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Volume 17, Number 1 WINTER 2003 ISSN 1059-3691 BN:86605 3697 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG

THE ROLE OF CORRECT IN LIBERATION

VENERABLE TRALEG KYABGON

belief system have completely shut flicts we are trying to understand. their minds off from new ideas and When we discuss Buddhist medi- remain mere prisoners of tradition. tation practices and experiences, we For this reason they are afraid of always discuss them from a partic- being "converted" when they are ular perspective. It is not a matter introduced to , automat- of thinking that the Buddhist way is ically regarding that possibility as the only way or that it is superior to a terrible outcome. However, that all other religious or spiritual tradi- notion is highly questionable, as we tions. It is simply that the Buddhist have to make use of certain Buddhist approach to realizing the ultimate Letter from The Office of concepts in order to make sense of truth and discovering the sacred- practice. For example, to ness of spiritual reality can only be do meditation we have to believe attained through adopting a particu- that there is such a thing as spiritual lar viewpoint. This is why Buddhists First Tibetan liberation and that ignorance and the talk about developing the correct defilements of the mind inhibit us view. from realizing that goal. The correct view is called the Conference There is some truth to the percep- "noble view" and the incorrect view While many people want to learn tion that people can be very opinion- the "ignoble view." The things that , they are often ated and fundamentalist in the way we believe in must come from having of the Americas very sceptical and uneasy about the that they cherish their beliefs. How- adopted the noble view (samma ever, that does not mean that we can ditthi in , samyha drsti in San- philosophies and religious elements Respected and Dear Friends ang Shepa from September 17-20, embark on a spiritual path without skrit, yang dag pa,i lta ba in Tibetan). that go with it. Many think that Bud- in the Dharma: and a public talk on Atisha's Norbu believing in certain fundamental ele- Instead of thinking that we should dhist practices and meditative expe- The Office of Tibet is pleased Trengwa in Central Park on Septem- riences can be easily separated from ments of spirituality. Although it has not believe in anything at all, we need to announce that the First Tibetan ber 21, 2003. to learn the appropriate things to dis- belief systems within which they are been said that we should learn to Dharma Conference of the Americas We are currently in the process dispense with our beliefs, if we have card from our belief systems, even embedded. Many have the idea that will take place in New York C Oity on of finalizing the specific details for no philosophical orientation we will in relation to spirituality. Through belief systems, especially religious Monday, September 22 and Tuesday, this Conference, but wanted to send have no idea what we are trying to the process of refining our views, we belief systems, are dangerous and September 23, 2003. Moreover, we an initial announcement so that you achieve, where we are trying to go, or learn how to re-orient ourselves on regard anyone who is a "believer" as are highly honored to report that His may save the dates. Your suggestions what sort of personal predicaments the spiritual path, realizing that lib- a dogmatic person. They think that Holiness the Dalai has kindly and comments will be highly valued. eration and our belief systems are those who subscribe to a religious or psychological and spiritual con- agreed to inaugurate the event with We would greatly appreciate it if you intimately related. a keynote address. could kindly respond to our Cultural Correct views have the ability to The Conference will be preceded and Communications Coordinator, lead us to liberation, while incorrect by two of His Holiness' events: a Annie Warner, at [email protected], to let views can distort our spiritual goals, Change Service Requested Ithaca, NY 14851 PO Box 6483 Snow Lion Publications teaching on Drupta Tsawa by Jamy- her know if you would be interested increase the delusions of our minds in attending such an event. These ini- by encouraging our delusory mental tial numbers will be extremely help- states, fan our anger, and increase Above photo ofH.H. the ful during our planning process. by Alison Wright from The Spirit of (Continued on page 8) Tibet (Continued on page 15)

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deeds that perform, fill- ever I focused my intent, I did not structures and doing good works teenth year, my grandfather Ata died. ing our minds with awe and our refine this ability, and these random in many ways. Nowadays, however, He had recited about two hundred hearts with faith. It inspires us to occurrences did not really seem to the bloodline has run out and the million during his life and actualize our own inherent potential serve any purpose. family fortunes have been taken over was very skilled at maintaining the that allows the qualities of the bodhi- Several people were requesting by others, so that only the name experience of the nature of his mind. sattvas to manifest within ourselves. instruction from a certain lama on remains. And this is not an isolated On the day of his cremation cere- This book is a priceless treasure to the transference of occurrence. In fact, when I reflect on mony, there was a very clear sky be studied and revered."— found in The Secret Treasury, what has happened up until now in with a whitish rainbow light spread- TSULTRIM GYAMTSO RINPOCHE so I joined the group. After several this country, and think of the rising ing from east to west. I thought to "To glimpse the origins of Bud- practice sessions over about three and falling and change and reversal myself that he had obtained libera- dhism in Tibet, we must read days, lymph oozed from an eruption which are in the nature of things, tion, just as it had occurred in my accounts of the lives of such mas- on the crown of my head and a stalk these events are just like autumn dream earlier. Before his death, he ters as and Rinpo- of grass could be inserted into it. had hoped very much to complete che. To survey For some time after this, I repeatedly one hundred repetitions of a particu- at its fullest flowering many centu- dreamed of sitting in a cross-legged He sat in the correct lar , but was very discouraged ries later, we must read this book, posture and rising unhampered into posture and began that he could not complete more the autobiography of the lama who the sky. Later on in my life, such resting his mind in than eighty. I undertook to make gave Tibetan Buddhism its definitive excellent dreams and visions have up the remaining twenty, but I was form. Richard Barron, brilliant trans- equipoise, and I also all faded away like clouds in the unable to accomplish this, because trans. & ed. by Richard Barron lator of some of the most important sky; this is certainly due to the influ- began sitting in medi- not long afterward I had to go else- (Chokyi Nyima) to appear in English, ence of contaminated or misappro- tation posture and rec- where. 544 pp. #AUJA $34.95 cloth again offers us a meticulous transla- priated offerings. I once fell into ognized my awareness From an early age I was extremely A Tsadra Foundation Series tion of a crucial, challenging work. a faint outside the shrine of the interested in painting as well as medi- textbook This book is a must-read for any protective belonging to the as having a lucid quality involving no conceptu- cine, and with a very skilled hand —Available in February person committed to the Tibetan clan of the administrator of Rong- I drew pictures of Vairochana and Buddhist path of reflection and yap, and dreamed of a gathering alization — something the eight aspects of the Guru. Upon Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye meditation."—NGAWANG ZANGPO, of many people, muttering among I could experience, but merely hearing of the protective (1813-1899) was one of the most author of Sacred Ground and Guru themselves. The year following this did not know how to talk Bemakchen, I was delighted. Since Rinpoche dream, the children of the adminis- influential figures and prolific writers about. the figure was familiar to those of in the Tibetan Buddhist world. He An excerpt from The Autobiogra- trator's family, who were brothers, Namgyal Ling, I asked some of them was a founder and the single most phy of Jamgon Kongtrul follows. had a falling out and the estate had what the attributes of that figure to be divided. important proponent of the nonsec- haze. These events have been natural were, and drew Bernakchen in that On one occasion, people were tarian movement that flourished in About this time the administrator teachers for me. They have pointed . I memorized roughly texts such talking of a certain Lama Nyima Ozer eastern Tibet and remains popular of Dencho, Amgon by name, came out that there is no substance what- as The Discourse on Pulse Diag- of eastern Tibet, who was said to today. Two additional texts discuss in the company of the envoy of soever to the happiness and wealth nosis and Urinalysis, from the so- be able to recognize and control the his previous lives and recount Kong- the Derge government. As he had a of conditioned existence, that all of called later of the medical dream state, and were considering trul's final days. family connection with my old father, it is illusory by nature, that there is sciences. I studied with a doctor this quite marvelous. So one evening he gave me a shawl made of raw silk, "Filled with insight into the human only continual change and imperma- named Phuntsok and learned when going to sleep, I focused my saying, "Now you're a lama!," which heart. It stands out as a superb exam- nence without an instant's stability, to identify the majority of medicinal will to bring about this recognition, delighted me. This family with which ple of a genuinely unbiased approach and that all the activities and con- herbs that were available. and it happened that I did recognize my father was connected was a to spirituality, which is of particular cerns we have in our state of confu- In a dream one night in my fif- the dream state for what it was. I very exalted clan of noble , relevance to our modern world."— sion are only causes of suffering teenth year (I'm not certain of the knew my dream to be a dream, and and had produced and monas- in samsara. I feel that reflection on date), I dreamed that Orgyen Rinpo- THE PONLOP RINPOCHE in that realization the dream faded tic administrators generation after these things gave me a very uncon- che appeared in the sky, dressed as "Reading the autobiography of with me passing off into the east on a generation. For three generations trived attitude of disenchantment the king of Sahora, surrounded by this supreme master gives us an white cloud. Although even after that afterward, it became even more pros- and renunciation. a mandala of orange light, the radi- understanding of the truly wondrous I could recognize my dreams when- perous, erecting various religious During the spring of my four- (Continued on page 7)

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2 SNOW LION WINTER '03 NEWSLETTER His Holiness and His Eminence's U.S. Tour Schedule

During June and August His Holiness and His Eminence will travel to Centers in other major U.S. cities: HAWAII June 9-12, 2003 At Drayang Ling on Hawaii- initiation and prac- tice. Contact planet-hawaii.com/nechung or call (808) 928-8539.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA June 13-17, 2003 At Ewam Choden in Kensington, California-Chakrasamvara and initiation. Contact www.ewamchoden.org or call (510) 527-7363.

LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA June 18-22, 2003 Tsechen Kunchab Ling is organizing the teachings in Hacienda Heights. Initiations include Amitaba, 1000-Armed Avalokiteshvara, White Mahakala, Green Tara, and White Tara. Contact www.geocities.com/palsakya or call (562)-698-1629. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA June 27-29, 2003 At Sakya Thupten Dhargye Ling in Minneapolis-, a Manjushri empowerment, a White Mahakala initiation and public talk, and the teaching "Matchless Compassion" by the great Virupa. Con- tact www.mnsakyacenter.org or call (612) 770-4120. H.H. THE HIS HOLINESS'S SEAT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK July 4-25, 2003 US Visit in 2003 At Tsechen Kunchab Ling in Walden, New York-the extensive Vajray- ogini teaching cycle including the following components: July 4-5: His Holiness the Sakya Trizin and ers in their own right. His Eminence first time that the head of one of Parting from the Four Attachments. July 6: Vows. his eldest son, Dungsei Ratna is the Sakya the four orders of Tibetan Buddhism July 7-18: Teaching Cycle, including the Chakrasamvara Rinpoche, will come to the United Trizin's elder son. He will bestow has resided at their U.S. seat and major two-day empowerment, Vajrayogini Blessing, and eight days States in the summer of 2003 to con- a number of teachings during the bestowed a major teaching cycle. of intensive teachings on the Vajrayogini practice. July 19-25: Guided secrate his seat at Tsechen Kunchab teaching tour. His Eminence Gyana Receiving these teachings directly meditation on Vajrayogini. Contact www.sakyatemple.org or call Vajra Rinpoche is His Holiness's from His Holiness himself carries a (301) 592-9286. in New York and to bestow an extended version of the Vajayogini younger son. He serves as abbot of special lineage of blessings from the NEW YORK CITY teaching cycle. During the summer, the in Rajpur founders of the Sakya Order, as well July 25-27, 2003 His Holiness will also give teachings and leads the Sangha in his father's as from Manjushri himself. Initiations include Amitaba, 1000-Armed Avalokiteshvara, Medicine at Sakya Centers in major cities on absence. "His Holiness will open the door Buddha, White Mahakala, Green Tara, and a long-life initiation. the east coast and in California. of Dharma by teaching Parting from Contact Sakya Chokhor Ling: www.sakyatemple.org or call (973) Consecration of His the Four Attachments, a famous 537-1125. His Holiness the Sakya Trizin Holiness's Temple and Seat mind-training teaching transmitted His Holiness the Sakya Trizin is the in the United States by Manjushri to the great lama Saky- WASHINGTON D.C. AREA 41st head of the Sakya Order of Tsechen Kunchab Ling Temple of All- apa Kunga Nyingpo, first founder of July 28-30, 2003 Tibetan Buddhism, and a member of Encompassing Great Compassion is the Sakya Order. This will be fol- At Sakya Phuntsok Ling, in Silver Spring, Maryland-Vajrakilaya, Tibet's noble Khon family. He is also His Holiness's seat in the United lowed by Bodhisattva Vows accord- Avalokiteshvara, Green Tara, and White Tara initiation. Contact http:/ a descendent of the five great mas- States. Situated in the Catskill Moun- ing to a uniquely Sakya lineage Aisere.eroIs.com/sakya/ or call (301) 592-9286. ters who founded the Sakya Order tains in the Village of Walden in which originated from Manjushri and in the eleventh and twelfth centu- Orange County, New York, it is a little and descended through NEW YORK CITY ries. Of his teaching, great lamas over an hour's drive northeast of New and the great teachers July31-August7, 2003 and scholars have said that even if York City. Purchased in 2001, the of the Sakya Order. His Holiness At Palden Sakya Center in New York City-Vajrakilaya and White the five founders themselves were temple has now been renovated and will then bestow the Chakrasam- Tara initiation and teaching cycle. Contact www.angelfire.com/ny/ to manifest and teach the Dharma, prepared for His Holiness's conse- vara major two-day empowerment Jigme/introl.html or call (212) 866-4339. there is no aspect in which they cration and formal opening through according to the tradition. could improve upon the Sakya Tri- This will be followed by the Vajray- BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS the guidance and efforts of Venerable zin's teaching. Just as His Holiness ogini Blessing and eight days of August 8 -13, 2003 Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen, Vice Presi- the Dalai Lama is an emanation of intensive teachings on the Vajray- At the Sakya Institute for in Boston-the dent, and the hard work and gener- Avalokiteshvara, the manifestation ogini practice based on the oral initiation for world peace. This includes August 9-10: preliminary osity of many students throughout of all the Buddhas' great compas- instructions through which hundreds teachings on The Triple Vision, and August 11-12: two-day Kalachakra the U.S. sion, the Sakya Trizin is the emana- of Sakyapa masters achieved real- major initiation; also a Medicine Buddha and long-life initiation. Con- His Holiness the Sakya Trizin and tion of Manjushri, the manifestation ization and the . Fol- tact (617) 492-2614. His Eminence Dunsei Ratna Vajra of all the Buddhas' transcendent Rinpoche will consecrate the new lowing the teachings, for a week His wisdom. In addition to his leadership temple and reside there during July. Holiness and His Eminence will per- of the Sakya Order, the Sakya Trizin Venerable Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen, sonally lead students in daily med- is renowned throughout the world Vice President of Tsechen Kunchab itation sessions in a group retreat. for the great brilliance and clarity of Ling, explained the historic and reli- Many of His Holiness's students from his teachings and his fluency in and gious significance of His Holiness's around the world are already plan- «\ precise command of English. visit and of the teachings he will ning to travel to upstate New York to His Holiness is the guide and bestow. "His Holiness's consecration attend this historic event and receive IWW^q^S'SS leader of the many Sakya monaster- of his U.S. temple seat and residence these precious teachings, and fortu- ies, Dharma centers, monks, nuns, there during the summer of 2003 nate students of every lineage are and lay students in Tibet, India, marks a turning point in the devel- welcome. I urge everyone to take , , , opment of the Dharma in the United this golden opportunity to receive NITARTHA-SAMBHOTA Europe, and North America. From States and opportunities for Eng- these precious teachings from such his main seat in Rajpur, India, he trav- lish-speaking students. This is the a great master." ■ els tirelessly throughout the world TIBETAN WORD PROCESSING: NEW PRODUCTS to direct the work of the temples and centers and to fulfill requests for teachings. PC: Wylie keyboard, Tibetan Converter and Spell Both of His Holiness's sons have Check. The new Wylie keyboard allows users to type received intensive Dharma training Wylie in Microsoft Word and see appear since early childhood from His Holi- on the screen. ness himself in addition to other Mac: Converter and fonts. Converts text files contain- great lamas of the Sakya Order. They are now excellently qualified teach- ing Wylie or Asian Classics transliteration to Rich Text Files containing Tibetan script. Files can be shared be- tween the Mac and PC (requires Mac OS 9 and Mi- crosoft Word 98. Top photo: His Holiness the Sakya Trizin (center), His Eminence Raina Visit Our Website http://www.nitartha.org/ Vajra Rinpoche (left), and His « Online ordering » Eminence Gyana Vajra Rinpoche Nitartha-Sambhota 5501 17th Ave. N.E. Seattle, WA (right). Bottom photo: Tsechen Kunchab Ling in Walden, New York, 98105 Ph:(206) 529-8258 [email protected] Seat of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin in the United States.

SNOW LION 3 The WHEEL of TIME WJifefcl of Tims MM§'m>m^ VISUAL SCRIPTURE OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM BMwm^maw

by Barry Bryant, in cooperation the human body and of the coarse omy. Although these concepts do with and subtle minds. It is very important not have direct correlations in West- 268 pp., 8 x 8", 36 color, 199 for the Kalachakra student to know ern medicine, Tibetan doctors tell us b&w photos, 30 line drawings. that the internal winds are in motion, the channels are part of the nervous #WHTISA $24.95 just as the planets are. That is system. —Available in March why meditators who study the The channels are divided into left Kalachakra Tantra first learn the (kyangma) and right (roma), which A stunning visual introduction to external Kalachakra, which details correspond to the polarities of male the artistic and spiritual heart of the movements of the sun and the and female. The sun is female in Tibetan Buddhism. moon. the Tibetan astrological system and According to the monks who The importance of these two heav- the moon is male. The pull between create it, the Kalachakra Sand Man- enly bodies in the tantra is underlined these polarities is the reason we ■■■■.■■.■ ■,' dala, also known as the Wheel of by their representation by the prin- experience various inclinations of cipal deities themselves, Kalachakra energy, mood, and mind/body bal- Time, imparts peace and healing to ;:>:o::::;;::::::::;::^:^^:::::/::::::^::.t:.::

The External Kalachakra The Kalachakra system of astrol- ogy, sometimes known as the "stel- lar calculations" or "star studies," and the Greek (or Western) systems Chogyal share a common pan-Indian source, 2003 Transmission Video Anniversary Dates so there are similarities. As in West- ern astrology, the Tibetan zodiac is Chogyal Namkhai Norbu has committed, for his lifetime, to give divided into twelve signs and twelve the essential transmission of Guruyoga on three anniversaries related houses. The signs bear the each year. Direct transmission is not limited by space or same names as those in the modern distance. The practice is coordinated by global timetable and West (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and videotape, and is hosted by the main Gars and by local practice so on), but they are referred to as groups throughout North America and the world. Please contact houses (khyim). Tsegyalgar, the Dzogchen Community in America, for local What we in the West would call contact info. No cost, donations accepted. the houses — those areas of the sky March 18, 2003 Anniversary of Guru or horoscope that denote the various July 2003, Anniversary of Guru "departments" of a person's life (the November 2003 Anniversary of Adzom Drugpa physical body, personal finances, siblings and relatives, etc.) — are known as periods (dus-sbyor) and USA 2003 Retreat Schedule carry slightly different, meanings. August 29-31: Dzogchen Teachings As in the modern Western system, St. John the Divine Cathedral, New York City, NY ten "planets" are used, but in this Sept. 5-9: Dzogchen Padma Nyingthig Teaching system only seven of these are heav- Tsegyalgar, Conway, MA enly bodies. (This was true as well in the older Western system, before the Sept. 9-14: Longsal Gonpa Ngotrod Teaching age of the telescope.) These are the Tsegyalgar, Conway, MA seven visible bodies of the sun, the October 3-5: West Coast Teaching moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupi- ter, and Saturn. The remaining three October 10-12: Dzogchen Retreat, Miami, FL in the Tibetan system are the comet, and Rahu and Kalagni (known as Tsegyalgar, Dzogchen Community in America, Inc. Ketu in the Hindu system), which PO Box 277, Conway, MA 01341 are the north node and the south Chogyal Namkhai Norbu was born in Eastern Tibet in T: 413-369-4153 F: 413-369-4463 node of the moon. The comet is not 1938 and was recognized at the age of three as the [email protected] Website: www.tsegyalgar.org used in horoscopes, but the lunar incarnation of the great Dzogchen Master Adzom nodes are important for predicting Drugpa. Norbu Rinpoche has established centers for solar and lunar eclipses. "The teaching of Dzogchen is in essence a teaching concerning the the study and practice of Dzogchen throughout the primordial state that is each individual's own intrinsic nature from The Internal Kalachakra world. The Dzogchen Community in America, the very beginning." In the internal Kalachakra, empha- Tsegyalgar, is based in Conway, MA. -Chogyal Namkhai Norbu sis is placed on the functioning of

