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Thousands gathered in the town hall square, Tallinn, Estonia to hear His Holiness speak.

In his second visit in ten years, His Holiness spent eight religious and political leaders in five cities, defining his main days in June visiting the Baltic Republics at the invitation of tasks as being the promotion of human values and better the universities of Tartu in Estonia, Vilnius in Lithuania and understanding among different religions, and his responsibility the Academy of Sciences in Riga, Latvia. His lectures and to speak on behalf of the Tibetan people's non-violent struggle public talks were enthusiastically received. He also met with for freedom. • teachings in

His Holiness fulfilled the late Khensur Dorje Tashi 's request to teach on Tsong Khapa's Middle Stages of Path ( Dring) at Sera Je Monastery, South India, in July. Almost 7000 monks and nuns from all over India, as well as 200 foreigners, attended the twelve days of teaching and tantric empowerments. His Holiness spoke out against sectarianism. "These days the / rela- tions in India are improving," he said, "but I must stress that sectarianism will only lead to a degeneration of the . We must appreciate each other's qualities." •

Over 7000 came to hear His Holiness teach and give empowerment at Sera le Monastery, India.

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zopq, rinpoche on u D UP TER Music giant, EMI, has produced a 2CD set entitled Lov- ing Kindness and Wisdom featuring internationally known 2001-2002 singer, Faye Wong, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. One CD is an Invocation to the 21 Taras and the other an Invocation to . Additional prayers and are on both CDs. December 1-8, 2001 - Rohatsu Temple The $US25 package includes a booklet of all the prayers in Dedication Sesshin: An intensive traditional Tibetan phonetics, in English and Chinese, plus a commen- training led by Joan Halifax Roshi and tary given by Rinpoche in both English and Chinese. All Enkyo O'Hara Sensei proceeds will go towards Rinpoche's projects. Contact Ven. Tenzin Pemba at [email protected] * December 9-10, 2001 - Dogen Seminar: Study of master Dogen's Deep Ocean of fascicle with Kazuaki Tanahashi Sensei, world- reknowned calligrapher and translator of texts

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By Noa Jones Personal Retreats - available year-round Catching the first glimpse of the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Which Liberates Upon Seeing is a thrill. Air- Facility Rental - for conferences, meetings, weddings and more planes over the Rocky Mountain Shambhala Center in the Northern Rockies change flight patterns to get a For information and reservations: closer look at the $2.7 million, 108-foot, state-of-the-art mon- ument to a Tibetan master responsible for bringing to millions of Westerners. Upaya Zen Center The consecration of the Great Stupa, which took 14 years 1404 Cerro Gordo Road to build, was a powerful 10-day practice retreat for thousands Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 of people connected to the of Vidyadhara Chogyam tel: (505) 986-8518 Trungpa Rinpoche. fax: (505) 986-8528 Fourteen and their entourages from four lin- email: [email protected] web: www.upaya.org eages came to Colorado for the occasion, including His Holi- ness Penor Rinpoche, Zurmang Ghawang Rinpoche, Dzongsar Joan Halifax Roshi Khyentse Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Sogen Rin- poche, and Gyatrul Rinpoche. Since the consecration 50 to 100 people visit the Great Stupa daily. It is open to the public and tours are offered on weekends. Call RMSC at (970) 881 2184 x 223. •

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Offering goddesses perform at the consecration

Photo: Jakob Leschly

Dharmakaya Stupa Photo: Jakob Leschly

holy object art program Annual By Linda Gatter "Buddhist images are not something Holy objects are an integral part of which one can nip down to the corner Retreats Maitreya Project's vision of making shop for. A photo or drawing of the par- the causes of happiness and enlighten- ticular deity or other image must first be ment automatically accessible to every found, and then checked with a trusted Vajra Yogini visitor. According to Lama Zopa Buddhist master to make sure the hand Rinpoche, "Due to the power of a holy gestures, facial expressions and propor- Vamantaka object as soon as offerings, circumam- tions are correct. Then an appropriate bulations and prostrations are done in manufacturer must be found and the DETAILS conjunction with the holy object, they details carefully explained and all the immediately become the cause of while through production, the manufac- www.yamantaka.org enlightenment." turer's work must be checked." www.vairayogini-retreats.com Tony Simmons, Maitreya Project's Many of the statues for the shrine artwork manager, is commissioning and rooms at the upper throne level have 1-800-819-2288 managing the creation of 1.3 million been ordered and are in the process of pieces of holy art. Many of these images being made in India, Nepal and . are repeated (for instance, there are 1 Larsen and Toubro, one of India's Take advantage of million small Maitreya images) so there leading construction companies and one Canada's exchange rate! are actually 600 completely different of Maitreya Project's main construction pieces. When asked about the challenges engineers, is developing the methods for of his responsibilities, Tony said, producing the 100,000 needed.

