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SUMMER 1995 NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG SUPPLEMENT Statement from A Treasure for Our Time His Holiness the H.H. Orgyen Dalai on the Kusum Lingpa of the Teaches in America by Victoria Huckenpahler Today is the auspicious day the recent years, I have with great when the Buddha first gave the care performed all necessary reli- His bulldog face can vary its ex- teaching. The Kala- gious procedures for this purpose pression from wrath to radiant teachings have special con- and have made supplications to the compassion to childlike glee in nection with the Panchen . infallible Three Jewels. rapid succession; he calls himself On this occasion, which also hap- I am fully convinced of the a "beggar lama" and a "son of pens to be the Vaisaki, it is with unanimous outcome of all these Vajrapani." These apparent contra- great joy that I am able to proclaim recognition procedures performed dictions are but facets of one wis- the reincarnation of Panchen strictly in accordance with our re- dom display continually enacted . I have recognized ligious tradition. according to the needs of students , born on I have given Rinpoche the name by one of 's greatest living la- April 25, 1989, whose father is of "Tenzin Gedhun Yeshe Thrinley mas, H. H. Orgyen Kusum Lingpa. Konchok Phuntsog, and mother Phuntsog Pal Sangpo" and have To be in His Holiness's presence H.H. Orgyen Kusum Lingpa and Kelly Lynch, Director of Orgyen Kachod Ling. Dechen Chodon, of Lhari composed a long-life titled is to touch the face of ancient, in Nagchu, Tibet, as the true rein- "Spontaneous Fulfillment of magical Tibet in its undiluted merely pitched at different levels carnations: "At the time of Gesar carnation of Panchen Rinpoche. Wishes." power. In him one experiences not on the scale of consciousness. of Ling [the Tibetan epic hero], I In accordance with the histori- The search and recognition of only the full weight of an unbroken With the pride of one who was one of his thirty principal war- cal and spiritual relationship be- Panchen Rinpoche's reincarnation tradition, but a vastness of has realized practice riors; I was so strong that I could tween the Dalai Lamas and the is a religious matter and not pol- which effaces the dividing line be- through innumerable lifetimes, His pick up an elephant with one hand Panchen Lamas the Search Com- itical. It is my hope that the Chi- tween what is generally termed Holiness matter-of-factly recounts and was thus one of the few not mittee for the Reincarnation, pri- nese Government with whom myth, and reality; the two are his succession of extraordinary in- Continued on page 2 marily represented by the Tashi I have kept contact regarding Lhunpo Monastery in exile in In- this matter through various chan- dia and various groups and indi- nels over the recent years, will ex- The Buddha's path to human rial on topics such as: Bringing viduals from all the regions of Ti- tend its understanding, coopera- fWArlflr*. transformation declares women Dharma into Relationships, Deal- bet as well as from outside, have tion and assistance to the Tashi and men equally capable of spiri- ing with Stress, Abortion, Bud- approached me to perform the ex- Lhunpo Monastery in enabling tual realization, yet throughout his- dhism and the Twelve Steps, amination and divination to deter- Rinpoche to receive proper reli- tory most exemplars of this tradi- Peace Training, The mine the reincarnation. gious training and to assume his tion have been men. Now, as Bud- Monastic Experience, and Forging I have taken upon myself this spiritual responsibilities. dhism is transmitted to North a Kind Heart in an Age of Alien- historical and spiritual task with a Dharamsala, May 14, 1995 America, women are playing a ation. Among the voices are: strong sense of responsibility. Over major role in its adaptation and Karuna Dharma, Ayya , development. Michelle Levey, , The discussion presented in Tsering Everest, and Eko Susan through American Noble. LETTER FROM Women's Eyes takes place among "Bravo! This book is so engag- women from the , Japa- ing, so readable, and so genuinely Thubten Jigme Norbu nese , Shingon, Chinese Pure helpful I read it in one sitting. Land, and various Tibetan tradi- These are wonderful voices, brim- Dear Colleagues: tions. These experienced practitio- ming with life-experience and prac- On May 14, 1995, His Holiness While the discovery of the 11th ners share their understanding of tical on-the-ground advice. These the recognized Gendun Panchen Lama is an exciting dis- , its practical teachers, these women, speak to Choekyi Nyima as the 11th covery, 's response is quite application in everyday life, and each other and to us directly with Panchen Lama of Tibet. This ex- disturbing. As reported by the the challenges of practicing Bud- the wisdom and compassion of the tremely important decision by His South China Morning Post and the dhism in the Western world. Buddhas. Heartfelt thanks to all of Holiness was the culmination of a Tibet Information Network (TIN) Thirteen women contributed a them, and to Lekshe Tsomo BUDDHISM wealth of thought-provoking mate- difficult and thorough six-year pro- on May 31,1995, the Abbot of Tashi Continued on page 4 cess of searching for the incarna- Lhunpo Monastery, Chadrei THROUGH tion of the 10th Panchen Lama. Rinpoche (Cha Tsa Chagbazeling) Gendun Choekyi Nyima is a 6-year- and his Secretary, who both led the old boy from a semi-pastoral fam- search party for this incarnate, AMERICAN Catalog Contents: ily that resides in the Lhari District were taken to Chengdu on May 17 Art & Photography 17 History & Politics 17 in , Tibet. We are very happy and may now be in Beijing. TIN WOMEN'S Audio Tapes 23 Language 18 about His Holiness's decision and also reported that the 6-year-old Biography 18 Music & Chants 23 Ordering Information 32 we congratulate him for discover- Pancmen Lama and his entire fam- EYES Cards 23 Children 17 Posters 23 ing the 11th Panchen Lama. More- ily may have been taken to Beijing. Edited by Complete Dharma List 29 Religion & Philosophy 18 over, His Holiness's action fulfills These sources indicate that all of Complete Title List 28 Statues 27 the wishes of Tibetans and non-Ti- these individuals could be held Karma Lekshe Tsomo Dalai Lama 17 27 Death & Dying 18 Travel & Adventure 18 betans throughout the world. The captive by the Chinese Govern- 180 pp. #BUAMWO $12.95 second most significant Tibetan ment for questioning. Thus, these Dharma Items 25 T-shirts 24 Buddhist teacher is now, once persons may now be political pris- 17 Videos 24 Available now. Health & Fitness 18 Women's Studies 22 again, in our presence. Continued on page 3 H.H. ORGYEN KUSUM LINGPA Continued from page 1 umph in a seven-day war waged country's eastern region, His Holi- THE QUINTESSENCE with bombs by the people of this ness began accepting invitations in slain in the wars waged on Hor and earth on the inhabitants of 1994 to teach at the American Jang. My name was Jamtrul Yulai . He also received a Dharma centers of Chagdud, OF Topgyir because I wore armor of prophecy that in over one hundred Gyaltrul, and Trungpa , solid turquoise. I have also been lifetimes he would reveal one thou- and at Kunzang Palyul Choling, di- TIBETAN MEDICINE the Indian Trilwupa sand volumes associated with rected by the female American and Lhalung Palgyi Dorje, who the hidden treasures of the five Ahkon Norbu Lhamo. On his killed King [the perse- directions. return totheUSinthe spring of this trans, by Dr. Barry Clark Quintessence Tantras of Ti- cutor of Buddhism, slain with an Not long after, His Holiness be- year, he also founded a small cen- arrow in 842 C.E.]. During the life- gan revealing prosperity treasures, ter in Crestone, Colorado, and one foreword by H.H. the betan Medicine contains the first complete translation of the Root time of Machig Labdron (the noted practices which have the ability to in Los Angeles which he guides Dalai Lama and Explanatory Tantra of female practitioner and founder of confer bounty in degenerate times. along with his son, Tulku Hungkar Later, at the age of thirty-two, he 250 pp. #QUATI $22.95 Tibetan medicine. The most thor- Chod), I was one of her principal Dorje, who has been recognized as ough, detailed and systematic ref- students, known as Shang Murthi revealed a body treasure of the reincarnation of Do Khyentse erence for Tibetan medicine in En- Nyongpa Rangzin, or Self-Secret which he is now offer- Yeshe Dorje, and whom His Holi- glish, it contains the Tibetan views Crazy One of Shang." ing to students in the West, the ness says will be a greater Lama and defining characteristics of In this lifetime His Holiness was practice of Orgyen . With than he. His Holiness has person- healthy and diseased bodies. The born in 1933 in Achak Drayu on the the certitude of one who has real- ally appointed his student, Kelly remarkable diagnostic techniques Amnyi Machen Nyendop sacred ized the practice, His Holiness Lynch, to act as center director. of pulse and urine analysis are pre- mountain which is known as the states that the revelation of this During his visits to America, His sented together with the principles Kailash of Eastern Tibet. His ad- reversed his fortunes right Holiness has taught over three of right diet, right lifestyle and be- vent was prophesied in scriptures away, bringing unaccustomed thousand people and has given ref- havioral factors, and a treasury of by the first Dodrup Chen, Jigme plenty, and can do the same for uge vows to more than five hun- knowledge about the beneficial Trinley Oser; by Terton Nyima anyone who diligently follows it. dred. applications of herbs, plants, Dragpa; and by the fifth Dzogchen Since then, he has become known His Holiness's teaching style is spices, minerals, gems, etc. Also Rinpoche, Migyur Namkhai Dorje. as one of the greatest living tertons, largely intuitive. He may give for- included are the subtle and psycho- A fourth-generation , His having revealed the three classes mal initiations or recount stories logical techniques of therapeutics Holiness was the son of the tantric of termas: those received directly of long-ago Tibet. After an evening and the standard of ethics and con- adept Washi Lama Lhundrup from the ; "crazy" termas of unexpected hilarity he ended, duct required of a Tibetan and the yogini Padma which can manifest in the yogi as "When I was young, I had many physician-a warrior-like person Lhamso. His father died when he unconventional behavior; and se- funny encounters with so-called equipped to overcome even the was three, at which time His Holi- cret termas, which can only be re- pure Dharma practitioners and the most formidable internal and ex- ness took vows and the hair- vealed by one who is the owner of pranks pulled on them, so some- ternal obstacles. cutting ceremony from the ninth all 18 families of terma. times when I'm teaching, these sto- "I am happy that after more than Dr. Barry Clark is the only West- Panchen Lama, Thubten Chokyi Making a point not to mingle ries come up in my mind. I like to ten years studying Tibetan medi- erner to have undergone the com- Nyima. Dharma with more mundane is- tell them because I like to laugh. cine, both in theory and practice plete theoretical and clinical train- He describes himself in his sues, His Holiness passes over the Tomorrow we'll try to have more under the tutelage of a number of ing of a Tibetan doctor. For almost youth as having been "very twenty-three years during which Dharma teachings, but if these sto- Tibetan physicians, Dr. Barry Clark 20 years, he has studied, practiced naughty, as bad as any three spir- he was held in a Chinese-run prison ries come out again, I can't control has compiled The Quintessence and taught the ancient science of ited children!" Nonetheless, he pro- in Tibet, preferring to emphasize myself!" Tantras of Tibetan Medicine. In it Tibetan medicine. His primary gressed in his studies with a num- the blessings of But he can as easily manifest a he presents clear and accurate teacher was Dr. Yeshe Donden, the ber of saintly teachers, including and through which he wrathful mode, giving stern advice translations of the Root and Ex- personal physician to H.H. the Ahkon Khenchen Losang Dorje, a feels he has been able to come to to practitioners falling into compla- planatory Tantras, two works of Dalai Lama for eighteen years. Dr. rabjampa who completed the West and offer teachings. cency. When he has a strong wish, such fundamental importance in Clark now lives and practices in study on over one hundred of the "Other Lamas in Tibet are much he will so repeatedly and forcefully the Tibetan medical system that New Zealand, and frequently most important scriptures, and of greater that 1," he states, "but I am return to the topic that it is easy to they are commonly memorised by teaches and gives workshops in whom His Holiness was principal the one to visit America and be a believe he is a manifestation of medical students."—The Dalai Europe, North America and SE disciple for over forty years; the part of things here." Although to- Vajrapani; an energy field ema- Lama Asia. two emanations of the fourth day he is responsible for five mon- nates from him that is palpable. At Dodrup Chen Rinpoche, Thubten asteries in Tibet, the principal one one Dharma center he admonished Here is the table of contents to show the scope of Trinley Palzangpo and Rigzin Jalu being located in Golok in the The Quintessence Tantras of Tibetan Medicine. Dorje; Gyaltrul Wangpo, Khenchen Continued on next page Lobsang Namtak who gave him the Dzogchen Nyingthik transmission, Foreword by H. H. the Dalai Lama 7 and with whom he lived many Translator's Introduction 9 years; and Palyul Chogtrul Part One Rinpoche from whom he received The Root Tantra the Namcho and Ratna Lingpa Heart & 1. Introduction 23 transmissions. In addition, from 2. The Enumeration of Topics 26 the age of thirteen His Holiness be- 3. The Basis of Disease 32 gan receiving, at regular intervals, 4. Diagnosis and Symptoms 35 visions of Guru Padmasambhava Teachings and Practice 5. Methods of Treatment 37 and Vajrayogini. Both continue to 6. The Enumeration of Metaphors 40 transmit instructions and prophe- Sept. 2,3 & 4 Part Two cies to him. The Explanatory Tantra His Holiness s mother died when Frederick, MD 1. The Summary of the Explanatory Tantra 45 he was sixteen years old, and as her 2. The Way in Which the Body Is Formed 47 remd as a beggar and chbdpa, and "Bodhicitta is the single most important 3. Similes of the Body 53 he delights in recounting how factor to attain enlightenment." 4. Anatomy 55 "When I encountered stingy house- 5. Physiology 60 holders, I would purposely sing me- 6. Actions and Classifications of the Body 66 lodious and heart-rending vajra 7. Signs of Death 68 songs to make them cry, to break 8. The Causes of Disease 75 them down, so they would end up 77 9. Immediate Causes of Disease plying me with their finest delica- 10. The Mode of Entry and Locations of Disease 81 cies!" He also recalls from his days 11. The Symptoms of Disease 83 as a chodpa that if fellow practitio- 12. The Classifications and Individual Significance of disease 88 13. Routine Behavior 99 ners got wind of the time and place 14. Seasonal Behavior 104 of a yogi's chod practice, they 15. Incidental Behavioral Patterns 107 would invariably try to play tricks 16. Principles of Diet: Normal Diet 110 on him. "These yogis had immedi- 17. Principles of Diet: Dietary Restrictions 120 ate deluded reactions," he notes. "It 18. Principles of Diet: The Correct Amount of Food 122 was hilarious." Nor was His Holi- 19. Principles of Medicines: Tastes and Post-Digestive Tastes 124 ness above such pranks: once, 20. Principles of Medicines: Powers of Medicines 129 when another monk was perform- 21. Principles of Medicines: Compounding of Medicines 184 ing chod, the young Kusum Lingpa 22. Medical Instruments 188 scared the would-be yogi out of his 23. Normal Health 193 wits by sticking his hand through Ven. Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche 24. Diagnosis 196 a hole in his tent and pulling his 25. Examination by Craft and Guile 199 hair! 26. Four Diagnostic Criteria for Accepting or Declining to Around this time His Holiness Tibetan Meditation Center 202 Accept a Patient made pilgrimages to and 9301 Gambrill Park Rd 27. Principles of Therapeutics 205 where he had visions of all 28. Specific Therapeutic Techniques 211 Frederick, MD 21702 his past and future lives. It was then Phone: (301) 473-5750 29. Two Therapeutic Media 217 that he recognized that in the fu- 220 Fax: (301) 473-8316 30. Direct Therapeutic Techniques ture he would be reborn as Sangpa, 31. The Healer Physician 223 the eldest son of the twenty-fifth Notes 235 regent of Shambhala. His excep- Index 239 tional bravery will enable him to tri- Chenrezig Empowerment: Sept. 23

2 SNOW LION SUMMER '95 NEWSLETTER THE PANCHEN LAMA Continued from page 1 An Overview of

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If you (Please note that Feminine Ground, House of the Turquoise Roof Calming the tice at 4 a.m.; sleeping until 8 a.m. remain as a beggar lama, you are Mind, The Practice of Dzogchen, and Emptiness Yoga have been reintroduced to the and staying up late is inauspi- really in a position to benefit be- trade as new books—most of them have been unavailable for i number of years and cious") to the overall efficiency of ings." On another topic: "Non-rec- the interest in has greatly increased.) the organization. It is one of his ognition of the true nature of mind The following books have been previously announced and are still in process: functions, he reveals, to clear ob- is unclean. That is why what is in Maehig Labdron and the Foundations ofChbd looks like fall stacles, particularly at Dharma your mind is as unclean as what late summer centers. But at the end, he sud- comes out in the toilet! If even our Natural Great Perfection denly beamed radiantly and said, best friend could see what is in our late summer "I think I've been too hard on you; mind, it would be embarrassing. Golden Letters fall-winter now I will tell you some jokes!" And if everyone could see what is It is indeed His Holiness's radi- in our mind, we would be in an on- ance which is most powerfully felt, going state of litigation!" He also even beneath his controlled display gave counsel on practices for the mind and you will understand then end or how fatigued he is. Gener- attention, knowing that even fleet- of wrath. (Interestingly, the Tibetan deceased and on the correct atti- whether or not one should be kind ally, he offers twice as many teach- ing contact could plant a seed that word for wrath, dragpo, connotes tude toward possessions as a to one's relatives at the time of ings as appear on the official would flower in future lives. force rather than .) Looking preparation for our own death. "In death. It is good for the con- schedule. And watching him in his His Holiness plans to return to into his face as one receives his America, when people die the most sciousness not to leave behind "leisure" hours is a reminder of the America to continue teaching and blessing, one understands the important thing is what clothes you much wealth because it causes at- unceasing effort made by those guiding his centers. Anyone inter- meaning of the term non-objecti- put on the corpse so it will look tachment. Spend your endow- who fulfill their Bodhisattva vows. ested in receiving teachings when fied compassion. His Holiness pleasing to those who view it. I can ments on virtuous purposes now. When he is not actively teaching or he returns can write Kelly Lynch, does not just offer love; he has be- assure you this is harmful for the Don't accumulate too much or giving spiritual advice, His Holi- Director, Orgyen Kachod Ling, come love, and though the practi- bardo consciousness because it have big plans for the future. This ness is fingering his mala and re- 1042 S. Kensington Avenue, Los tioner might receive rigorous cor- doesn't release it from attachment. in not the way of Dzogchen. You citing , or looking for Angeles, CA 90019. rection when needed, he or she As Buddhist practitioners, do vir- should have a mind that's directed someone to benefit. While waiting His Holiness is a force of nature, would never be abandoned. tue like reciting the Mani more toward the present." at one east coast airport, he a living repository of Tibet's most His Holiness can also be humble, or accomplishing the peaceful and His Holiness is spiritually and scanned the crowd, his eyes set- exalted spiritual traditions, a great earthy, and psychologically astute. wrathful deities of the bardo pan- emotionally generous, bestowing tling on a woman seated opposite terton and siddha. He is not to be Recently, his heart advice to stu- theon. When you are in the bardo, blessings on everyone individually, him. Since he speaks no English, missed! ■ dents included: "The great lamas my words will come true in your no matter how late the teachings he began pantomiming to get her

