 208 pp, 85 color plates, 25 b&w Tin; DALAI LAMA SECRET VISIONS OF THE photos, large format #EATICE $65 historically valuable as well as ar- FIFTH DALAI LAMA: The tistically beautiful. cloth Gold Manuscript in the Fournier This book records little-known MY TIBET TIBET, by Kevin Kling. 104 pp., % GALEN RoviEl.1. Collection, by Samten Gyaltsen monuments and artistic styles that Karmay. Measures 10 x 14 1/2", color illus., 10 x 8," #TIK $18.95 have barely survived the effects of 260 pp. (104 pp. color illus.) Kevin Kling traveled with geolo- time and the Chinese occupation. #SEVI $190 gists over thousands of miles in re- The photographs are of Tibetan This beautifully painted tantric mote parts of the Tibetan interior. Her magnificent photographs cap- Buddhist paintings and statues in manuscript recounts the visionary TIBETAN BUDDHIST AL- half-a-dozen temples. Kachu ture the unequaled beauty and experiences of the Great Fifth TAR, by Valrae Reynolds. 32 pp., (728-39 AD) is the only temple Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang timeless essence of Tibet. We known to have survived from the think the landscape shots are ex- 8 1/2 x 11, 36 photos, most in Gyatso (1617-1682). A new discov- color, #TIBUAL $8 Yarlung dynasty and contains the ery, it was hitherto totally con- cellent. "Stunning, rich-souled oldest known statues in Tibet. Ye- photographs."—Boston Globe. This unusual museum catalog is a cealed from Tibetans and others vivid record of the construction, mar and Drathang bear witness to alike. Recently acquired for the TIBET: A Lost Civilization, by decoration and consecration (by the resurrection of Buddhism in Fournier Collection, it is only now Simon Normanton. 192 pp., b&w the 11th century, which provided that this extraordinary document photos throughout, 8 1/4 x 11". the Dalai Lama) of the new Tibe- the foundation for Tibet's culture has come to light and is available #TILOCI $40 cloth tan Altar at The Newark Museum. until recent times. A little-known for study. Simon Normanton has skilfully The elaborate shrine was tradition- chapel in the Jokhang Temple pro- MY TIBET, by the Dalai Lama & With the publication of the Gold woven together the firsthand ac- ally constructed and contains the vides evidence for the early history Galen Rowell. 168 pp., oversize Manuscript, an inner world of pro- counts of the early expeditions requisite items for Tibetan Bud- of this famous site up to the 12th cloth edition, 108 color photos. found mysticism, magical powers (from Younghusband's to Lhasa in dhist practice. The contents of the century when the various Tibetan #MYTI $35 and often disturbing theophanic 1904 through Heinrich Harrer's in altar are extensively described and religious schools were established. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and visions is revealed. The manu- 1952), adding remarkable early explained. Shalu is a temple which mirrors in Galen Rowell have produced a script is also a precise manual of photographs—few of which have TIBETAN COLLECTION: its artistic styles the relations be- great photographic study of Tibet. ritual practice and ritual parapher- ever before been seen—to bring to Sculpture and Painting, by Valrae tween Tibet and China during the Galen is well-known for his Sierra nalia as well as a unique artistic life the discovery of Lhasa and the Reynolds, Amy Heller, Janet Yuan rule of the country in the Club books. His photos of Tibet masterpiece. various ancient religious ceremo- Gyatso. 208 pp. #MATICS3 $20 fourteenth century. The nine-story are unlike any we've seen before. SIKKIM, by Rajesh Bedi. 103 nies, festivals, and customs of a Based on the excellent art collec- stupa of Riwoche with its many They are remarkable in quality pp., 78 color photos, 11 x 10" #SI unique civilization. tion at the Newark Museum, it painted chapels records the art of and composition. His Holiness has $24.95 contains photos of sculpture, in- the 14th and 15th centuries. This written the captions for the photos The enchanting Himalayan land of cluding metal, wood, ivory, lac- book contains a very rare collec- and also six essays about world Sikkim has often been called the quer, stone and clay; thangkas, in- tion of art and is recommended by peace, the environment, the mean- last Shangri-la. Its abundance of cluding painted, appliqued and us. ing of pilgrimage and on his early rivers and lakes and its moist air embroidered examples; wall paint- life in Tibet. KATHMANDU: City at the give it a lush, strangely tropical ings; and iconography, including Edge of the World, by Thomas NOMADS OF WESTERN look and make it the habitat of var- body positions, gestures, and sym- Kelly & Patricia Roberts. 