4 SNOW LION WINTER'03 NEWSLETTER NEWS DOMCVV CAISAL LiKiq KIVKIKKRY AND THE VOCINI TRADIIIOKI

BY nery since there was nowhere in our Tenzin Palmo spent 12 years med- Drukpa Kargyu tradition for nuns to itating alone in a Himalayan cave. be educated and properly trained. Her experiences, recorded in Cave in However at that time I merely mut- the Snow, a book written by Vieki tered something incomprehensible Mackenzie, have received a lot of since I had neither the means nor the media attention. TenzinPalmo's new ability to even think how to start a book, Reflections on a Mountain Lake, nunnery! is already in its second printing. Apart from in Tibet there are also many Drukpa Kargyu areas in People often ask me for the his- the border regions, such as Bhutan tory of how our Dongyu Gatsal Ling (which is called "Drukyul" or "Land Nunnery came into being and the of the Dragon" since the state reli- rationale behind its formation. gion is Drukpa Kargyu), , In 19681 was a young western nun Zangskar, Kinnaur, Lahaul & Spiti and in my mid-twenties working as a sec- parts of Nepal. Although there are retary for my lama, the VIII Khamtrul nuns in these border lands they are Rinpoche, who had been the head of usually uneducated and have little the 200 Drukpa Kargyu monasteries opportunity for meditation practice. in , Eastern Tibet. Having left Often the nuns are merely household Tibet in 1959 with 25 of his monks, servants or work for the monaster- had established ies. I lived for 18 years in the Hima- a community first in Kalimpong and layan valley of Lahaul which lies at later in the Kangra Valley not far about 12,000 feet and is cut off by from Dharamsala where His Holi- snow from the rest of India for more ness the Dalai Lama is situated. At than half the year. For the first six this time Rinpoche headed a small years I lived in a small monastery monastery and a community of lay and there I saw how the monks Tibetan helpers. The nunnery is a reg- include the residences for 80 nuns would like to enter into a longer people from his region. were in the temple receiving teach- istered charitable organisation with and the offices-cum-staff quarters. In retreat. Some of the nuns really love I had first met with the VIII Kham- ings, performing rituals and under- local Trust members from Himachal the future we plan to construct class- the practice and are longing to do trul Rinpoche on my 21st birthday and taking retreats, while the nuns were Pradesh. rooms, library, temple, guest rooms extended periods of intensive culti- three weeks later received my first in the kitchen doing the cooking! At present at Dongyu Gatsal Ling and retreat center as funds permit. vation. After a few years of retreat monastic when my head Many of the nuns were intelligent Nunnery (Pleasure Garden of the Our first group of prospective those capable of being trained for the was shaved and I donned robes. Then and devoted but they simply had no Authentic Lineage) we have 24 young nuns arrived about three years ago precious togdenma lineage will be I remained with Khamtrul Rinpoche opportunity to advance their under- nuns from Tibet and the Himalayan from Ladakh. They were teenage selected. The togdens of Tashi Jong and his community, working as his standing and knowledge. regions such as Ladakh, Spiti, Kinn- schoolgirls who had made the coura- have agreed to oversee their train- secretary and teaching English to In the early 90s I returned to aur and Muktinath in Nepal. These geous decision to leave their fami- ing. At present, as far as we know, the small monks. The monastery in India in order to teach English to the girls are studying Buddhist philos- lies and villages behind in order to those days had about 80 monks and 12-year-old reincarnation of Kham- ophy and debate, ritual, Tibetan come to a new and unknown envi- among them was a small group of trul Rinpoche. At this time the Lamas grammar and English. They also ronment for the sake of learning One afternoon Khamtrul who are known as togden. In of the Khampagar Monastery again do some handicrafts and some are and practising the Dharma. Soon Rinpoche took a long Kham these togden, although fully requested that I should start a nun- learning about computers. Every after sent four white silk scarf (ashi ordained monks, lived in caves in the nery since there was nowhere in year they remain in a 2-month retreat of his young nuns from Nepal. He hills above the monastery of Kham- our Drukpa or Dragon tradition for during which they maintain silence had asked, "How many nuns do you khata) and placed it pagar and they wore long, matted women to study the Dharma and apart from the prayers and mantras. want me to send? Thirty? Forty?" I around my neck with dreadlocks wound up on their heads practice at a more profound level. They have finished one round of replied, "How about three or four the words, "I will always and white lower robes and a red and This seemed the right time to con- ngbndro or preliminary practices. to start with..." Some months later pray that you can re- white stripped shawl. His Holiness sider starting a center where young Nowadays they are living in a this first batch were joined by nuns establish the lineage the XVI assured me that women from Tibet and the Himala- 100-year-old local mud brick house from Tibet, Kinnaur, Spiti and so even in Tibet these particular Kham- yan border regions could be trained which is surrounded by tea gardens on. When they first came the girls of togdenmas which, pagar togdens were revered and con- in both Dharma theory and practice. with a view of the mountains in were very shy and many did not as you know, has sidered very special. Their lineage is At that time it was difficult to raise the distance. They sleep eight to a speak much or any Tibetan — espe- died out". associated with Rechungpa, one of funds for this nunnery since I was room and have converted the wood- cially the Khampa dialect spoken the heart sons of Milarepa. an unknown western nun and not a beamed loft which runs the length in Tashi Jong. Three years later Rinpoche had told me that in famous lama seated on a high throne of the house into a charming shrine everyone who met them when they this unique lineage is held only by Kham he had a nunnery of about 400 dispensing initiations and blessings. room. first arrived are amazed at how a few old lamas, so it is imperative nuns. At this nunnery there was also Also I had no contacts and it was We have purchased seven acres much more assured and outspoken that some of the nuns should be able a group of togdenma or who to receive this transmission in order were also considered very advanced to practice and pass it on to others. in tantric practices and realisations. Once we have moved to the new There is a special transmission called land we will start to take in more the "Rechung Nyen Gyu" [Ras.chung applicants and the nunnery will sNyan. brgyud] dealing with the inner expand. However we consider the which contains a section espe- cultivation of the few more compel- cially for female practitioners. Actu- ling than the mere housing of the ally I have met a few lamas who had many. visited this nunnery. Males were not For me these young women are allowed direct entrance therein but like tightly furled flower buds. Nor- could sit in a gallery and look down mally they would live and eventu- on the assembly hall. They reported ally die as withered buds. But now that the togdenma sat in rows very with the sunshine of encouragement straight backed and unmoving during and aspiration and the water and the rituals, with their long dread- fertiliser of study and practice, they locks hung over a rope stretched are unfolding their petals and reveal- behind them. ing their own inherent beauty. We As far as we know the togdenma pray that in the future the perfume lineage ceased to exist in Kham after of their learning and realisation will the communist takeover since no waft throughout the three realms. nuns managed to escape into India. For tax deductible donations to One afternoon Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, ONLY took a long white silk scarf (ashi in the U.S., please make checks pay- khata) and placed it around my able to "Four Corners Foundation" neck with the words, "I will always and mail to: Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nun- pray that you can re-establish the nery, c/o Jane Kolleeny, 32 Palmer Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, lineage of togdenmas which, as you Above photos: Ven. Tenzin Palmo with nuns of Dongyu Gatsal Ling know, has died out". Therefore I have USA. always felt it a sacred commission to For donations in other countries bring back this most precious female difficult to know where to begin. of land nearby which has a stunning they are nowadays. They have made please make checks payable to tradition before it is too late. However, gradually people began to vista of the Dhauladhar mountain a quantum leap in self-confidence 'Tenzin Palmo' and mail to: Dongyu Another time Khamtrul Rinpoche take interest. Later range. On this land we are construct- and knowledge. Gatsal Ling Nunnery, c/o Eliz Dowl- and I were looking out across the wrote a book on my life called Cave ing the nunnery which will be built Our plan is to give the nuns a ing, 3 Nassim Road, #04-02 Nassim hills from Tashi Jong where his com- in the Snow and this established using local materials such as stone, nine-year study course in philosophy Jade, Singapore 2258371. munity of monks and laity are now more credentials for our nunnery slate and mud brick, but using a steel of which the first 3 years is almost Visit our website for current situated. Rinpoche remarked that he project. Nowadays we have a won- framework to give added dimension completed. 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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMGON KONGTRUL Continued from page 2 Chagdud ance of which was like the rays of the sun. From him emerged a small Rinpoche's Passing ball of light about the size of a hand mirror, and as it touched me I fell into During the early morning hours of Rinpoche gave many indications a faint momentarily. When I regained Sunday, November 17, His Eminence that he knew the end of his life was consciousness in my dream, there passed into approaching, but only after his death were several women who said, "Now at Khadro Ling, his main did it become clear from conversa- look up into the sky! The queen of center in Brazil. tions people remembered having had the universe, with a hundred heads Recognized as the tulku of Cha- with him that he negotiated this tran- and a thousand arms, has come." gdud Tenpai Gyaltsen at the age sition with prescience. In August, he Thinking that there was no force I of three, Rinpoche entered his first canceled an autumn teaching tour of could not withstand now, I looked three-year retreat at the age of eleven, the United States, choosing instead upward to see the sky filled with then undertook a second three-year to do retreat in Brazil. In the last rainbows, in the midst of which was retreat in his twenties. He was the week of his life, he completed the a somewhat vague form. With that I prophesied custodian (choodak) of retreat, worked with a student artist awoke. Tertbn Padgyal Lingpa's teachings, During these times, Tsewang and throughout his life received trans- Dorje Rigdzin was the ruler of Derge, missions from lamas of all the Bud- Chagdud Rinpoche and the influence of the administra- dhist traditions of Tibet, particularly taught people all over tors from the riverbanks was on the those of the school. rise. Those in control imposed very After leaving Tibet in 1959, the world how to train heavy burdens on their subjects and Rinpoche lived in various Tibetan ref- their minds and pre- the nomadic settlements, in the form ugee settlements as an organizer and pare for death. His of various needless punitive mea- spiritual leader. In 1977, he attended own mastery of this sures, so that about one-third of the the series of empowerments given in administrative centers were brought Nepal by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche. transition remains one to the point of destitution and the During the months that followed, a of his most inspiring populace was completely impov- number of Western students gravi- teachings. erished. My own maternal uncle, tated toward him, attracted by his having enough wealth to stand out accessibility, humor, warmth, and in the area, was therefore in a posi- splendid chanting. In 1979, he immi- to complete a statue of Amitabha, tion where others were only trying grated to the United States, eventu- talked with many of his students, and to steal from and dispute with him. ally becoming a citizen. led a training in p'howa (transfer- Due to his connection with a third He trained his students in the ence of consciousness at the moment party, he entered into a dispute with sacred arts of sculpture and painting, of death) for more than two hun- ous after the teachings, staying up eral other lamas were about to per- the messenger from the house of the as well as ritual dance, chanting, and dred people. During the training, until midnight. form a ceremony to request that he chamberlain who was the represen- music. He himself delighted in cre- it became apparent that his long- At about 4:15 a.m., Brazilian day- interrupt his meditation, Rinpoche's tative of the Derge government, and ative chaos — clouds of cement dust, standing heart condition had become light time, he suffered massive heart consciousness finally left his body. all the districts around suffered great splashes of brilliant paints, arrays of acute, and an appointment was failure while sitting up in bed. He Although this seemed regrettable, it loss because of this. Due to the bad exotic dharma substances, and the made with his cardiologist in Sao remained in meditation for five days, was then possible to handle the body feelings in the wake of these events, cacophony of construction noises. Paulo, an hour-and-a-half journey by during which his body maintained a according to Brazilian regulations. the following year when the gulor He liked to work in a long denim half- air. However, he insisted on delay- natural posture and showed no signs Chagdud Rinpoche taught people ceremonies were being performed chuba or in a pink tunic he had fash- ing the trip for a day so that he of deteriorating. Many could feel his all over the world how to train at the local monasteries, the monks ioned from a tablecloth, but because could continue the teachings, which presence as a wealth of indescrib- their minds and prepare for death. and laymen asone body killed all of he was apt to pick up an art project he did until 9:30 on the night before able blessings. His own mastery of this transition those who had fallen on them the at any time, his formal clothes were he passed away. He was not feeling On the morning of the sixth remains one of his most inspiring year before like Mongol hordes. The sometimes flecked with paint. very well but was warm and humor- day, just as Jigme Rinpoche and sev- teachings. ■ following year, the relatives of the slain people inflicted fargreater ret- ribution and harsher measures than the envoy had previously in the wake vicinity that really appealed to me. also became the spiritual friend who We went on a circumambulation of rect posture and began resting his of the original dispute. All families, In the spring of my sixteenth year freed me from entrapment in the the mountaintop, and the going was mind in equipoise, and I also began high and low, without regard for I was sent to the place where my life of a in samsara and very difficult, due to the north slope sitting in meditation posture and rec- status, were brought to ruin, and old father was imprisoned at Chode caused me to enter the door of Bud- being blocked with snow and ice. ognized my awareness as having a even my old father was thrown into Palace. There, during both the spring dhism. This sort of kindness is very One day, without having eaten any lucid quality involving no conceptu- prison. The suffering just went on and summer, I copied texts and difficult to repay. food, we were going in the after- alization — something I could expe- and on. The general situation being recited prayers. With a chant master This particular year, it was noon up a small valley leading to rience, but did not know how to so bad, with the heavy taxation and from Chamdo, who was a caster of reported that in Seng-ge Namdzong,' a col. We were very exhausted and talk about. I became so certain of confiscation, my old mother said, images, I studied the proportions for there was a concentration of spiri- stopped to rest in the shelter of a this that I did not have to discuss "You needn't stay even one more both drawn and cast images accord- tual energy, making it a holy place large boulder. The lama remarked, whether or not it was so. In this day. You should leave in the face of ing to the Menri tradition. For a brief where spiritual acts were one hun- "When you're extremely exhausted way, it occurred to me that discus- such bad circumstances, and go to time I also studied painting in a dred thousand times more powerful and fatigued due to hunger and thirst sion of the nature, or essence, of a monastery." She assured me that rough way. than elsewhere. And so Kunzang like this, if you rest your mind in the the mind, and techniques of focusing she would be able to get by some- So this old mother of mine, who Sang-ngak, a lama from the temple essence of this present moment of the mind, resting in a nonconceptual how. But at that point in time, there was initially and fundamentally kind of the protective deities, said to me, awareness, that's all there is to the state, and so forth were meaning- was no monastery in our immediate in giving birth to me in this body, "Let's also go on a pilgrimage there." nature of mind." 