SNOW LION 3 BUDDHISM THROUGH AMERICAN WOMEN'S EYES Separation can occur at any time transformation can occur by rec- Continued from page 1 and this recognition continually ognizing the transitory nature of challenges one's sense of perma- the universe—. for bringing them together in this United Nations Bans nence. Being compassionate and Recognizing the impermanent na- treasure trove of advice for all empathetic with a dying person ture of the universe enables a per- practitioners."—Janice Willis, can promote an intensely moving son to see through habitual pat- Wesleyan University Dalai Lama from 50th and profound interaction: the un- terns of thinking to the importance "While the real Dharma—wis- derlying awareness that each day of the present moment. In one dom and compassion—is formless, could be the last is a powerful an- sense, this realization that the Anniversary History Buddhism as a method of practice tidote to superficial chatter and present moment is the only reality takes on the form of the cultures it pretentious interactions. Reality that truly exists involves letting go meets. This book is a refreshing, becomes what is happening right of the past as well as of preconcep- experientially based and enriching now—in the present one moment tions about the future. contribution of American women that might be the last. What has I had been confronted by death to ."— United Nations officials have and that other authors would do gone before no longer exists; what almost every day as a nurse in an , author banned any reference to the Dalai likewise, a compromise was is to come is only fantasy. In the inner-city emergency room in Los Lama in a forthcoming history of the reached whereby the 12 articles in The following is an excerpt from face of preconceived ideas involve- Angeles. Many of us there cried at UN, saying mention of the exiled the book appear without attribu- Chapter 3. ment in the dying process can times; but we did not talk about Tibetan leader is "not acceptable." tion to any single author. Reflections on Imperma- transform one's habitual, mundane death. Life seemed impermanent The deletion of the Dalai Lama The quotation from the Dalai pattern of existence to a life in- nence: Buddhist Practice in around death, uncertain and inse- is one of more than 30 cuts de- Lama came from a speech His Ho- fused with the sacredness of all cure, especially when a child the Emergency Room manded by UN officials in a book liness had prepared for the World existence. died—but there was never time for commissioned for the 50th anniver- Conference on Human Rights to by Margaret Coberly The greater visibility of the Four- discussion, and we knew well how sary of the UN this year. Passages which he was invited by the host ...One experience I had in the teenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, to work in that emergency room as removed from the book include the Austrian Government, along with trauma room gave me a sudden since his exile from Tibet in 1959 and though death were quite distant names of countries the UN itself 13 other Nobel laureates. and vivid insight into the bigger pic- his recent award of the Nobel Peace from us all. Thus, I was not pre- has called to account for human He was initially barred from the ture—an expanded recognition Prize, along with an increasing num- pared for experiencing a personal rights violations. meeting when the Chinese delega- which went beyond conventional ber of publications by Tibetan teach- death in my own family. The cuts went ahead despite an tion said they would leave the con- thought and reflected the transient ers and scholars has contributed to Waiting in the thoracic surgeon's appeal by the book's editor, ference if he was allowed to enter nature of all things. Surgeons the increasing public awareness of office for my brother Wheeler's di- Jonathan Power, former foreign the building. This provoked a boy- worked on a multiple trauma vic- Tibet and its richly detailed psycho- agnosis, I felt emotionally para- affairs columnist of the Interna- cott of the conference by all the tim trying to suture an oozing hole logical teachings. I found in these lyzed. The room vibrated with ten- tional Herald Tribune, to UN Sec- Nobel laureates. After days of ne- in the patient's aorta, while I per- teachings an abundant source of in- sion and fear and I could almost retary General Boutros Boutros gotiation, His Holiness was finally formed open cardiac massage. I formation regarding death, dying feel the second hand dragging it- Ghali. "I cannot sanction a series permitted to enter the UN building held the heart in the palm of one and impermanence. self across the face of my watch, of cuts that have made the book in Vienna—a moment of historic hand, pressing and releasing the The Tibetan Buddhist view of stalking the moments, as we dishonest," he told the Secretary significance for a man who is per- ventricles with the other, simulat- death is remarkable in many ways, waited for the news. Wheeler was General. haps the world's most renowned ing the intermittent contractions especially in that it maintains that scared, and so was I. It was diffi- His name and the names of all refugee—but he was not permitted necessary to circulate the blood an innate wakefulness or aware- cult for me to look at him. Rather authors, including Maurice Strong, to deliver his prepared speech. through the organism. Everything ness of our true inner nature—the than face him, and confront ques- Secretary General of the Rio Earth At the invitation of Amnesty In- became one to me in that - light within—is potentially present tions about his possible death, I Summit, and Mabub ul Haq, Editor ternational, he spoke in a public ment—life, death, and the heart- in all of us. The now famous Evans- concentrated on three rows of of the UN's annual Human Devel- park outside the conference site beat that separated the two, which Wentz translation of The Tibetan dusty, antique chemistry bottles in opment Report, have been with- where thousands gathered to hear I literally held between my hands. Book of the Dead contains the mes- a cabinet behind the surgeon's drawn from their articles in a him. It was there that he delivered I realized with great intensity that sage that a person, dead or alive, desk. Examining those old bottles last-minute compromise so that his vigorous defense of the Univer- people, preoccupied with the way has a choice in any given moment I tried to subdue the terror and the book, A Vision of Hope, can sal Declaration of Human Rights. they believe things are or should to transform his or her perceptions panic rising inside me. The physi- be published without further "I explained to the UN officials be, often overlook what is actually of reality from externalized to in- cian came in briskly, slid the x-rays argument. that His Holiness' speech was sig- happening in the present moment. ternalized sources. Tibetan Bud- onto the view boxes, and flipped Mr. Power said the cuts amount- nificant because he was speaking In the absence of preconceived dhist doctrine maintains that this Continued on next page ed to "intellectual cleansing." as an Asian in support of universal ideas or expectations, every mo- The chapter on human rights, human rights at a time when Asian ment carries with it the potential written by Richard Reoch, a former governments were challenging that for a fresh and new experience of senior official of Amnesty Interna- principle," Richard Reoch told the eternally changing tional, quoted a speech made by Snow Lion. kaleidescope of existence. with the Dalai Lama at the 1993 World "They simply refused to allow All who suffer serious injury, ill- Conference on Human Rights. any reference to the Dalai Lama It ness, loss, or the threat of death are The following is a schedule of retreats at Milarepa Center. 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Having one's fixed, structured White Thubten Pende August 20-27 $200 freedom and dignity." their concern about the decision to conceptualizations and expecta- Milarepa Thubten Wongmo Dec. 26Jan. 1 $200 This was ruled out by UN Under- ban any reference to His Holiness tions suddenly threatened by Heruka Vajrasattva Jan. 5-April 4 $1400 secretary General Gillian Martin the Dalai Lama in the book A Vi- death, however, can lead to deep Vajrayogini initiation will be offered only if requested. You must Sorensen, Special Adviser to the sion of Hope by writing to: Under insights into the impermanent na- also have received initiation for the Heruka Vajrasattva retreat. Secretary General for Public Secretary General Gillian Martin ture of all phenomena. Often this Costs include room and board, teacher donation/travel and of- Policy. In a letter to Mr. Reoch she Sorensen, Special Adviser to the insight leads to a healthy sense of ferings/pujas. told him, "The lines are not accept- Secretary General for Public freedom from the overwhelming For the solo retreater, Milarepa Center also offers quiet, heated, able. There are many suitable quo- Policy, United Nations, New York, fear usually accompanying death. single-occupancy retreat cabins with meals and a view, from $15/ tations from other prominent indi- NY 10017; tel. 212-963-1995; fax To be with a dying person is to rec- day. Call or write for brochure: Milarepa Center, Barnet Moun- viduals which could be used ex- 212-963-1185. Please send a copy ognize that separation is inevitable. tain, Barnet,VT 05821. For more information call 802-6334136. ■ pressing the same point." of your letter to your Congres- Fearing that Mr. Reoch would sional representative. ■ withdraw his article from the book

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the lights on behind each one. Pointing to a large, irregular form in the thoracic cavity depicted on the film, he summarized—distantly FEMININE GROUND: HOUSE OF THE and technically—a few possible causes for the large and ominous Essays on Women TURQUOISE ROOF shadow. He ended his constrained explanation by declaring: "It has to and Tibet be considered malignant until proven otherwise." A seeming eter- by Dorje Yuthok nity of screamingly silent moments trans. & ed. by Michael Harlin passed as we stared at the M.D. in foreword by stunned disbelief. Then we started ed. by Janice D. Willis asking questions rapidly, searching 300 pp., photos #HOTURO $16.95 for some small thread of error in 166 pp. #FEGR $12.95 the situation. After all, how could someone so youthful, successful, "Here an assessment has been intelligent, handsome and well- given on the position of Tibetan loved as Wheeler have a terminal women both past and present— makes a valuable contribution to illness? It just could not be true. something that for centuries has several disciplines, including Bud- Denial was the only coping mecha- been shrouded in myth and dhist studies, comparative studies nism we had available for this un- conjecture...a superior book." and womens' studies. anticipated and unwelcome turn of —Carebanu Cooper, The Tibet Contents: writes on events. Journal : Some Comments on its The terminal diagnosis is a ma- This very frank and thoughtful Nature and Meaning and on Ti- jor turning point in the life of a pa- autobiography of a Tibetan noble- betan Anis: The Nun's Life in Ti- tient and his or her significant oth- woman describes life in Lhasa be- bet; Rita Gross on Yeshe Tsogyel: ers. Routine ways of thinking and fore the Chinese occupation. The Enlightened Consort, Great living are suddenly and violently in- author possesses and insider's Teacher, Female Role Model; Janet well-known lamas and spiritual terrupted. But certainty is nowhere view of the highest government Gyatso on Down with the teachers. to be found, and denial is often the circles—both her father and her Demoness: Reflections on a Femi- "Dorje Yuthok's book, rich in vi- first response to this sudden and In this volume six western husband were cabinet ministers, nine Ground in Tibet; Miranda gnettes of the quotidian life of Ti- alarming exposure to imperma- women scholars and practitioners and her brother served as prime Shaw on An Ecstatic Song by betan aristocrats prior to the Chi- nence. of Tibetan Buddhism come to- minister—as well as a novelist's Laksminkara; Barbara Aziz on nese invasion, reflects a sensitiv- The Tibetan Buddhist approach gether to explore the issues of sensitivity for the revealing detail Moving Towards a Sociology of ity to readers' interests in finely is to cultivate of death "women" and of "the feminine" in that brings this fascinating past to Tibet; and Karma Lekshe Tsomo on drawn portraits of Tibetan social every day of life for the primary Tibet. In a group of critical and Me. Tibetan Nuns and Nunneries. interaction, ritual observances, purpose of gaining insight into the provocative essays, they discuss fe- The timelessness of this world, "Brings to the fore in one volume and material culture. Yuthok fo- impermanent nature of the uni- male role models, the nun's life, its slow but unmistakable modern- the voices of the major Western cuses on detailed descriptions of verse. Tibetan Buddhism asserts and gender and role identity as ization, and the abrupt transition women scholars of Tibetan the intimacies of family life...deftly that an awareness of the transient these have manifested in the con- brought about by the Chinese in- Buddhism...an outstanding re- conveys the immediacy of her ex- quality of life expands one's men- text of Tibet. These essays thus vasion are vivedly presented. source for the student of women perience to readers."—Marcia tal outlook by enhancing concern help to fill a gap in this important Through all, her outlook on life is and Buddhism"—Pacific World Calkowski, The Journal of Asian for the welfare of others, deepen- area of study, and the volume grounded in the Buddhist practice Studies * ing an appreciation for the present she learned as a close disciple of moment, and greatly reducing the fear of death. 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The finality of death Western spiritual and always been extremely close, we is dazzling in its clarity. The sense philosophical teachings. became intractably bonded duifing of loss I felt was excruciatingly the process of his dying. We painful and yet looking at worked very hard together to try Wheeler's corpse, I realized that The Journal's quality of content reflects the depth of its to maintain a level of objective un- the part of me observing death was articles, from contributors who include: , derstanding about death so that precisely the same thing that had Toni Packer, Robert Powell, Lex Hixon, David Frawley, Wheeler could experience the ra- just departed from his body.... ■ Douglas Harding, Alan Anderson, , Georg Feuerstein, and others. They understand the need to bring a balanced expression to the genuine spiritual teachings of East and West.

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6 SNOW LION SUMMER '95 NEWSLETTER Seva Foundation's Eye Care Projects

by Maura Santangelo, M.D. prepared for this trip by reading all At the time of this meeting there mologists from the US, Canada, the of the courtyard, squatting on the the books I could find on Nepal, were 5 ophthalmic surgeons in Netherlands and Germany, who ground, holding their pink medical In February of 1991 my family from travel books to inner Nepal, all in the Kathmandu Valley, also provided training for the local records, with one eye painted and I flew to Nepal, where I had searches and outer explorations all to serve a population of 13 million. surgeons. red—the eye scheduled for sur- volunteered with the Seva Founda- resulting in some sort of personal Most of the population could not When I arrived in 1991, the Nepal gery. A surprising number were tion to work as an eye surgeon for transformation, some magical reach the capital, or if they did, af- Eye Hospital had been established young women with bilateral ma- 6 weeks at the Eye Care meeting. The shock of Kathmandu ter many days of walking, they in Kathmandu by Dr. Pokhrel, and ture cataracts. Most had a very de- Project near the Buddha's birth- was eased somewhat by a stay of a would find a surgical waiting list Tribhuvan Teaching Hospital was pressed affect, head down, head place. I had been in private prac- few days at the Blue Star Hotel. The of a year. A few eye camps were training several ophthalmology covering brought down over the tice for 10 years, and for the previ- books did not help much. The ho- performed in the hills, but certainly residents per year. face, eyes closed. I was to see that ous two I had been looking for tel is in Tripureswar within walk- not enough to meet the demand, or A short flight on Royal Nepal Air- appearance many times—the ways to use my expertise to make ing distance of the Nepal Eye Hos- to make any impact on the back- line took us to Bhairahawa, a dusty, longer they had been blind, the a more significant contribution to pital, the Kathmandu office of the log of cataract blind. sprawling town 5 or 6 kilometers more dejected they appeared. Usu- reducing suffering caused by blind- Seva Foundation, and the Nepal After that first meeting funds from the Indian border. Bhaira- ally a dramatic change would oc- ness. Blindness is a more signifi- Association for the Prevention of were raised for a feasibility study hawa is the largest town close to cur in their demeanor once they cant problem in developing coun- Blindness. to develop a coordinated national Lumbini, the birth place of the Bud- could see again. Examination con- tries than in countries like the US. In 1991 Seva's Kathmandu office eye program, using the same prin- dha. It is an overnight stop for sisted of a flashlight sweep of both Young blind individuals are de- was directed by Dr. Nicole Grasset. ciples that had been successfully many pilgrims on the way to eyes. The pathology was obvious: prived of the means to earn a liv- The Seva Foundation was estab- applied in the smallpox eradication Lumbini. The Best Hotel in town all pupils were white or dark ing in countries whose economy lished in 1979 by a group of indi- effort. Dr. Grasset personally was fully booked with groups of brown from a mature cataract. can ill afford either the reduced viduals who had worked directly raised funds for the original study. pilgrims for the duration of our We then made rounds on pa- economic produc- stay, so we were tients who already had their sur- tivity or rehabilita- to stay at the Next gery. I was impressed at how well tion for the affected Best Hotel. Nice patients were doing. The operating individuals. I want- rooms, many mos- theater was a small, darkened ed to avoid the type quitoes, a few gec- room. There were three beds and of type of relief kos, but, alas, no two operating microscopes. I work that under- hot water. The scrubbed at a sink in another room, mines the local in- people were help- rinsing my hands with water stitutions if there ful, even if con- poured directly from a teakettle. are any, and dimin- fused by our En- No gloves, but I had "ispirit" ishes any interest glish. I did not get poured on my hands. This alcohol in local support for breakfast on my ablution was to be repeated be- native develop- first day. tween each patient, in lieu of a re- ment. I was also The hospital peat scrub. I did the same opera- skeptical of pro- was a stuccoed, tion I would have done in the US, grams which go one-story building implanting the same intraocular into a place for a with the Eye Care lens, but with only minimal tech- short period of Project attached nology. The whole process was time, bring in a to one side. The very efficient, with minimal time team and technol- outpatient clinic between each case. After the first ogy that is neither consisted of one 5 cases, the number I might have locally available or cavernous, dusty done at home in one morning, I reproducible, and room open to stopped counting. The day became perform hundreds the outside, with a blur of incision, cataract removal, of cataract opera- birds nesting by insertion of lens, tedious suturing. tions. These teams its high windows. Sometime during that first morn- typically do not In spite of the sur- ing the lights went out in the stay long enough to do adequate in or been inspired by the World After meeting Dr. Grasset 1 had no roundings up to 300 patients a day middle of a case. The circulating post-operative care, nor do they Health Organization's global pro- doubt that, once she thought that were examined. At the height of assistant immediately produced a provide training and support for gram to eradicate smallpox, a cam- a project had , she would do the day many patients would flashlight, and held it in position, local physicians. As a result, they paign that was notable not only for whatever might be necessary to get crowd into the room trying to at- as I continued on, as though noth- leave behind higher expectations its success but also for the historic the project going. She can be very tract the doctors' attention. Most ing were amiss. This would occur that cannot be met locally in the attempt to eradicate a disease persuasive. Later the effort was of them, having traveled for several again several times throughout the future. However, Seva which had been with humanity for funded by the government of the days, had come prepared with pro- day. There was only one generator Foundation's philosophy encour- a very long time. Dr. Grasset had Netherlands in cooperation with visions to camp as needed. Some for the hospital, and most of the ages self-reliance by supporting directed that effort in South Asia, WHO. The Seva Foundation was of the inpatients were housed in a time it was with the eye camp people, emphasizes training of in- and had had much opportunity to born from that early period, its small bamboo hut off the side of a team, somewhere up in "the hills." At about 1 p.m. on that first day, dividuals, assists local production observe the plight of the blind in mission to relieve suffering by courtyard, which also served as a and decision-making, and aims to that part of the world. In 1978 she compassionate action. waiting area. it dawned on me that we would not develop financial self-sufficiency. participated in a WHO workshop In 1979 the Seva Foundation The day started with examina- stop for a break until all the cases were finished. There was a limited After many letters and commu- on world blindness in Delhi, where helped establish a Nepal National tion of patients who were sched- number of scrub gowns, and we nications with Seva Foundation, I she met Dr. Ram Prasad Pokhrel, Eye Program. Cataract operations uled for surgery later that morning. finally landed in Kathmandu. I had an eye surgeon from Kathmandu. were done by expatriate ophthal- They were to be found on one side Continued on page 8