204 pp., TIBET: The Survival of a Way of ied fauna and exotic flowers. Its bols associated with deities. Janet 10 x 10," 200 full-color illus. #KA Life. 192 pp., 190 color photos, gentle people are predominantly Gyatso has written an excellent $49.95 #NOWETI $17.95 paper Tibetan Buddhist and its famed chapter on "Image as Presence: This is another great photography For 16 months between 1986-88, monasteries are the repositories of The Place of Art in Tibetan Reli- Melvyn Goldstein and Cynthia art treasures. book from Abbeville. Kath- gious Thinking." mandu, one of the most exotic and Beall lived and studied in a com- TEMPLE, HOUSEHOLD, THE TIGER RUGS OF cosmopolitan cities is captured munity of roughly 300 western HORSEBACK: Rugs of the here in all its charming facets: Tibetan nomads. This copiously Tibetan Plateau, by Diana Myers. TIBET, ed. by Mimi Lipton. 191 pp., large format, 108 color plates lamas and pilgrims, mountains illustrated book is an intimate and 111 pp., large format, 83 b&w and and valleys, copper roofs, fascinating account of these color photos #TEHOHO $27.50 and 50 illustrations, #TIRUTI $50 merchants, natives, the religions remarkable people, of their tradi- Tibetan rugs are significant not Owned by the Tibetan elite, who and temples. tion and struggle for cultural only for their rarity but also for the used them both to sit on and to LADAKH, by Rajesh Bedi & survival. unique role they performed as ob- cover their luggage on journeys, ti- Ramesh Bedi. 112 pp., 82 color A PORTRAIT OF LOST jects of both the sacred and the TIBET IN EXILE, photos by ger rugs are very rare—there are photos 11 x 10" #LA $24.95 TIBET, by Rosemary Jones Tung, secular realms. They were used in Raghu Rai, text by Jane Perkins, in- possibly fewer than two hundred This is a superb pictorial study of Photographs by Ilya Tolstoy & temples, in homes of rich and poor tro. by H.H. the Dalai Lama. 160 in existence. Here are 108 of them Ladakh and its Tibetan Buddhist Brooke Dolan. 224 pp. #POLOTI alike, and on horseback. The rugs pp., 100 full-color and 20 b&w in full color and accompanied by culture by an internationally fa- $15.95 are notable for their supreme, photos very large format, #TIEX four essays by specialists on car- mous Indian photographer. A Portrait of Lost Tibet is alive with lively sense of rhythm and color. $39.95 (see History & Politics) pet art.

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 40 ART & PHOTOGRAPHY/OTHER TRADITIONS ART& OTHER TRADITIONS PHOTOGRAPHY ANIMALS HAVE RIGHTS that awaits us in everyday life. Unrivaled in its detailed descrip- TOO: A Primer for Parents, When we bless things simply be- tion of Shinto miracles, posses- WHITE LOTUS: An Introduc- Teachers and Young People, by Dr. cause they are, we live life in its sions, and incarnations. Percival tion to Tibetan Culture, ed. by Michael W. Fox. 144 pp., 100 illus. fullness. Brother David is a Lowell was an explorer who ex- Carole Elchert. 240 pp., 38 color #ANHARI $9.95 Benedictine monk who actively pi- perienced the Shinto religion first- and 70 black & white illus. An internationally-recognized oneers the East-West dialogue. hand and wrote with frankness #WHLO $19.95 (see Religion veterinarian and defender of animal HIDDEN JOURNEY: A and objectivity, presenting its section) rights helps parents and children to Spiritual Awakening, by Andrew many contradictions with candor understand the issues and to know and literary grace. | ALSO IN PAPER1 | Harvey. 256 pp. #HIJO $10 what can be done. From the author of Journey in ON THE PRAYER OF JESUS, ANSWERS, by Mother Meera. 120 Ladakh, in the tradition of the by Ignatius Brianchaninov. 