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SNOW LION 7 THE ROLE OF CORRECT VIEW The correct understanding comes IN LIBERATION from becoming familiar with the Continued from page 1 teachings. The Buddhist teachings are supposed to have four charac- our sense of superiority and pride. teristics, according to Mahayanaut- Venerable Traleg Kyabgon, That is why we need to have a proper taratantra: (1) the quality of leading orientation" the correct viewA when sentient beings to enlightenment; (2) we embark on the path. The correct the words that express the meaning Rinpoche, IX view is the transport that we need are devoid of any linguistic imperfec- to journey from the bondage of sam- tions; (3) the function to eliminate The Venerable Traleg Kyabgon, Rinpoche, Pres- ages and backgrounds. In 1984, Rinpoche inau- sara to the liberation of . mental afflictions; and (4) the pur- ident and Spiritual Director of E-Vam Bud- gurated the annual Buddhist Summer School and There is no separation between the pose of pacifying suffering of sen- dhist Institute located in , Australia and more recently the Buddhist and Psychology Confer- vehicle that transports us to our spir- tient beings. Any teachings that fail the Hudson Valley, New York, was recognized as ence, held every two years, Both of these programs itual destination and the views that to meet these requirements would the ninth incarnation of the Traleg line by His Holi- have developed into major national events in Aus- we hold in our minds. then be the cause of engendering ness the XVI Gyalwa Karmapa. The Traleg line can tralia and have hosted many well-known spiritual We should not think that medi- wrong views. be traced back to the time of Salton Shogam, also teachers, Western psychologists and thinkers. It is tation is all about discarding views Through familiarizing ourselves known as one of the Three Men of Kham, who is the Rinpoche's sincere wish that these colloquia pro- or that all views will restrict us with teachings that have these four originator of the Traleg history of incarnations and a mote and explore the rich and varied forms of Bud- from attaining our spiritual goal. For characteristics we develop a proper contemporary of the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa. dhism from all traditions and cultures. example, even if we have no inten- understanding that does not simply Born in 1955, Traleg Rinpoche was enthroned at the His first book, Essence of Buddhism, has been tion of becoming a Buddhist but remain on an abstract level. By study- age of two as the Supreme Abbott of Tra'gu Monas- well received and now in its second printing is want to practice meditation, this ing and becoming familiar with the tery in Tibet also being produced in various languages. Also indicates that we already think that teachings, we appropriate their con- Rinpoche regularly gives lectures and seminars published by Rinpoche, The Ordinary Mind, is a our lives are incomplete and that the tent into the continuum of our own worldwide on Buddhism and related topics, and has superb quarterly magazine produced in Australia, only way to find any kind of ultimate experience. In that way, the teach- become well known for his erudition, fluency in which reflects Rinpoche's activities and interest. fulfilment is through something spir- ings and our own inner experiences English, and background in Western psychology and For further information, contact the E-Vam Insti- itual. This kind of thinking requires become inseparable. This is why it comparative religion. He is especially respected for tute in Hudson, New York at (518) 672-6333 or visit a lot of conceptual categories, sche- is sometimes said that there are the his skill in working with people of diverse interests, our website at http://www.evam.org. ■ mas and various pre-existing beliefs. outer expressions of the teachings In other words, we do not have and the inner expressions of the to transcend all viewpoints to have teachings * the outer expressions meditative experiences. What we being teachings in written or spoken things, and our relationship to the our meditation practice from a Bud- spiritual necessity. experience in meditation may be form and the inner expressions being world in which we live. All of these dhist point of view. We cannot say, It is only after the content and the independent from the particular one.s own experiences. This is called things have to be taken into account "I'm doing meditation in a way that significance of the teachings have viewpoints that we hold, but those dang tog pa in Tibetan. The when we do meditation. Otherwise, world views do not matter." been assimilated into one.s mind- viewpoints can help to steer us teachings of the lung, which means our world-view will not be com- Buddhism has many stories about stream, so that there is no separation toward the appropriate meditative "the written and oral traditions," are prehensive, but fragmentary and as the utilitarian nature of the teach- between the teachings and oneself, experiences. What we are experienc- a result we will become confused ings. The Buddha said that the teach- that one no longer has a need for ing in and through meditation has to about life. ings are like a raft for crossing a conceptual tools. Up to that point, be made sense of. In order to acquire I We cannot do without As stated above, while we should river. Once you have reached the conceptual tools are completely nec- this understanding, we need to inter- ". the viewpoints related not regard Buddhism as the religion other shore, you do not need to carry essary, just as it is necessary to have that has the truth, while other reli- the raft anymore. There is also the a boat in order to cross a river. The pret the given experience and this * to our belief systems, interpretative act requires the appro- gions and spiritual traditions are story that suggests the teachings important point here is that these priate use of conceptual categories, « because it is only wrong, we have to realize that each are like a finger pointing to the moon, conceptual tools — the world views i.e., is it veridical or non-veridical, ; through them that religion is a competing world view where once you see the moon, you and belief systems — are our means etc. * we can make any and therefore unique unto itself. no longer need to rely on the finger of transport. Like with any kind of However, we have to embrace a par- any more. However, people misun- transport, one has already embarked It is very important to try to * sense of what we are understand meditative experiences ticular world view in order to func- derstand these metaphors when they on a journey as soon as one has by consulting the voluminous histor- » experiencing. tion properly in this world. This does perceive them to mean that people entered that vehicle. Similarly, as ical literature that describes them. not mean that we have to regard one should reject all belief systems. The soon as one has assimilated a cer- We are often told that meditation is contained in the Buddhist canon in world view as true and all the others point of both these stories is that tain kind of spiritual world view, as false, but we have to approach the boat and the finger are initially a about emptying the mind, that it is the form of the and . (Continued on page 9) our discursive thoughts that agitate The Buddha.s own direct discourses our minds ensuring that we remain are known as Ka, while the commen- % trapped in the world of appearances. tarial material on these discourses However, without making use of any are known as Tenchoe (the Tengyur kind of conceptual formulations, we contains the general commentarial TIBETAN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE cannot really attempt to have any texts, while the Tenchoe contains meditative experiences. We would commentaries strictly related to Ka). Invites You To Tog pa means "the inner understand- be unable to discern what sorts of LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAMAS! mind-states were conducive or detri- ing that develops from having appro- mental to meditative experiences. priated their content into our own Some meditative experiences may continuum of experience." 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BY HEATHER HARRICK branch monastery in Ithaca, NY, I know they had passed a small, free- These days cyber cafes line the know how vital our electronic cor- standing building that houses video two streets and the temple road of respondence with the main Namgyal and audio recordings of nearly all Mcleod Ganj, India. Just to check office in Dharamsala really is. the religious teachings of His Holi- email one has to wait: wait for Tibet- Situated on the edge of the moun- ness the Dalai Lama. A rapid tech- ans of all ages, all walks of life to tain next to the Dalai Lama's private nological advancement is happening stop "chatting," learning English and residence, Namgyal is the hub for right there, especially since Tenzin emailing their friends around the the religious activity and religious Dudul took over as coordinator of world. It was a wonder to me, as I sat tourists who come to Dharamsala. the center. The Audio-Visual Archive in the Green Cyber Cafe (formerly With world travelers, great teachers, Center at Namgyal Monastery has the Green Restaurant—less profit- movie stars and diplomats, Namgyal been in existence since the 1980's able, apparently, than a cyber site), monks have high-pressure jobs. and has been solely responsible for next to a young woman who was One hour in the main office on recording and cataloging all of the Instant Messaging, a balm for the a busy afternoon and I had a taste Dalai Lama's teachings. isolation of refugee life in India. of the stresses of office work at When Tenzin Dudul began his McLeod Ganj is "connected." Namgyal. Enter a middle-aged West- term in the A-V lab in 2000, he found Somehow the innocence and sim- ern man: "Just sit with me for one the tapes well organized, but he was plicity — the Shangri-la-ness — of an minute," he coaxes the Monastery plagued by their condition. Many of older McLeod Ganj has given way to Administrator. "If Tibet were free," the tapes had been damaged. Just as a busy, crowded town where Tibet- he asks "would you go back?" As gra- Namgyal Monastery is susceptible ans are shrewd, worldly and aware. cious as the most gracious Tibetan, to modern world trends, so it is Ven. Tenzin Dudul And I found a surprising shift in the he answers the man's questions. victim to the Indian climate. Every attitudes of many Tibetans: by and Next: train reservations are made for rainy season all of Dharamsala strug- large, Tibetans in Dharamsala are as 75 monks to travel to to gles with mold. Cloths, books, food to focus on other areas, eventually, ings available to everyone. jaded as New Yorkers. Coming and prepare for the upcoming Kalachakra and apparently even video tapes are besides his own teachings. "He said The Namgyal Monastery Audio going to Ari (America) is common- Initiation. The monks of Namgyal victim to the festering epidemic. he felt some regret that we hadn't Visual Archive Center is seeking place and democracy is a buzz-word. Monastery support His Holiness in Together with a group he met recorded the great scholars who donations from organizations and As one friend told me, "If I leave here all religious rituals. They provide the with His Holiness. To begin with, the have passed away. Seems like every- individuals interested in supporting to go abroad, I won't go to America. monks, the ritual art, the chanting, Dalai Lama critiqued Dudul's ama- one is interested in His Holiness's the project. A detailed grant proposal It's like, I've already done that." recitation and preparatory rituals. On teur recording skills: "When I was teachings but we must also give inter- is available from: namgyalmonastery And it was no surprise to me that a practical side, they organize hous- shooting for the first time, I was so est to ritual chanting So, he [His [email protected]. the monasteries of Dharamsala are ing, transportation, pocket money, nervous. When we had an interview Holiness] said, we should also focus For more information on Namg- as affected by the latest worldwide healthcare and food for all the attend- with His Holiness, he said to me, 'You on recording those types of things." yal Monastery and the Audio Visual trends as the lay Tibetan commu- ing monks. need some training; you were only The Namgyal Monastery Audio Archive Center, to read an interview nities. Cellular phones have been a Navigating the maze-like complex focusing the camera on me, and you Visual Center would like to raise US with Tenzin Dudul or to make a boon to everyone — even the monks. of Namgyal Monastery, tourists and need to move it around.' He men- $30,000 to build a secure storage donation to the project: visit As a board member at Namgyal's dharma seekers alike would never tioned that, but I haven't had any room, purchase computers, CD burn- www.namgyal.org and click on time for training". ers and a generator, and to hire more "Parent Monastery." The Dalai Lama directed Dudul to staff. The goal is to record and con- improve the quality of the recording vert to DVD all the teachings of His Heather Hayrick lives in Ithaca, program at Namgyal Monastery and Holiness and then to make the teach- NY.