SNOW LION 7 Audio Visual Materials Featuring THE ACHI FOUNDATION the Works of His Holiness the XIV Drikung Institute Dalai Lama Wanted Monk Support Program & Retreat Center A project designed to collect, lected works of His Holiness, in- nated copy for deposition at the preserve and promote all His Holi- cluding video and audio material, Central Archives. Monk Support Program ness' works has been launched. printed and published matter, and Your cooperation is invaluable, retreat at Jangchub Ling. As there The positive outcome is the de- photographs. This would be a and should you know of any other Currently there are about 140 are no suitable facilities available cision to establish an indepen- means of preservation and promo- individuals or organizations who student monks at Jangchub Ling at this time, His Holiness Chetsang dently managed Central Archives tion of his teachings, ideas, phi- would be interested in this project, Monastery, India, and 20 student Rinpoche has requested $37,500 to for this purpose. Until the project losophy, and universal message. please ask them to contact us: monks at Drikung Thil in Tibet who purchase the necessary acreage takes a concrete shape, the Library Donations of films, videos, audio Gyatsho Tshering, Director, Li- need food, clothing, basic medical before planning and constructing of Tibetan Works and Archives has tapes, photographs, and printed brary of Tibetan Works & Archives, care, texts and school materials. a new retreat center. By making it been assigned the responsibility of materials are requested. If you Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamsala $20 per monk per month is neces- possible for serious Western stu- doing the initial work. have such materials in your collec- 176215, H.P. India. Tel. 91-1892- sary to adequately provide for their dents to study under the guidance The Central Archives would tion, we would be grateful for a do- 2467. i needs. Your support will make it of retreat masters, house at one location all the col- possible for many of these student you will greatly assist others on the monks to eventually return as spiri- path to enlightenment. tual leaders to their communities SEVA FOUNDATION in India and Tibet as well as bring Please make checks payable to Continued from page 7 During my last visit to Lumbini those in need. I am in the process the Dharma to Drikung Kagyu cen- The Achi Foundation and mail to in February of '95,1 felt superflu- of gathering donations of equip- ters in the West. Bauer Knight, Tibetan Meditation were already using them! That's ous. The Nepali staff, whether phy- ment and supplies, and will be in Center, 9301 Gambrill Park Road, Retreat Center when I realized how awful I was sician or assistant, have acquired need of financial support for sup- Frederick, Maryland, 21702. Tel. feeling, from jet lag, the effect of the confidence to look beyond the plies which I cannot obtain by di- There are many Western 301-473-5750. Contributions are the antimalarial drug I had been daily workload to where they rect donation. Drikung Kagyu practitioners who tax-deductible. ■ taking, the lack of breakfast on that would like to see the program in 4 On July 8th I will fly to Lhasa have expressed a desire to go into first morning. My legs were falling or 5 years. On my last day there, with a team sponsored by Founda- asleep from sitting in the same over 500 patients were seen in the tion Eye Care Himalaya to work in awkward spot for 3 hours. I was clinic, and 120 were scheduled for an eye camp in Lhasa and one in feeling very, very sorry for myself. surgery. The sense of pride, eupho- Linzhi, and to see how feasible it As I reached the bottom of this feel- ria and confidence is difficult to de- would be for Seva to become in- ing, it occurred to me that, of scribe. The Seva program in Nepal volved in Tibet as well. This would Mountain Light course, everyone else around me is, in many ways, now running on seem a natural extension for an or- Quarterly Video Subscription Program was in a similar condition. But they its own. ganization that has had its origins from weren't complaining, at least not in After my most recent stay I in the Himalayas, and whose mis- any way that I could understand. traveld from Lumbini to Dharam- sion it is "to relieve suffering by Not only that, but they worked un- sala to visit the Tibetan Delek Hos- compassionate action." der these conditions 6 days a week, pital, to see whether there was any Seva blindness prevention initia- almost every week: a humbling need for eye care in the Tibetan tives are supported by medical four powerful talks on Zen practice by Abbot John Daido Loori experience, and a lesson I was to population. The hospital has an equipment and supplies donated and a free Introduction to Zen Meditation video learn from the Nepalis. They were ophthalmic assistant, who trained by medical companies. Financial also sensitive enough to realize at Aravind. 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8 SNOW LION SUMMER '95 NEWSLETTER Sakyong Tibetan Women Refugees Enthronement Documentary Media Project

Documentary producers and spiritual culture; and the pos- century. The area's Tibetan culture In May of this year Sawang Osel Vanessa Smith and Roslyn Dauber period of rigorous training, as- sibilities for achieving social and has remained undisturbed by mod- Rangdrol Mukpo was enthroned are seeking sponsors to enable sumed his role as leader. In 1959 economic security. The video takes ern influences. It is only accessible as the holder of the Shambhala completion of the video Tibetan he was forced by the Chinese in- the viewer to diverse locations— by foot. The trip begins in of teachings and leader of Women Refugees. The work-in- vasion of Tibet to flee to India, Tibetan carpet factories in Nepal; Kathmandu, where tours of holy the international Shambhala progress will be screened in Beijing where he established Namdroling government-in-exile sponsored sites and monasteries are set. A community. at the NGO Forum for the Fourth Monastery in Mysore. Namdroling nunneries; the Tibetan Children's flight to Pokhara allows us to tour This rare ceremony, performed U.N. Women's Conference. The is home to a monastic community Village; a suburban home in L.A.; a refugee settlement. From only once previously in the West, documentary focuses on the status of more than 1200 and houses the remote village settlements; the Tur- Pokhara we fly to Jomsom, the is an ancient rite which enthrones of Tibetan women refugees in In- largest Nyingma scholastic college. quoise Tara Oracle; a traditional launching point for the trek. We the Sawang as a Sakyong. A dia, Nepal, and the United States. became su- wedding in Kathmandu; and the Ti- promise an unforgettable cultural Sakyong, or "Earth Protector," is Since 1959 Tibetan exUes have preme head of the Nyingma lineage betan Institute of Medicine and As- experience for the serious trekker one who inspires a sense of sacred- been forced to adapt to difficult cir- in 1991 upon the death of His Holi- trology. and the knowledge that the trip is ness, caring for others, and basic cumstances—illness, poverty, ness Rinpoche, As part of our fund-raising ef- also a contribution to the comple- goodness in both individuals and previous head of the lineage and a separation and loss, exile, disori- forts we are offering a trek to Mus- society as a whole. tion of our one-hour documentary close teacher and advisor to both entation and trauma. Tibetan tang Valley. Producer Smith resides on Tibetan women and their cul- The Sakyong Entlironement and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Women Refugees is a personal look in Kathmandu, and has been able ture in exile. Kalachakra Empowerment were at how women perceive their own the Sawang Osel Rangdrol Mukpo. to organize this insider's tour of For more information about the conferred by His Holiness Penor lives compared with those of their Penor Rinpoche is the holder of Nepal based on extensive travel trek or our video, please contact Rinpoche on Sunday, May 14. The many important and ancient teach- mothers and daughters. It foretells and research. The tour and trek event was attended by some 1800 Roslyn Dauber or Vanessa Smith, ings and rites which have been the continuing viability of tradi- runs from September 20 to Octo- T.W.R.—Mustang Tour, P.O. Box members of the worldwide passed on to him, and is one of the tional Tibetan culture in the mod- ber 8, 1995. A noted anthropologist 2822, Malibu, CA 90265. Tel./fax Shambhala community, as well as most highly regarded Tibetan Bud- ern world. expert in the area will accompany 310-393-7322.email: rdauber@lgc. a number of important spiritual dhist teachers alive today. He is Inspired by the International us to the kingdom of Mustang, apc.org. ■ teachers from around the world. one of only a few people in the Year of Tibetan Women, the film which was established in the 14th This event is particularly signifi- world qualified to perform the asks complex questions about how- cant because it is the first time this Sakyong Enthronement ceremony. women refugees manage to keep ceremony, known traditionally as The lives of the Palyul masters themselves and their culture alive. 'The Blazing Jewel of Sovereignty," and their tradition of teachings are The video explores the changing has been performed on such a large presented in A Garland of Immor- role of women in Tibetan commu- scale in the West. 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SNOW LION 9 Sacred Music Tibetan Medical and Sacred Dance Astrological Institute for World Healing Announces Course in Tibetan Medicine

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^r Mystical ■ *T" ■ JL ^Bj Verses of a The sacred performing arts a top twenty-five listing on the New Hili*^ have, in all ancient societies, been Age charts for a full year, and in >:r- veg 0^J A -*/;\, Mad Dalai Lama considered one of the most pow- Canada achieved number one on iSiBtSSl^lfjBii ^Kp£*AfeA|L«S erful vehicles for inspiring healing, this chart, peace and harmony within the Inspired by the success of their world. Tibet, which preserved one first visit to the West the monas- of humanity's most ancient civili- tery allowed a second group of i €#^ ■■i-~--^|jS5r' foreword by zations, was especially strong in monks to tour North America from # this respect. September 1991; and then a third %jfeii Tibet's largest monastic univer- tour from September 1993. Each of H.H. the Dalai Lama '■'■ '' ' -!>/.<■f*;,...I>)»f'.v,* sity was the famed Drepung Mon- these took in more than a hundred i •>..)■'. TMC- OXLM IAM.V \ astery. The home of the early Dalai cities and the lamas were greeted Lamas, it was founded in 1416 in by capacity crowds. by Glenn H. Mullin order to collect and transmit the For another year from Septem- ancient Buddhist arts and sciences. ber 1994 the monastery will again At it zenith it often housed more be allowing a group of lamas to tour "I would like to thank Glenn Mullin for his work. On the one hand it than ten thousand monks, training North, Central and South America. contributes to the growing understanding of the Buddhadharma in the them not only in the philosophical Led by H. E. Jampa Tulku, one of Western world, and on the other, by focusing on the Dalai Lamas, who and spiritual traditions, but also in Loseling's foremost reincarnate have played such a prominent role in Tibetan history, he draws atten- various sacred performing arts. teachers, this group will again share The monastery was closed by Drepung Loseling's ancient sacred tion to the rich and unique cultural heritage of Tibet." the Communists in 1959 shortly af- traditions, as well as creating sand — H.H. the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso ter Chairman Mao's invasion of Ti- paintings and engaging in other re- bet, and most of its monks were lated activities. Once again they will "Having known Glenn Mullin and his work for many years, I am either killed or put in concentra- visit over a hundred cities, drawing delighted to see yet another volume of his wonderfully heartfelt and tion camps. Two hundred and six- from their traditional temple music readable studies of the works of the Dalai Lamas. The Second Dalai and dances to create an arrange- teen of its members escaped to In- Lama's mystical poems and lyrical visions (with a few here just for fun) dia, where they re-established their ment of pieces believed to generate institution in the refugee camps of energies conducive to world heal- are permeated with the ecstasy of enlightenment and born of genuine Karnataka State. This illustrious ing. Singing in the multiphonic tech- selflessness. He sometimes signed his works 'The Yogi of Space'; some- institute presently houses approxi- nique, and playing their traditional times, 'The Melodious Laughing Vajra'; but more often, 'The Mad mately 2,200 monks. instruments such as cymbals, bells, Beggar...' referring to that state beyond all attachment and conven- drums, long horn trumpets, high In 1988-89 eight monks from the tional modes of thought and behavior, the realization of emptiness." Loseling college of Drepung Mon- horns, and so forth, they will share astery undertook the monastery's this unique performing art tradition — Richard Gere first world tour. Jointly sponsored with international audiences. The by the Canada Tibet Friendship So- repertoire of masked dances will "These charming, wise and songful teachings are highly recom- ciety and Richard Gere of Tibet include the Yak Dance, Dance of the mended." House, N.Y., and billed as "Sacred Sacred Snow Lion, the Skeleton —Library Journal Music Sacred Dance for World Dance, and Dance of the Black Hat Peace," the group performed tra- Masters. "Glenn Mullin gives the reader insight into the life and times of this ditional monastic music and From August 1-6, 1995, the great writer of mystical verses, bringing him to life as a person, a poet, masked dances in 130 cities in Loseling monks will be in Santa North America and Europe. Wear- Monica, California, creating a Heal- and a spiritual teacher. One of the strongest features of Mystical Verses ing rich brocade costumes and ing Buddha at the of a Mad Dalai Lama is that it allows the reader to hear the voice of the playing twelve-foot-long trumpets, Barnes & Noble Bookstore at the second Dalai Lama through his own verses." they were greeted by full houses Third Street Promenade. Dona- — Katherine Rogers, Ph.D., co-author of tions for the sand mandala, made wherever they went. As well as the- The Garland of Practices aters and auditoriums in dozens of directly to Drepung Loseling Mon- universities, museums, and civic astery, are needed; contributions centers, their venues included the are tax-deductible. The Santa Herbst Theater, San Francisco; Monica visit will also include Availahlp from Snow I ion Publications Symphony Space, Broadway, N.Y.; teachings, workshops and a pub- the Sanders Theater, Cambridge; lic performance; for more informa- Paper: $14.00 plus Shipping the Paramount Theater, Austin; tion please call 310-393-0184 and and the Commonwealth Institute, leave your name, address and London. They were previewed and phone number. CALL 1-800-669-9425 for a FREE QUEST CATALOG reviewed in hundreds of newspa- Information about the national pers, and made dozens of radio and tour is available from tour coordi- television appearances. The re- nator Lida Sims, 2534 Brookwood OuESTFEST BOOKS cording of their music from this Dr., Atlanta, GA 30305; tei. and fax TheThfo«op)iical Piihli.hingHome tour (Tibetan Sacred Temple Mu- 404-816-5635. ■ sic, available from Snow Lion) held

10 SNOW LION SUMMER'95 NEWSLETTER Survey of Publishers and Dharma Friendship Publications on Buddhism Foundation Seeks

A recent issue of Gassho fo- Journals were ranked as fol- 14. Journal of Asian Studies (tie) cussed on the scholarly domain of lows: 14. Numen (tie) Donations for Nuns' Buddhist Studies. The publication 1. Philosophy East and West A ranked list of university was based on a paper presented by 2. Journal of the International As- presses includes: Training Program Dr. Charles Prebish entitled "The sociation of Buddhist Studues 1. University of Hawaii Press Academic Study of Buddhism in 3. History of Religions 2. State University of New York America: A Current Analysis" at the 4. The Eastern Buddhist (tie) Press Since the time of the Buddha, asm, with so much pure faith and Annual Meeting of the American 4. Journal of Buddhist-Christian 3. Princeton University Press some individuals have been called devotion, and gradually their inspi- Academy of Religion. The AAR is Studies (tie) 4. Cambridge University Press (tie) to commit deeply to the Dharma by ration decreases. They get discour- the largest national organization 6. Journal of Chinese Philosophy 4. Oxford University Press (tie) offering their lives through the re- aged and disillusioned, and there devoted to the study of religion. (tie) 6. Pennsylvania State University nunciation of worldly concerns is no one who helps them. It is a Dr. Prebish collected informa- 6. Journal of the American Ori- Press (tie) and comforts, and the cultivation very hard situation, and it has tion on the location of academic ental Society (tie) 6. University of Chicago Press (tie) of ethical purity. They have gone never happened in the history of programs for the study of Bud- 6. Journal of the American Acad- forth in faith, and the transmission Buddhism before." dhism, professional organizations emy of Religion (tie) The ranked list of commercial of pure teachings has greatly relied As a result of the discussions devoted to Buddhist studies, schol- 9. Japanese Journal of Religious publishers includes, in order: on the efforts of these nuns and with His Holiness, several Western arly journals and book publishers. Studies 1. Snow Lion Publications monks. Those efforts have helped nuns who practice in the Tibetan Out of 125 individuals contacted 10. Pacific World 2. Wisdom Publications insure that true, clear teachings tradition are organizing a three- whose major teaching and re- 11. Cahiers d'Extreme-Orient (tie) 3. Asian Humanities Press (tie) might be offered to us today. In week intensive training program. search work fell into the discipline 11. Tibet Journal (tie) 3. Motilal Banarsidass (tie) Asia, the commitment of individual It will be held in Bodhgaya, India of Buddhist Studies, 87 responded. 11. Monumenta Nipponica (tie) 5. Harper & Row (tie) monastics is supported by the or- in February 1996. Teachings on 5. Shambhala (tie) ■ dained Sangha community and by monastic discipline will be the laity through its deep respect given by Ven. Geshe Konchong for monastics and offerings to nuns Tsering and Ven. Bhikshuni Wu Yin. and monks. Other senior teachers who have As Buddhism moves to the West, confirmed include Khadro nuns ordained in the Tibetan Bud- Rinpoche, Jetsun Chime Luding, SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM dhist tradition have found them- and Geshe . In ad- selves unified with the Tibetan dition, twenty other nuns and Sangha and the Buddhist laity teachers will be on hand offering through the teachings of the Bud- their insights on topics which in- FOR ELDER TIBETANS dha, but they have also found clude women practitioners; life in themselves in a sort of limbo with- and outside a monastery for West- out sufficient direction from the ern nuns; history of the Bhikshuni Over three decades have passed since many Tibetans fled their homeland to escape the Chinese teachers who are already occupied Sangha; the practices of the vari- invasion. They suffered the loss of their country and separation from their families. Today many with Tibetan ordinates and without ous Buddhist traditions; areas that of them are in their 70's and 80's struggling in foreign lands without support. These impoverished strong support from the Western Westerners frequently misunder- laity. It is not uncommon for nuns elder Tibetans urgently need your help. stand; and learning from Christian to be ordained and then to be nuns. quickly turned back into the West- Registration and detailed infor- When you become a sponsor to an elder Tibetan, you provide basic necessities, food, clothing, ern world with little support. Some mation can be obtained by writing medical care, and living quarters. Moreover, you offer them the opportunity to regain their dignity must take secular work to support to: Dharma Friendship Founda- and to maintain theirTibetan traditions. This makes a loving difference in their lives. themselves. Furthermore, they tion, c/o Sarah Porter, 711 N. 70th also find themselves without an Street, Seattle, WA 98103 USA. Tel. Please join Rigpe Dorje Foundation by sponsoring an elder Tibetan. Each sponsor receives the established monastic community 206-782-7873. name, photo, background and address of an elder Tibetan. You will also receive their who might help them balance a Tax-deductible donations, pay- immeasurable gratitude. Thank you for caring. renunciate's life in the Western able to Dharma Friendship Foun- world. Speaking to His Holiness dation, can be sent to the same the Dalai Lama at the 1993 West- address. Please write your name, / Would Like To Sponsor An Elder Tibetan ern Buddhist Teacher's Confer- address and phone on the back ence, Ven. explained, of the check. Thank you for your Name: "They start with so much enthusi- support! ■

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SNOW LION 11 Nepal Hands Tibetan Refugees into Chinese Custody THE VENERABLE Urgent Action Appeal LAMA SONAM JORPHEL RlNPOCHE

His Excellency Basudev Dhungana Ambassador On May 6,1995, the Nepalese au- The Embassy of Nepal thorities transferred into Chinese 2131 Leory Place, N.W. police custody 33 Tibetan refugees Washington, DC 20008 trying to escape Tibet. Please sup- port the protest of this policy by sending the following letter or your Your Excellency: own version to the Nepalese em- I am writing to you to express my deep concern at the news bassy in Washington and to the that on May 6,1995, the Nepalese border police transferred Nepalese mission in New York. ■ 33 Tibetans who were trying to escape Tibet into Chinese police custody. The Tibetan refugees are escaping from harsh Chinese rule in Tibet, where the continuing human rights abuses have been condemned by parliaments and human rights groups around the world. We appeal to your government to permit all future Tibetan Need More Snow refugees to pass through Nepal to India where the Tibetan refugees seek the peace and freedom that they are being Lion Newsletters? denied in Chinese-occupied Tibet.