MANDALA • DECEMBER 2001 - FEBRUARY 2002 PAGE 89 NEWS ROUNDUP what's new for into seven other languages are currently Chenrezig's study program continues young and old underway. in March 2002 with a new round of subjects Translation Projects: The Lamrim starting with Mind and Mental Factors. By Merry Colony Chenmo translation into Chinese by Contact [email protected] for A series of children's booklets for use Sherab Chen and Roy Li is almost com- more details. in schools, as aids for teachers, or by an plete. Volume One, which goes through adult wishing to help a child develop the 'being of middle scope,' is now ready meditation experience, is being created for publishing. The of Golden Light 1Y8MoVirOnn by Sandy Smith. The first two are is currently being translated into Jamyang Buddhist Centre's second Meditations for Children, containing lively Spanish by Ven. Champa Shenphen two-year Certificate Course in Basic Bud- line drawings to accompany meditation and a new Medicine Buddha retreat dhist Studies taught by Tashi in Lon- instructions, and Plays for Children, sadhana has been translated by Fabrizio don has finished. Geshe Tashi presented which originated from Lama Zopa Pallotti. Lama Zopa Rinpoche's transla- each graduate with a Kadampa stupa and a Rinpoche's wish to integrate curriculum tion of the long Hayagriva sadhana is certificate, signed by Lama Zopa and him- that demonstrates ethics, compassion, now final. self. These things, he said, weren't impor- wisdom, etc., in a participatory format. For a full listing of all Education tant but they will be treasured as symbols of Bev Gwyn of Vajrapani Institute has Department activities as well as prayers a course that for many people had become a prepared a manual on how to set up and and practices visit www.fpmt.orgleducation central point of stability in their lives. run a Buddhist summer camp for kids. or email materials@fpmt/org Students around Europe have begun Version 2 of the Basic Program ■ the next two-year Foundation of Buddhist (BP) CD is out. This CD includes every- f r:11811.nellttrl al ntric Thought course. The program will also be thing a center needs: guidelines, root available as a correspondence course from texts in Tibetan, translations in English, This final year of Chenrezig Institute's January 2002. See www.jamyang.co.uk for contemporary commentaries by FPMT first round of the Program more information. * as well as example quizzes and focuses on . A four-week module on exams. Highlights include new transla- the lower is followed by eight weeks tions of Tantric Grounds and Paths and on Highest Yoga Tantra and a six-week Mind and Mental Factors. commentary on Yamantaka practice. The The new standard FPMT introduc- program is taught by Geshe Tashi Tsering, tory program (Discovering Buddhism: assisted by Ven. Antonio Satta. h An FPMT Introductory Program of Bud- For most participants the modules t Ba

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FPMT centers from January 2002. to: o Two volumes of Essential Buddhist study, revision and exam prep in the Prayers, an FPMT Prayer Book, are now evenings and on weekends. "The materi- Geshe-la frequently used the analogy of the chocolate in circulation, with Volume Three com- al itself is complex, and its integration coin to describe the study of the two truths. By licking one ing soon. These provide the majority of into our practices and daily lives con- side of the chocolate coin we eventually get through to the fronting but fulfilling," organizer and other. Similarly, by studying conventional truth we even- prayers and practices done within the tually arrive at an understanding of ultimate truth. centers in a standard format. Translations participant Kathy Vichta said.