114 pp. pp., photos, #AN $9.95 great classics on the subject, comes #ONPRJE $10.95 A radically direct path to the Di- a long-awaited account of a The Jesus Prayer, repeated unceas- vine, a path that uses the transfor- spiritual transformation by one of ingly in silence and solitude until mative power of Divine Light itself, the most gifted and respected it enters the heart, is used in a is presented here by Mother Meera, young writers. Hidden Journey is powerful system of self-training one of several incarnations of the Andrew's story of personal mys- which can lead to a spiritual trans- Divine Mother alive today. Work- tical transformation in the hands formation. This tradition of inner ing harmonically with any other way of skillful and very powerful prayer has been revitalized by to the Divine, this path is one in teachers. monks of the Russian Orthodox which the Light itself works to ef- "There is no other account of Church. Rumi which presents in Rumi's fect the transformation and to such a journey and such a vision. own words the basic Sufi and Is- PERSPECTIVES: The Timeless lamic doctrines concerning God change us, gendy and protectively, It is the extraordinary coming Way of Wisdom, by Paul Brunton. from within. Mother Meera is the close to the divine, actually spoken and the world, the role of man in 408 pp. #PE $14.95. the cosmos, man's ultimate be- teacher described in the best-selling about and offered to our Perspectives is an inspiring insight Hidden Journey by Andrew Harvey. thoughts."—Iris Murdoch coming, the states and stations of into the essence of East-West the mystical ascent to God. The THE ASIAN JOURNAL OF "Harvey directly and convinc- spiritual philosophy. It goes to the author has masterfully arranged THOMAS MERTON. 445 pp., ingly describes his visions and heart of virtually every aspect of Rumi's teachings and poetry by many photos #ASJOTH $11.95 spiritual experiences, which are in the spiritual quest—meditation, topic so that the book presents Merton's trip to Asia in 1968 is a the tradition of Eastern mystics the body, emotions and ethics, the WISDOM AND COMPAS- Rumi's own views. remarkable account by a Christian such as Aurobindo and Western intellect, the ego, crisis in the SION: The Sacred Art of Tibet, contemplative of spiritual life in the mystics such as Juliana of Norwich world, the arts, psychic ex- THE SYMBOLIC QUEST, Ed- by Marylin Rhie & Robert Thur- ward Whitmont. 336 pp. #SYQU East. He met many prominent peo- and John of the Cross."— perience, the mind and the Divine man, photos by John Taylor. 408 ple during his visit—The Dalai Publishers Weekly Mind. ".. .a veritable treasure $12.95 pp., 278 illus., 263 in full color, Lama, Kalu Rinpoche, Nyana- JUNG'S PSYCHOLOGY AND trove of philosophic-spiritual wis- ' 'The reader will get what has not 9 x 12", #WICO $60 cloth, ponika Thera, Trungpa Rinpoche, TIBETAN BUDDHISM: West- dom."—Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. been available before, a clear state- #WICOP $40 paperback Lobsang Lhalungpa—and writes ern and Eastern Paths to the ment of the Jungian position, that This landmark volume illustrates, THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF life has a pattern of wholeness candidly of them and of his adven- Heart, by Radmila Moacanin. 192 MEAT: A Feminist-Vegetarian explains, and celebrates 160 of the tures in India, Ceylon and Bangkok. pp. #JUPSTI $12.95 which can only be comprehended Critical Theory, by Carol Adams. symbolically at this moment in finest and most beautiful examples "The book itself is a kind of man- The approaches of Jung and the of Tibetan sacred art. Drawn from 256 pp. #SEPOME $12.95 time."— The Los Angeles Times. dala, drawing the reader deep into teachings of Tibetan Buddhism This is a popular book on the hid- museums and private collections a philosophical analysis, then One of the most practical, have often been compared. Here, den connections between meat eat- straightforward explanations of around the world, almost half of abruptly forcing him out into the Radmila Moacanin, a student of ing and patriarchy, between both the way the psyche functions the pieces have never been pub- physical world."