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SNOW LION 13 SNOW LION' The Age of Exploration, halted for so long by experiences for our guests. Groups of no more than insular Cold War politics which sealed much of eight allows greater flexibility and leaves days open for Tibet's borderlands, has experienced a re-birth those spontaneous events which are the essence of MISSION STATEMENT in the Himalaya. Government restrictions have adventure. Snow Lion Expeditions provides the profes- relented, unveiling many areas nestled high among the sional guides whom you seek for such a significant jour- To share the essence Himalaya, undisturbed for so long by the changes that ney - experts well-versed in the culture, art, and natural of the Himalaya-its have swept the 20th-century world. From Mustang and history, and responsible for the challenging passage of vastness, timelessness, Inner to Spiti and Rupshu in India, testament to visitors through the remote Himalaya. past centuries of cultural and ecological continuity in In turn, we seek expedition participants ready to culture and humanity, the Himalaya is now open to select groups of venture- encounter the exotic and the unexpected, and who want and to provide our some individuals. to experience in a profound way the people, the land and Your guide into these timeless lands of the Himalaya the rich culture of this fascinating region. "If travelers customers with the is Snow Lion Expeditions, a unique Himalayan travel, just want to say they've been to Tibet, they can easily fly highest quality travel service and outfitter of treks, mountaineering expedi- to Lhasa and stay at the Holiday Inn; but Snow Lion's tions and overland journeys. Our mission is to re-create clients are different. They are adventuresome and experience available the spirit of exploration and high adventure of the early insightful," says Snow Lion's Operations Director Alan in this extraordinary Burgess. "They must fit into the environment to observe Western expeditions into the region, but, with the height- part of the world. ened sensitivity of our own era, to operate with careful and be unobtrusive. They want to go to the areas that regard for the natural environment and local culture. are difficult to reach because they want to explore a pris- We travel only in small groups to minimize our impact tine environment and interact with the last vestiges of on these fragile lands and create unique and personal Himalayan cultures."

(est. 996 AD). Travel this remote to the turquoise lake of opened in 1992. Isolated by gov- Nest-and the capital city of area to view the rich temple art Phoksumdo and explore the ernment regulation from trekkers Thimpu. 19 days that has emerged from this Bonpo monasteries of Trap Valley. who circle the Annapurna, this DAGALA TREK: exchange of transhimalayan reli- 27 days. jewel of the Himalaya is now ALPINE TRAILS ON gious faith and artistic styles. 16 open. BHUTAN'S WESTERN SPINE days. THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM The Dagala is Bhutan's least trekked HIGH HIMALAYAN TRAVERSE: OF MUSTANG range with views of Thimpu and MAKALU TO EVEREST Trek northward through ocher and Paro valleys and the peaks along the Cross snowfields and glaciers and vermillion gorges beneath the Tibetan border during the season SNOW LION pioneers treks to rappel off cliffs on a wild traverse towering Annapurna range to the of numerous festivals. areas previously closed or restrict- across 150 miles of rugged fabled, walled villages of ed along the Tibetan border with Himalayan terrain between the Mustang, the once forbidden Nepal and India. With the end of base camps of Makalu and Tibetan Buddhist kingdom. 17 days. Everest. 30 days. the Cold War, most of these PILGRIMAGE TREK regions are open, although on a KANCHENJUNGA: FIVE IN LOWER MUSTANG restricted basis. In Nepal, those TREASURES OF THE SNOW Off the main Annapurna circuit, LANGTANG VALLEY, nestled at the regions are Inner Dolpo (opened Journey through lush forests two little known villages in the base of mountains which separate in 1994); Mustang (opened in below cascading waterfalls into southern reaches of Mustang, central Nepal from Tibet harbors 1992) one of the world's last the rugged upper valleys to reach Dzong and Putra, remain unex- MKH an integrated population of remaining Tibetan Buddhist king- base camp beneath Kanchen- posed to western influences, yet Tamangs and Tibetans. The trail doms; and Manaslu (opened in junga. world's third highest sum- retain the atmosphere and charac- LADAKH means "land of passes" begins amid dense forests and 1991) which features an adventur- mit. 29 days. ter of Mustang. Visits sacred in the local Tibetan dialect; but we ous trek around the world's sev- then ascends to an alpine valley Muktinath, the second most holy call it the "land of light." One of enth highest summit. In India, where yak bells and Buddhist kW^v site in Nepal. 13 days. the westernmost regions of the newly opened areas along the chants ruffle the rarified air. Tibetan realm. Ladakh has Tibetan border include Spiti Because of its close proximity to escaped many of the changes that (opened in 1993); and Rupshu Kathmandu and moderately high Chinese occupation has inflicted (opened in 1995), one of the elevation, Langtang is perfect for within Tibet itself. Today, "Little wildest and least inhabited those who want to sample the Tibet" upholds the continuity of its Himalaya regions, where the highlands of Nepal, but don't have venerable past. Isolated in a high shores of Tso Morari Lake house a an extended vacation. plateau region of stunning moun- Nyingma Pa Tibetan Buddhist SNOWCAPS ON THE tain ranges and precipitous river monastery. TIBETAN BORDER valleys in the Himalayan rain "In these new frontiers, the cen- Miro Ascend the Langtang valley for a shadow. Ladakh's culture has DOI.PO is one of the most remote look through the fluted summits nonetheless been enriched by its turies-old traditions of the and inaccessible regions of Nepal. I « U TA /I of ice and snow to nearby Shisha- position as a southern outpost of Himalaya remain unimpacted by A land of high passes, nearly- IN . Bhutan means the pangma-Tibet's highest peak- the Great Silk Road. Western influence," says Snow impenatratable gorges, turquoise "end of Tibet," but in Bhutan's before descending via Goasinkund. Lion's Burgess. "The terrain and lakes and pristine mountain native Tibetan dialect it is Druk LAND OF PASSES a trio of sacred alpine lakes. 15 climate will continue to prevent panoramas, the wild countryside Yul meaning the "Land of Thunder LAND OF LIGHT days. rapid change in a land where the of Dolpo was first chronicled in Dragon." Bhutan remains the least Ascend arid and pastel canyons wheel is largely useless and access The Snow Leopard by Peter known and most environmentally across the high passes of the Great to the interior is only possible via Matthiessen and George Schaller pristine of the Himalayan coun- Himalayan Range in Ladakh's ancient footpaths." in 1973. Today, Dolpo is a fasci- tries. It is truly the Himalayan Markha Valley as ever-changing light dances on a wildly beautiful, RUPSHU: TREKKING nating travel opportunity since region's sole remaining forbidden territory - a land upon which few stark and mystical landscape ON THE very few westerners have tread ascending to the Kongmaru La Trek in the unknown and the paths of Nepal's least trekked westerners have viewed, let alone pass (17.050'). where it is possible unmapped province of Rupshu at regions. tred. Bhutan provides visitors with to sec K2 on the far-off northern the far western edge of the DOLPO: FULL MOON a close glimpse into pre-20th cen- Changtang Plateau and encounter FESTIVAL AT tury Tibetan culture. Leave horizon. 17 days. Western trekkers behind and enter nomadic Tibetan families, herds Trek with Tibetan and Dolpa pil- PASSES & GORGES with humble respect into the Land of ibex, kyang and bhraal on the grims to the most important cele- St RROUNDKD BY TIBET and gov- OF way to the Buddhist monastery bratory event of Inner Dolpo at erned by a Tibetan royal family, of Thunder Dragon. Epic summer transhimalayan trek complex at Tso Morari Lake. 26 Shey Gompa. Masked dancers the medieval kingdom of Mustang THUNDER DRAGON: TREK TO across the Great Himalayan Range days. and long colorful religious proces- survives as one of the last rem- BHUTAN'S SACRED REALM crossing four high passes and SPITI:N PROVINCE OF sions celebrate Guru Rinpoche's nants' of the historical Tibetan Trek through dense forest to dozens of rivers following the ANCIENT TIBET conquest of local demons. 31 days realm. Mustang is a dramatic land Chomolhari, Bhutan's sacred sum- remote Zanskar River gorge at the of ancient walled fortress-villages Travel by minivan along the NOMADIC TRAILS OF mit, along trails leading through western edge of the Tibetan and monasteries hewn out of rock ancient transhimalayan trade route UPPER DOLPO walled fortress villages and plateau. Discover obscure monas- walls. The kingdom of Mustang to obscure villages and monaster- Trek with Tibetan nomads and salt Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. teries, nomadic families, herds of caught the attention of veteran ies of the once great Tibetan king- traders across three high alpine Trekkers explore remote villages, wild ibex and dramatic scenery. Himalayan travelers when it dom of to passes along ancient trade routes monasteries-including Tiger's 32 days.