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SNOW LION 9 MACHIK'S COMPLETE the Ten Thousand Verses right down demons' also applied to these devils, be demons that will cause problems. worldly superimpositions. Therefore, EXPLANATION to the Single Syllable . Extraor- or does it refer to something else?" Since the name "demon" is super- Chod practitioners don't exalt them Continued from page 1 dinary realizations about them arose "Listen, son. 'Gods and demons' imposed on them, they are called or fixate on them. [When practitio- in her , and she offered refers to those devils but can def- 'demons superimposed on observ- ners] rest in great equanimity, help Machik's Chod."—, author these realizations to the lama. He was initely refer to something else as able phenomena.' and harm are incapacitated and lib- of Dreaming Me extremely pleased and said, "Jomo well. There are six categories: (1) "Though these are held to be defi- erated in their own ground. Chod "A clear translation of a standard (great woman), you have completely gods and demons as designated by nite gods and demons in the customs practitioners who don't understand Tibetan handbook on the history, assimilated the extensive, middle, worldly people; (2) gods and demons of worldly people, in the tradition this and are embroiled by concepts practice, and theory of a striking and short versions of the prajna- by their essential mode of being; (3) of Chod those mere sights are not of mere sights as gods and demons meditation system that is unique to paramita and so have attained mas- gods and demons superimposed on believed to be gods or demons. In the are in violation of my dharma system Tibetan religion. The book provides tery over the . Even for me observable phenomena; (4) gods functional sense, the mere observ- and have discarded the purpose of much else besides, not the least of it would be difficult to comprehend and demons that are natural or able phenomena are not called gods Chod. Develop definite understand- which is an array of Tibetan cultural them to such a degree." coemergent; (5) gods and demons and demons. Those gods and demons ing of the meaning, son, and then conceptions about the body, soci- He presented her with a hat of of inevitable karmic forces; and of observable phenomena are just practice it! ■ ety, and divinity. The translation is maroon felt with lotus design appli- (6) the ultimate, absolute gods and complemented by a balanced intro- que' on the outside and lined with demons. duction aimed at lay students and white on the inside, shaped like a "In each of those categories there practitioners of meditation alike."— ten-petaled lotus flower, with five are so-called gods and so-called JANET GYATSO, author of Appari- even pieces of brocade in five colors demons. In the ultimate category, COMING IN APRIL! tions of the Self on the back, and to the left and right. the [distinction between] god and "An important contribution to an He also offered a complete set of the demon is definite, whereas in the understanding of Tibet's most inno- finest outer and underclothes, along former [categories] it is not definite; vative female saint, revealing her with a pair of small boots. Lama a god may be a demon or a demon a Music IN THE SKY vast diversity of teachings that place Drapa invited her to take her seat on god. Chod squarely in the mainstream of three stacked cushions spread with tantric Buddhist meditation. Hard- a new carpet, and then made his Gods and Demons The Life, Art and Teachings of ing's translation deftly reveals new request: "Please stay here for four Superimposed on Observable and rare biographical, anatomical, years and be my recitation lama." Phenomena THE SEVENTEENTH KARMAPA philosophic, and meditative lore Sitting there with focused eyes, "These are worldly beings, such as essential to understanding the tra- the celestial mentsun, that are some- Ogyen Trinle Dorje dition as a whole."—JUDITH SIM- I Lapdron said, "I, for what inclined to virtue and move the by Michele Martin MER-BROWN, professor at Naropa * one, am not going. spirit of ordinary women and men, University and author of Dakini's 400 pages, 70 photographs, I Sentient beings need inspiring them to report on all the Warm Breath profits and problems of the world. 2 maps and drawings, ISBN: "Sarah Harding's magnificent » help. If you wish to go, Also, when many paranormal things 1-55939-195-2, $18.95 paper translation of this key work of * then quickly become of different sorts occur, such as "A Buddha Busts Out" Machik Labkyi Dronma, Tibets' most I accomplished and go flowers and crops suddenly sprout- —NEWSWEEK; "Asian Hero" ing in the unseasonable wintry cold, famous yogini, opens up for Western * enjoy heaven. I will —TIME MAGAZINE; "900 Year-Old practitioners the startling world of or nonhumans practically displaying Teenager"— THE INDEPENDENT » meet you there when I their forms openly and making many Chod practice: severing the devil of "...a profoundly moving ego-fixation. This meditation manual I have finished my work predictions, or visible rainbows and story of one of Tibet's greatest figures, people say that it's spiritual explains how the rich symbology * for beings here." teachers. H.H. the Karmapa is of tantric yoga can be used in a powers, or it's sacred, or it's a god, or alive and very well in India, and disturbingly effective way to trans- it's glory. They superimpose [these she donned the headdress. She was shares with us his teachings, form one's life."—STEPHEN BATCH- ideas] and make it into a god. This resplendent, all covered in blue and poetry and spiritual insights in ELOR, author of Buddhism Without is called a superimposed god. In the this delightful book. Beliefs red silks down to her waist. The same manner, when out-of-season lama said, "When this Little Ponmo —RICHARD GERE Sarah Harding is the translator snakes and frogs and such appear (female leader) wears this small hat, in the wintertime, and many other of Creation and Completion. She she is beautiful," and henceforth all "The bright sun of tie Gyalwa Karmapa shines throughout teaches at . weird and frightening sights occur, this book and reveals the breadth of his teachings and the the people called her Jomo Little such as the appearance of unsea- Here are three short excerpts beauty of his poetry and art. Anyone wishing to know more Hat. sonable otters and large pir in from Machik's Complete Explana- about him and the ancient tradition of Buddhism he the summer eating a lot of crea- tion. Six Kinds of Gods and embodies would do well to read this book." tures, or fish flopping on the dry —KHENCHEN THRANGU RINPOCHE Demons land, and frightening, dreadful, ugly Life as a Recitation Chaplain "Machik-la," said Gangpa, "you have shapes appearing before the eyes At the age of sixteen, Lapdron and described the characteristics of those and many other strange and discon- her sister went before Lama Drapa. devils. 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A TIBETAN SNACK FROM THE LHASA MOON RESTAURANT

Here is a great snack or appetizer invented by our Tibetan author Tsering Wangmo.

