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by H.H. the Dalai As the twentieth cen- happiness and try to avoid suffer- views on this. We must, therefore, with universally recognized hu- tury draws to a ing regardless of our race, religion, insist on a global consensus not man rights, these forms of behav- close, we find that sex or political status. Human be- only on the need to respect human ior should change. The universal the world has grown ings, indeed all sentient beings, rights worldwide, but also on the principles of equality of all human smaller. The world's have the right to pursue happiness definition of these rights. beings must take precedence. Ven. Lobsang Gyatso people have become almost one and live in peace and in freedom. Some governments have con- Artificial barriers that have di- community. Political and military As free human beings we can tended that the standards of hu- vided nations and peoples have alliances have created large multi- use our unique intelligence and try man rights laid down in the fallen in recent times. With the dis- national groups; industry and in- to understand ourselves and our Universal Declaration of Human mantling of the Berlin Wall, the ternational trade have produced a world. But if we are prevented Rights are those advocated by the East-West division which has po- global economy. Worldwide com- from using our creative potential, West and cannot be applied to larized the whole world for de- I THE FOUR munications are eliminating an- we are deprived of one of the ba- and other parts of the Third cades has now come to an end. We 1 NOBLE cient barriers of distance, sic characteristics of a human be- World because of differences in are experiencing a time filled with language and race. We are also be- ing. It is often the most gifted, culture and differences in social hope and expectations. Yet there TRUTHS ing drawn together by the grave dedicated and creative members and economic development. I do still remains a major gulf at the §| by Ven. Lobsang problems we face: overpopulation, of our society who become vic- not share this and I am con- heart of the human family. By this dwindling natural resources, mili- tims of human rights abuses. Thus vinced that the majority of Asian I am referring to the North-South Gyatso tary build-up and aggression, and the political, social, cultural and people do not support this view divide. If we are serious in our 96 pp. $9.95 terrible human rights situations. economic developments of a soci- either, for it is the inherent nature commitment to the fundamental I believe that to meet the chal- ety are obstructed by the viola- of all human beings to yearn for principles of equality, principles After his enlightenment, the Bud- lenges of the next century, human tions of human rights. Therefore, freedom, equality and dignity and which I believe lie at the heart of dha taught the Four Noble Truths, beings will have to develop a the protection of these rights and they have an equal right to achieve the concept of human rights, which are the foundation and es- greater sense of universal respon- freedoms is of immense impor- that. today's economic disparity can no sence of all forms of . sibility. Each of us must learn to tance both for the individuals af- I do not see any contradiction longer be ignored. It is not enough The first truth diagnoses the na- work not just for his or her own fected and for the development of between the need for economic to merely state that all human be- ture of our existential illnesses self, family or nation, but for the the society as a whole. development and the need for re- ings must enjoy equal dignity. This and neuroses. The second ex- benefit of all mankind. It is very If we accept that others have spect of human rights. The rich di- must be translated into action. We plores their causes and conditions old-fashioned to think in terms of an equal right to peace and happi- versity of cultures and religions have a responsibility to find ways for arisal. The third shows that the my nation, or my country. Univer- ness as ourselves, do we not have should help to strengthen the fun- to reduce this gap. causes of our problems can be re- sal responsibility is the real key to a responsibility to help those in damental human rights in all com- In this context, another impor- moved and that we can be free human survival. need? Respect for fundamental munities. Underlying this diversity tant issue is overpopulation. From from suffering. The fourth in- Whether we like it or not, we human rights is as important to are fundamental human principles a Buddhist point of view, the life cludes the many paths of practice have all been born on this earth as the people of Africa and Asia as it that bind all of us as members of of every sentient being is precious, that Buddhism offers to realize part of one great family. Rich or is to those in or the Ameri- the same human family. Diversity and birth control is not favored. that goal. The Buddha has shown poor, educated or uneducated, cas. All human beings, whatever and traditions can never justify the But today we are facing a situation that the spiritual path is pragmatic black, white or yellow, belonging their cultural or historical back- violations of human rights. Thus, where the growing number of and works directly with everyday to one nation, religion, ideology or ground, suffer when they are in- discrimination of persons from a people poses a threat to the sur- experience in order to fundamen- another, ultimately each of us is timidated, imprisoned or tortured. different race, of women, and of vival of humanity. Therefore, I per- tally transform the practitioner. just a human being like everyone The question of human rights is so weaker sections of the society sonally feel we need to be Ven. Lobsang Gyatso is the Di- else. We have the common human fundamentally important that may be traditional in some re- pragmatic and adopt birth control rector of the Institute of Buddhist needs and concerns. We all seek there should be no difference of gions, but if they are inconsistent Continued on page 5 Dialectics in Dharamsala, . He is a master who lives his life according to the Bud- dhist philosophy of wisdom and Nawang Khechog to Tour with compassion. Kitaro Here is an excerpt from Chap- has produced three albums and touring with Kitaro's "" ter 4, "How True Origins Give Rise performed internationally at a tour throughout Japan, the Ameri- to True Suffering": wide range of venues including cas, S.E. Asia, and Eu- Ignorance is the very root of all the Pentagon, World Peace Festi- rope. His new CD and cassette the origins of suffering and vals, Carnegie Hall, The National album, produced by Kitaro and samsara. The question then be- Gallery in Washington, D.C., U.N. distributed worldwide by Kitaro's comes "Is there any way to get rid General Assembly Hall for the new record label, Domo Music of that ignorance?" If there were opening of the 1992 Earth Summit Group, will be released by the end no way to do so, it would be better and the opening of several public of this year. His three previous not to introduce people to these addresses by H.H. the cassettes are now distributed by ideas about suffering or to say life Nawang has collaborated with Snow Lion Publications. They re- is in the nature of suffering. numerous other leading musicians tail for $10 each. Their titles are Rather, it would be kinder just to such as Paul Simon, Richie Ha- Sounds of Peace, Rhythm of let them be happy in their own vens, Paul Winter, Carlos Nikai, Peace, and Sounds of Inner Peace. situations. Suffering and its causes Nawang Khechog is one of Nawang was a monk for 11 years Baba Olatunji and most recently, are explained only in the context 's foremost contempo- studying philosophy and medita- Kitaro. During 1994-95, Nawang is of a way to abandon them. rary musicians. He is a Tibetan- tion with many Tibetan masters If a poor family had no means born Australian citizen and now and also living as a hermit medi- to buy food, it would be better not an American resident. Since tating in the Himalayan foothills. Order from our toll free number to tell them their diet was really took over Tibet, he has lived over Nawang aims to utilize music as thirty years in India as a refugee. an instrument for world peace. He 1-800-950-0313 Continued on page 19