—Time Buddhism and a Jungian ther- lished before, and nearly all are vegetarianism and feminism. and the archetypes that are the CENTERING PRAYER: Renew- apist, explores the similarities and reproduced here for the first time "With both scholarship and clar- energetic centers of symbolic life. ing an Ancient Christian Prayer differences with simplicity and ity of feminist perception, this A manual for anyone wishing a in color. straightforwardness. She examines The text offers unprecedented Form, by M. B. Pennington, book presents more than a persua- deep understanding of the forces O.C.S.O. 254 pp. #CEPR $5.95 archetypes, collective uncon- insights into the religious meaning sive case for vegetarianism, expos- that move us. Centering Prayer combines the best scious, the Self, Jung's famous ing the root connections between and use, iconography, and aes- mandala experiences and the thetics of the tangka paintings, of the Eastern Christian spiritual ex- such cultural traditions as animal ercises with life in the modern teachings of the Middle Way and exploitation and patriarchy."—Dr. sculptures, and mandates pic- Tantra. tured. The art spans 1000 years world. He discusses ways to over- Michael Fox from the 9th through the 19th cen- come problems that stifle our at- LOOKING INTO MIND, by SPEAKING FLAME: Rumi tury. This is the most comprehen- tempts at achieving the highest pos- Anthony Damiani. 282 pp. #LOMI Recreated, by Andrew Harvey. 120 sive exhibition of Tibetan art ever sible communion with divinity. $14.95 pp., #SPFL $8.95 seen in the West. It is opening at DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY AND A This is an invitation to discover Stunning in their ability to evoke the IBM Gallery in New York in NEW ETHIC, by Erich Neumann. and explore one's own basic mind the mystical states, these extraor- October. 160 pp. #DEPSNE $9.95 from two standpoints. From the dinary poems by the great sufi This classic work on the Jungian practical side, it shows how to use master, Rumi, speak directly T I NEW! | concept of the shadow—the dark meditation as a means to ex- spiritual seekers of every tradition. side of human nature—is by one of perience the mind directly, free of Translated by the author of A Jour- Jung's most creative pupils. Neu- any images. From the side of rea- ney in Ladakh. "Splendid.. .the mann advances an approach to the son, its compelling, readily acces- rare pure sound of passion."—Iris problem of evil based on confront- sible analysis of the nature of Murdoch ing the shadow and integrating it everyday experience shows that the into conscious awareness. The new world and the I are thought into uddhisrtt ethic that he proposes, instead of existence by the same creative denying the negative forces in the mind. Anthony Damiani presents psyche, accepts and transforms this combined approach as the them for the benefit of both in- most direct way to intimate knowl- dividual and collective life. edge of one's own basic mind, the THE THIRD EAR: On Listen- DICTIONARY OF WORLD surest route to reliable spiritual in- ing to the World, by Joachim-Ernst RELIGIONS, ed. Keith Crim. 830 dependence. Berendt, foreword by Yehudi Menu- pp., many illus., #DIWORE $22.95 LOVE'S FIRE: Recreations of hxn. 234 pp., #THEA $13.95 Rumi, by Andrew Harvey. 118 pp. "The magic of listening brings us fas*!lll§ This comprehensive, authoritative compendium of information on the #LOFI $8.95 closer to the central core of the world's living religions brings to- The incandescence and penetra- universe."—Yehudi Menuhin gether the work of 161 scholars tion of the poems of Rumi, Joachim-Ernst Berendt has lived from major religious traditions and greatest of the Sufi poet-mystics, in cultures all over the world, and related fields. Over 1600 cross- are well-known to the enthusias- has studied their music and their THE WORLD OF BUD- referenced entries by theologians, tic and rapidly growing ranks of attitudes toward listening. He has DHISM, ed. by Heinz Bechert & sociologists, historians, and anthro- his readers. These superb transla- found that dominance of the ear . 