14 SNOW LION SUMMER '95 NEWSLETTER HI MALAYA EXPLORING THE ANCIENT ANNAPURNA MASSIF Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in CULTURE OF LADAKH HF:ART OF THE JEWEL the shadow of Everest and its Relaxed touring in the Indus River The best days of the Annapurna neighboring giants. 17 days valley to traditional Tibetan Circuit have always been those VALLEY TO THE SKY Buddhist monasteries. An in- spent above the tree line on the A unique trekking approach to depth look at the ethnic Tibetan . Trek along high Everest through dense forest and people of Ladakh, their lives, art benches away from main trails to untouched Sherpa villages of the architecture and culture by mini- look for the natural fauna of the Solu-Khumbu to reach the base van with light day hikes. 14 days. region, cross the wild pass of the camp of Everest, the world's high- Thorong La (17.770') to descend est mountain. 27-days into the deepest gorge in the world, the Kali Ghandaki. 19 EVEREST! HIMALAYAN MEDITATION days. A wonderful introduction to the Ml MINI RETREAT Everest region's towering peaks, SNOW LION will take a select CARAVAN ROUTE TO Tibetan course charming villages and exotic group to the Mani Rimdu festival, LOWER MUSTANG at Kopan Gompa outside Kath- Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. the most spectacular ritual event The trek follows the trails of mandu followed by a Himalayan Designed specifically for those of Sherpa culture. Conducted ancient commerce through vil- trek to Sherpa villages, Chewong with limited time. 13 days. solely in Nepal's Khumbu valley, and Thubten Choling monasteries lages of many of Nepal's diverse in the shadow of Everest, this of the Solu-Kumbu. 22 days. ethnic groups and through numer- week long festival takes place in ous highland and lowland ecosys- the post-harvest lull in agricultur- tems. You will encounter Hindu al activity. This annually per- 1995 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE and Buddhist pilgrims at the holy formed analogy of Guru Join an astrologer from the shrines of Muktinath and Thakali Rinpoche's victory over the Tibetan government-in-exile for and Manang traders. 17 days. Po demons, and hence the intro- one of the last Great Total Eclipses duction of Buddhism to Tibet, during this millennium. Witness portrays the vibrancy and festive this cosmic event at the 'Path of ' 'If tra velers just nature of Tibettan Buddhism and Totality" under the cloudless skies Sherpa culture. Mani Rimdu pro- of Rajasthan's Thar Desert. The 8- TIM? want to say they've vides an opportunity for Sherpas day odyssey includes Raja to commune with friends and rela- TIBET has long aroused the wan- been to Tibet, palaces, camels. Taj Mahal and UNTIL RECENTLY, the high valleys tives as well as to obtain spiritual derlust of the world's most intre- crowded bazaars. Trip is priced north of Manaslu (26,760"). the blessings. The lama who leads this pid explorers, its allure stemming they can easily fly and scheduled to dove-tail with seventh highest mountain in the ceremony is The Venerable from geographical and self- many trekking departures in to Lhasa and stay world, were closed to foreign , a well-known imposed isolation. Until the trekkers. Now open, visitors to Nepal. at the Holiday Inn; lama. 1980s, few outsiders had t he- these Tibetan borderlands will tenacity to penetrate the high pass- but Snow Lion's encounter the traditional lifestyles We invite those with a special es and towering peaks of the of people who have only begun to interest in Tibetan Buddhism and Himalaya and cross the stark clients are different. interact with the outside world. a yearning to experience the Tibetan Plateau. Today, il is a They are Trails pass through a rich quilt- Himalaya of Nepal to join us on sparslev populated province. work of landscapes: rice paddies. this most festive and celebratory Inland salt lakes dot the arid land- adventuresome bamboo forest, precipitous river of treks. We will offer two differ- scape between lowering peaks and insightful..." gorges and the stark landscape of ent formats to view Mani Rimdu. icanied by traders and shepherds. the Tibetan Plateau. both of which will travel to Chewang Monastery. JOURNEY TO THE MANASLU: 'ROOF OF THE WORLD' ANNAPURNA TRAVERSE In 1996. Snow Lion A classic overland journey from Destined to become a classic trek. Publications will offer this trip Nepal's medieval cities of the traverse follows a unique route (see News article in this issue) as Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan a premium to its customers. KAILAS: which takes us through an endless through a break in the Great CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE variety of ecosystems, past numer- NOTICE: Though both Himalayan Range to explore the ous remote ehtnic groups on a In October 1994, Snow Lion led a companies share the same name gilded palaces, temples and trekking group from Humla. in high altitude odyssey. A strenuous monasteries of Lhasa. and commitment to Tibetan culture Western Nepal, to Burang and on high-altitude odyssey in the and Gyantse. 15 days and the environment of the to Darchan at the base of holy remote realms beyond both Himalaya, Snow Lion Corporation Mount Kailas. From here we SHISHAPANGMA BASE CAMP Manaslu and Annapurna. the best (d/b/a/ Snow Lion Expeditions) of walked the 4-day kora around the TREK: TIBET'S VALLEY OF of two classics. 30-davs Salt Lake City, Utah and Snow venerable mountain over the FLOWERS Lion Publications Inc. of Ithaca, Doma La (19,250'). Trek through high alpine pastures THE SNOW CAPPED SUMMIT of and over glacial moraines to the Chomolungma (as Everest is New York are independent and While we were successful las! base of Tibet's highest mountain known in Tibetan), the world's unaffdiated. year, we have not rescheduled the and explore the forbidden cities of highest peak at 29,028", looms trip for 1995. Officially, the border Lhasa, Shigatse and Gyantse. This over the Khumbu region of Nepal. crossing from Humla is again great adventure begins with an Magnificent mountain scenery closed and last autumn competing intense cultural odyssey across the sets the backdrop for the village trekking groups were turned back Tibetan Plateau from Lhasa to the lifestyle of the local Sherpa peo- at the border. Although it may Nepali border. 19 days. ple, whose warm hospitality open by autumn 1995, we have no charms you with openness and assurances that it will and, even if generosity. it does. Chinese border crossings are unpredictable. The alternative ULTIMATE EVEREST A world-class high altitude THIS YEAR. Snow Lion will begin SlMOWLlON to trekking in from Humla is dri- EXPEDITIONS ving for seven rough days in each trekking odyssey through high treks into the fantastic lands of direction from Lhasa or Kath- Himalayan mountain villages in Sikkim whose borders have only SNOW LION EXPEDTIONS mandu to Darchan. the shadow of Everest. Trek to recently opened. Sikkim. the alpine lakes of Gokyo and the smallest state of the Republic of OQUIRRH PLACE We have heard that the border summit of Kala Pattar (18.471') at India, is mostly mountainous, 350 SOUTH 400 EAST from Ladakh might open in 1996 the base of Everest. 22 days. lying in the shadow of Kanchen- SUITE G2 and. when it does. Snow Lion junga. the third highest peak in the SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH plain to stage its Kailas trips I rum EVEREST CLOSE UP world. 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SNOW LION 15 Stupafor Terton Pittsburgh Friends of Tibet Migyur Dorje Buy-a-Brick Campaign In an auspiciusous and unex- sonal attendant, revealed sadhanas pected occurence, His Holiness for over 700 meditational deities Help Build the Medical Dispensary in Katsel, Tibet Pedma Norbu (Penor) Rinpoche before his death at age 23. These offered a body relic of Terton revelations continue to be the Katsel is a village which is lo- and equip it. Each member of the the building. The cost is $5.00 per principal practice for the hundreds Migyur Dorje to Jetsunma Ahkon cated northeast of Lhasa, the capi- Board of Directors has made a sig- ticket. Prizes such as a video or Lhamo and the students at his of Palyul monasteries as well as tal of Tibet. It has never had a nificant monetary pledge. The book concerning Tibet will be Western seat of Kunzang Palyul the 's Kathog monastery, school or medical facilities. The fundraising drive is now open to given away each October and Choling (KPC) in Poolesville, MD. and have led countless beings to Swedish Tibetan Society and the the general membership and all March. Another raffle for a Tibetan His Holiness' surprise gesture realization. United States Tibetan Society de- friends interested in bringing medi- carpet will be started in July of came in the midst of a 15-day con- Penor Rinpoche, in another veloped the Katsel project in re- cal care to an impoverished Ti- 1995 and the cost of each ticket will ferral of the entire cycle of Migyur occurence unusual at American cent years. The initial phase con- betan village. The dispensary will be $10.00, with the drawing at a Dorje's Nam Cho revelations this dharma centers, ordained 15 sisted of the construction of an el- treat not only the children at the fundraising dinner to be held on June. To express their gratitude and people during his visit, some com- ementary school for grades one school, but all citizens who arrive October 22,1995. The cost for the devotion, the KPC sangha will en- ing from as far away as New York, through six. The school was com- at the door. Basic medical care will dinner will be $75.00 with $50.00 shrine the Migyur Dorje relic in a New Mexico, and Oregon. Among pleted and classes began in March be delivered for simple injuries, ane- being tax deductible. All donations 45-foot at the precise center these 15 were nine monks taking of 1994. Dormitories and a dining mia, dysentery, tuberculosis, malnu- for the carpet raffle tickets and for of their 65-acre meditation park. the 253 vows of gelong (full) ordi- hall have also been built with fund- trition, hypertension, skin infec- the buy-a-brick tickets are fully tax- His Holiness considers this relic nation, eight of whom will remain ing from Sweden. tions, and other common medical deductible. Checks should be so rare, and of such great impor- at KPC. The other six, four men and The Swedish Tibetan Society problems. made out to Pittsburgh Friends of tance to the Nyingma tradition, two women, took the getsul vows and the U.S. Tibetan Society asked Pittsburgh Friends of Tibet has Tibet, Inc., 514 Gilmore Avenue, that he is sending Tulku Rigdzin of novice . In an extraor- Pittsburgh Friends of Tibet to raise initiated a buy-a-brick campaign to Trafford, PA 15085. Tel. 412-373- Pema, a stupa expert from H.H. dinarily generous gesture, His Ho- all of the funds for building the raise funds for the construction of 1826. ■ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's monas- liness provided all 15 with new medical dispensary and to supply tery, to supervise every detail of the robes, ceremonial yellow robes, a stupa's construction and perform shirt and a dingwa (meditation necessary rituals. Because Tulku mat). KPC's ordained community Rigdzin Pema is in such demand now numbers 35, making it the worldwide, he can only come to largest community of Westerners KPC for a month and a half in the in the Tibetan tradition in North Fourteen Female Tibetan early fall. The construction must be America. complete before he leaves. After its If you would like information Buddhist Monastics Given completion, the stupa will be avail- about supporting the construction able to all people as a place of pil- of the Migyur Dorje stupa by do- grimage and devotional retreat. nating money, materials, or labor, Bhikshuni Ordination Migyur Dorje, the 17th-c. "child please contact KPC at 18400 River terton" whose past lives include Road, Poolesville, MD 20837 or by Mary Teal Coleman Buddhist lineage, so Ven. Thich quired complement of senior that of Ananda, the Buddha's per- call 301-428-8116. ■ (Ven. Tenzin Yeshe) Nhat Hanh showed great kindness Bhikshus and Bhikshunis were in making these avail- present, as they had come from In August 1994, thirteen fellow able to the female Tibetan Bud- many Buddhist centers around the female Tibetan Buddhist monas- dhist monastics. world in order to help with this aus- WILD LIFE, TAMED MIND tics and I were given Bhikshuni The complete set of vows was picious event. vows by Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh given, including , Ven. Tenzin Yeshe lives near Monks ofSeraje Arrive in 1996 at his meditational retreat, Plum Sramanerika (Ten Precepts), Charlottesville, VA, where she is Village, near Bordeaux, France. Shiksamana, and Bhikshuni (Eight studying for a Ph.D., runs a Bud- The monks of Seraje Monastery More than twenty-five and In addition, some male and fe- Pratimoksha) vows. The Sraman- dhist teaching center called begin their American tour in lamas from Seraje have taught all male monastics from the Vietnam- erika, Shiksamana and Bhikshuni Dharma Institute and has March, 1996 with the multi-media over the world, including such ese Zen tradition received this ordinations also include the taking founded a monastic retreat called program, WILD LIFE, TAMED masters as Geshe Rabten, Geshe ordination. of hundreds of minor vows, along Tara Gonpa. She has published a MIND: A Journey to the Heart of Sopa, Lama Yeshe, Zasep Rin- The women with whom I was or- with the major ones mentioned. book called Monastic (see the book Tibet in Sacred Music and Dance. poche, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and dained had taken the Five Precepts The ordinations extended over a section of this newsletter.) You can This unique performance of sa- Geshe . from Gendun Rinpoche at the Ti- three-day period during a three- contact her c/o Dharma Institute, cred music, chanting and dance You can bring WILD LIFE, betan Buddhist center, Kagyu week retreat dedicated to studying P.O. Box 254, Ruckersville, VA, tells the story of Tibet, its history, TAMED MIND to your community Dhakpo Ling, in France, where the Vinaya and meditation as part USA 22968 or by phone at 703- and the spiritual blossoming of Ti- by contacting The Seraje Tour Of- they live. I had previously taken of the ordination process. The re- 832-5282. m betan Buddhism. The program in- fice, Box 6877, Ithaca, NY 14850, Sramanerika vows from His Holi- corporates slides and video, and Tel/Fax: 607-277-2159. You can also ness the Dalai Lama in Dharam- can introduce your community to help the monks by contributing to sala, India, in October of 1990. Tibet in an entertaining format. the Seraje Van Fund, as we search As most readers of this publica- No monastery has had more im- for a motorhome or van to carry the tion arc aware, the Bhikshuni vows Friends The following persons seek a pact on the transmission of Tibetan monks with their message of peace are not available in the Tibetan "dharma pen-pal": Buddhism to the West than Seraje. and happiness for all beings. ■ of Prison Ronald W. Taylor 81718 #6 Colorado Department of Sangha Corrections TARA MANCIAIA RETREAT CENTER PO Box 0999 Canyon City, Colorado 81215-0999 PAqosA SpniiMqs, COIORACIO Snow lion occasionally receives letters from people who have been Phillip Taylor #164012 imprisoned and who are very inter- J.C.C.C.,POBox900 ested in dharma. 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Once upon a time there was a Daniel Goleman, author of The Thondup Rinpoche, Ed. by Harold ment. ART& poor boy named Jinpa who lived Meditative Mind Talbott, 482 pp. #PRDZ $22.95 "Schwartz has done a masterful in the high mountains of Tibet. For With the publication of Natural "The road map offered in this job. Everyone interested in Tibet PHOTOGRAPHY his hard work he received one day Great Perfection, Nyoshul Khenpo book is an invaluable guide for will want to read this fascinating three gleaming silver coins. "With Rinpoche will enter the American those who seriously wish to take book, both academics and others. these you can become rich!" his consciousness as one of the truly this road towards the experience It has real drama."—James Sey- mother told him. "Invest them great masters and vibrant expo- of the true nature of the mind."— mour, Columbia University. wisely, and they will increase a nents of Dzogchen practice. This Parabola Magazine hundredfold." so into the world inspiring collection of Khenpo's "Tulku Thondup Rinpoche has Jinpa went, carrying his three sil- teachings provide the deepest pos- performed a service of inestimable ver coins, to seek his fortune... sible insight into how to under- value for all serious students of This fully illustrated children's stand and how to practice the Buddhist thought. One of Tibet's RITUAL book retells a wonderfulTibetan Dzogchen path. The teachings are greatest philosopher-sages, Long- Tfmi 1THE story of a boy's adventure and the followed by a collection of seven chen Rabjampa, is here made ac- help he receives from several ani- spontaneous vajra songs com- cessible to the specialist and in- TIBETAN mals. It is one of our very best posed as the delightful play of wis- terested non-specialist in a manner tioKiiU) v*» UFRH books for young readers! dom consciousness. that is authoritative, comprehen- Following his autobiogra- sive and clear...This book fills a V£ttOM( ^ f ! < phy, he explores with radiant major gap."—Matthew Kapstein, •m> w _—i • The Three Silver Coins clarity and the joy of a story- The University of Chicago teller and poet, the basic teach- The Practice of Dzogchen is an ings of Buddhism, the insepa- anthology of writings on Dzogpa rability of Bodhicitta (perfect Chenpo (Dzogchen) by Longchen -< compassion) and the practice Rabjam (1308-1363), the most cel- NEPAL: A Guide to the Art of Dzogchen, and the ultimate ebrated writer and adept of the and Architecture of the nature of the mind—the view, Nyingmapa School of Tibetan Bud- W~ ■* Kathmandu Valley, by Michael path and fruit of the practice dhism. Dzogpa Chenpo is the inner- Kutt, eta! 248 pp., 8 172x11," iy> of Natural Great Perfection. most esoteric philosophy and 312 b&w illustrations, 16 pp. of "This book is wonderful—a meditation training, which until re- full color illus. #NEGUAR treasure house of liberating cent decades was only whispered $37.50 Dharma. Nyoshul Khenpo's into the ears of heart-disciples by H.H. THE This illustrated guide describes heart-songs of wisdom illuminate the learned masters. Dzogpa the extraordinary cultural flower- DZOGCHEN understanding like a bright sun in Chenpo employs a meditative tech- DALAI LAMA ing that has occurred in the a cloudless sky. They open our nique which effortlessly uncovers Kathmandu Valley. Maps, dia- and inspire our practice. the emotional and intellectual lay- grams, line drawings, black-and- FORTHCOMING! Lama has done a great ers of the mind and instantly awak- white photographs, and full-color service in translating the profound ens its essential nature, which plates beautifully illustrate the pal- teachings oiNatural Great Perfec- is Buddha Mind or aces, temples, , monuments, tion."—Joseph Gold-stein, author itself. sculptures, paintings, and other art of Insight Meditation "This is one of the most signifi- forms, both Hindu and Buddhist, Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche is cant works on Tibetan Buddhism found within the region. one of the most eminent Tibetan to be published in recent years, meditation masters. Learned in all treating with grace, beauty, depth four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and length a most important sub- even before setting out on a life- ject, namely the character of the CHILDREN time of intensive meditation prac- dzogchen tradition and its place- tice he was renowned and sought ment within the overall structure after as a scholar and teacher in of the Nyingma doctrine and train- Tibet. He is one of the principal lin- ing. An understanding of dzogchen eage holders of the nonsectarian will benefit any philosophical or practice lineage, specializing in religious study of Tibetan Bud- 's Dzogchen Nyingtig dhism. This is undoubtedly the teachings. most comprehensive work on the Lama Surya Das is one of the Nyingma to appear in English."— most highly-trained Western Glenn H. Mullin, Tibetan Review THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT, Dzogchen meditation teachers. He This book was originally pub- by The Dalai Lama, trans. & ed. ): Q : - ■ \ THE GOLDEN LETTERS: The Ti- is the author of The Snow Lion's lished as Buddha Mind. by GlennH. MuUin. 271 pp. #PAEN betan Teachings of , Turquoise Mane. $14.95 First Dzogchen Master, trans. & "For its down-to-earth style and 9 ed. by John Reynolds; foreword by rich spiritual teachings, this must Namkhai Norbu. 150 pp. #GOLE HISTORY, rank as one of the finest Buddhist Hi $16.95 Summer NATURAL GREAT SOCIAL ACTION books to date."-77«? Middle Way Three Statements That Strike PERFECTION Continuing the living Tibetan the Essential Path is an ancient tradition to the present day, the THE BUDDHA'S QUESTION, by & POLITICS Dzogchen revelation that intro- Dalai Lama provides an extensive W.W. Rowe, Illus. by Pamlyn duces the practitioner to the nature teaching on the path to enlighten- Grider. 24 pp., 8.5 x 11," #BUQU of his or her own mind. One of the ment in Tibetan Buddhism. His dis- $9.95 CULTURAL , by most immediately accessible com- David Snellgrove & Hugh course draws out the meaning of Queen Videhi of Rajagaha asks mentaries, and nowadays one very Richardson. 304 pp., 66 pages of the Third Dalai Lama's famous "Es- the Buddha to teach four hundred widely known among Tibetan photos #CUHITI $20 sence of Refined Gold" and he children about the way of aware- Dzogchen practitioners, is that of This intimate portrait of Tibetan speaks directly to the reader offer- ness and love. In reply, the Buddha , the nineteenth ing spiritual advice, his personal re- recounts his previous life experi- civilization traces its cultural evo- century Dzogchen master. Both lution from its sixth-century pre- flections, and scriptural commen- ence as a plumeria tree. This tree this and one by H.H. Dudjom Buddhist origins to the present. tary. He elucidates in practical painfully witnesses the cruel de- Rinpoche are included here. One Richly illustrated with many rare terms what the student must do to ceptions of a heron upon forty fish of the main purposes of these texts attain enlightenment. This book is and a wise and crafty crab. Though photographs depicting various as- is to provide the practitioner with pects of Tibetan life, this work is a one of the most accessible intro- helpless to intervene, the compas- a direct cognition of Dzogchen, the tribute to the accomplishments of ductions to Tibetan Buddhism sionate tree takes vows with Primordial State. We apologize that the . available. far-reaching consequences. this book has been delayed so long, "...presented in a practical and Jataka Tales, or past-life stories we expect that the book will be CIRCLE OF PROTEST: Political understandable form...delightfully of the Buddha, are traditionally available this summer. Ritual in the Tibetan Uprising, by illustrated, well-printed and highly used to teach wisdom and compas- Ronald Schwartz. 263 pp., 2 maps, recommendable as a practical sion. This beautifully-illustrated, NATURAL GREAT PERFECTION: 6 photos. #CIPR$ 16.50 guide to Tibetan Buddhism'-Quest rhymed version makes the story Dzogchen Teachings and Vajra This is an inside look into Ti- Magazine enjoyable for modem Songs, by Nyoshul Khenpo betan resistance to Chinese occu- Path to Enlightenment is a new English-speaking children ages Rinpoche, trans. & ed. by Lama pation, and charts the emergence edition of Essence of Refined Gold. five to ten. Surya Das. 150 pp. #NAGRPE of nonviolent protest in the years $14.95 Available June. THE POWER OF COMPASSION, by THE THREE SILVER COINS: A since 1987—coinciding with the "Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche is a visit by the Dalai Lama to the USA. H.H. the Dalai Lama. 192 pp. Story from Tibet, by Veronica Leo spiritual gem among the last gen- #POCO $12 & Tashi Daknewa. 32 pp., fully il- The violent suppression by Chi- eration trained and nurtured in old Drawing upon contemporary lustrated, 8 x 10" #THSICO $12.95 nese security forces of these first Tibet. These teachings and heart- demonstrations began a cycle of themes, the Dalai Lama offers time- "This children's story has all the songs of this spiritual master are protest that has successfully under- less knowledge to give readers elements of the best folktales: essential reading for anyone who mined the authority of the Chinese courage to face the confusion and magic, a kind-hearted and likable has an interest in the path of the government. Schwartz locates the suffering of the world and bring hero, and good triumphing over Natural Great Perfection. Their resistance in Tibetan religion and wisdom and compassion into their bad...readers also become aware of depth and pungent insight recall culture and in the role of a younger lives. His Holiness emphasizes the many subtle aspects of Tibetan life, PRACTICE OF DZOGCHEN: Writ- Milarepa—the collection is an in- generation of monks and nuns in vital need for peace and tolerance making this a delightful vehicle ings of Longchen Rabjampa, spiration for practice, and a won- developing a modern democrati- as they apply to modern issues— for multicultural awareness."— trans, wl commentary by Tulku derful companion for retreat."— cally oriented human rights move- such as the strife in Bosnia, racial NAPRA REVIEW

ORDERS:1-800-950-0313 SNOW LION 17 BIOGRAPHY-TRAVEL-HEALTH-DEATH-LANGUAGE-RELIGION hatred, abortion, the environment fullest possible picture of the de- This is another edition (3rd) of colourful flowers in the world. topics as: meditation techniques to and relationships. velopment of the Kagyu lineages of the excellent guide to Tibet. It has Many of these wild and exotic prepare for death, inspirational ac- Tibetan Buddhism. been completely rewritten, with 29 plants have been used for centu- counts of the deaths of saints and Jampa Mackenzie Stewart is a new maps, firsthand recommenda- ries as ritual offerings and healing yogis, methods to facilitate the student of the Kagyu and Nyingma tions for places to stay and eat, drugs by the lama-physicians of transition to new modes of con- lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. In detailed trekking information, Tibet. These healers, through sciousness, and explanations of' 1987, he was ordained into the Tiep overland routes from China and painstaking trial and observation, karma and re-incarnation. Hien order by Thich Nhat Hanh, Nepal, Tibetan and Mandarin lan- have identified these plants and "This one volume presents the and has assisted Nhat Hanh in lead- guage sections, background notes documented their therapeutic ac- Tibetan understanding of death as ing retreats in N. America. He has on history, culture and Buddhism, tion and uses in herbals. a whole; circumambulating it, as written over thirty articles on Bud- and hundreds of invaluable tips This is the latest book by the fa- we might say, to view it in the dhist and Taoist practices, and has and reliable advice for every mous teacher who has spent his round."—Prof. Huston Smith collaborated with Mantak Chia on budget. life devoted to the preservation of several books, including Awaken Tibetan medical wisdom. Here are DEATH *bLG DYi NC Healing Light of the Too. He lives excellent photos and descriptions The Tibetan Ttiidiiioa in Santa Fe where he practices as of many medicinal plants giving a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and HEALTH & both the Tibetan and Latin names has served on the faculty at South- as well as indigenous information west Acupuncture College. FITNESS about their taste, potency, action, uses and the parts that are to be The life of utilized in medicine. CAMPOPA The Incomparafet Dftamia Lord ofl IK*