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Trul Khor, the "Magical Wheel," is the physical yoga of the Tibetan tradition. This course follows the trul khor from the ancient Bon dzogchen text, The Oral Transmission of Zhang Zhung (Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyu). It is designed to balancethe vital winds (lung, or prana). A several part course will be offered at Serenity Ridge, about 30 minutes from Charlottesville, VA. The dates are: May 7-11, 2003; Novl2-16, 2003; and March 17-21, 2004. Contact Alejandro Chaoul- [email protected] ■

Pancakes with Bean Thread and Vegetable Filling W Ping Alia

Soak the noodles in enough hot water to cover Tsering invented this dish at the restaurant them as they swell, for 20-30 minutes. If you to satisfy the Western desire for appetizers, are using shitake, cut them in 15-inch thick which are rarely eaten in Tibet. The pan- slices. If you are using other mushrooms, slice AN APPEAL FOR THE PRECIOUS SEEDS OF TIBET cakes are inspired by spring rolls but are as thinly as possible. Children, nuns and monks continue to escape from Tibet by healthier as they use much less oil. Fry the onion till brown with the garlic, making a perilous journey across the Himalayas to seek freedom in Nepal and India. This recipe will make six pancakes, ginger, and salt. If you are using shitake, add Many arrive traumatized and destitute. Through a sponsorship of $3.50 to $30 a month, you can help save a life and preserve a culture. enough for six people as an appetizer or them now, stir-frying till they just wilt. Add the 100% of your contribution goes directly to their support. four as a light meal. You can omit the eggs cabbage and carrot, stir-frying till heated from the pancake batter if you wish, but in through but still quite crisp. 877-TIBET-AID vmnw.tibetaid.org that case you must let the batter sit over- If you are using other mushrooms, fry PROJECT night or it will be very difficult to handle. them separately from the rest of the filling with a little oil and salt until they are brown, and add them to the filling at the end. Drain the noodles and cut through the pile a few times with a scissors to make the lengths I think it is the best spiritually ATTER INGREDIENTS: more manageable. Toss the noodles with the 2z cups flournour rest of the filling. oriented magazine available! —Ingrid Saur, Bolton, Conn. 1 teaspoon baking powder Heat a nonstick omelet pan over medium 2 eggs heat. Brush the hot surface lightly with oil, and 2 cups water immediately pour in fc of the batter (\-\ cup). The first issue was so fascinating and Swirl the pan around to coat it with the batter. Mix all the ingredients well. Let the batter sit When the pancake is golden brown on the warming that I feel I had better not at least half an hour, and ideally overnight. bottom and covered with small holes on the FILLING INGREDIENTS: miss a single issue. top, flip it to finish cooking the other side. —Margaret 5., Newport News, Va. 1 bunch (2 oz.) bean thread noodles Spread \ of the filling in a line across the 'A lb. shitake or other mushrooms middle of each pancake and roll it up. You can '/2 onion, chopped serve them whole or slice them into bite-size It is the only publication of the many oil for frying pieces. Serve with the chili sauce called '/2 teaspoon garlic, chopped Sonam Penzom Sibeh, page 121, using the received over the last 30 years that I have V2 teaspoon fresh ginger, chopped version without yogurt. Vs teaspoon salt read every word o£ 2 cups cabbage, thinly sliced —John Sandahl, Carlsbad, Calif. 1 carrot, cut into slivers

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22 SNOW LION WINTER'03 NEWSLETTER TIBET ADVENTURES 2002-2004

Tibet has many of the greatest power places of our planet: monasteries where early Dalai Lamas trained, temples visited for centuries by pilgrims, caves where meditators achieved enlightenment, and towering mountains that serve as the abodes of mysterious spiritual energies.

join me on one of two adventures to Tibet this year (2002): (I) a trip to the sacred Mt. Kailash in Western Tibet, approx. 30 days in length, 20 of these involving tenting and tiirouHitmiirr

Otherwise, join me in June of 2003 on a vision quest to Central Tibet and the Sacred Oracle Lake. This will include several days of tenting by the Lake. I will also take my

■-••*l-.. standard Central Tibet trip in late October, as above.

TRIP LEADER: Glenn H. Mullin studied in the Himalayas for twelve years under many of the greatest living Tibetan masters. He has written some twenty books on Tibetan Buddhism, specializing on the lives and works of the early Dalai Lamas. He divides his time between writing, undertaking teaching tours, and leading pilgrimages to the power places of .

COSTS: Both the Mt. Kailash and Oracle Lake trips cost $4,200. plus US/Asia flights (usually an additional $l,350-$l,500). The standard Central Tibet costs $2,900 plus US/Asia flights. On previous trips we entered Tibet via Kathmandu, but due to political unrest in Nepal we will enter via Beijing, China, on our 2002-2004 schedules. To book or get more info, phone Dharma Passages, 770-907-3729. You can also visit either of my web sites (dharmatravel.com or dharmapassages.com).

Pkase note: I also offer my services as a consultant to other NEW RELEASE! groups wanting to visit Tibet, and occasionally contract to lead small private groups on exclusive Tibet trips. E-mail me for The Fourteen either of these: [email protected] Dalai Lamas A Sacred Legacy of Books by Glenn H. Mullin Reincarnation

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24 SNOW LION WINTER '03 NEWSLETTER NEWS Boycott China Campaign

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THE AVTOBIOQRAPHY OF MACHIK'S COMPLETE EXPLANATION JAMQON KONQTRUL Clarifying the Meaning of Chod trans. & ed. by Richard Barron (Chokyi trans. & ed. by Sarah Harding. 368 pp. A Tsadra Nyima). 544 pp. Foundation Series textbook. A Tsadra Foundation Series textbook. #AUJA #MACOEX $29.95 cloth $34.95 cloth —Available in March —Available in February Machik's Compete Explanation is the most famous Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899) was one book of the teachings of Machik Labdrbn, the great of the most influential figures and prolific writers in female saint and yogini of ll-12th century Tibet, now the Tibetan Buddhist world. He was a founder and the finally translated in its entirety into English. Machik single most important proponent of the nonsectarian developed a system, the Mahamudra Chbd, that takes movement that flourished in eastern Tibet and remains the Buddha's teachings as a basis and applies them to popular today. Two additional texts discuss his previous the immediate experiences of negative mind states and lives and recount Kongtrul's final days. malignant forces. Machik's unique feminine approach is to invoke and nurture the very "demons" that we fear "Filled with insight into the human heart. and hate, transforming those reactive emotions into It stands out as a superb example of a genuinely love. It is the tantric version of developing compassion unbiased approach to spirituality, which is of particular and fearlessness, a radical method of cutting through relevance to our modern world."—THE DZOGCHEN ego-fixation. PONLOP RlNPOCHE "Sarah Harding s masterful translation is a real gift to "Reading the autobiography of this supreme master gives us an understanding of the truly students of Chod and this extraordinary woman teacher. It provides much new material including wondrous deeds that bodhisattvas perform, filling our minds with awe and our hearts with intimate question and answer sessions between Machik and her disciples. The translation has faith. It inspires us to actualize our own inherent potential that allows the qualities of the such a fresh living quality you almost feel you are receiving teachings directly from bodhisattvas to manifest within ourselves. This book is a priceless treasure to be studied Machik Lapdron herself."—TSULTRIM AIX10NE, author of Women of Wisdom and founder of and revered."—KHENPO TSULTRIM GYAMTSO RINPOCHE the Tara Mandala Retreat Center "TO glimpse the origins of Buddhism in Tibet, we must read accounts of the lives of such "In this remarkable work Sarah Harding has combined her well-honed translation skills masters as Milarepa and Guru Rinpoche. To survey Tibetan Buddhism at its fullest flowering with her own practice experience to give us the most complete, detailed, lucid, and many centuries later, we must read this book, the autobiography of the lama who gave well-contextualized study to date of the meaning and practice of Machik's Chod."—JAN Tibetan Buddhism its definitive form. Richard Barron, brilliant translator of some of the WILLIS, author of Dreaming Me most important Buddhist texts to appear in English, again offers us a meticulous translation of a crucial, challenging work. This book is a must-read for any person committed to the "A clear translation of a standard Tibetan handbook on the history, practice, and theory of a Tibetan Buddhist path of reflection and meditation."—NGAWANG ZANGPO, author of Sacred striking meditation system that is unique to Tibetan religion. The book provides much else besides, Ground and Guru Rinpoche not the least of which is an array of Tibetan cultural conceptions about the body, society, and divinity. The translation is complemented by a balanced introduction aimed at lay students and »#*»**# *»#*»#«»»#*##* >**•*••••• • * • • • practitioners of meditation alike."— JANET GYATSO, author of Apparitions of the Self "An important contribution to an understanding of Tibet's most innovative female saint, revealing her vast diversity of teachings that place Chod squarely in the mainstream of tantric Also in the Tsadra Foundation Series Buddhist meditation. Harding's translation deftly reveals new and rare biographical, anatomical, philosophic, and meditative lore essential to understanding the tradition as a whole."—JUDITH GURU RINPOCHE: His Life and Times SIMMER-BROWN, professor at Naropa University and author of Dakini's Warm Breath by Ngawang Zangpo. 216 pp., 6 x 9", cloth, A Tsadra Foundation Series "Sarah Harding's magnificent translation of this key work of Machik Labkyi Dromna, Book. #GURIHI $29.95 Tibets' most famous yogini, opens up for Western practitioners the startling world of Chod practice: severing the devil of ego-fixation. This meditation manual explains how the rich "The presence of Guru Rinpoche, a figure so important to Tibetan symbology of tantric yoga can be used in a disturbingly effective way to transform one's Buddhists he is called simply 'The Precious Master', can be felt still in life."—STEPHEN BATCHELOR, author of Buddhism Without Beliefs each of these liberating stories translated here. Read side-by-side, they reveal an even wider picture, deftly highlighted by Ngawang Zangpo's SARAH HARDING is the translator of Creation and Completion. She teaches at Naropa University. introduction, of how history and culture interact with the inner spirituality that is beyond time and place."—SARAH HARDING, author of Creation and Completion