308 pp., 8 1/2 pologists trace the historic develop- tions, or "recreations," most in is directly linked to compassion x 11", 297 illus., 82 in color, ment, beliefs, and current status of English for the first time, deal and peacefulness, while reliance #WOBU $29.95 the world's living religions: Bud- with universal issues of love, de- on the eye produces divisiveness The result of years of painstaking dhism, Christianity, , Hin- spair, and ultimate union with the and aggression. At the core of al- and imaginative research and duism, , Shintoism, Sufism, Divine—the entire cycle common THE SUFI PATH OF KNOWL- most every spiritual tradition lies preparation, this volume presents Taoism and the many other religions to all the world's mystical tradi- EDGE: Ibn al-'Arabi's the knowledge that the world is in a vivid and authoritative man- of the world. This is an excellent tions. 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S~ 41 SPECIAL ITEMS SNOW LION AUDIO TAPES BOOKS ON TAPE H.H. THE DALAI LAMA PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR, by TURNING SUFFERING ZEN MIND, BEGINNERS'S a revelation. For those who do MIND, Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, read know The Te Ching, this read- COMPASSION: THE HEART Tara Tulku. (7) #SLTPTTPS $49 INTO ENLIGHTENMENT, Trans. Robert Thurman #TUSUEN by Peter Coyote (2) #AUTPZM ing will be a revelation." OF ENLIGHTENMENT, 95 $15.95 min. #RIGPATPC $10 In this seminar, the late Venerable Everyone experiences some form THE TIBETAN BOOK OF Tara Tulku gives us an overview of of suffering in varying degrees. This program is about how to THE DEAD: The Great Liber- This talk was given after the Nobel practice Zen as a workable dis- Award announcement. His Holi- the Abidharma, Pramana, Mad- Rinpoche shows us how to allevi- ation through Hearing in the ness speaks on affection, altruism, hyamika and Tantrika psychologies ate pain and actually transform it cipline and religion. Here one be- Bardo, trans, by Francesco Freman- gins to understand what Zen is loneliness, love, anger, inner peace developed in India and Tibet dur- into a tool to develop clarity of tle & Chogyam Trungpa, narrated ing 25 centuries of investigation mind. really about. Every word breathes by Richard Gere. 2 Cassettes, 2 1/2 and world peace, and the Tibetan with the joy and simplicity that cause. and experimental practice. These UNTANGLING OUR EMO- hrs., Unabridged #SHTBDT talks were made possible by the make a liberated life possible. $15.95 THE DALAI LAMA ON "WIS- TIONS, #UNEM AIBS. So often our emotions seem mud- THE TAO TE CHING, trans. This classic Buddhist scripture is DOM AND COMPASSION", 2 traditionally read aloud to the dy- hrs., #STWC $14.95 PEACE MAKING: How To Be dled and problematic, and instead Tolbert McCarroll, read by Jacob It, How To Do It, Thich Nhat of feeling emotionally fulfilled we Needleman. (1) #AUTPTTC ing to help them attain liberation. 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PRACTICE IN THE WORLD: struction, compassion, selfless- Tells us how to nourish inner Tape 1—Working Effectively with peacefulness and maintain it How can Eastern and Western ap- LIVING IT FULLY, (1) ness, suffering, five paths and the proaches to mental health be in- Emotions #OPHETl #DSTPJGPW $8 throughout the day, how to work Tape 2—Rebirth and Karma factors of enlightenment. These tegrated to even greater effect? A Practicing the Dharma after a re- talks are now available in a Snow with anger through breathing and #OPHET2 , how ther- panel of distinguished speakers treat with the same alive attention Lion book, The Dalai Lama at tackled these questions in a 1992 Tape 3—The Path from Confusion and nurturing wisdom as during Harvard. apists can be peace workers, how to Enlightenment #OPHETl to develop the inner smile and symposium at the Univ. of the retreat. INNER SCIENCE CONFER- much more. Washington: Alan Marlatt, Medi- | NEW! 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If you practice Buddhist teachings with Western Rinpoche gives insight into the Maintaining Mental Health levels of practice when one ex- gratefulness, it leads you into all scientific observations and the- teachings of the Buddha and how Through Tibetan Buddhist Prac- plores , suffering ories. The scientists give fascinat- they apply to Western life. tices; Marsha Linehan, Zen- the attitudes that all the great tra- and selflessness with one-pointed ing reports on psychological and THE BUDDHIST WAY, Informed Model of Behavioral Ther- ditions have promoted. "Most of concentration. our day is gift after gift," he has perceptual tests before and after #BUWA apy; Ryo Imamura, Naikan, A