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In examining Since one of our goals is to edu- The Gyuto Monks: Gyuto basing their melodies entirely eh ei RA ah ya ai VI i yih. the notation and listening to the cate, as well as to provide our Tantric Choir (CD & cassette) upon patterns of tonal contours, When I asked Ven. Tsering performance of these words, the readers with high quality books Sacred Earth (CD & cassette) unlike the Indian style of music Namgyal, the chant master at wavering, flickering of 'bar and dharma items, we have com- which uses both pitches and Institute of ("blaze") can can be imagined, not Sacred Healing Chants (CD piled this article on Tibetan chant modes. It is this observation that in Ithaca, about only by the wavy shape of the no- & cassette) In Tibetan religious music, not best describes the difficulty in melodies for , he ex- tational curve but by its interpreta- only is the music important, but its Sacred Music, Sacred Dance analyzing dbyangs. plained that an audience member tion. It can also be argued that ability to magnify the significance for Planetary Healing (CD) Another difficulty that one en- or fellow monk often comments florid passages are most com- of the text is considered quintes- Sacred Tibetan Chants from counters is the existence of tshig on the appropriateness of a cer- monly sung in coordination with sential. By analyzing certain ex- the Great Festival Ihad. These are meaningless syl- tain melody applied to a . text relating specifically with ap- amples, like those found in Walter (CD) lables inserted between meaning- Since there are various melodies pearances of deities. Kaufmann's book, Tibetan Bud- of Gyuto (LP) ful ones (tshig). These phonetics that are possible for a mantra of a Music in Tibetan culture has dhist Chant (not available from are nevertheless believed to have particular type, it is often said that always been an important way to Snow lion; check your local col- The Nyingma follows a secret or sacred character. In one melody is better than another; spiritual enlightenment; it pre- lege library), it can be shown that the first transmission of Buddhism manuscripts the meaningful it "sounds better." pares the mind to receive that there is some Western theoretical to Tibet and is thus the oldest lin- (main) tshig are written in red ink Probably the most common truth which alone can take one correlation between the words eage of Tibetan Buddhism. Snow The tshig lhad are always written questions posed by listeners of Ti- beyond wrong knowledge and the and music used in Tibetan Bud- Lion is pleased to offer the follow- in black ink While an initiated per- betan chant are those that relate consequent sufferings of life and, dhist chant The difficulty in deter- ing recordings by the Nyingma son will easily recognize the main to the way in which monks pro- ultimately, beyond the inevitable mining this relationship lies in the of Nyima Odser Ling (east- tshig, an outsider may be puzzled duce the multiple pitches they circle of death and which complex nature of both the reli- ern Tibet): by the long lines of syllables, sing. Overtone singing is a tech- these are said to entail. The music gion, the notational systems, and Queen of Great Bliss— which during the first few hear- nique, still partially a mystery, in at once reflects the formless tran- text used in the chanting. Dechen Gyalmo Puja ings may or may not convey a which performers are able to pro- scendent truth and the transitory Over time different lineages of Shitro: Adjunct Ritual to meaning. There is very little in the duce more than one note at a time world of forms considered indivis- Buddhist practice developed in Ti- the Tibetan Book of the liturgical music of the West that (usually two or three). The actual ible from it It exists on many lev- bet. Each has its own style of Dead can be compared with this re- physiology is thought to be a loos- els, helpful alike to meditation, chanting and notation. Some as- Tibetan nuns are also recorded markable practice. Kaufmann ex- ening of tension for rapid pitch al- devotional communication, and pects of chant are universal, but in the cassette The Songs of plains that, "in contrast to the ternations by the vocal cords, with the cultivation of special insights there are also important differ- , which comes from the Gregorian chant, where text and a corresponding emphasis on and powers. ences between lineages and even Buddhist Nunnery in melody appear in close relation- breath and resonance control by In Tibetan tantric chanting the between different Tilokpur, India. Music from the ship, the text-melody connection use of the abdominal musculature, goal of the chanting is to invoke within the same lineage. The same lineage may also be heard in Tibetan chant is vague. This is creating a deep sound rich in and then unite with the particular is true for systems of musical no- in the cassette and CD Chenrezik, caused by the tendency to obscure prominent higher resonances. deity or being. The monks literally tation. Nonetheless, in each case, recorded by practitioners from the main tshig by the use of inter- It also relates to the several become the gods and goddesses to it is a matter of indicating by Triyana in polated and linking tshig lhad." types of voice (skad) that can be whom they are praying. The chant- means of more or less complex Woodstock, New York The clearest example of this prac- used in Tibetan ritual music. Skad ers visualize these deities while vi- curved lines the movements which Three styles of vocalized tice is given by Kaufmann in the designates voice types according sualizing a mandala. This combi- must be effected by the voice, the prayer can be found in the chants introduction to his Tibetan Bud- to their respective place of origin nation of vocalization and visual- modifications of intensity or tim- of all lineages. Most simply, these dhist Chant. Kaufmann shows (byung gnas) in the body. For ex- ization allows the monks to be- bre which should occur. texts are performed in the follow- how a line from Psalms would be ample, khog pa'i skad ("body cav- come the embodiment of the ener- In the past ten years Americans ing manner reciting texts in a - seen first in its usual form, ity voice"), mgrin skad ("throat gies they are invoking. * have been treated to perfor- notonous speaking voice (don), Domine Deus meus, in Te speravi; voice"), kha skad ("mouth voice"), mances of sacred music and reciting texts with a singing voice and next as a sequence of tshig and sna skad ("nose voice"). dance by monks belonging to (rta), and chanting texts with a some of the major monasteries in melody (dbyangs). Kaufmann, like the Gelugpa tradition—Drepung, many other ethnomusicologists, Sera and Ganden—as well as concentrates on dbyangs. r«W monks belonging to the Many sources confirm the as- tantric colleges of Gyuto and sertion that Gyume, who are particularly well- (Guru Rinpoche) was the source known for overtone singing. The of inspiration for a great output of oldest and most famous record- dbyangs compositions, and that ings in circulation are of the Gyuto his consort, , was and Gyume monks. Snow Lion also a prolific composer. Dbyangs carries the following recordings of generally refers to the melody of a Gelug chants (see Music & Chant song, and frequently translates the

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Anger's activity is conflict YOGIC DEEDS of he was tormented by the suffering though they appear to be under grow. Even animals feel uncom- it caused him. control and are temporarily dor- BODHISATTVAS As wind is to all the ele- fortable in our presence and try to ments. mant. Thus we must seek the escape when we are in a bad tem- ■ . 