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All the technical ..STaf'ii.- Desjarlais served as an apprentice Grow up in Exile, ed. by Vyvyan medicine in a straight-forward way terms are illustrated with extracts healer to a traditional shaman Cayley. 217 pp., 20 photos, maps. that Westerners will appreciate. from Sanskrit and Tibetan works. among the Yolmo Sherpa. a Tibetan #CHTI $14.95 Beginning with a comprehensive We were able to obtain these from Buddhist people. 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Tsarong. 101 pp. herbal treatments, the similarities spartan conditions in schools, in studeiu of and teacher of out of a simple newspaper story. #HATRTI $6 between osteopathy and Tibetan road-work camps and in early refu- Milarepa. This biography paints a massage, and the use of Tibetan Melvyn Goldstein has compiled Gives the composition, use, ac- gee settlements, and they have vivid picture of the young Tibetan's medical philosophy and Buddha- between 35-40,000 entries and in- tion, and dosage of 175 popular lived with a sense of the unremit- three journeys to India to study the dharma as a basis for counselling cludes items taken from all of the Tibetan natural drugs. ting tragedy imposed upon their Buddhist teachings. Despite many therapy. modern sources. This dictionary comes from India. nation by the Chinese occupation. hardships, he mastered the tantric THE QUINTESSENCE TANTRAS OF Their stories are full of humor and teachings, translated Sanskrit texts TIBETAN MEDICINE, trans, by Dr. sadness and reflect their enduring into Tibetan and established the Barry Clark, foreword byH.H. the faith in Tibetan Buddhism and their Kagyu lineage. Dalai Lama. 250 pp. #QUTATI love and respect for their spiritual $22.95 (see news section for RELIGION & leader, the Dalai Lama. description). PHILOSOPHY THE LIFE OF CAMPOPA: the In- TRAVEL & TIBETAN MEDICINAL PLANTS, by comparable Dharma Lord of Ti- T J. Tsarong. 120 pp., 95 color pho- bet, by Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, ADVENTURE tos #TIMEPL $19.95 illus. by Eva van Dam, intro. by In the Himalaya mountains grow Lobsang P. 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This is a beautifully written his- equally on the practices of the nese history when there was no "Huntington's philosophical tory of the encounters of Bud- North Chinese Chaan Movement central authority and hundred interpretation...is argued with dhism with the West during the Meditation Traditions and on the schools of thought blossomed. force and clarity. It corrects (with past 2000 years—a chronicle of South Chinese Esoteric School— Philosophical argument flourished panache) many of the misinterpre- missed opportunities, cultural ar- both secret traditions rarely re- in China as never before or since. tations of Madhyamika still current rogance, political tragedy, and un- vealed to the general public, and "This is far more than an excep- among Anglophone writers."— fulfilled dreams. Since the time of shows that what we think of as tionally readable and authoritative Journal of the American Oriental Alexander the Great, European competitive sport is really a medi- history of classical Chinese Society kings and popes long for the power tation mandala in action that thought. It is a work of philosophi- they would gain through the con- complements other forms of Bud- cal originality, subtlety, and deep quest of Asia, but their narrow- dhist practice. insight. It will surely take a central mindedness prevented them from place for many years to come as EMPTINESS learing much at all about Bud- the newcomer's preferred guide to dhism—until the last hundred the field."—Herbert Fingarette, YOGA years. Univ. of California "Stephen Batchelor's illuminat- ing and timely account of the trans- mission of Buddhism to the West is essential reading for all who are CALMING THE MIND: Tibetan concerned with the significance of Buddhist Teachings on the Cul- religious experience in the modern tivation of Meditative Quies- world."—The Dalai Lama, from the cence, by Gen Lamrimpa, trans- Foreword lated byB. Alan Wallace, edited by Hart Sprayer. 148 pp. #CAMI $12.95, A Narngyal Institute Text- book. AWAKENING THT MIND To stabilize the mind in one-pointed concentration is the EMPTINESS YOGA: The Tibetan basis of all forms of meditation. Middle Way, by Jeffrey Hopkins. Gen Lamrimpa is a meditation mas- 504 pp., #EMYOP $22.95, #EMYOC ter who lives in a meditation hut in $39.95 cloth, A Narngyal Institute Dharamsala and who has been Textbook. BUDDHAHOOD, by P.D. Mehta. called to teach by the Dalai Lama. 187 pp. #BU $15.95 He leads the meditator step-by-step "Hopkins deserves congratula- Buddhahood is a collection of through the stages of meditation tions on making this difficult ma- essays contributed to The Middle and past the many obstacles that terial as transparent as possible in . : . Way, one of the leading Buddhist arise along the way. He discusses discussing major themes of journals in the UK. Phiroz Mehta the quatities of mind that represent Prasangika. The work serves well as a guide to the complex world of i SSHi NAMCVAI \V.-\.\H. is a teacher and exemplar of the each of nine levels of attainment brahmacariya, the authentic reli- and the six mental powers. Tibetan philosophy."—E.K. gious life. Born in India in 1902, he "Calming the Mind provides lOrinkfny; the- Dargyay, Religious Studies Review received traditional religious train- very practical and experientially "...Hopkins succeeds in infusing ing and later studied at Cambridge. grounded teachings. Gen Lam- forbiddingly abstract consider- AWAKENING THE MIND: Expla- He discusses the relationship of rimpa excels in very straightfor- ations with a breath of practical nations of Basic Buddhist Medi- Buddhism, yoga, , and ward explanations... [This book] relevance.'-Speefrwn Review tation, by Geshe Narngyal kundalini; meditation and the lev- can recommended to people inter- Emptiness Yoga is an absorbing Wangchen. 272 pp., 15 line draw- els of absorption (form & form- ested in the practical side of Ti- and highly readable presentation of ings #AWMI $14.95 October less); the nature of realization and betan Buddhism who prefer in- the highest development in Bud- Geshe Wangchen was born in stages along the way; the practice struction based on meditative ex- dhist insight. Professor Jeffrey Tibet in 1934 and educated at of mindfulness and selflessness. perience."—Joe B. Wilson, The Ti- Hopkins—considered by many to Drepung Monastic University in bet Journal. be the foremost contemporary Lhasa. He taught in London for This book was previously titled Western authority on Tibetan seven years and now lives at the Buddhism-presents an in-depth, Shamatha Meditation. ?*"**%»,» re-established S lively exposition of the methods of in South India. This book intro- realization of the Middle Way Con- duces the methods of meditations DRINKING THE MOUNTAIN sequence School (Prasangika used to overcome the problems of STREAM: Inspiring Songs of Madhyamika). lifa-such as depression, anxiety, Tibet's Beloved Saint, Milarepa, His personal and accessible pre- loneliness, inadequacy, and other trans, by Lama Kunga Rinpoche sentation is based on a famous forms of mental pain. Based on the & Brian Cutillo. 192 pp., b&w illus. work by Jang-gya which was used teachings of Tsong Khapa, his #DRMOST $14.95 October as a primary text in Tibet's largest methods show how to develop our Revered for the depth of his re- monasteries. A translation of this mind to its fullest potential. alization and extraordinary ability text and the original are both in- This is a new edition of Awak- to transmit the Buddha's teachings, cluded. The many reasonings used ening the Mind of Enlightenment. Milarepa wandered the terrain of to analyze persons and phenomena eleventh-century Tibet and Nepal and to establish their true mode of guiding countless followers along existence are presented in the con- the Buddhist path through his text of meditative practice. songs of liberation. This exposition includes a mas- terful treatment of the compatibil- THE BUDDHIST WORLD OF ity in thought and experience of SOUTHEAST ASIA, by Donald K. emptiness and dependent-arising. Swearer. 258 pp., 45 photos & illus. 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The author tradition in terms of the changing losophy (500-200 B.C.) coincides a treatise of critical importance to #ENJO $16 shows that Buddhism does not re- roles of the monk and the laity, with the final decline of the Chou the development of Buddhism in This is a manual on how to trans- gard physical and spiritual well- modern reform movements, and empire and the period of warring mute the situations encountered in being as incompatible. Shifu draws Buddhism in the West. States, an exceptional era in Chi- Tibet. ORDERS:1-800-950-0313 SNOW LION 19 RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY daily life, whether external or in- ticing dharma. They apply to all and ritual choreography are used emphasizes their commonalities, Contains three texts: The ternal, into spiritual disciplines and levels and of Buddhism and to explain such concepts as karma, enabling us to recognize the es- Gradual Path of the Wisdom Es- experiences. Tulku Thondup, a are contrasted with the four spe- emptiness, compassion, death and sence of Tibetan Buddhism."— sence is a terma record of oral teacher of the Nyingma school, cial foundations (ngondro). , the eight fold path, and the Booklist, the American Library teachings of Padmasambhava, as shows how suffering can become processes of tantric deity practice. Association recorded by . The a more powerful tool than happi- From gatherings of monks in the "This is a valuable work for Light of Wisdom is a commentry ness in achieving enlightenment high Himalayas, to western stu- those looking to enrich their prac- on this text by and how the practice of meditation dents practicing in a modest tice of Tibetan Budhism and for which is annotated by Jamyang can arouse compassion. 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This new translation BUDDHISM, by John Powers. 520 today as preserved by the Tibetan discover the radiant, joyful heart is the result of 15 years of study pp. #INTIBU $18.95 paper, $34.95 Institute of Performing Arts in within each of us. She offers under distinguished tutors of the cloth Dharamsala. Synopses of nine en- twenty-three practices and many Kagyu tradition. "The vitality of Tibetan Bud- chanting opera stories are in- moving stories that bring depth of ENLIGHTENMENT BY A SINGLE dhism in exile has exceeded any- cluded. understanding and compassion. MEANS: Tibetan Controversies GLIMPSE AFTER GLIMPSE: A thing anyone could have predicted; "From one of our finest medita- on the "Self-Sufficient White Daily Meditation Book, bySogyal hence the need of a book that pre- tion teachers comes the genuine Remedy", by David Jackson. 220 Rinpoche, ed. by Patrick Gaffney. sents its history, doctrines, lin- article: the practice of the heart, of pp. #ENSIME $46 384pp.,5x7"#GLGL$12 eages, practices, and tantric es- loving-kindness, by a heart made This is a discussion of a great Includes original meditations as sence in a comprehensive and co- genuine through more than twenty debate over Mahamudra teachings well as some adapted from other gent overview. John Power's Intro- years of committed practice."— that occurred in the 12th & 13th sources. It offers clear and enlight- duction to Tibetan Buddhism does Stephen Levine centuries in Tibet. David Jackson ening ways to apply timeless wis- this!"—Prof. Huston Smith, author has been investigating the life and dom to the daily concerns we all of The World's Religions MACHIO LABBRON thought of Sa-skya and es- face. These is a wealth of ideas on This is the first comprehensive and the Practice «f Chfttl pecially his view (which repre- the nature of change, working with introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, sented the view of many others as doubt, putting compassion into ac- its doctrines, practices, history and well) on the Kagyu Mahamudra tion in our daily lives, the accep- major figures. It begins with a sum- teachings established by Gam- tance of death, and the trials and mary of the Indian origins of Ti- popa. He was particularly adamant rewards of the spiritual path—a betan Buddhism and how it even- that all true Mahamudra instruc- perfect companion to anyone's tually was brought to Tibet. Then tions were Mantrayana teachings spiritual practice. it explores Tibetan phi- that necessitated full, formal losophy and tantric methods for tantric initiation into a mandala. He personal transformation that in- denied in general the existence of volves visualization, ritual and LIFE AND TEACHING OF any sutra-based or non-tantric meditation. The tantric systems of NAROPA, Translated by Herbert Mahamudra. He criticized the no- the four main lineages of Tibetan Guenther. 312 pp. #LITENA $14 tion that any one teaching or single Buddhism are explored impar- The Life of Naropa illuminates spiritual factor could claim to be tially andin depth. A comprehen- the significance of tantra for our self-sufficient, including any medi- sive and invaluable list of books for time—this work details with tative stoppage of conceptual pro- further reading accompanies each thoughtful psychological insight chapter. The systematic and clear cesses in the name of "seeing the the spiritual development of MACHIG LABDRON AND THE presentation of Tibetan Buddhist nature of mind." This book should Naropa, a scholar-saint who occu- FOUNDATIONS OF CHOD, by interest anyone who is practicing views and practices will delight pies a significant position in the Jerome Edou. 270 pp. $16.95 both new readers as well as those history of Tibetan Buddhism. It Mahamudra, tantras or Dzogchen. "This book provides some won- already knowledgeable of the sub- contains a detailed analysis of derful material on the Chod lin- ject. We highly recommend it. Naropa's teachings and a philo- eage, Machig Labdron's biography, "...presents the wide spectrum of sophical commentary relating Bud- and investigations into the origins Tibetan Buddhism in clear, concise dhist concepts to Western analytic of Mahamudra Chod. The transla- form with Western methodology philosophy, psychiatry, and depth tions of the teachings of Chod are and critical appreciation. This psychology. inspirational."—Tsultrim Allione, work elucidates the nature of Ti- The Mirror betan Buddhism as a complex re- This is the first comprehensive ligious and philosophical disci- presentation of the life of Machig pline."—Lobsang Lhalungpa Labdron and her mahamudra chod "For a comprehensive and emi- tradition. A contemporary of nently comprehensible overview of Milarepa, Machig is popularly con- the history, key figures, doctrines, sidered to be both a dakini and a systems, and texts of Tibetan Bud- deity and is the only Tibetan dhism, look to Power's substantial woman to have founded an authen- Introduction to Tibetan Bud- tic and recognized transmission dhism. John Powers discusses lineage. even the most complex aspects of Chod refers to cutting through Tibetan Buddhism in a straight-for- the ego and its emotional entangle- ward and engaging manner. He INSIDE TIBETAN BUDDHISM: ments. This mahamudra practice conveys the drama of the history THE FOUR ORDINARY FOUNDA- Rituals and Symbols Revealed, of chod is a powerful practice of this multi-faceted tradition, TIONS OF BUDDHIST PRACTICE, text by . 112 pp., which aims at freeing oneself from while his descriptions of Tibetan by Ven. Khenchen Thrangu 9 x 9" 150 color and b&w photos fear and arousing the mind's pri- geography, architecture, and festi- Rinpoche. 99 pp. #FOORFO $12 #INSTI $20 mordial clarity. vals and holy days give us a vivid cloth Presents in spectacular film-like LIGHT OF WISDOM, by Pad- It is common for yogis of this picture of life in Tibet. He patiently These are the four thoughts that sequences the central rituals which masambhava, commentary by tradition to live outside any insti- articulates the distinctions be- turn the mind towards dharma most directly and clearly illustrate Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, trans, tutional framework pursuing the tween the four main schools of Ti- taught by the great meditator the philosophy of this ancient form by Erik Pema Kunsang, foreword Tibetan Buddhist ideal of renuncia- betan Buddhism—Nyingma, Gampopa. They provide the basic of Buddhism. Striking images of by Dilgo Khyentse. 352 pp. #LIW1 tion and realization. Practicing in reasons and motivations for prac- sacred spaces, participants, art, Kagyu, Sakya, and Geluk; he also $18

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Peter Fenner was a Ti- the Five Protectors, How to Par- ego-clinging in the spirit of great "Lama Sherab Dorje offers us an betan Buddhist monk for nine take in the Love of Krishna, and compassion for all sentient beings. accurate and highly readable trans- Myriad Worlds years, is a teacher of East-West How to Worship at Shiva's Temple; "Capturing the 'crazy wisdom' lation of this masterwork of Kagyu psychology and is currently a se- thirteen biographies and teaching by showing the impact of the Buddhism, a work that is sure to nior lecturer in philosophical and stories such as A Holy Woman of on Maching's life, be read with profit both by those religious studies at Deakin Univer- Calcutta and The Autobiography Jerome Edou deftly expounds her who wish to learn something about sity in Australia. of a Female Renouncer, eight con- great teaching of the Mahamudra the system of Mahamudra, and by tributions on traditions in transi- Chod. When Machig was asked those practicing within the tradi- tion and conflict such as The what is Chod? She replied, 'To con- tion. The latter will find here a text Bodhisattva Vajrapani's Subjuga- sider adversity as a friend is the that deserves to be studied in > tion of Shiva and The Origin of instructions of Chod, for adversity depth, until, in the words of the tra- Linga Worship. will generate fear, anger, attach- dition, the intentions of the author have become fully integrated with ment to one's body, emotions Jamgon Kongtrul which the yogin will instantly one's own meditations."—Matthew (Kongtrul Lodrij Tay6) transform and recognize as the un- Kapstein limited play of clarity of one's own "[Sherab Dorje's] research is mind, Mahamudra.' Consider read- admirable...the care he has taken ing this book as a spiritual to get precise and authoritative investment...Edou is to be com- explanations from contemporary MYRIAD WORLDS: Buddhist Cos- mended."—Dr. Elisabeth Benard, teachers is exemplary. The glos- mology in , author of Chinnamasta, the sary of terms is an excellent Kalachakra and Dzog-chen, by Aweful Buddhist and Hindu feature...the translation is a solid Jamgon Kongtrul, trans. & ed. by Tantric Goddess. and worthy effort."—Ken McLeod Sonada Translation Committee. Jerome Edou has been studying 365 pp., #MYWO $19.95 May with Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Myriad Worlds is the first part Rinpoche since 1976. He has been of the Five Great Treasuries of an interpreter for various lamas for Jamgon Kongtrul. He is known as more than ten years, and an author "the Great" because he is one of the and translator of other works on most outstanding teachers that Ti- Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. He bet has produced. currently lives in Kathmandu. Myriad Worlds presents Bud- dhist cosmography and the genesis of beings. Kongtrul delineates four levels of cosmology to suit the un- I ,-■'...: .'-; > derstanding of different grades of beings: the numerically definite cosmology of the Individual Way: S15ftS*|J; the cosmology of infinite buddha- fields of the Universal Way, the cos- mology of the Kalachakra Tantra, and the non-cosmology of the Dzogchen system which dispenses ■I HI MIDDLE LENGTH DISCOURSES with the dualistic perspective, re- OF THE BUDDHA: A New Trans- vealing the creative principle to be awareness alone. lation of the Majjhima Nikaya, REASONS AND PERSONS, by trans, by Nanamoti & Derek Parfit. 543 pp. #REPE $26 BhikkhuBodhi. 1416pp.#MILEDI Reasons and Persons chal- $75 cloth lenges with powerful arguments These teachings, a 152 suttas, some of our deepest beliefs about MAHAMUDRA TEACHINGS OF which range from basic ethics to rationality, morality, and personal instructions in meditation and lib- identity. The author claims that we THE SUPREME SIDDHAS, byH.H. 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The exemplary advice and instruc- These teachings on basic medi- "Very few works in the subject tions on the ground, path, fruition, tation—shamatha and vipashyana, can compare with Parfit's in scope, view, meditation and action of mindfulness and awareness—pro- fertility, imaginative resource, and mahamudra are both complete and vide the foundation that every Bud- cogency of reasoning."—New York beautiful. dhist practitioner needs to awaken Review of Books "All students of the Kagyu tradi- as the Buddha did. Shamatha is "...brilliant...astonishingly rich in tions of Tibetan Buddhism are fa- mindfulness of the coming and go- ideas...Reasons and Personxmsty miliar with Karmapa III Rangjung ing of the breath in sitting medita- be the greatest work of substantive Dorje's beautiful prayer, known as tion (or walking in walking medi- moral philosophy."—The Times the Aspiration of Mahamudra, re- tation). 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Built by the $24.95 tos, ages 4-12 or for adults! #HI $9 princes of Gyantse, it is the most Deshung Rinpoche explains the For thousands of years the important surviving Tibetan monu- Lam-dre, or "Path with Its Result" Sherpa and Tibetan peoples have ment to predate the establishment system of meditation, which has lived in the Himalaya, the highest of the Dalai Lamas' theocracy in been special to the Sakya tradition mountains on earth. They survive Lhasa and the construction of the of Tibetan Buddhism for over a in a land where massive peaks are . The wall paintings thousand years. Discussed are the covered with snow and ice all year have withstood the passage of three levels of perception of beings long, and temperatures at night can countless penitents and the weath- on the path—ordinary beings, be- ering of half a millenium and are TIBETAN LITERATURE: Studies drop as low as sixty degrees below ings who meditate, and the pure still spectacular to view. in Genre, ed. by Rogei-R. Jackson freezing. Dramatic photographs vision of enlightened beings. The and Jose Cabezon. 530 pp. #TILI and a simple narrative invite read- introductory essay by Victoria THE INVINCIBLE TI- $29.95, #TILIC $45 cloth ers to participate in the daily life Scott contains an excellent biogra- of these special mountain people. BETANS, by Paulius Normantas. "Tibetan Literature is an out- phy of Deshung Rinpoche. 120 pp., 32 full-color photos, 64 standing introduction to the pan- FROM THE LAND OF THE THUN- two-color photos, 9 x 12" #INAMTI THE THREE VEHICLES OF BUD- orama of the literary aits in Tibet. DER DRAGON: Textile Arts of $58 DHIST PRACTICE, by Ven. Everyone with interest in this civi- Bhutan, by Diana Myers, Michael This unusual collection of Khenchen Trangu. 116 pp. lization should study these essays, Aris, Francoise Pommaret, and photos from Amdo is a sensitive #THVEBU $12 cloth which range from religion to his- Susan Bean. 247 pp., 9x11," 130 portrayal of the Tibetan people of BUDDHISM THROUGH AMERI- , who is the tory, from law to poetry. The true color plates, 20 b&w photos this region—their religious and CAN WOMEN'S EYES, by Karma abbot of , pre- wealth of Tibetan intellectual life #FRLATH $44.95 secular life, their monasteries and Lekshe Tsomo. sents the three ways of Buddhist becomes clear in the pages of this dwellings.