enlightenment; the ability of the Meditation in action in daily life Buddhist Therapy as discovered, "if we wake up to it." Jack Kornfield mind to control pain and heal the is the recurring theme here as Rin- Practiced in Japan; Jamyang DHARMA SEED COURAGE AND SIMPLIC- body; a comparison of Buddhist poche describes the relevance of Sakya, Buddhist Perspective on the and Western psychology, etc. TAPE LIBRARY ITY & WISDOM, POWER, Buddhist practice to everyday Family. KNOWLEDGE (1) #DSTPJKCS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE Here are some excellent tapes on cares and concerns. VAJRAYANA BUDDHISM, by meditation practice by Joseph $8 ADDRESS (1) #SLTPNPP $7 FROM CONFUSION TO Khenpo Palden Sherab. (2) #PSVB Courage of going into the un- On December 11, the Dalai Lama Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, CLARITY: UNDERSTAND- $20 Christina Feldman and others known, being simple. A discussion gave his Nobel Lecture to an in- ING MIND, #COCL In the Vajrayana, life is seen as an of the many kinds of knowledge ternational audience in Oslo. 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SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 42 TAPES /MUSIC & CHANTS/VIDEO DHARMA SNOW LION MUSIC & CHANTS I VIDEO | AUDIO TAPES TIBETAN ceremony participants honor the $10. The meditative sounds of 100 peaceful and wrathful deities Nawang Khechog. DHARMA I PRACTICE OF CONFUSION & FOLK MUSIC described in the Tibetan Book of visit in Los Angeles to give the SELF ACCEPTANCE (1) HEART DANCE, RIVER the Dead to appear to a deceased NEW! Kalachakra Initiation. Starting his day with 4 AM meditation, he #DSTPCFPC $10.50 FLOW..., Cassette #HEDARI person during the 49-day inter- SOUNDS OF INNER PEACE: conducts press interviews, com- Seeing what lures the mind from ac- $10 mediary state between death and Bamboo Flute, Didgeridoo, Ok- plex Kalachakra rituals and cepting actuality—looking at expec- Anthology of Tibetan folk music. rebirth. This ritual is believed to harina, Incan Pan Pipes and Sil- tation, fantasy, future thought. Free- The rarely heard music and dance help the practitioner to realize the ver Flute. Cassette #SOINPE $10. touches the hearts of everyone he encounters. ing ourselves from belief systems of nomadic mountain folk as well visions in the bardo as manifesta- Dedicated to the preservation of and models, discovering the essence as the delicate sound of old tradi- tions of the nature of mind, Tibetan culture. JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN: Purity of ourselves. tional instrumental ensembles of thereby effecting liberation of the SOUNDS OF PEACE: Bamboo of Action, Purity of Mind & The Lhasa and central Tibet. consciousness from cyclic ex- Way of the Tao. 2 hours, Flute & Didgeridoo. Cassette istence. #PUACVI $19.95 SONGS FROM OLD TIBET, #SOPE $10. His spontaneous mu- ~NEW! I Tibetan Institute of the Performing THE SONGS OF MILAREPA, sic captures the feeling and peace How to lay the groudwork for Arts. Cassette #SOOLTI $10 by the Mahayana Buddhist Nun- of the mountains of Tibet. meditation practice. 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Living with energy, power, simultaneously, employing the tures the amazingly-rich harmonic strumental music and chants per- and joy. |"NEW!| formed by Tibetan lamas. technique of one-voice chording. overtones of 108 bells, hand- The sound evokes awe and rever- picked and matched in the JACK KORNFIELD 2: Bringing METTA: LOVING YOURSELF Recorded in monasteries, this tape the Practice into Everyday Life & contains powerful mantric rituals ence and transfixes the mind of the Himalayas, and skillfully played (1) #MELOYO $8 listener as well as the chanter. Side by three musicians. Our Life of Expansion and Con- Developing loving-kindness, a talk from this profound culture. traction. 2 hours, #BRPRVI 1: Guhyasamaja Tantra: Rite of REALISATIONS: Songs of a and meditation. Represented here are the $19.95 Acting from what you Self-Initiation; Side 2: Invocation Tibetan Yogi, Getag Rinpoche, monasteries of Gyuto, Gyume, value. 