130. Desire should be driven means to eradicate them com- per. Confusion's activity is nur- like a slave pletely. This is like distilling water ture. »• Realizing how disturbing anger Because severity is its cure. and removing all impurities. No is and how good it feels to remain Desire's activity is to acquire And anger looked upon as a matter how clear the water looks, calm, we will want to prevent an- both the animate and inanimate. lord if a sediment of mud remains, it ger rather than suppress it. The Its antidote is to meditate on re- Because indulgence is its will make the water cloudy as aim is not to hold anger inside but pulsiveness and to give up one's cure. soon as it is disturbed. to stop it arising. When we feel circle of friends and one's posses- Meanwhile, however, we must unhappy and anxious, either for sions. Anger's activity is strife and Understanding the characteris- become skilled at recognizing dif- specific reasons or for no specific conflict Cultivating love and using tics of desire and anger and how ferent disturbing states and at cause, irritation and anger arise houses and so forth that one likes they function, a spiritual teacher counteracting them. Anger and easily. Therefore we must attempt are its antidote. Just as wind in- engaged in forming students hostility are easy to identify as IttCtl -nd EdfK*3 h\ Ruth NIM-J;* to relieve the unhappiness and creases the strength of fire and the makes those with desire work like negative since they are accompa- anxiety which are characterized other elements, confusion's activ- slaves. This is because severity nied by unpleasant feelings, but by tightness. If there are specific ity is to nurture both desire and and lack of deference cure desire. attachment and desire are initially causes, we should direct our en- According to Gyel-tsap anger. Its antidote is meditation on The angry should be looked upon often accompanied by pleasurable ergy toward trying to resolve the Dar-ma-rin-chen, dependent arising and so forth. It as lords. By treating them with in- feelings and do not seem harmful. problem. If it is not possible to do Aryadeva's Four i/wn- is like killing a sea monster with dulgence and serving them re- When trying to counteract them so, letting go and accepting the dred Stanzas was writ- fire. A sea monster cannot be in- spectfully their anger will not we need to consider the unattrac- difficulties is a more positive ap- ten to explain how, according to timidated by impartiality, hostility arise; thus indulgence cures it It is tive aspects of the object on which proach than dwelling on the seem- , the practice of the or by generous gifts but only by like the order in which a washer- they focus, but we feel reluctant to ing injustice of the situation which stages of yogic deeds enables punishment Since its flesh is very man trains his donkey. A washer- do this. We should begin working reinforces the unhappiness and those with a Mahayana motivation sensitive, fire alone is effective. man curbs his donkey's spirit and with whichever disturbing attitude helplessness. It is useful to think to attain . Both Similarly desire, anger and confu- keeps him busy. Anything capri- we find predominates. By watch- of the experience as a maturation Nagarjuna and Aryadeva urge sion cannot be stopped by acquisi- cious the donkey does he consid- ing the kind of stimulus required, and ending of past negative ac- those who want to understand re- tion, conflict and indifference but ers a fault and beats him hard. whether weak or strong, and the tions, allowing it to show us the ality to induce direct experience only by the fire of wisdom. Swim- Similarly, the wise deliberately strength and duration of our re- unsatisfactory nature of cyclic ex- of ultimate truth through philo- ming around in the water, a sea keep those habituated to desire sponse, we can determine how istence. sophic enquiry and reasoning. monster got what he needed for busy, and when they do something habitual a disturbing attitude is. If There are many situations in Aryadeva's text is more than a survival. Then one day two fisher- wrong, make them go on working. a small stimulus creates a dispro- which we already know we are commentary on Nagarjuna's Trea- men arrived. The sea monster When the washerman takes his portionate reaction, we may infer vulnerable to anger. This knowl- tise on the , for it ex- turned himself into a human and donkey home, he treats him like a prolonged familiarity with this re- edge gives us the opportunity to plains the extensive paths asked them who they were and lord and gives him a nose-bag of sponse in past lives. remain calm and apply antidotes associated with conventional what they wanted. They told him fodder and other things, one after When we recognize the detri- effectively to prevent anger alto- truths. The Four Hundred Stan- they were fishermen and had another. Likewise, spiritual guides mental effects of these emotions, gether. If it does arise we should zas is one of the fundamental come to fish. He said, "One of you should treat those habituated to we will want to control them in- ensure it is short-lived and does works of Mahayana Buddhist phi- make the fire and the other can do anger like lords. stead of allowing them to control not breed aggression, resentment, losophy, and Gyel-tsap's commen- the cooking. I'll provide the fish, us. Just as there are many forms spite and other negative feelings. Since consciousness is produced tary is arguably the most complete and that way we'll have a good of attachment and desire, there in dependence on causes, it is a When the mind is under the influ- and important of the Tibetan com- meal without any bother." They are many antidotes. We must dis- product. Since products change ence of anger it is hard to arouse mentaries on it agreed and each did his work en- cover what is effective in our own from moment to moment, they do feelings of love and compassion Mahayana practitioners must thusiastically. Just as the sea case. Where attachment to our not have inherent duration. Their for the other or to consider how eliminate not only obstructions to monster's task was to catch the body is concerned, we may find production and disintegration are one has set oneself up as a target liberation but also obstructions to fish, desire's activity is to acquire thinking about its unclean nature through past actions or through therefore not inherently existent the perfect knowledge of all phe- things. One man's task was to useful. We may also try a medita- present intentional or uninten- either. nomena. This requires a powerful cook; similarly anger creates con- tion which begins by imagining a tional provocative behavior. Since understanding of selflessness flict and when there is conflict, 150. Disturbing emotions will small spot in the center of the it is essential to train ourselves to coupled with a vast accumulation unpleasant and abusive words never forehead which is bare to the think in these ways and gain famil- of or positive energy result- make others boil. Just as the third Remain in the mind of one bone. Gradually we enlarge this, iarity with them, meditation on ing from the kind of love, compas- person's task was to stoke the fire, stripping away skin, flesh, muscle, these themes when we are calm is Who understands the reality sion and altruistic intention confusion's function is to feed de- sinew, etc., baring our bones until encouraged. It is also valuable to of cultivated by bodhisattvas. The sire and anger. our whole skeleton is exposed. We imagine provocative circum- first half of the text focuses on the The abiding and so forth of then imagine this growing larger stances and rehearse an appropri- development of merit by showing Assertion: Though there are anti- consciousness. and larger until it fills the whole ate and constructive response. how to transform disturbing atti- dotes to the , why One must abandon all disturb- world and nothing but our skel- We should not confuse anger tudes and master the practices of should one get rid of them? An- ing emotions, understanding that eton remains. The process is then which is based on a wish to harm bodhisattvas. Trie second half ex- swer Because they produce suf- the three realms are like an illu- reversed. with the need to act sternly at cer- plains the nature of . fering. sion, since production, disintegra- Thinking about the imminence tain times arising from a positive Gyeltsap's commentary on 128. Desire is painful be- tion, abiding and so forth do not of death and its unpredictability is beneficial intention. When positive Aryadeva's text takes the form of a cause of not getting; have inherent existence. Disturb- one of the most effective ways to states of mind are operating the lively dialogue that uses the words ing emotions will never remain in loosen the grip of attachment and negative ones cannot assume an of Aryadeva to answer hypotheti- Anger is painful through lack the mind of any adept who under- desire. Enjoyment and pleasure overt form. Thus, the cultivation cal and actual assertions, ques- of might, stands that the production, disin- are not in themselves harmful, but of constructive states of mind pro- tions and objections. And confusion through not tegration, abiding and so forth of we must be alert to the craving vides us with a way to deal with has provided a understanding. consciousness