SACRED GROUND: Jamgon Kongtrul on Pilgrimage and Sacred Geography by Ngawang Zangpo for The Tsadra Foundation. 256 pp., 14 b&w photos, cloth. #SAGR $24.95 "Sacred Ground is a revelation! Here for the first time in any Western language are several key ideas: the exact way outer sacred lands relate to points in the tantric body and the parallel terminology between the types of sacred ground and the stages of attainment. Ngawang is precise and to the point."—HUBERT DECLEER, Director of the Tibetan Studies Program of the School for International Training, and author of Lightning Terror

THE WHEEL OF TIME SAND MANDALA Visual Scripture of Tibetan Buddhism by Barry Bryant, in cooperation with Namgyal Monastery. 268 pp., 8x8", 36 color, 199 b&w photos, 30 line drawings. JWHTISA $24.95 —Available in March A stunning visual introduction to the artistic and spiritual heart of Tibetan Buddhism. According to the monks who create it, the Kalachakra Sand Mandala; also known as the Wheel of Time, imparts peace.and healing to all beings and to the planet. Remarkable not only for its stunning beauty but also for the intricate process of its construction—a delicate sifting of colored sands into elaborate patterns and symbols rich inmeaning—the mandalaserves as a visual scripture and vital key to understanding the essential teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, This lavishly illustrated volume captures each stage of the mandate's construction, the serene joy and painstaking discipline of the monks, and the fascinating history behind its symbolism. The late Barry Bryant was artistic director of Samaya Foundation in New York City, THE ROBBER CHIEF "...a self-contained lay-person's introduction to the entire Tibetan Buddhist A Story of Vengence tradiUon that takes as its starting point the visual window offered by the Kalachakra and Compassion mandala"—TRICYCLE MAGAZINE "This book brings a crys- byW.W. Rowe, IUus. by Chris Banigan. 48 tal clarity to one of the most pages, 19 illus. #ROCH $12.95 cloth profound rituals of Tibetan —Available in February Buddhism Barry Bryant has This exciting tale demonstrates the pitfalls of produced a gorgeous, pow- anger and revenge. Wronged by a greedy jeweler, erful, and thorough guide the giant Mu becomes a robber chief. Unexpected to everything about the twists reveal the mysterious workings of karma Kalachakra, from the tech- A missing purse, a golden crown, a secret cave, nical details of the man- displays of great compassion. The story movingly dala's architecture to the shows that the true happiness of any one person deep spiritual meanings it is interrelated with the happiness of others. Chris embodies."—DANIEL GOLE- Banigan's magical illustrations boldly enliven the MAN, author of Emotional narration. For ages 6 and up. Intelligence W.W. ROWE is the author of The Buddha's Question and A Dog's Tooth.

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THE BUDDHISM OF TIBET by H.H. the Dalai Lama trans. & ed. by Jeffrey Hopkins THE GREAT TREATISE on the 219 pp. #BUTIN $15.95 STAGES OF THE PATH Unlike most books by the Dalai Lama which are edited compilations TO ENLIGHTENMENT of talks that he has given, this book consists of two texts that he himself wrote and two that he chose—all especially aimed at helping Western readers become better grounded in Buddhism. He wrote The Buddhism of Tibet and The Key to the Middle Way sections to explain the principle topics and central practices of Buddhism. He chose The Precious Garland by Nagarjuna and The Song of the Four Mindfulnesses by WMA$fE2h 'ilifff^ji't*.,: the Seventh Dalai Lama.for their treatment of the bodhisattva path, the necessity of developing positive karma, and for their explanation of TIBET of emptiness and tantra. THE DAI.AI LAMA "The perfect book for someone seeking a first book on Tibetan Buddhism."—QUEST MAGAZINE His Holiness lives in India and Jeffrey Hopkins lives in Charlottesville, VA. They have each authored numerous books.

**«♦««. «♦«♦«■ ««««•< « « « « • THE QREAT TREATISE ON THE STAQES OF "Thrangu Rinpoche distills the wisdom of India in an intimate, personal instruction, THE PATH TO ENLIQHTENMENT: as true for the contemporary western practitioner as it was in eighth century Tibet. The Lamrirn Chenmo This text is a must for every serious Buddhist meditator."

—JUDITH SIMMER-BROWN, Professor of Buddhist Studies, Naropa University by Tsong-kha-pa, translated by the Lamririt Chenino Translation Committee. 435 pp. Volume 3, #GRTR3 $39.95 cloth New and available ESSENTIAL PRACTICE Volume 2, #GRTR2 $29 95 cloth Available November 2003 Volume 1, #GRTR $29.95 cloth Aailable now by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche trans. & intro. by Jules Levinson This much anticipated third volume (the full set is three vol.) 216 pp. #ESPR $15.95 contains a presentation.of the two most important topics to be "The great Indian master Kamalashila's Stages of Meditation in the found in the Great Treatise: meditative serenity (shamatha) and Middle Way School opens the door of philosophy and practice to supramundane insight into the nature of reality (vipasyana). meditators at all levels. With brevity and clarity, it covers all the main The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment topics one needs to know from developing compassion, through numerous (Lam rim dim ) is one of the brightest jewels in the world's methods of meditation, to the ultimate realization of full awakening. treasury of sacred literature. The author, Tsong-kha-pa (1357-1419),' Khenchen Thrangu Rinpche has an unique ability to bring forth the central completed thismasterpiece in ,1402 and it soon became one of the issues of a text and make them available to a contemporary audience. most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the This text will certainly bring great benefit to all those who encounter it." world of Tibetan Buddhism. Tsong-kha-pa took great pains to base —THE SEVENTEENTH GYALWANG KARMAPA OGYEN TRINLE DORJE his incisive insights on the classical Indian Buddhist literature, illustrating his points with classical citations as well as with sayings "Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche makes these profound teachings of the masters of the earlier Kadampa tradition. In this way the text readily accessible to Western students. I encourage all those interested demonstrates clearly how Tibetan Buddhism carefully preserved in beginning or deepening their practice to read this book."—KHENPO and developed the Indian Buddhist traditions/Volume 2 will be TSULTRIM GYAMTSO RINPOCHE available in November 2003. Essential Practice is an accessible and authoritative portrait of a Tsong-kha-pa's text has continued to be essential for any student bodhisattva's view, meditation, and conduct by one of the foremost masters of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan of Buddhist thought who wants to put the teachings into practice. Buddhism and the tutor of H.H. the Seventeenth Karmapa. Because it condenses all tfie exoteric surra scriptures into a meditatii >n Teaching on Kamalashila's treatises outlining the stages of meditation, Thrangu Rinpoche explains the manual that is easy to understand, scholars and practitioners have for need for compassion and the way to develop it, the necessity for a bodhisattva's vast and durable altruism, centuries relied on its authoritative presentation as a gateway leading as well as the means to generate, stabilize, and fortify it, and the elements key to the meditative practices to full understanding of the Buddha's teachings. of calm abiding and insight. "Of the many works of the Tibetan master Tsong-kha-pa, none An engaging element of Essential Practice is the lively interaction of Thrangu Rinpoche with students and compare in terms of popularity and breadth of influence with his members of the faculty of Naropa University as he unfolds the text for them. With exceptional generosity, Thrangu GreatTreatiseon the,Stages of the Path toEriMghtmment (Lamrim Rinpoche took delight in fielding basic and knotty questions that were put to him by relative newcomers and Chetmo), which has been treasured by practitioners and scholars relatively seasoned practitioner/scholars. alike for centuries. What distinguishes it as one of the principal texts This record of a masterful teacher's instructions will help students old and new to determine what is essential to of Mahayana Buddhism is its scope and clarity. It expounds the entire the practice of Buddhism and thereby bring the Buddha's teachings into their own experience. path from the way one should rely on a spiritual teacher, which, is the very root, right up to the attainment of Buddhahood, which is the «***#«♦. ♦****< ♦**♦»■ ****** final fruit The various stages of the path are presented so clearly and systematically that they can be easily understood'and are inspiring. to put into practice."—IIJL THE DALAI LAMA "With humor, warmth, and wisdom, Gyatrul Rinpoche "One of the greatest religious or secular works in the opens these vital and much revered texts to library of our human heritage^—PROF. ROBERT A.F. THURMAN, a new generation of Buddhist practitioners." 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Madhyamaka Insight Meditation by Longchen Rabjam -. -7 intro. & trans, by Tulku Thondup by Gen Lamrimpa, trans, by B. Alan Wallace. 488 pp., A Snow Lion Classic REALIZING 136 pp., #REEM $14.95 #PRDZC $34.95 cloth THE This book offers experiential and analytical approaches "This is one of the most significant works PRACTICE I EMPTINESS to this most important and difficult topic in Buddhism. on Tibetan Buddhism to be published in recent OF "Not quite 'emptiness made easy' (an impossibility) but it years, treating with grace, beauty and depth is at least 'emptiness made comprehensible'."—DHARMA a most important subject. This is undoubt- ; DZOGCHEN LIFE edly one of the most comprehensive "Written by an genunine Buddhist master, Realizing works on the Nyingma to appear in Emptiness gives us accurate directions to explore the English."—GLENN H. MULLIN, Tibetan nature of reality. By refuting inherent existence and Review establishing illusion-like conventionalities, we can come to "An invaluable guide for those who the correct view of the Middle Way."— seriously wish to experience the true nature "An important commentary clarifying the Madhyamika of the mind."—PARABOLA MAGAZINE view and synthesizing venerated scriptural references "Authoritative, comprehensive and enhancing understanding of the view of emptiness. Ven. clear. This book fills a major gap."— GEN LAMRIMPA Gen Lamrimpa's elucidation reflects his remarkable MATTHEW KAPSTEIN, University of Chicago practice and life."—TENZIN KACHO, resident teacher Longchen Rabjam (1308-1363) is the most of Thubten Shedrup Ling and Buddhist Chaplain, U.S. Air celebrated writer and adept of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. His excellent Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado writings on the view, meditation and the result in Dzogchen, and in the sutras and During a long retreat on the West Coast, Gen Lamrimpa drew on his theoretical training as well tantras make up the core of this book. as his years of solitary meditative experience to show students how they can gain realization of In his masterful introduction to the body of this work, Tulku Thondup covers ultimate reality. He explains in a practical and down-to-earth fashion how to analyze experience the three outer and inner tantras, the three division of Atiyoga, Dzogchen and the to fathom how it has been misperceived and misunderstood because of our many delusions, and other yanas and traditions, and last but not least, excerpts from the exemplary how to use Madhyamaka reasoning to experience how all things only exist as dependently related lives of teachers (including Longchen Rabjam) to illustrate the ways of training events rather than in themselves. in Dzogchen. Gen Lamrimpa was born in Tibet in 1934 and lives in Dharamsala, India. He has also authored Tulku Thondup Rinpoche is the author of The Healing Power of Mind (with Daniel Calming the Mind. B. Alan Wallace lives in Santa Barbara, CA and is the author of many books. Goleman) and Boundless Healing, and lives in Cambridge, MA.