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The monks' synthesizers—a modern touch to ing ourselves and becoming more a reflective, observing mind. wondrous vocalizing is featured, is a principal protector of the dharma. classical Tibetan folk sounds. effective when working with performing the chants of Yaman- THE TWENTY-ONE PRAISES others. Rinpoche's English is TANTRAS OF GYUTO: taka and Mahakala, accented by OF TARA, by Prema Dasara & respoken by Tsering Everest. cymbals, horns, drums and bells. 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Mickey Hart, drum- hakala. received by many Tibetan lamas Chenrezi, and the Mani Rimdu is Forgetfulness and distraction are the mer with the Grateful Dead, These two LP's are also availa- and the accompanying dance is be- the major religious festival of the rule in ordinary life, but awareness produced these rare recordings in ble on cassette for $9.95 ea.: ing transmitted and performed in Everest region. During three and a fullness of mind is at the heart digital format. Proceeds from this TANTRAS OF GYUTO: Ma- many places. weeks of ancient and secret of human growth and development. recording directly benefit the hakala, Cassette #NSM ceremonies, the monks of Thub- Sangharakshita distinguishes four Gyuto monks at their monastery TANTRAS OF GYUTO: ten Choling and Chiwong become dimensions of awareness, each with in India. 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Numerous examples SACRED HEALING CHANTS know it or not, we all have souls Understanding emptiness and a painting but a mirror, giving one OF TIBET, by Monks of Gaden of mandalas from nature and other and we're all on a spiritual jour- dependent-arising is the key to ex- increasingly profound insights into Shartse Monastery. Cassette cultures are depicted and oneself, and revealing the steps to- ney." Eighteen solo piano pieces periencing the dakini-wisdom and described. This is a definitive #SATEDR $10 with 20th-century themes com- ward escaping the endless round. becoming a "sky-goer." Rin- presentation of this intriguing The Shartse monks offered special posed in the George Winston style. poche's English is respoken by #105 Symbolism of the Diamond healing chants that were recorded subject. The titles draw upon events and Tsering Everest. THE MEANING OF TIBETAN Sceptre during their 1989-90 tour of the imagery which are applicable to #107 Symbolism of the Cremation USA. The monks perform signifi- THE FUTURE OF TIBET, The BUDDHIST CHANTING, by Christians, Buddhists, Hopi In- Ground and Celestial Maidens Tibet Fund. 20 min. #FUTIVI $15 Thubten Pende. 27 min. cant parts of lengthy, colorful, dians, Jews, scientists, agnostics #108 Symbolism of the Offering donation. #MECHVI $24.95 elaborate healing ceremonies: rites and others. and Self-Sacrifice (2) for purification and invocation of This is the most concise presenta- This program features Thubten #109 Symbolism of Colors an the Medicine Buddha; self- THE MUSIC OF NAWANG tion of the Tibet issue on video. Pende, an American Buddhist Mantric Sound (2) generation of the Medicine Bud- KHECHOG As an educational tool, it would monk in the Tibetan tradition, Color and sound have rich symbol dha; purification and blessing of Born in Tibet, Nawang was a enhance any presentation on the who studied in Dharamsala, India, significance, and so are crucia the environment. Tibetan monk for 11 years. A mu- problems in Tibet. Highly recom- with the Dalai Lama. The video sician since childhood, he now mended. agents of transformation. The 1 SHITRO: Adjunct Ritual to the is a presentation not only of chant- lives in Australia. Three tapes of ture concludes with a brief Tibetan Book of the Dead, by the HEART OF TIBET: An intimate ing but of Tibetan Buddhism and his music are available: troduction to the figure of Manju nuns of Nyima Ozer Ling, Tibet. profile of His Holiness the Dalai its disciplines in general, and in- osha, the Bodhisattva of Wisdo Cassette #SHTA $10 RHYTHM OF PEACE: Bamboo Lama, 60 min. #HETIV $29.95 cludes beautiful visuals of Tibetan #110 Symbolism of the F The Shitro Puja is famous for its Flute, Didgeridoo, and Har- Heart of Tibet is a very candid view art symbolic of the ideas and tech- Buddhas, Male and Female (2) haunting melodies. During the monic Chanting. Cassette #RHPE of His Holiness during his 1989 niques discussed.

SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 43 VIDEO DHARMA/SALE VIDEO DHARMA MERTON: A Film Biography, by of Roerich's life, through his Paul Wilkes & Audrey Glynn. 1 Himalayan art and spiritual phi- hour #MEVI $29.95 losophy. Roerich was born in Rus- In his lifetime, Thomas Merton sia and painted over 6000 was hailed as prophet and cen- canvases—he was an artist, ex- sured for his outspoken social criti- plorer of Tibet and philosopher cism. During his 27 years as a who labored in the name of monk of the austere Trappist or- beauty. And this film is just der, he became an eloquent that—beautiful. spiritual writer and mystic as well OCEAN OF WISDOM Video as an anti-war advocate and wit- Presentation of the Life and ness to peace. This critically ac- Teachings of H.H. The Four- claimed film examines Merton's teenth Dalai Lama. 35 minutes. life and work through insightful #OCWIVI $49.95 interviews with those who knew Ocean of Wisdom offers an intimate him including the Dalai Lama, profile of His Holiness as a monk poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and as a spiritual leader, as a states- Nicaragua's Minister of Culture man for our troubled times and as Ernesto Cardenal, publisher a crusader for world peace. In rare Robert Giroux and Joan Baez. In- footage, the Dalai Lama is seen terwoven are passages from Mer- during his private religious prac- ton's writings and scenes from the tices, his daily routine and his in- significant places of his life. frequent recreation: personal moments that contrast with his public role as the world's foremost Buddhist leader. OVERCOMING DIFFER- ENCES: An Historic Public Ad- dress by the Dalai Lama, by Tueheart i Productions. 90 min. Dalai Lama brings words of love the Tibetan Buddhist monks of tory of this collision with the aid of #OVDIVI $29.95 and hope to the people of Gyuto Tantric College and West- simple, clear diagrams and graphic On March 26th, 1991, an audience America. Videotaped live at the ern composers—David Hykes, animation. of 12,000 assembled at Cornell Grace Cathedral, San Francisco in Pauline Oliveros and Terry Riley. TIBETAN MEDICINE: A Bud- University to hear His Holiness April 1991, this warm and uplift- SPIRIT AND NATURE, Bill dhist Approach to Healing, 29 the XlVth Dalai Lama inaugurate ing talk reaveals the gentleness and Moyers. 1 1/2 hrs. #SPNAVI min. #TIMEVI $49.95 the "Year of Tibet" with an ex- nobility of His Holiness. $29.95 Filmed at the Tibetan Medical traordinarily moving and profound REQUIEM FOR A FAITH, by Moyers examines religious and Center in Dharamsala, India. Ama NICHOLAS ROERICH: MES- talk. He discussed many impor- Houston Smith. 28 minutes. ethical beliefs as they pertain to the Lobsang Dolma, Tibet's first SENGER OF BEAUTY, 43 tant issues based on the relation- #REFAVI $89 environment. He interviews the woman doctor, shows the making minutes. #ROMEBE $21.95 ship of world peace and inner This award-winning film tells the Dalai Lama, Audrey Shenandoah of medicines and how acupuncture Introduces the enobling example peace. Peppering his address with story of Tibetan Buddhism. The and other spiritual teachers. This and moxibustion are used. SALE—20% OFF WHILE THEY LAST!

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Drummer for moving adventure in one of the These teachings, in their written Peter Gold takes us on a won- understanding of this exotic cul- the Grateful Dead for over 20 last truly exotic places on earth. form, appeal for their depth and drous pilgrimage to the Tibetan ture, fascinating to adventurers years, his enthusiasm for his art LIVING BUDDHISM, by An- simplicity of expression. communities of India (especially and arm-chair travelers alike. eventually brought him into con- drew Powell & Graham Harrison, Prayer Flags includes a succinct Dharamsala) and Nepal and offers Engagingly written essays and tact with drum masters from Bra- foreword by H.H. the Dalai Lama. and clear discussion of the tantric us an intimate view of their art, stunning color photographs cap- zil, Tibet, and Africa and initiated 210 pp., 150 photos, #LIBU path of Mahamudra, as well as spiritual practices, sacred places, ture the beauty and magnificence him into the transformative power $24.95, NOW $19.95! texts on transforming conflicting arts, and way of life. 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