do not have even and discontent that tend to follow. difficult circumstances. commentary to the section on Because of this, these are an atom of real or inherent exist- Cultivating a sense of contentment Only our eventual understand- bodhisattva paths elucidating their not recognized. ence and who gains familiarity and considering the instability and ing of reality, of how everything relevance for contemporary life. with this. It is like uprooting a poi- dissatisfactoriness of the things arises dependently without inher- Geshe Sonam Rinchen was Desire produces suffering when one does not encounter sonous tree. Thus by first gaining for which our greed and desire ent existence, will enable us to born in Tibet in 1933. He studied familiarity with the antidotes that reach out are valuable as anti- deal with the confusion and igno- at Sera Je Monastery and in 1980 what one badly wants. Anger pro- overcome manifest disturbing dotes. rance that lie at the root of all received the Lharampa Geshe de- duces suffering when one lacks emotions, and eventually under- Anger is like a fire that first other disturbing attitudes and gree. He is currently resident might to crush the strong. Confu- standing dependent arising as de- makes us burn inside. Then our emotions. However, even without scholar at the Library of Tibetan sion induces suffering when one void of inherent existence, one palms and armpits turn damp and a full understanding of this, think- Works and Archives in Dhara- fails to understand a subtle matter should rid oneself of all the seeds beads of sweat appear. No matter ing how we, our emotions, situa- msala, India where he regularly thoroughly. 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SUMMER '94 SUPPLEMENT SNOW LION 5 Dalai Lama's Government-in-Exile ■■' ■ '■ Reconfirmes Recognition of the

-:■:<■:■:"■: Reincarnation of the 17th Karmapa I- Rinpoche and Gyaltsap Rinpoche, other child as the new CEASELESS ECHOES presented to His Holiness the Chairman Tethong specifically : Dalai Lama the letter of prediction addressed this activity in the OF left by the late 16th Karmapa prior Kashag's letter: "However, re- to his death which indicated the cently, on account of a lack of un- THE GREAT SILENCE details of his next rebirth. The derstanding of the real issue, 16th Karmapa died in 1981. doubts have been created among a Reincarnation is a basic tenet certain segment of officials and of Buddhism. Essential to Tibetan the public. Similarly, distorted re- A line-by-line commentary on The Heart Buddhism is the tradition of great ports have appeared in the Indian by teachers choosing the circum- press, saying that His Holiness the Venerable Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche stances of their next rebirth in or- Dalai Lama has withdrawn his ap- der to benefit suffering beings. proval of the reincarnation of the and translated by Historically, this tradition began Gyalwa Karmapa This has created Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche with the . unnecessary doubts and uneasi- WOODSTOCK, NY—(April 11, For the past 900 years, each ness in the community." Khenpo Palden's commentary unfolds the moaning of the 1994)—The Kashag (Cabinet) of Karmapa has left a letter predict- Tenzin Chonyi, president of sutra for students at all levels of understanding. This the Dalai Lama's Tibetan govern- ing the circumstances of his next Karma Triyana Dharmachakra beautiful book also contains five color plates of rare copies ment-in-exile in Dharamsala, India incarnation. These letters indicate Monastery in Woodstock, NY, the of the , and the complete text of the sutra in has reconfirmed the Dalai Lama's the location and time of the next seat of the Gyalwa Karmapa in the Tibetan and English, with Tibetan pronunciation. A recognition of the reincarnation of incarnation, the names of the par- Americas, noted that there have separate section discusses the six paramitas, each one of Tibet's greatest enlightened ents, local landmarks and other never been two Karmapas at the introduced with a poem by Treng Go Terchen Sherab Ozer beings, the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa details. This information makes same time. and calligraphcd in Tibetan by Khenpo Tsewang. 102 This is in keeping with the tradi- the discovery of the next Karmapa Addressing 's at- pages, softcover. tions of Tibetan Buddhism. easier, the recognition indisput- tempt to advance a second child, Chonyi said: "It is very clear from "The Prajnaparamita is ... a flawless path. Through steady The Gyalwa Karmapa is the able, and assures the unbroken reliance on its perfect view, it is possible to dispel all suffering head of the Lineage continuity of the lineage. the entire history of the lineage, and produce all kinds of benefit and happiness for both self and of Tibetan Buddhism. The lineage The two regents of the Karma and from predictions made by pre- others." is one of Tibet's four major Kagyu Lineage reviewed the letter vious Karmapas, that there is only —from the Introduction to Ceaseless Echoes and has of prediction with the Dalai Lama, one Gyalwa Karmapa at any given by Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche more than 400 monasteries and as well as their resulting discovery time. His Holiness Ogyen Drudhul related centers in Asia, Europe, of a boy, the circumstances of Trinley Dorje has been acknowl- Available now from Snow Lion $15 and the Americas. Along with the whose birth exactly matched the edged by His Holiness the Dalai Published by Sky Dancer Press, Boca Raton, Florida Dalai Lama, the Gyalwa Karmapa details of the prediction letter. Lama, as well as the entire Karma is one of Tibet's most revered reli- These details were reaffirmed by Kagyu Lineage, with the exception gious leaders. He is considered by the Dalai Lama's own vision. The of the Shamarpa and a small num- Tibetans to be a living Buddha. Dalai Lama confirmed Ogyen ber of his followers in India and Tenzin Namgyal Tethong, chair- Drudhul Trinley Dorje as the 17th Europe." man of the Kashag, the equivalent Karmapa on June 30, 1992. In Sep- He added that it was his feeling of the President's Cabinet in the tember 1992, the new Karmapa that the 17th Karmapa was bom in , reconfirms the rec- was ceremonially enthroned at Tibet so that he would be available ognition of Ogyen Drudhul Trinley in Tibet to the , who have Dorje as the 17th Karmapa by the In spite of the fact that all of been without the direct blessing of Dalai Lama in a recent statement these proceedings were carried his presence since the 16th to the Tibetan community-in-exile out in strict adherence to tradi- Karmapa went into exile in 1959. worldwide. tion, doubts have been raised by "Tens of thousands of Tibetans "His Holiness the Dalai Lama Shamar Rinpoche, a third regent have made pilgrimages to Tsurphu Visit the has clearly given his approval to of the Karma Kagyu Lineage. Al- Monastery to receive his blessings JACQUES MARCHAIS CENTER OF the young incarnation currently at though Shamarpa originally ac- since his arrival there," he said. 338 Lighthouse Avenue Tsurphu," wrote Chairman knowledged the authenticity of "Plans for the enthronement of Staten Island, New York 10306 Tethong. Tsurphu Monastery in Ogyen Drudhul Trinley Dorje as the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa at his Central Tibet is the traditional seat the 17th Karmapa, as do all the monastery in Rumtek, in (718)987-3500 of the Gyalwa Karmapas. leaders of the lineage, he later in- India and at Karma Triyana A museum of Himalayan art within a Tibetan setting In his statement, Tenzin explicably withdrew his recogni- Dharmachakra Monastery in Hours: Wednesday through Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM Tethong also reaffirmed that the tion. Since then he has shown con- Woodstock, NY, are proceeding, as April through November process of locating the new fusion within the Tibetan commu- are negotiations with the Chinese Karmapa was followed in strict nity-in-exile and among Buddhists and Indian governments for ap- Call or write for a calendar of events. adherence to the age old tradition in the West, denouncing even the proval of his travel plans," Chonyi of the Karmapas. In 1992 two of Dalai Lama and his confirmation. concluded. # the Karmapa's regents, Tai Situ Now Shamarpa is advancing an-

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6 SNOW LION SUMMER 94 SUPPLEMENT Greenpeace Exposes Austrian Government Role in Yamdrok Tso Power Plant