world. Teachings include His Holiness on the Heart Sutra (May 2001), Lama Zopa l ?-81 8 Rinpoche on the Diamond Cutter Sutra By Roy Harvey (July 2001), and Lama on Lam Rim Radio started with the wish The Three Principles of the Path (October to make Dharma teachings audibly avail- (NNvc N 1982). We are also providing teachings in able on the Internet. Through using Mandarin Chinese. software that can be downloaded free of Listeners can connect to Lam Rim charge, a "broadcaster" uses a broadband Radio using RealPlayerTM, Microsoft Media connect (such as DSL or a Cable Modem) PlayerTM, or WinAmpTM. Listeners have the to deliver (or "stream") digital recordings option of downloading the teachings directly to any other PC connected to the Internet. to their computers or portable MP3 devices. To date, we've provided thousands of For more information see www.lamrim.com hours of teachings to students across the or email [email protected] *

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Photo courtesy of the International Campaign for libel the study of Buddhism Chinese authorities. Many nuns reportedly and the practice of the left without signing the document. Dharma. Abbot Khenpo Two thousand meditation huts have Jigme, by avoiding all reportedly been destroyed by several political controversy, had hundred Chinese migrant workers. reportedly managed to Armed police were spread throughout the maintain a harmonious monastic complex during the destruction. relationship with the Khenpo Jigme has been removed provincial and local from the complex against his will and is 2,000 monastic authorities, according to TIN. being held at the military hospital in residences destroyed In June this year, however, high-level Barlcham, according to sources in Tibet. Larung Gar, a sprawling monastic officials from Beijing, and others arrived at His whereabouts had been unknown since complex and nunnery in Serthar, Kardze Larung Gar to oversee a reduction of this mid-August following the crackdown. prefecture, Sichuan, was established in population to 1,000 monks and 400 nuns, His removal is not believed to be a 1980 by Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok, and and to oversee the demolition of residential formal detention yet but it has also housed an estimated 6-7,000 monks and quarters, TIN said. been reported by several sources that he nuns (including nearly 1000 Chinese Chinese Buddhists were expelled first, is not allowed to return to Larung Gar. students), according to London-based followed by hundreds of Tibetan nuns. Removing Khenpo Jigme was seen to be a monitoring group, Tibet Information They were reportedly presented with docu- key part of the crackdown. Network (TIN). ments to sign containing three points: a For more information see TIN's One of the most important centers of denunciation of the , a commit- website www.tibetinfo.net . Photos of remaining in Tibet, ment not to return, and a commitment to Sertha, etc., can be viewed at: Larung Gar was known for its strict focus on honor the guidelines and policy set by the www.tibetinfo.net/reportittelfiarting-gar-llam

food foK In one month Rinpoche The Power Of Compassion, sangna covered just one tenth (36 Wisdom Publications 2001. pages) of the first of a three- In Ultimate Healing, his first new By Ven. Sarah Thresher volume translation of the book in 10 years, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ven. Choden Rin- Great Stages. (At this rate it FPMT's spiritual director, suggests the poche's month-long talks Photo: Alnis Grants would take at least 2 and a cure for all forms of illness and disease: on Je Tsong Khapa's Great Stages of the half years' constant teaching to finish unqualified love in the form of compas- Path to Enlightenment at Land of Medi- the text!). Each sentence and phrase was sion for all living beings — including cine Buddha this summer were a feast of taught with such detail and elaboration oneself. Written with humility and kind- teachings, initiations, commentaries, as though we were being thoroughly ness, Ultimate Healing is rich in wisdom pujas, rituals and even an ordination. He prepared to transmit these teachings and practical help for those in pain. is one of those great masters who can ourselves to others in the future. Ultimate Healing focuses the reader's explain anything with such depth, grace Lama Zopa Rinpoche has invited heart on a spiritual cure, leading the mind and fluidity that one can easily imagine Choden Rinpoche to return to LMB to an understanding of life, death, imper- Lama Tsong Khapa himself sitting there next year for two months to continue manence and suffering. Part One includes on the throne. teaching the Great Stages of the Path. stories of people who have recovered from "This is food for ," Lama Zopa The teachings will be in a more inten- disease through the practice of medita- told me on several occasions talking tion, how to accept a life-threatening ill- sive retreat situation and it is Lama about Choden Rinpoche's commentary ness, and how to free other living beings Zopa's wish that as many sangha as pos- to the Great Stages of the Path, "It gives so from suffering. Part Two contains various much inspiration to want to practice and sible, as well as lay-people, attend in meditations and healing practices, many to keep pure morality." order to maximise the benefit. of them translated or composed by Lama and the roof goes on Zopa Rinpoche himself and described by The new building for International Institute the book's editor, Ailsa Cameron, as "a monks studying at Sera Je Monastery, South India, boasts patient planting of real inner causes for a new roof. Over 80 laborers specializing in the mixing and health and happiness." pouring of large amounts of concrete took nine hours to The book's printing is sponsored in pour the first half of the roof. "Hard work Indian style, with no trucks delivering premixed concrete, and no concrete part by Richard Gere and the Gere pumps or cranes to get it up to the roof," building manager Foundation. Ven. Jam pa Kaldan said. Photo: yen. Jompa Ludrup