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-Dung-mtsho-ras-pa Phyi-ma: Wheel of Time Sand Mandala The Nyung Na Lineage Lamas, Music CARDS terton of objects hidden by Notecard,#WHTICA$1.50 painted by Peter Iseli. #NYNAPO Gampopa. This is the sand mandala of $5 Kalachakra made in the American 1000 arm Avalokiteshvara and CARUDA POSTCARDS $1 ea. Museum of Natural History in NYC many other protectors and lineage Traditional thangka images. by Namgyal monks. lamas. 11" x 17". GAC148Mandalawith Wheel of Compassion Sand Simhanada-Avalokitesvara Mandala Poster, 24 x 30", POSTERS #WHCOSA $15 This is a full-color reproduction of the Chenrezig Sand Mandala On THE DALAI LAMA a blue background. -Tonpa Khyeu Wod Mitrugpa: the second of the twelve Primordial Wheel of Compassion (Ex- H.H. THE FOURTEENTH DALAI Dzogchen Lineage Masters plained) Sand Mandala Poster, I: Namgyal LAMA PORTRAITS 24x30",#WHCOEX$15 Monastery, Dharamsala, CD 63 Because of the great demand for This is a two-tone image of the min. #BUCH1$20 si photos of the Dalai Lama, we offer Chenrezig sand mandala with This CD features 50 Tibetan full-color portraits suitable for gifts names and descriptions of the Buddhist Monks of Namgyal Mon- or devotional use. Photos like many parts of the mandala. astery performing the ritual for the these of the Dalai Lama are pre- Goddess during cious gifts for Tibetans in Tibet or which the sutra is recited in such a Tibetan communities. low-toned voice that it is beyond #PACO H.H. THE DALAI LAMA AUDIO TAPES the reach of most trained singers. -•mmtm> 9 Photo, 5 1/2 x 7" $3 The combination of these voices -Tonpa Pel Jigpa Kyopei Yid: the with huge five-meter long horns third Master of twelve. This is the cover photo on the book Path to Enlightenment by the create an atmosphere of extreme GAC149 -Mandarava: the Nirmanakaya Dalai Lama. It is one of the best spirituality. emanation of the Dakini photos that we have seen! & consort of Padmasambhava. BUDDHIST CHANT II: Gyuto -Jomo Menmo: Vajravarahi gave Monastery, Bomdile, CD 53 min. her a teaching; later she disap- #BUCH2 $20 peared into the sky. Recorded at the Gyuto Monas- -Mug nag rGyal mo (the Maroon tery in India, the many voices on Queen): form of . this CD use their overtone chant- AWAKENING ing in the performance of the IMAGES OF WISDOM #IMWI $.90 COMPASSION Sangwa Duepa ritual. They create each. Traditional images painted PF.MA CHODRON a spiritual world through sound by excellent Tibetan artist Chating that results from their combined Jamyang Lama. awakened vocal expression and AWAKENING COMPASSION, by visualization. TDC40 Pema Chodron (6) #AWCO $59.95 TDC41 Atisha TDC42 Buddha For more than 800 years, Tibetan TDC43 ChandraMrti Buddhists have used the practice TDC44 Chenrezig of , or mind training, to trans- ECHOES W TliET TDC45 Geshe Chekhawa form difficulties into insights. GAC150 Amitayus TDC46 Geshe Langri Tangpa Lojong is grounded in a special GAC151 Domtonpa TDC47JeTsongkhapa meditation technique, and is #COPOKI The Dalai Lama photo TDC48 Lama Losang Tubwang complemented here by 59 written from the cover of Policy of Kind- Dorjechang maxims—a treasury of practical *5^3KP^P**#^C ness. It measures 3 1/2 x 5" and is TDC49 Maivjushri wisdom that inspires everyday laminated on the front. $1 TDC50 awakening. Pema Chodron show how painful emotions can be used TDC51 #DALAPPThe Dalai Lama pocket as stepping stones to wisdom, com- TDC52 puja with long-life prayer in Ti- passion and fearlessness. betan and English on the reverse NEW! side. Laminated, 21/2x31/2" $2.50 CHOD TEACHINGS, by Khenpo #DALMAR The Dalai Lama in Ari- Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche (7) zona. 8 x 10" $15 #CHTE $60 This is a lovely closeup photo of This is a seven tape set of teach- His Holiness standing next to ings and commentary on Chod practice. One of the tapes contains ECHOES OF TIBET: Traditional saguaro cactus in Arizona at a re- Tibetan Songs of Peace, Beauty cent public teaching. a guided Mahamudra meditation and Chod practice. and Freedom, by Tsering #REHHCA H.H. the Dalai Lama, Wangmo. Cassette #ECTI $12 postcard-size image, close-up of MEDICINE BUDDHA TEACHINGS, These are beautiful folk songs GYUTO HIGHEST YOGA TANTRA m his face. $.80 by Khenpo Konchog Gyaltshen from Amdo and Kham sung by DEITY CARDS $1.25 ea. TDC53 Dromtonpa Rinpoche (1) #MEBUTE $10 Tsering Wangmo, who trained at These deities, and pro- DEITY POSTERS Khenpo gives a teaching and the Tibetan Institute of Performing tectors are produced in India and SAND MANDALA commentary on the Medicine Bud- Arts as an opera and folk singer. came from the Gyuto Tantric NOTECARDS & dha . She was the co-founder of the Monastery. Chaksampa Dance and Opera POSTERS Company. This is a solo recording. GY1 Chakrasamvara Ciassic Meditations GY2 Chakrasamvara Mandala Based on the GY3 Sambhogakaya Buddha Four Noble Truths GY4 Guhyasamaja of. Buddhism GY5 Guhyasamaja Mandala GY6 Six-Armed Meditations GY7 (V^rabhairava) OF THE GY8 Yamantaka Mandala GY9 Kalarupa

DZOGCHEN LINEAGE NOTE- CARDS, eight notecards with en- velopes, #DZNO $15.95 Jack Kornfield Author of "A Path with Heart" These notecards were produced by The Shang-Shung Institute in Italy. They are reproductions of sacred images that were painted in Namkhai Norbu's Merigar Gonpa MEDITATIONS OF THE HEART, in Tuscany. The artists are Dugu #MEHE $10.95 Choegyal Rinpoche and Tsering The Medicine Buddha, painted by Jack offers four essential medi- Wheel of Compassion Sand Wangchuk from Tashi Jong. Peter lseli. #MEBUPO $5 tations which take less than 10 Mandala Notecard. #WHCOPO From the cover of The Healing minutes each to practice yet will -Kun-tu-bzang-po (Samanta- $1.50 KARUNA. by Nawang Khechog. bhadra): the Primordial Buddha Buddha by Lama Thubten Zopa take you to the heart of essential Cassette #KA $12, CD #KACD $18 This is the sand mandala of representine . Rinpoche. 11" x 17". Buddhist teachings on awakening "I rely on music to promote un- Chenrezig made by the monks of and freeedom, opening to truth, the derstanding and harmony between -Khandroma ixungabumpa: 14th ' at the Watts The Medicine Buddha Postcard nature of suffering, forgiveness, people and toward nature." century terton who realized the Towers Arts Cenier in Los Angeles. #WIMEBU $.75 and fearlessness. body of light. This is the same image as the poster.

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This is the latest offering from a is presented through the people GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA'S rebirth, dreaming and meditation. kindness, because in that case you fine Tibetan flute player. All of the themselves: simple villagers, the WAY OF LIFE, by His Holiness, the These experiences are filled with see a miracle taking place—their songs are performed by Tibetan king of the remote village of Mus- Dalai Lama. Eight video tapes av- the potential for confusion, bewil- own kindness returns to them as if and other ancient instruments tang, and Tibetan monks. The Art eraging two hours each. #GUBOV derment and unskillfulness, as well reflected in a mirror." from Australian, African, Japanese, of Dying explores the approach to $200 as for realizing profound wisdom, Nadia Stepanova is a Buryatian and Native American culture. We death as revealed in the ancient Ti- This is the outstanding teaching and all embracing compassion. shaman who is reviving the ritual recommend this production as one betan scriptures and practiced in on the practice of patience given Rinpoche explains how we can re- ceremonies that for centuries have of Nawang's best! local customs, throughout the cen- by His Holiness in Tucson in 1993. late to these as a path to been part of the people. The Re- turies. This is an absorbing film. It is a detailed commentary on the personal fulfillment and great ben- public of Buryatia is often said to 6th chapter of Shantideva's classic efit for others. be the cradle of shamanism, which work which focusses on the prac- appeared at the dawn of civiliza- tices of . During each tion and was repressed by Stalin of the first seven sessions, His Ho- in the 1930s. liness combined his own personal experience in the development of patience with his extensive schol- arship to explicate the text, fol- lowed by a short meditation prac- tice. These sessions concluded with nearly an hour-long question and answer period. The eighth ses- sion started with a q&a period and ended with a detailed teachings of the 12 links of dependent arising. We highly recommend this boxed set of eight videos. THE GOOD HEART: The Comments on the THE CYUTO MONKS: Freedom Four Christian Gospels. #GOHE Chants. Cassette #GYMOFR $9.95 $33 #GYFRCD $16.95 This video is a summary of the Under the guidance of Grateful 1994 John Main Seminar held in LORD OF THE DANCE, DE- Dead percussionist Mickey Hart, London. His Holiness gave an ex- STROYER OF ILLUSION, 108 min. the Gyuto Monks recorded their sa- tensive commentary of the Four #LODAV $39.95 cred chants at George Lucas' Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and This film beautifully records the WE WILL MEET AGAIN IN THE Skywalker Ranch Soundstage in John for both Christians and Bud- Mani Rimdu, an ancient Tibetan LAND OF THE DAKINI, 30 min. northern California. The monks' dhists. He insists on the need to see ceremony as it is practiced today #MEAG $29.95 the fundamental differences be- wondrous vocalizing is featured, in a Buddhist monastery in Nepas. Now in her eighties, Doljin performing the chants of Yaman- tween Buddhism and Christian- Elaborate preparations ensue—the Kandro Suren, is a Buddhist lama taka and Mahakala, accented by ity—such as the idea of a Creator creation of dough sculptures, snd and spiritual guide for thousands God. But he also highlights the cymbals, horns, drums and bells. mandalas and magical pills. Week- who come to her from all over striking similarities and parallels Also included are musical offerings long rituals include the worship of Mongolia and Russia. Through the by Philip Glass, Mickey Hart and between the lives of Jesus and Bud- various protector-gods and the terrible years of religious persecu- Kitaro that were recoided live on dha, their teachings on non-vio- transference of the power of the tion in Mongolia, she survived find- Dec. 3,1988 at the Cathedral of St. lence and the progressive stages of Chenrezig, the lord of the dance, ing the strength to overcome the John the Divine in NYC. spiritual development. "Both the into the pills. Dances are per- despair that surrounded her life of Jesus Christ and of the Bud- LIFE, DEATH, DREAMS AND formed by monks enacting epi- people. After seventy years of dha show that it is only through MEDITATION: Bardo Teachings of sodes from Tibetan Buddhist tra- Communism, she is the only re- effort, dedication, commitment Tibetan Buddhism, by Ven. Lama ditions. maining keeper of the Chod lineage Find us on the and standing firm on one's prin- ChagdudTulku Rinpoche. 115 min. in Mongolia. Tibetan master World-Wide Web at: ciples that one can grow spiritually #LIDEDR $39.95 NADIA STEPANOVA, BURYATIAN Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, in- and achieve liberation."—The The six bardos include this life, SHAMAN, 30 min. #NAST $29.95 http://www.well.com/ vited to give Dzogchen teachings, Dalai Lama the moment of death, the dawning "It's very easy to treat people participates in a Chod ritual with user/snowlion/ of true reality, the passing towards when their soul is open and full of her.

T-SHIRTS AU these shirts are good quality 100% cotton. VIDEOS MANI PADME HUM SHIRT, #OMTL (large), #OMTX (x-tra large) $15 This has a gold mantra circle on navy blue.

DOUBLE DORJE SHIRT, #DODOTL (large), #DODOTX (x-tralarge) $15 Gold double dorje on red.

TIBETAN FLAG SHIRT, #T1FLTL (large), #TIFLTX (x-tra large) $15 The Tibetan Flag is on yellow and says "freedom" in .

THE ART OF DYING: A Window into the Tibetan Way of Life, by J. Casper Jensen & Majbritt Munck. 63 min. #ARDY $29.95 This film could better have been called the Art of Living—it is a wonderful and intimate view into the life of the people of Mustang and the words are entirely that of the people shown, lay people young and old monks, the king, etc. It is the story of an ancient culture; a rugged land and joyful people strive to sustain themselves under great odd. Tucked away in the crev- ices of the largest mountains in the world, Tibetan customs are often as shocking and complex as the immensity of the land of Tibet it- self. The people of Tibet are shown here in the modern time warp they live in today. Also includes footage of monks in India—this is a great NAMGYAL T-SHIRT, #NATL (large), #NATX (x-tra large) film! $18 The slow moving scenes allow SNOW LION TIBET SHIRT, #SNLITL Garge), #SNLITX (x-tra large) $15 Golden mandala on black. The Dalai Lama's Ithaca one to soak up the images of the Tibetan mountain scene with romping snow lions on white cotton. branch of Namgyal Monastery benefits from the sale of Tibetan landscape and the dialogue Banner says "TIBET". these shirts.

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FANCY ETERNAL KNOT EAR- NEW! DHARMA ITEMS RINGS

BUDDHA AUSPICIOUS SYMBOL BANNER, 5' long x 17" wide #BUAUBA $60 Eight auspicious symbols on red background with brocade border and embroidered Buddha at the top.

DAMARUS (wood), 4" in diameter f :% #DA was $30, now $20 '-- h "H This is the hand drum used in . -. many tantric practices. 34 ^#7 Matte Silver Eternal Knot Ear- ^^ %2* rings w/turquoise bead CANOPY, 40" square #CA $120 K #MASIEA$20 KALACHAKRA WATCH, #KAWA :■*' This is a standard brocaded $120 canopy that hangs over the lama's Gold Eternal Knot Earrings w/red This is a Swiss Quartz watch glass bead #GOEA $20 throne. ■ with Sport-3 hands, water-resistant ■>JB- ''■ ■ stainless steel construction with

■■.■;■■■ "■"iS* ^ KATAS blue leather strap. The dial has a BACK! „ blue background with silver

■ . . -■■■■.- . A standard offering scarf. ... M Kalachakra pattern. Produced in a Plain Offering Scarf #PLOFSC $4 limited edition of 1000. Comes with BUDDHA MANI BANNER 51 long warranty booklet (warranteed for xl7"wide#BUMABA$60 Brocaded Offering Scarf with aus- one year by the manufacturer for Like the banneer above but with picious symbols #BROFSC $18 defects) that also explains the sig- TIBETAN MEDICINE BRACELETS embroidered Om Mani Padme nificance of Kalachakra and the were $10, now $6 Hum instead of symbols. prophecy of Shambhala. The healing tri-metal formula for NEW! arm and hand pain. These tradi- BUDDHA KADHEN BANNER, 5 Fancy Brocaded Offering Scarf (81 tional Tibetan bracelets are crafted long x 17" wide #BUKABA $85 long) with auspicious symbols from interwoven copper, brass, #FABROF $25 and iron. They are attractive, ad- COTTON CHANGE POUCH #CHPO justable and functional. $3 ETERNAL KNOT BOWL & VASE Traditional Tibetan designs in Fine, white porcelain vessels for Woven 3-metal band #WOTHME cotton with draw strings to open shrines, gifts or for use in the KATHMA.W! I H \~\ ROi '! > M \i< $6 home. Both have clear glaze inte- RO v- KEXIfcl rSAVfel fNFS ISM mON and close. Holds money or other 3-metai design with beaded rior as does the exterior of the valuables and measures approx. 5" edge#BEEDBR$6 wide by 4" high. vase. The exterior of the bowl is TIBETAN CYMBALS #TICY $150 Tibetan cymbals (12.5 inches in MAP OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TIBET: unglazed to reveal the soft luster (skull cup) dia.) with pad and cover for stor- Kathmandu-Lhasa Route Map, of the porcelain. It is five inches high with three age. Call for availability. 21x33",#MASOCE$14.95 This is a road map of Tibet and parts: triangular base, metal skull surrounding area with relief shown cup to hold precious liquids, and in color. lid covering. Medium Brass #MEBRKA was $30, now $20 We are pleased to announce that the following items are now re- duced in price because we have located a less expensive source:

VELVET POUCHES 2 3/4" to 3 dia. #VEPO $3 Beautiful change style pouches LARGE TIBETAN-STYLE TILDEN with draw strings in either solid #LATIL $40 colors or black with lavendar and This tilden is typically used on a green leaf pattern. lama's throne on the side table. It EARRINGS measures approx. 38" x 20". BELL & DORJE #BEDO was $60, MANJUSHRI SWORD, 15-16" CHINESE-STYLE TILDEN, #CHTIL now $36 $25 #MASWwas$40,now$20 Lovely blue and red silk brocade The supreme symbols of the This sword symbolizes the wis- cover for sadhana table. Vajrayana path are the bell and dom and clarity of the buddhas. It dorje (diamond scepter) used by has a flaming tip and purba-dragon THRONE COVER, #THCO $150 tantric practitioners. They are held handle. Handle dragon design may This is the cover that you see on in the left and right hand respec- vary slightly. high thrones that covers the front tively and convey the mystical surface. It has a brocaded double- union of wisdom and compassion. dorje and is very spectacular. It Vase, 7" high & 4" in dia. #ETKNVA The dorje has five prongs, four at measures 3x3 feet square. each end curved around the cen- $35 ■ . ■- tral prong, symbolizing the five Buddha families. Lotus petals decorate the central caps. The handle of the bell is similar to the '-%4 dorje. The bell is composed of an alloy of several metals and is deco- rated with Tibetan syllables, lotus Traditional Turquoise Earrings, petals and dorjes. The bell pro- #TUEA $36 duces a clear, brilliant tone that Contains a circle of turquoise symbolizes the open dimension of pieces and red coral embellish- reality. ments. 2" long excluding hooks. #PRWH was Traditional Lapis Earrings, #LAEA $50, now $40 $36 Authentic Tibetan prayer wheel. Contains a circle of lapis pieces TIBETAN-STYLE TILDEN, #TITIL $25 It is approx. 10" long and contains and red coral embellishments. 2" the mani of Chenrezig. l: This brocade tilden has piece triangle design in the middle. :ig hooks. The brocade is the kind you find on many thangkas.