by Martin Frimmel Tibet is about to face a blue lake water will be replaced as small hydro-power plants, geo- gigantic environmen- by dirty river water. Fish popula- thermal and solar energy. tal catastrophe. The tions are threatened as well as In spite of international con- controversial con- other animal and plant species liv- cerns about the feasibility of the struction of a mega ing in the water. Since the local plant, the Austrian firms are not power plant threatens to dry out population is largely dependent on troubled. "We carefully examined Yamdrok Tso, one of Tibet's lakes. fishing, they are likely to lose the the project before its implementa- The Chinese occupation govern- basis of their subsistence. tion. But this project is ecologi- ment wants to carry out the devel- Even the rather technocratic cally only a little alarming since opment project at all costs. United Nations Development Pro- there is water for the power plant Austrian firms are going along gram states that the project will and there is no kilometer-long with them. reduce the size of the lake surface. dam to be built. Tibet is one of the At the Vienna Human Rights Tibetan environmental advocates poorest regions in the world, and Conference in June 1993, Prime fear that the lake will be com- the power plant brings an im- Minister Franz Vranitzky banned pletely dried out in fifty years. provement in the living standard the Dalai Lama from speaking, as In 1985 the Chinese began con- of the population," says Dr. Ursula His Holiness Arrives for the demanded by China. The Prime struction on the project, but after Schneider, Public Relations Direc- Minister didn't want to endanger one year ecological reservations tor of the Elin Energy application, I Ho'okupu Ceremony at Iolani Austria's economic interests in the led to a halt in construction. When dismissing all reservations of envi- Middle Kingdom. Reason: he and the , Tibet's second ronmental advocates. Palace, April 14,1994 his delegation carried home from highest monk and one of the most Elin and Voith—like the tur- their China trip a series of large active opponents of the power bine constructors of the national- At the start of his spring traditional Tibetan white greet- project agreements, among them plant, died in 1989, China resumed ized VOEST—have a reputation tour in the USA, His ing scarves, to Hawaiian com- agreements relating to Yamdrok the project. for constructing catastrophic Holiness was greeted munity leaders. As the Hawaiian Tso. Now 1,500 Chinese soldiers are dams against the will of local by the native Hawaiian com- community is currently seeking At Yamdrok Tso, one of the blasting through the rock to make populations. It was VOEST and munity in a traditional cer- self-determination through non- largest lakes in Tibet, China wants the tunnels. Numerous farmers Elin who participated in the Pak- emony of welcome at Ionlani violent methods much like the to build a power plant with the have already been expropriated. Mun dam in , where up to Palace. The ceremony in- Tibetans, many Hawaiians re- participation of the Austrian firms "They have taken away our fields 20,000 people were forced to leave volved the presentation of gard His Holiness' visit as bring- J.M. Voith AG and Elin Energiever- and we have never received any their land. The Austrian state chants and native Hawaiian ing a special message of peace sorgung ("Energy Supply"). The compensation," a Tibetan farmer helped with a credit guarantee flowers to His Holiness in and harmony in working toward water will be drained from the complained to the English news- from the Kontrollbank. In Indone- honor of his visit. In return, the goal of Hawaiian sover- lake, then channeled into turbines paper . Tsewang sia, VOEST and Elin build the His Holiness presented khatas, eignty. # at the Yarlung Tsampo River Phuntso, a Tibetan human rights Cirata dam, where 60,000 people through four tunnels, each 6.4 ki- fighter, states that "It is only the were driven away by the military lometers long, in order to be Chinese occupiers who benefit and critics of the resettlement pumped back into the lake. The from such power plant projects, were assassinated. Challenges Of the 21st Century Continued from page 15 power plant is expected to pro- never the Tibetan population." He In the case of Tibet, it is to be not been as successful. So far, we some of their senior leaders who duce 90 megawatts of energy fears that the influx of Chinese hoped that the Austrian govern- have not been able to make a could have come to Tibet. when operating in top capacity. immigrants who work at the ment at the very least will re- breakthrough and establish direct Unfortunately, the Chinese Elin and Voith are producing tur- power plant will increase. The nounce this project by denying talks. government has yet to accept any bines, pumps and the steering sys- Chinese government views it dif- national export credits. It has been 35 years since the of my proposals over the last four- tems for the project, amounting to ferently. "For me, Tibet is like Cali- WHAT YOU CAN DO: Write Chinese took complete control of teen years and has yet to enter 460 shillings (approximately 40 fornia," says Su Yi, a Chinese to the Prime Minister and Finance Tibet. At that time, I, along with into substantive negotiations with million dollars). official stationed in Tibet. "One Minister and ask that they with- over 100,000 fellow Tibetans, left my representatives, who remain Environmental advocates and needs immigrants from the new hold export credits from all items my homeland to live in exile in In- prepared to meet with Chinese representatives of the Tibet popu- world to develop the people of the relating to the Yamdrok Tso pump- dia, Nepal and other parts of the representatives anytime. lation are expecting catastrophic old world." storage station: Prime Minister Dr. globe. As a result of the invasion Therefore, I take this opportu- consequences: changes of climate The Tibetan govemment-in-ex- Franz Vranitzky, Ballmausplate 2, and the ensuing occupation, over nity to again state my willingness are expected, since there will be ile demands an immediate halt to 1010 Vienna, Austria; Finance Min- 1.2 million of our people died of to meet with any of the present less water in the lake due to the construction until a comprehen- ister Ferdinand Lacina, Himmelp- unnatural causes. Most of our members of the Standing Commit- power plant and thereby also less sive study has been completed fortgasse 4-8,1010 Vienna, Austria monasteries, the learning centers tee of the Politburo in a third rain. The ongoing turbulence that and environmental compatibility and repositories of our culture— country of mutual convenience will be caused by the daily empty- and cost-benefit calculations can Reprinted from Tibet Press over 6,000 of them—have been with the sincere desire to make a ing and refilling of lake water will be presented. The exiled politi- Watch; first printed in the destroyed. — breakthrough in our relationship. damagentheisensitive ecology of cians are of the opinion that Greenpeace Austria magazine Since that time I have pursued On my part I am continuing the lake, the opponents of the Tibet's energy needs can be cov- ACT!, December 1993. # the cause of nonviolence and have with my sincere efforts to resolve power plant warn. The clear, azure ered by renewable sources such tried in every way I know to find the situation through negotiations. some reasonable accommodation If this approach does not bring with the Chinese government so about a positive result, then I must that the Tibetan people can re- consult my people over the future sume a life in peace and with dig- course of our freedom struggle. nity. However, my commitment to non- In 1979 Deng Xiaoping stated violence is fundamental and there that all issues regarding Tibet will be no deviation from this path were open for negotiations—ex- under my leadership. cept that of independence. I re- I think we can say that, be- sponded positively in agreement cause of the lessons we have be- Snov Lion B00I5S • Imports with the principles advanced by gun to learn, the next century will Mr. Deng Xiaoping with the hope be friendlier, more harmonious that the Chinese government and peaceful. I am very hopeful. would be genuinely committed to At the same time, I believe that negotiate on all other matters con- every individual has a responsibil- cerning the future of the six mil- ity to help guide our