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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION.1. Publication Title: Mandala. 2. Publication No.:019-514.3. Date of Filing:September 18, 2001. 4. Issue Frequency: Quarterly. 5. No. of Issues Published Annuall y: 4.6. Subscription price: $18.00. 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: Mandala Ma gazine 125B La Posta Rd, Taos, NM 87571.8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher: FPMT Inc, 1258 La Posts Rd, Taos, NM 87571.9. Names and addresses of Publisher, Editor and Mana ging Editor: Publisher - Massimo Corona, address same as No. 7. Editor - Nancy Patton, address same as No. 7. Mana ging Editor - N/A. 10. Owner: FPMT Inc, address same as No. 8.11. Known Bondholders, Mort gagees, and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent or More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgagees, or Other Securities: None. 12. Tax Status: Has Not Changed During Precedin g 12 Months. 13.Publication Title: Mandala. 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: 9/1/01.15. Extent and Nature of Circulation: Avera ge Number of Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months: (A) Total No. Copies (Net Press Run): 9132; (B) Paid and/or Re quest- ed Circulation: (1) Paid/ Re quested Outside-County Mail Subscriptions Stated on Form 3541 (Include advertiser's proof copies and exchan ge copies): 3045; (2) Paid In-Count y Subscriptions (Include advertiser's proof copies and exchange copies): 0; (3) Sales through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Non-USPS Paid Distribution:4484 ; (4) Other Classes Mailed Through the USPS: 85.(C) Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation (Sum of 158 (1),(2),(3) and (4): 7614; (D)Free Distribution b y Mail(Samples, complimentary and other free): (1) Outside-Count y as Stated on Form 3541: 703;(2)1n- County as Stated on Form 3541:0;(3) Other Classes Mailed Through the USPS:1 ; (E) Free Distribution Outside the Mail(Carriers or other means): 250 ;(F)Total Free Distribution(Sum of 15D and 15E):954; (G) Total Distribution (Sum of I5C and 15F): 8568; (H) Copies not Distributed: 480 ;(1)Total(Sum of 15G and 15H): 9048.(J) Percent Paid and/or Re quested Circulation (15C/150 x 100): 88.86%. 15. Extent and Nature of Circulation: Number Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filin g Date: (A) Total No. Copies (Net Press Run):7000; (B)Paid and/or Re quested Circulation: ( I) Paid/ Requested Outside-County Mail Subscriptions Stated on Form 3541 (Include advertiser's proof copies and exchange copies):3018 ; (2) Paid In-County Subscriptions (Include advertiser's proof copies and exchan ge copies): 0;13) Sales through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Non-USPS Paid Distribution:2849 ; (4) Other Classes Mailed Through the USPS: 88 ;(C) Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation (Sum of 15B (1),(2),(3) and (4):5955; (D)Free Distribution by Mail(Samples, complimentar y and other free): (1) Outside-County as Stated on Form 3541:665;(2)In-County as Stated on Form 3541:0 ;(3) Other Classes Mailed Through the USPS:1; (E) Free Distribution Outside the Mail(Carriers or other means):0 ;(F)Total Free Distribution(Sum of 15D and 15E):666; (G) Total Distribution (Sum of I5C and 15F):6621 ;(H) Copies not Distributed:379;(I)Total(Sum of 150 and 15H): 7000; (J)Percent Paid and/or Re quested Circulation (15C/150 x 100): 89.94%.16. This Statement of Ownership will be printed in the December 2001-Februar y 2002 issue of this publication. 17. I certify that all information on this form is true and complete. Massimo Corona, Publisher.

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