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standing of Judaism through the LIVING THE MINDFUL LIFE: A CARPETS Dharma Items from pilgrimage and encounters with Handbook for Living in the 0 THE 4H^V Jews and Buddhists. Anyone with Present Moment, by Charles Tart. Ngodup Sangpo C an interest in Judaism, Tibetan 252 pp. #LJMILI $14 INTERNATIONAL . M^M Exquisite Handwoven 100% Buddhism, and the fundamental Being awake—why is something ^cr Wool Tibetan Carpets issues that underlie every spiritual that sounds so simple the primary path will find much to ponder in ULLiliiui MH goal of the spiritual path? In this We have four beautiful high- this intriguing and engaging workshop-in-a-book, Charles Tart quality traditional style carpets. book."—Jane Hirshfield, author shows why—the seeming simplic- The designs selected are from pho- 1\ ity of the awakened state belies its s tos of carpets in museum publica- <<- rj transformative effect on the lives tions we've been admiring but RESOURCE of those who strive for it. These were unable to find. Tibetan weav- uncomplicated exercises put ers were located who could pro- | Charles T. Tart | f DIRECTORY within everyone's reach the elusive duce them. We don't think you've ■<*< ' art of 'Viking up" to live in the glo- 1995 seen carpets like these before since I LIVING I rious present. weavers have, for some time, been % T H F t* ■ selling designs that are more mass- TIBET AND THE UNITED STATES marketable but lack the refined THE INTERNATIONAL TIBET RE- ^MINDFUL} OF AMERICA: An Annotated look of these carpets. A number of Chronology of Relations in the SOURCE DIRECTORY 1995, by the these are hard-to-find Tibetan Ti- International Campaign/or Tibet. c LIFE ! 20th Century, by the International ger Rugs. #INTIRE $7 Committee of Lawyers for Tibet. The carpets vary in size and pile A pocket sized directory con- 81 pp. #TIUNST $7 mm a hand-hook for living in % density and the price varies accord- taining over 500 addresses, tele- lH the present moment m This is an excellent document on ingly. Most are 3 by 6 feet. Please phone/fax/e-mail and contacts for Tibet, Tibet-US and China-US rela- contact us for photos of available the Tibetan government in exile, flj SOCVAL RTNPOCHE J tions in the context of major world carpets. All carpets are $495. Tibet support groups, International ..ife, of events from 1900 to 1994. It is ba- * THf T.oi.nv BOOR ot I HIM; \yti Drltu *% NGO's and much more! sically a history in brief giving We now have a selection of dates of major and minor events in fancy phurbas, dorjes and a few the evolution of the Tibet situation. items like a rare curved knife, old T S IJ R P II U It is as much fun as it is informa- bell and dorje and dingsha bell with tive to brouse this chronology! animal horn striker. We will send you the list and photos if you are interested. These are beautiful items and are priced between one and five hundred dollars. Mil ^SsL af**& ,>£KSM Photos of li H.H. the XVIIth Karmapa $15 ea. Ward Holmes of Tsurphu Foun- dation is offering through us a number of photos of the new incar- 3x6ft $495 nation of H.H. the Karmapa. These SM Hi'fiJ an m photos are made from a CD and measure approx. 8 x 10". A portion of the proceeds from the sale of KARMAPA: The Thangka Cer- these photos goes to benefit emony, presented by Tsurphu in Tibet. Foundation, produced by Ward Holmes. 1/2 hour #KATHCE $29.95 TIBETAN ANTIQUES #TTAN In May, 1994 members of the Tsurphu Foundation joined H.H. Dechen Choeden, one of the Ti- Phurba, gold-plated copper the XVII Karmapa and the monks betans who has resettled in Ithaca, antique phurba, $750. of Tsurphu Monastery for the first has brought with her an unusually Small Knives, mostly antique unveiling of the new silk applique fine collection of antiques, mostly with silver cases, $150450. thangka—one of the largest in the from_Tibet. These pieces are over Large Knives, silver knives world. Measuring 60 x 100'it was 100 years old and are finely crafted. with richly designed cases, re-constructed in the traditional Since they are one-of-a-kind items, some antiques, $375-600. style designed by the 9th Karmapa. we have photographed them as we Whips, wood and brass with The old thangka was destroyed do with thangkas, statues and car- dragon or serpent, $375450. during the . #HHKA14 Wearing Circular Hat pets. These photos are available to Earrings, large, silver, antique There are wonderful segments of you on loan so that you can see the earrings, $225-300. the new Karmapa and the unveil- pieces and make a selection. Here Flint Pouches, mostly antique ing ceremony. are some of the categories of ob- with silver and/or brass work, 3x6ft. $495 jects and price ranges: $265-500. Necklace, antique Kangra art Gaus, large silver antique pieces silver necklace with jingles, with coral or turquoise, oval $675. shaped, $300-525. Tea Pots, Cups, Bhumpa, Large Gaus, circular, mostly Grain Containers, silver, silver, some antiques, $300-750. some antiques, $150-1200. Large Gaus, squarish, with Cups &. Butter Lamp, silver, turquoise & coral, antique, $375-750. $400-150. Hair Ornaments, silver with Dorjes, five point antique dorjes, turquoise and/or coral, some #HHKA17 Wearing Black Hat two sizes, $ 135450. antiques, $150-750. #HHKA21 With Tai Situ #HHKA49 Wearing Red Hat

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THE JEW IN THE LOTUS, by Rodger Kamenetz. 225 pp. #JELO 3x6ft. $495 $20 "With clarity, humor, compas- sion, and unfailing honesty, Rodger Kamenetz tells the story of the his- toric meeting in Dharamsala, India, between the Dalai Lama and eight rabbis and Jewish scholars, and the inner story of how Kamenetz ex- plores and deepens his own under- #HHKA60 With Younger Brother

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THANGKAS STATUES These thangkas are excellent in We have received a large shipment of high quality stat- qualtiy and are all properly mounted and brocaded for hang- ues of various deities. These are among the very best that ing. Please call us for information we have seen and we highly recommend them to you. as to availability. Contact us for Most statues are gilted bronze with gold-painted faces. Contact us for photos of the following in stock: photos of the images that you want: Amitabha $295 Amitayus 8 & 12" $325-675 Medicine Buddha 5.5"-8" $150-275 Buddha & 108 Buddhas $425 Shakyamuni Buddha 4" $125 Manjushri 6"-8" $250-295 Buddha (large) $525 Buddha 8" $325 Manjushri 12" $425 Chakrasamvara $400 Buddha 12" $375-575 Milarepa 6" $225 4-arm Chenrezig $325 Buddha 13" (Burmese) $395 Mipham 7.5" $360 4-arm Chenrezig $650 Chakrasamvara $950 Padmasambhava 13" $425 4-arm Chenrezig & Manjushri & Chenrezig 8" $250-325 Padmasambhava 9" $295-325 Vajrapani $320 Chenrezig 12" $425495 Red Tara Statue (bronze) 9" $175 1000-Arm Chenrezig $360 Chenrezig (1000-arm) 18' $1000 Vajradhara 8" $325 DorjeLegpa$325 Green Tara 8" $275-325 $350 $325 Vajradhara 12" $400 Dorje Senge $325 Hayagriva 7" $575 Vajrapani 12" $495 H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche lineage Jambala 8" $140-325 Vajrapani 6" $120 $350 Jambala (large) $475 Vajrasattva 6" $125

Ekajati $320 - ■■ Karmapa 8" $325 Vajrasattva 6" $125 Garab Dorje $325 Lion-faced Dakini 12" $475 Vajrasattva 8" $325 Green Tara $320 Machig Labdron 11" $250 Vajrasattva 12" $400-425 Green Tara & 21 Taras $360 Mahakala (2 arm) 7" $325 White Tara 8" $325 Guru Dragpo $295 Mahakala (2 arm) 12 $450 White Tara 12" $425-525 Guhyasamaja $360 Mahakala (4 arm) 10" $495 Yamaraja6"$160 Jambhala $295 9" $320-360 Je Tsongkhapa $325 Je Tsongkhapa $490 Kagyu Lineage Tree $700 Kalachakra $325 KingofShambhala$320 Kinkara Skeleton Couple $350 Uon-Faced Dakini $290 Lion-Faced Dakini w/deities $360 6-arm Mahakala (3 headed) $325 6-arm Mahakala $325 6-arm White Mahakala $325 Guhyasamaja $360 Amitayus 8 & 12" $325-675 4-arm Mahakala $325 2-arm Mahakala $400 2-arm Mahakala (large Newari) $600 Machig Labdron $350 Manjushri $325 Marpa $295 Medicine Buddha $500 Tsongkhapa w/disciples $775 Medicine Buddha (large) $575 Nagarjuna $325 Nyingma Protectors $330 Large Nyingma Protectors $590 Padmasambhava $400 Padmasambhava (w/deities) $320 Padmasambhava (standing) $400 Rainbow Body Padmasambhava $400 Padmasambhava w/8 forms $575 Red Tara $325 H.H.SakyaTrizen$325 Kinkara Skeleton Couple $350 Chenrezig 8" $325 $325 H.H. 16th Karmapa $350 Ushnishasitatapatra $325 Vajradhara$400 Vajrakilaya $350 Mahakala (2 arm) 12 $450 White Tara 12" $425-525 Vajrakilaya (black) $490 Vajrapani $325 Vajrasattva $480 Vajrasattva w/consort $325 Vajrasattva w/Nyingma lineage $390 Vajrayogini $325 Vajrayogini w/4 $320 Wheel of Life $350 White Tara $350 Yamantaka (w/consort) $360 Yamantaka $330 Karmapa 8" $325 Yamantaka (large) $565 Find us on the We have smaller thangkas of principle deities mounted in bro- Vajrasattva w/Nyingma lineage World-Wide Web at: cade. There are three different $390 http://www.well.com/ styles. Call to reserve the one you user/snowlion/ want. Chenrezig (1000-arm) 18" $1000 Vajradhara 12" $400 Thangka print, laminated, mounted in brocade with multi- color fringe at bottom, measures 14 x 26" $60. Selections: Gelukpa Twenty-One Taras Poster, 18" x 24" #TAPO $5.00 Guru Tree #GTLATH; Milarepa Lovely poster of Green Tara and the 21 Taras with explanation #MILATH; Kalachakra KALATH; of each Tara on reverse side. Painted by Andy Weber. Buddha #BULATH. Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Brocaded Deity Thangka, Nikaya, by Maurice Walshe. 648 pp. #LODIBU $34.95 cloth mounted with multi-color fringe at This is a complete translation of the Digha Nikaya, the long dis- bottom, measures 14 x 25" $60. courses of the Buddha, one of the major collections of texts in the Selections: Buddha #BUEMPR, ZCSf& Canon. This collection consists of thirty-four longer length Green Tara #GTEMTH. 'i>h\ iu suttas, as distinguished from the middle length and shorter suttas Thangka print, laminated, of the other collections. Included are the teachings of the Buddha mounted in brocade with wooden on mindfullness, on morality, concentration, wisdom, dependent rod at bottom, measures 20 x 23" origination, on the roots and causes of wrong views, and a long $75. Selections: Milarepa #MITHPR, description of the Buddha's last days and passing away. Long-life #LLTHPR. Large Nyingma Protectors $590 Manjushri 6" $285

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Where is my root lama? The Chinese have expelled him. We pray to all Ozone Hole over Tibet the Buddhas of the ten directions: look down on us and on Tibet. Land of snow, land of snow, my beloved country—the owner of the kingdom is BEIJING, (Reuter) - Chinese each year between June and Octo- where they react with, and destroy, he, Tenzin Gyatso, my root lama, the wish-fulfilling Jewel: Let all Tibet- and U.S. scientists will work to- ber with ozone volume about 11 ozone, the newspaper said. ans of the three provinces be united. The time will come when the sun gether to try to explain mysteri- percent less than that over the East Scientists from a number of will no longer be covered by clouds. ously low ozone levels in an "ozone China Sea at the same latitude. leading Chinese institutes will valley" over the western Tibet- Chinese scientists have sug- work with experts from the U.S. The roof of the world is my homeland. My leader is the embodiment of Qinghai plateau, the China Daily gested the ozone valley might be National Aeronautics and Space compassion and kindness. Lit by the sunbeams of his compassion the newspaper said Tuesday. caused by rising airflows over the Administration and the National people of Tibet seek non-violence and freedom. The scientists will research the Tibet-Qinghai plateau during sum- Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- causes and environmental impact mer. The rising air carries pollut- istration to study the ozone valley, 77ie.se nuns have been sentenced to prison for "re-education of the ozone valley, which forms ants to the upper atmosphere it said. ■ through labor, "for crimes such as marching, handing out leaf- lets, or chanting slogans supporting independence. According to many reports, these nuns are often subjected to brutal treat- ment—inedible food, beatings, and torture with electric cattle Reflections on Ani Tashi Sangmo prods and vie ■ ■ ilogs. Sacred Conqueror, the snowland of Tibet is your birthplace, all of the Shop doors pulled shut. ! first saw her on a stoop flag, national Tibetan, poster-sized, bright red, Tibetans are like your children. There are beatings without end—under — this is India — at the foot of McLeod Ganj. yellow, blue, banned in Tibet, smiled with the Chinese there is no freedom. Wrapped in maroon nun's robes, bronzed bare arm Ani-la's own defiance. Sublime, subtle thin but sinuey strong, eighty years or more. Still in consciousness pervaded her being clear each There are bars on the windows and iron on the doors. Inside the prisons my tourist mode, I snapped her picture. Smiling moment: whole, genderless peace. Feminine. of Tibet, the Chinese beat us. Where is the freedom we once enjoyed? Tibetans; she gazed frankly at me. Now under the Chinese we are no longer free. She had no needs and she had, expected, nothing. I am in prison but I have no regrets; my country has not been sold, it has In a monastery, praying quietly to heal the Where first I looked for signs of senility, even been stolen. For that we have shed so many tears, O so many tears! obstructions in others, she easily sat among the madness, we later sat on the bed gazing at that altar, men, rotating a sizeable drum suspended from the cross-legged like Buddhas holding cups of forgotten Looking out from there is nothing to see but sky. The gnarled tips of small fingers. Inebriated by repeated tea, tilted precariously in union. Words could not clouds that float in the sky I wish were my parents. Though we impris- melodious chant, she blew with shakey fervor on a pass. She overlooked my ego and pointed it out oned friends in were beaten down, our linked arms were sacred trumpet of donated human thigh bone. Days and never in words agreed to be my teacher. not separated. The beautiful white cloud in the east is not a patch that is later I saw her again, tan plastic sandals on dry feet. fixed. The time will come when the sun will appear from behind the cloud. Insisting I take the last bite of her last banana, I am not sad. If you ask why, though days follow on days, there is the She was an apparition, enigma. She could be seen she was yet not always generous with me. But often Moon at night. everywhere now, walking mostly, slowly, steadily, she leisurely prepared and offered matter-of-factly a always on pilgrimage, pressing an elegant tree-limb, steaming cup of sweet Indian tea. Ani Tashi Sangmo The soul of happiness is religious and political freedom. Where is my her walking stick, into red-orange earth. Strapped brought to near boil water in a battered saucepan, root lama? The Red Chinese have expelled him. Buddhas who dwell in to her back, a claret pack laden, I imagined, enveloped a handful of powdered milk. As in sacred the ten directions, to whom Tibetans make an offering of blood and tears, with implements of prayer. And always during ritual the nun stirred, added sugar, a handful, then Buddhas who dwell in the ten directions, please consider our mournful tossed loose tea in with her determined flair. Now truth. Land of snows, land of snows, my beloved nation, the nation's soul monsoon she carried a black umbrella snapped stirring up rather than around, with a remarkable is Tenzin Gyatso, my root lama, the wish-granting jewel. When all Tibet- tight and tied across her pack where it hovered technique. Like taffee being pulled, the thick brown ans inside and outside Tibet are united, the sun will come out again from like a crane bobbing and daring the rains to liquid integrated itself into the air as she raised behind the clouds. come. Willful, stooped, toothless, unconscious ladelful, again ladelful three or more feet above Tibetans place their confidence in the all-knowing Conqueror (the Dalai of her compelling appeal. My leaden walking that tiny pan, the mesmerizing stream a mantram. Lama). The place of his birth he has been made to leave, he has had to feet turned clumsily under when she with dwell in an alien land. The Chinese have seized his place of birth and floating sweetness smiled upon passersby. For months I brought little offerings and for have put Tibetans in prison. Even if we wear Chinese clothes, we must days I stayed away. Sometimes when I arrived get rid of the Red Chinese. When Tibetan compatriots from the three Hansel-and-Gretel-style she invited me into her panting from the hard hike against whipping provinces are united throughout the land of the Dharma, we must get rid tiny hut. A door four short feet, flimsy, hinged downpours or fierce heatrays, she just gazed, of the Red Chinese. Even if we have to sacrifice our lives, we must have with coat-hanger wire, hung squalid on a head tilted, as though we had never met: images full freedom in a year or two. We must get rid of the Red Chinese. haphazard structure, homemade, hidden on a of friendship shattered. I brought her a blanket cliffside. A clay stove, made when the kerosene on that last day; she hugged it with a tiny child's ran out, sat on a depression in the earth, to cook passion (So! She needed it). And she took me into According to four separate sources, the nuns' sentences were or create gentle nights of smokey solitude. increased by an average of six years, some doubled or even silence the final time, a long time, where calm and tripled, because of their participation in this recording. One of Wooden planks pocked with holes met the tin sadness and poignant melancholy hovered in her hut the nuns, Phuntsog Nyidron, had her sentence increased from roofline. Patches of black garbage-bag squares, as we soared above. When at last the nun reached nine years to seventeen years, because she was seen as a ring- torn, ineffectively covered drafts; rains made and pressed both my hands into her ancient grasp, leader. The evidence for this charge was that she had held a posi- traces below, in uneven dirt floor rivulets. A earth clasp, her gaze embraced me — "we will not tion of authority, that of storeroom keeper, when she was in the platform held a thin pad, her bed, a place I would meet again" — and I sobbed, unreservedly. Until she, nunnery. Tibet supporters and human rights groups all over the sit many times. Cups, a misshapen spoon and a mother benevolent, Ani Tashi Sangmo patted my world are protesting this unfair treatment, and perhaps the handleless knife sat on a warped board. 8,000 feet hands with hers and motioned in modest pantomime weight of the world's opinion will eventually turn the minds of into the Himalayas, so alone she thrived. — Look! I am not crying...Go catch your plane — the Communist government. Time nonexistent, I her voluntary captive. The altar, Nanci Hoetzlein Rose distinctive, dominating, poor, held a framed print 1991 Alas, this sad song in my mind I send to those who help prisoners, these of Padmasambhava and a recent photo of the Dalai feelings in this dark season...I'll never forget the horrible tortures. May Lama, personal teachers, and offering bowls ever Ms. Rose is co-author of an upcoming book this present misery in prison never be inflicted on any sentient being. secretly refilled. Above, somehow crookedly on Dharamsala entitled Living Tibet, which This land, encircled by snow mountains, is the source of compassion and held to the decaying wall, an incongruous plastic will be published by Snow Lion, m peace. May Avalokiteshvara Tenzin Gyatso live forever. ■

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The publishing process has many steps If you pay by credit card and involving different people and busi- there are backorders, you will be nesses, and this can mean delay in charged according to the chart for the final product. We are sorry the initial shipment + shipping, and about this. We receive new books you will not be billed for the as early as anyone and will fUl backordered books until they are your backorder promptly. sent. Please note: when the Please call us if you have any ques- backordered books are sent, tions about your order. the shipping charge for back- ordered items is only the actual OUR SUPPLIERS postage charge by cheapest or We are careful to ship items customer preferred method. that are in good physical condition. There is no handling charge for It is easy for us to ensure the qual- backorders. ity of Snow Lion's own books and SPECIAL SHIPPING (UPS Air, other items we manufacture. How- FedEx, Express Mail, etc.) is avail- ever, there has been a trend of able for credit card customers; some other publishers to consider please indicate your special pref- books that are physically not per- erence on your order form. If you fect to be completely sellable and are not paying for the rush charge to make it difficult for us to return ($5-see below), please add $2 for their books. These lower standards handling. UPS and FedEx do not are OK in bookstores since cus- deliver to PO Box #'s (please pro- tomers can see the books first. We vide a street address). If UPS de- are more concerned about mail livers to your rural PO Box, include order shipments because books the name of the nearest highway cannot be selected by our custom- intersection. ers. We are forced to ship some of these books to our customers RUSH ORDERS are immediately rather than cause extended delays processed and shipped within 24 by having to return and reorder hours for a $5 surcharge. Add this them. Except for damage that hap- charge to the freight charge of your pens occasionally in shipping, your specified carrier. If you need to books, etc. can be assumed to be have an order rushed or have a in as good condition as possible. deadline for delivery in mind, Please note that books manufac- please phone your order to us tured in India often look slightly □ Yes! I want to be entered Subtotal (Minimum Order $10.00) so that we can give you the best damaged. This is unavoidable; we in the contest to win a free service. offer them because of their valu- trip to the Mani Rimdn Tax ^Y on[^ able contents. You should feel free OUTSIDE U.S.: please include $1 Festival. (See page 13.) Shipping (please refer to information above) to call us if you have a problem in addition to the USA rates listed □ I would like to remain on -, .„ ...... ;.. , .. with or question about something .. 0 ,. ... ,. . Contribution to assist m vpublishing this newsletter above. For non-book items, please the Snow Lion mailing list ° that you receive. add 15% of the total for goods. On Total orders over $100, please include an THANK YOU FOR extra $4.40 to register the package. □ Check or Money Order enclosed □ Visa Q Master Card □ American Express YOUR SUPPORT! NY STATE CUSTOMERS: please Expiration Date: Card Number add sales tax at your local rate. BOOKSTORES MAY CON- Order by telephone: 800-950-0313 or by Fax: 607-273-8508 TACT US FOR OUR TRADE GIFT CERTIFICATES & GIFT Please send future newsletters and catalogs to: TERMS OR CONSULT THE WRAPPING are available. Certifi- ABA HANDBOOK

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