global family Visit the Snow Lion ^*#% lion Tibetans. in the right direction. Good wishes Store this summer. See the After informing the Chinese of are not enough; we have to as- hundreds of books, cards, my position on this point, through sume responsibility. Large human posters, audio, music and video tapes, I to 1 my emissaries who travelled to movements spring from individual [i] paintings, statues, Tibetan carpets, jewelry-all an z. Jii initiatives. I therefore believe 2 2 Beying and met with Chinese dip- rx lomats abroad as well as through strongly that it is the individual expression of the wonderful Tibetan tradition. < U Hours 9-5 weekdays or by appointment. III! 1 1 some of our foreign friends, I was who makes the difference. . t hopeful that a forthright response SNOW UON ENTRANCE QREEN ST This is the text of the address to would come from the Chinese so the New York Lawyers Alliance that we could enter into serious 3nov Lion Pablicaf ions for World Security and the Coun- negotiations. My decision to make 605 West State Street • (Green St. side of building) Ithaca, NY 14850 • 607-273-8519 cil of Foreign Relations delivered a short trip to Tibet in 1991 would in New York City on April 27, have also given the Chinese gov- 1994- Reprinted from Tibetan ernment an opportunity to arrange Bulletin. # direct meetings between me and

SUMMER '94 SUPPLEMENT SNOW LION 7 Dedicated to Truth and Loving

COMPASSIONATE CARE Compassion OF CHILDREN life and profound death. Snow One morning he was intent on Lion published my story and I re- showing me something and his ceived donations for them. Several Limitless compassion encompasses all beings without mother had gone outside. He took donors had specified their dollars hold of the harness that had made exception. Throughout his lifetime, HE. to go to Jangchub Choden. him a dancing, straining captive Rinpoche demonstrated this extraordinary compassion in all This whole process had taken for two days, looked me straight in his activities. over a year and when I tried to the eye and proceeded to methodi- send the money to Jangchub the cally untie it. He led me gleefully In Rinpoche's honor, Rigpe Dorje Foundation has expanded townspeople reported she had left to the home of his pet white rat its Compassionate Care of Children program to include the by Prema Dasara town. A brief affair with a monk A year later I was in Darjeeling Children of Bosnia. Through a matching grant of $1,500, the had resulted in pregnancy. for the enthronement of the young Foundation will provide urgently needed food, medical A casual offer of assis- It took some time for me to and stopped by supplies, blankets, and personal hygiene items to children in tance made to a dear track her to Darjeeling. I sent her Jangchub's tiny place. She was no friend some years ago Bosnia's remote villages. the money that I had collected for where to be found, but her excited led me on an adven- her. She wrote through a transla- helper escorted me to the ture to the jungles of Orissa seek- tor telling me of her tiny room and above. A young monk led us This matching grant will double any contribution you make. ing a group of starving Tibetan So if you give $20, it will be worth $40. Moreover, it will her healthy baby boy. She was em- through a maze of long halls. In a nuns. Many blessings have arisen ployed part time at a monastery as small neat room Jangchub and double our efforts to sustain the lives of Bosnian out of that "casual offer." This lat- a calligrapher and was barely sur- Sangay Tempal greeted me hap- children. Once the match is complete, all other contributions est story is particularly close to viving. The funds were timely. pily. His head was shaved, he was will be added to the program. my heart For several years we managed wearing monks' robes. It was February of 1986 and I to send her assistance. During this Drukchen Rinpoche, head of To assure that the supplies reach the children of Bosnia, our had been interviewing villagers time one of her teachers, the ac- the Drukpa Kagyu lineage, had an- partner organization, Feed The Children, will transport them all afternoon. The stories of the complished yogi Chatrul Rinpo- nounced that Sangay Tempal was to the villages of Vitez, Tuzla, Postojna and other rural renowned Yogini Ani Jetsun che, called her to his monastery in the 9th incarnation of the revered pockets which have not received any aid at all Dolma's miraculous accomplish- Nepal. She left the baby with an Lagna Rinpoche and had wel- ments in the jungle outside this attendant in Darjeeling. She and comed mother and child to live in impoverished Tibetan Refugee Please join this compassionate program to bring vital Chatrul Rinpoche were to travel to his gompa. Camp were amazing. But few vil- assistance to the desperate children of Bosnia. Send your a secret pilgrimage spot, a walk of Lagna Rinpoche had monaster- lagers knew any early back- contributions today to Rigpe Dorje Foundation at the address several weeks, where she was to ies in Ladakh and Tibet. His clos- ground about the Yogini and we carve a sacred monument accord- est disciples had been guided to below. Your entire donation will go directly to the program. all eagerly welcomed Jangchub All donations are tax deductible in the U.S. Please note ing to his instructions. seek the incarnation of their mas- Choden, her closest student Shortly before they were to ter in Darjeeling. Drukchen "Bosnia" on your check. Thank you for caring! "Ani Jetsun practiced all the leave he called her to him and told Rinpoche directed them to seek time and did not encourage visi- her to return immediately to out Sangay Tempal. When the tors or even students to stay with Darjeeling. He said her son needed small child saw them he told his RIGPE DORJE FOUNDATION her very long. She was fond of my her. He promised to educate him mother to give them "ngari 328 North Sycamore Avenue. . CA 90036 mother, she knew my family well. in the yogic sciences after he re- khambu," a Ladakhi word for Ours was a tradition of calligra- ceived a preliminary education. dried apricots. She didn't under- phy. For generations my family She pleaded not to go but he was stand him but the Ladahki dis- worked closely with the priest- adamant, insisting on her leaving ciples wept for joy. scholars, copying, correcting by bus immediately. In her last letter Jangchub texts...creating monuments...the Three days of tortuous moun- Choden reported that they had vis- T URNING mani stones by the river are tain roads later she arrived in ited Ladakh briefly for the en- mine... Darjeeling to find her child danger- thronement ceremonies but re- "I was still fairly young when ously ill. She rushed him to the turned to Darjeeling for the young W HEEL Ani Jetsun invited me to stay with hospital. One of our letters of sup- rinpoche's preliminary education. her. 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10 SNOWUON SUMMER'94 SUPPLEMENT ORDERS: 1-800-950-0313 duces the reader to the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in clear, con- his own understanding of Judaism yogi. Following his inspired youth of spiritual self-transformation cise form with Western methodol- through the pilgrimage and en- and early training in Amdo in the embodied by these depictions of ogy and critical appreciation. This counters with Jews and Bud- 1800's under the guidance of sev- enlightened energy. It is a guide to work will, I hope, elucidate the dhists. Anyone with an interest in eral extraordinary Buddhist mas- the world of Tibetan deities for all nature of Tibetan Buddhism as Judaism, Tibetan Buddhism, and ters, Shabkar Tsodruk Rangdrol who practice and are interested in a complex religious and philo- the fundamental issues that under- devoted himself to many years of the symbolic meaning of the deity sophical discipline."—Lobsang lie every spiritual path will find meditation in solitary retreat With images. 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He have to the immense richness of is currently an assistant professor A unique account of the fasci- Tibetan religious art, Images of at Grinnell College, where he nating life of upper-class Lhasa. Enlightenment stands out for the teaches courses on Asian religions This very frank and thoughtful way in which depictions of Bud- and philosophies. autobiography of a Tibetan noble- dhist deities are grounded in con- woman describes life in Lhasa be- cise yet detailed descriptions of fore the Chinese occupation. The the meditative practices in which author possesses an insider's view those images would be used. In- of the highest government deed, this is much more than an Jamgon Km^nis circles—both her father and her THE LITTLE LAMA OF TI- art book; it is a potent introduc- Retreat Manual N ETZ husband were cabinet ministers, tion to Tibetan Buddhism."—Dan BET, by Lois Raimondo. 40 and her brother served as prime Cozort, Dickinson College pp., 41 color photos #LILATI minister. $15.95 The timelessness of this world, THE LIFE OF : its slow but unmistakable modern- The Incomparable Dharma This is the most impressive book ization, and the abrupt transition we have seen on the present life of Introduction to Lord of Tibet, by Jampa brought about by the Chinese in- Mackenzie Stewart, illus. by a prominent Tibetan tulku. Offi- vasion are vividly presented. Tibetan Buddhism cially, it is a children's book about Through all, her outlook on life is Eva van Dam, intro. by the new incarnation of Ling grounded in the Buddhist practice Lobsang P. Lhalungpa. 175 Rinpoche, the senior tutor of the she learned as a close disciple of pp. #LIGA $12.95 November Dalai Lama. Actually, it is an inspi- well-known lamas and spiritual wa^ig i&uigjv Here is the first complete life story ration for Tibetan Buddhists of teachers. any age. Lois Raimondo presents a "Dorje Yuthok's book, rich in of Gampopa, the foremost disciple of Milarepa and one of the great- fascinating look at the unique life vignettes of the quotidian life of Ti- est forefathers of the Kagyu lin- of the bright young boy who repre- betan aristocrats prior to the Chi- JAMGON KONGTRUL'S eages. Compiled from numerous sents hope for the preservation of nese invasion, reflects a sensitivity RETREAT MANUAL, trans. Tibetan biographies, this compre- Tibetan culture. to readers' interests in finely & intro. by Ngawang hensive and inspiring rendition drawn portraits of Tibetan social interaction, ritual observances, Zangpo. 255 pp., #JAKORE highlights the extraordinary de- John Powers tails of Gampopa's advanced medi- and material culture. Yuthok fo- $15.95 November tative experiences during his cuses on detailed descriptions of In the Kagyu and Nyingma tradi- tummo (inner heat) yoga retreat, the intimacies of family life...defdy tions of Tibetan tantric Buddhism, and presents direct insights into conveys the immediacy of her ex- INTRODUCTION TO TI- a long period of intensive training the practice and realization of perience to readers."—Marcia BETAN BUDDHISM, by in meditation—a three-year, three Calkowski, The Journal of Asian John Powers. 350 pp. month retreat—must be com- Beautiful illustrations by re- Studies #INTIBU $16.95 November pleted before a person is consid- nowned Buddhist artist Eva van ered a lama (teacher). Jamgon Dam and a thorough history of the "The vitality of Tibetan Buddhism Kongtrul's Retreat Manual was in exile has exceeded anything Kagyu lineage by the author ILLUSION'S GAME: The written in the mid-19th century for Lobsang P. Lhalungpa also add Life and Teaching of anyone could have predicted; those who want to embark on this hence the need of a book that pre- richly to this delightful book. , by Chogyam Trung- rigorous training. It guides them in Ample footnotes, appendices sents its history, doctrines, lin- preparing for retreat, provides full pa. 136 pp. #ILGA $10.00 eages, practices, and tantric es- and glossary help open the doors details of the program of medita- of Buddhism to begin- Through a commentary on sence in a comprehensive and co- tion and offers advice for re-entry gent overview. John Power's In- ners, as well as offering fresh in- Naropa, Chogyam Trungpa shows into the world. It offers a candid sights for advanced practitioners. how the path to enlightenment is a troduction to Tibetan Buddhism view inside the secluded walls of a does this. It could not have been Jampa Mackenzie Stewart is a radical process of unlearning that Tibetan meditation training center. student of the Kagyu and Nyingma MACHIG LABDRON AND draws us away from the comfort written earlier, because only now Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat THE PRACTICE OF is the complete picture coming to lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. In of conventional expectations and Manual also introduces an impor- 1987, he was ordained into the CHOD, by Jerome Edou, conceptual attitudes toward a na- view."—Prof. Huston Smith, au- tant aspect of the life of one of the thor Tiep Hien order by Thich Nhat trans, from French by ked encounter with reality. towering figures of nineteenth- Hanh, and has assisted Nhat Hanh Trungpa's commentary shows the This is the first comprehensive Hubert Decleer. 270 pp. century Tibet: Jamgon Kongtrul in leading retreats in N. America $16.95 December relevance of Naropa's extraordi- introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, (1813-99). Widely respected as one He has written over thirty articles nary journey for today's practitio- its doctrines, practices, history of the most prolific writers Tibet on Buddhist and Taoist practices, Presents a translation of the most ners. He delineates the various and major figures. It begins with a ever produced, Kongtrul was also and has collaborated with Mantak famous biography of Machig levels of spiritual development summary of the Indian origins of a meditation master. 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The tantric sys- tor of Oriental Medicine. lamas for more than ten years, and Practice, by Jonathan tems of the four main lineages of an author and translator of other Landaw & Andy Weber. 300 Tibetan Buddhism are explored in , works on Tibet and Tibetan Bud- pp., 32 color images and 27 depth and impartially. At the end by . 225 pp. THE LIFE OF SHABKAR: dhism. He currently lives in line drawings & diagrams, of each chapter is a comprehen- #JELO $20.00 Kathmandu where he is Academic sive and invaluable list of books Autobiography of a Ti- #MENL $24.95 betan Yogin, trans, by Director of the Tibetan Study Pro- for further reading. The systematic "With clarity, humor, compassion, gram of the School for Interna- Images of Enlightenment answers and clear presentation of Tibetan and unfailing honesty, Rodger , intro. by tional Training. V the need for a clear and straight- Buddhist views and practices will Kamenetz tells the story of the his- the Dalai Lama. 650 pp. This is the first comprehensive forward guide to the inner world delight both new readers as well toric meeting in Dharamsala, In- #LISH $24.95 August presentation of the marvelous life of Tibetan Buddhist sacred art. as those already knowledgeable of dia, between the Dalai Lama and The Life of Shabkar has long been of Machig Labdron and her Focusing on many of its most im- the subject We highly recommend eight rabbis and Jewish scholars, mahamudra chod tradition. A con- portant and representative images, it and the inner story of how recognized by Tibetans as one of the master works about a Tibetan temporary of Milarepa, Machig is this richly illustrated book intro- "...presents the wide spectrum Kamenetz explores and deepens popularly considered to be both a

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dakini and a deity and is the only Jamgon Kontrul. He is known as Continuing the living Tibetan Tibetan medicine. It is the most countless other agencies demon- Tibetan woman to have founded "The Great" because he is one of tradition to the present day, the thorough, detailed and systematic strate the impact our polluted en- an authentic and recognized trans- the most outstanding teachers that Dalai Lama provides an extensive reference for Tibetan medicine in vironment is having on our well- mission lineage. Tibet ha* produced. teaching on the path of Tibetan English. It contains the Tibetan being. She looks at numerous case Chod refers to cutting through the Myriad Worlds presents Bud- Buddhism. His discourse draws views and defining characteristics studies in which people who suf- ego and its emotional entangle- dhist cosmography and the gen- out the meaning of the Third Dalai of healthy and diseased bodies. fer from medical symptoms that ments. This mahamudra practice esis of beings. Kongtrul delineates Lama's famous "Essence of Re- The remarkable diagnostic tech- cannot be relieved by their doc- of chod is a powerful practice four levels of cosmology to suit fined Gold" and alternates be- niques of pulse and urine analysis tors have regained their health by which aims at freeing oneself from the understanding of different tween personal reflections, direct are presented together with the decreasing their exposure to cer- fear and arousing the mind's pri- grades of beings: the numerically spiritual advice and scriptural quo- principles of right diet, right tain chemicals. The book contains mordial clarity. definite cosmology of the indi- tations. He elucidates in practical lifestyle and behavioral factors, practical information about the It is common for yogis of this tra- vidual way: the cosmology of infi- terms what the student must do to and a treasury of knowledge about little-understood illnesses caused dition to live outside any institu- nite buddha-fields of the universal attain enlightenment. This book the beneficial applications of by exposures to modern chemi- tional framework pursuing the Ti- way, the cosmology of the forms one of the most accessible herbs, plants, spices, minerals, cals. betan Buddhist ideal of renuncia- Kalachakra Tantra, and the non- introductions to Tibetan Bud- gems, etc. Also included are the tion and realization. Practicing in cosmology of the Dzogchen sys- dhism available. subtle and psychological tech- cemeteries and remote places tem which dispenses with the du- "...presented in a practical and niques of therapeutics and the TANTRA: The Supreme with a drum made of human skulls alistic perspective, revealing the understandable form...delightfully standard of ethics and conduct re- Understanding, by Osho. and a thighbone trumpet, these creative principle to be awareness illustrated, well-printed and highly quired of a Tibetan physician—a 250 pp. #TA $15.00 yogis strive to sacrifice their own alone. recommendable as a practical warrior-like person equipped to ego-clinging in the spirit of great guide to Tibetan Buddhism"— overcome even the most formi- These in-depth discourses on compassion for all sentient beings. Soami Sariputra, The Theoso- dable of internal and external ob- 's Song of Mahamudra are PASSIONATE ENLIGHT- phist stacles. very provocative and challenge ENMENT: Women in Dr. Barry Clark is the only the reader to transform limiting Tantric Buddhism, by Westerner to have undergone the attitudes. Osho speaks frankly and PATH TO THE MIDDLE: complete theoretical and clinical candidly about Tilopa's profound Miranda Shaw. 312 pp., 18 training of a Tibetan doctor. For teaching on the fundamental na- illus. #PAENL $29.95 cloth Oral Madhyamika Philoso- phy in Tibet, by Anne C. almost 20 years, he studied, prac- ture. The crowning cultural achieve- tised and taught the ancient sci- Klein. 288 pp. #PAMI $19.95, ence of Tibetan medicine. His pri- ment of medieval India, Tantric August Buddhism is known in the West mary teacher was Dr. Yeshe TEACHINGS OF THE SU- primarily for the sexual practices Does a Bodhisattva's initial direct Donden, the personal physician to PREME SIDDHAS, by H.H. of its adherents, who strive to cognition of emptiness differ from H.H. the Dalai Lama for eighteen the Third Gyalwa Karmapa transform erotic passion into spiri- subsequent ones? Can one "im- years. Dr. Clark now lives and Rangjung Dorje & The tual ecstasy. Historians of religion prove" a nondualistic understand- practises in New Zealand, and fre- Eighth Situpa Tenpa'i have long held that the enlighten- ing of the unconditioned and, if so, quently teaches and gives work- ment thus attempted was for men what role might subtle states of shops in Europe, North America Nyinchay. Intro, by Trangu only, and that women in the move- concentration play in the process? and SE Asia Rinpoche, trans. & ed. by ment were at best marginal and In material collected by Anne Lama Sherab Dorje. 200 pp. subordinate and at worst de- Klein over a seven-year period, $15.95 October graded and exploited. Miranda Kensur Yeshey Tupden addresses Teachings of the Supreme Shaw argues to the contrary, pre- these and other crucial issues of Siddhas reveals the powerful MUTUAL CAUSALITY IN senting extensive new evidence of Buddhism to provide a rich pre- practices of mahamudra transmit- sentation of Tibetan oral philoso- BUDDHISM AND GEN- the outspoken and independent ted by the Third Gyalwa Karmapa female founders of the Tantric phy. The volume concludes with a ERAL SYSTEMS THEORY: for the realization of the mind's movement and their creative role translation of the text on which The Dharma of Natural fundamental nature. Karmapa and in shaping its distinctive vision of Kensur bases his discussion of the Situpa Rinpoche are the supreme Systems, by Joanna Macy. gender relations and sacred sexu- "Perfection of Wisdom" chapter in siddhas, enlightened beings who 236 pp. #MUCA $19.95 ality. Tsong-kha-pa's Illumination of expound on mahamudra for the Thought. Remarkable convergences appear Based on extensive research, benefit of others. The text is fa- between core buddhist teachings Shaw reinterprets the history of mous throughout Tibet and is and the general systems view of Tantric Buddhism during its first practiced in all the dharma lin- reality, arising in our century from four centuries. In her view, the eages. The exemplary advice and biology and extending into the so- Tantric theory of this period pro- instructions on the ground, path, cial and cognitive sciences. Giving motes an ideal of cooperative, fruition, view, meditation and ac- a cogent introduction to both bod- mutually liberative relationships tion of mahamudra are both com- ies of thought, and a frest interpre- between women and men while plete and beautiful. encouraging a sense of reliance on tation of the Buddha's core teach- START WHERE YOU ARE: "[Sherab Dorje's] research is ing of dependent co-arising, this women as a source of spiritual in- admirable...the care he has taken book shows how their common sight and power. A Guide to Compassionate to get precise and authoritative perspective on causality can in- Living, by Pema Chodron. explanations from contemporary form our lives. The interdepen- BEST SELLING 208 pp. #STWHAR $12.00 teachers is exemplary. The glos- dence of all beings provides the -New Edition! A handbook for cultivating fear- sary of terms, indexed in both Ti- context for clarifying both the role lessness and awakening a compas- betan and English is an excellent of meditative practice and guide- feature...the translation is a solid lines for effective action on behalf sionate heart. With insight and hu- The Path to mor, Pema Chodron presents guid- and worthy effort"—Ken McLeod of the common good. Enlightenment ance on how to make friends with ourselves and develop genuine compassion toward others. She BACK IN PRINT The Data) tarna THE QUINTESSENCE TANTRAS OF TIBETAN invites us to "start where we Myriad Worlds MEDICINE, trans, by Dr. are"—to embrace rather than deny the painful aspects of our Barry Clark, foreword by lives. 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This requires a powerful drought and violent hailstorms are devotion is also one of the most historical context, astutely trans- understanding of selflessness major disasters. Yeshe Dorje simple: bowing down and surren- lated, and beautifully illustrated, coupled with avast accumulation Rinpoche was often summoned by dering to the Earth. This is the ba- these poems articulate the myster- of merit or positive energy result- the Dalai Lama to help with the sis for the time-honored Buddhist TranscBndent ies, struggles, and joys of spiritual ing from the kind of love, compas- weather during large outdoor meditation practice that joins the and sensual life with enduring rel- sion and altruistic intention culti- teachings. Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche mind and body in a graceful evance. vated by bodhisattvas. The first recently passed away. prayer to divine creation. 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He gave this line by line first-hand the traditional Buddhist work in Buddhist literature. commentary on the Uttara Tantra practices designed to "touch the "In this work we have the Dalai WHOLENESS LOST AND Commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen energy of mindfulness" carried Lama at full strength...a profound WHOLENESS REGAINED: in the late 1970s and we are Translated and Edited by Ruth Sonam pleased that it is now in print. within, and open to the joy that is work. "—Parabola Forgotten Tales of Indi- always present and waiting to en- In 1979, His Holiness the Dalai viduation fro Ancient Ti- ter our lives.

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