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L TIBET, PAST AND PRESENT: PA HISTORIES: MEDIEVAL TIBETO- TIBET, SELF, AND THE THE MANY CANONS OF Tibetan Studies 1 Visions of People, Place and BURMAN LANGUAGES TIBETAN DIASPORA: Voices TIBETAN BUDDHISM ed. by Henk Blezer. 528 pp., 32 Authority ed. By Christopher I. Beckwith. of Difference ed. by Helmut Eimer & David illus., cloth. #TIPAPR $69.00 ed. by Lawrence Epstein. 174 pp.. 190 pp., cloth. #METI $55.00 ed. by P. Christiaan Klieger. 256 Germano. 376 pp., cloth. This is the first of three volumes #KHHI $55.00 This book on the pre-modern pp., 8 illus, cloth. #TISETI $59.00 #MACATI $80.00 of general proceedings of the Ninth An indispensable introduction to Tibeto-Burman languages (being the The ten papers presented in this Vol. 10 of the Ninth Seminar of the Seminar of the International Associa- local history of the Khams region of 6th volume of the Proceedings of the book (vol. 8 of the Proceedings of International Association of Tibetan tion of Tibetan Studies. It presents Eastern Tibet (with due attention Ninth Seminar of the International the Ninth Seminar of the Interna- Studies includes scholarship on the a careful selection of scholarly and for contemporary thinking about Association of Tibetan Studies) repre- tional Association of Tibetan Stud- mainstream Tibetan canons of trans- academic articles on Tibetan his- frontier regions), this 4th volume of sents a movement to establish a field of ies) provide examples of the colorful lated Buddhist classics known as the tory, which includes contemporary the Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar Tibeto-Burman comparative-historical and lively range of Tibetan self- Bka'gyur & Bstan'gyur. Included are developments as well as a compact, of the International Association linguistics according to the classical expressions that exist within the important works of reference, such as but significant, linguistic section. of Tibetan Studies, contains seven Indo-European model. Glossaries of modern homeland and in exile. The a Bka'gdams pa handbook and several One of the 25 contributions is in papers on Khams pa local history, several early Tibeto-Burman languages scholars here represent the fields unique catalogues, and features a first French. representing politics, and agency and are included. It provides information of anthropology, sociology, literary report of Tibetan textual transmis- their historiographical representa- on early Tibeto-Burman literary lan- studies, history, and political science. sion in Mongolia. Also, this volume tions on the Khams frontiers. guages as well as their relationship to The mass representation of Tibetan presents an interpretative analysis Chinese and other languages. identity, delivered through various of the alternative canon of literature Religion and literary vehicles, by linguistic com- of the Rnying ma tantric traditions known as the Rnying ma rgyud 'bum Secular Culture AmdoTibetans petence, body decoration, landscape, or individual deportment, constitutes and discusses issues of legitimacy, in Tibet in Transition and the basic theme of this collection. authority and lineage during the period of the tenth to twelfth centuries Tibetan Patronage which laid the foundation for the formation of all Tibetan canons over Territory and Identity the ensuring centuries. wjibei'and the Himalayas Unearthing II"'I3 H H*W ttrrtft Bon Treasures AND CtM> YSVTU* !.««*<.'* i

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Curved Knife 24.00 Tibetan Ornaments BDC9 Face of White Tara WDC30 Vajrayogini (Naro Khachoma) KADLPH 17th Karmapa w/ Endless Knots 44.00 -Knot Ball 7.00 BDC10 Vajrasattva WDC31 Buddha Shakyamuni Dalai Lama 6.00 Mandala 26.00 - Mani Ball 7.00 BDC11 Padmasambhava WDC32 Vajrasattva KAPH2 17th Karmapa (smiling) 6.00 Purbhas 24.00 - Wheel Ball 7.00 BDC 12 Vajra Varahi WDC33 Avalokitesvara (Four-Arm) FIVE ELEMENTS MEDITATION Snow Lions 12.00 - Dorje Ball 7.00 BDC 13 WDC34 Amitabha CARDS (6 pack) 15.95 Tibetan Panel Coat Pattern 16.95 BDC14 6-Arm Mahakala WDC35 Vaishravana Fancy Eternal Knot Earrings LOSAR GREETING CARD Tibetan Picture Frame 15.00 BDC 15 Rahula WDC36 Vajrapani (10 pack) 12.50 Matted Silver w/turquoise bead 20.00 Tibetan Wallet 9.00 BDC16Vajrakila WDC37 Kinkara Skeleton Couple Gold w/red carnelian bead 20.00 TIBETAN GREETING CARD Tibetan Windchimes 50.00 BDC17 Shakyamuni w/peacefur& WDC38 Tara Mantra (10 pack) 12.50 Silver Pendants Tibetan Wool Scarf 20.00 wrathful deities WDC39 Mandala Guhasamaja MEBUCA Medicine Buddha 7.50 Bell w/Dorjee 10.00 Wheel of Time Mind BDC18Vajradhara WDC40 Chakrasamvara EIMEBU Eight Medicine Buddhas 7.50 Buddha 12.00 Mandala button 3.00 BDC19 Face of Avalokiteshvara WDC41 Transformative Art Notecard Chenrezig 12.00 Wheel of Time Mind BDC20 Medicine Buddha WDC42 Avalokiteshvara (1000-Arm) Set II (6 pack) 12.00 Curved Knife 8.00 Mandala magnet 3.00 BDC22 Padmapani WDC43 Vajradhara w/consort Green Tara Bookmark GRTABO 2.00 Dorje Pendant 8.00 BDC24 Face of Vajrasattva WDC44 Stupa of Enlightenment Buddha Eyes Bookmark BUEYBO 2.00 Double Dorje 16.00 CARDS and consort WDC45 Kalarupa SNOW LION DEITY CARDS $1 ea. Buddha Eyes Notecard BUEYNO 2.00 Endless Knot w/circle 28.00 BDC50 Sarasvati ANDY WEBER THANGKA CARDS HHPR H.H. Penor Rinpoche 1.50 Endless Knot w/o circle 28.00 DC1 Shakyamuni Buddha BDC51 Amitabha Buddha DC2 Avalokiteshvar (Chenrezig) $lea. Guru Rinpoche GURI 1.50 Mahakala Silver 15.00 BDC52 Amitayus WDC46 Heruka Vajrasattva Tibetan Buddhist Paintings Mandala 26.00 DC3 Manjushri (Jampal-yang) BDC53 Red Tara DC4 Green Tara (Drol-jang) WDC47 Mahakala Notecards 14.95 Mani Gau 25.00 BDC54 WDC48 Amitayus WHTACA White Tara Long Mani Mantra 45.00 DC5 White Tara (Drol-kar) BDC56 Red Chenrezig DC6 Vajrasattva (Dorje-sempa) WDC49 Guhyasamaja Life card 1.00 Om Mani Padme Hung 9.95 (Gyalwa Gyamtso) WDC57 Om Silver Turquoise 30.00 DC8 Samantabhadra (Kuntuzangpo) BDC57FaceofHeruka SAND MANDALA CARDS DC9 Padmasambhava WDC58 Maitreya NACA2 A Monk from Namgyal Padmasambhava 12.00 Chakrasamvara WDC59UshnishaVn'aya (drum) 25.00 (Guru Rinpoche) BDC58 Ganapati (Buddhist Monastery Creating a DC 10 Vajrakilya (Dorje Phurba) WDC60 Vajradharma Kalachakra Sand Mandala 1.00 Prayer Wheel (hand style) 25.00 Ganesha, 6 x 7") $2 WDC61 Wheel of Life Precious Stone Mandala 30.00 DC 11 Vajrayogini (Dorje Phagmo BDC63 Offering Goddess NACA1 Monks from Namgyal Naro Khachoma) WDC62 Yamantaka Monastery Creating a Tara 12.00 BDC64 Citipati WDC63 Eight Medicine Buddhas Tibetan Ah 16.00 DC12 Vajrayogini (Dorje Phagmo) BDC65 Padmasambhava w/8 Vajrabhairava Sand Mandala 1.00 Tibetan Om 10.00 DC 13 Vajrakilaya (Black Thangka Dorje Manifestations GARUDA POSTCARDS $1 ea. KASAC Kalachakra Sand Mandala Tibetan Hung 10.00 Phurba) BDC66 Green Tara GAC101 Buddha Shakyamuni w/ postcard 1.00 Large Tibetan Om 32.00 DC 14 Yamantaka Vajrabhairava BDC67 Paldan Lhamo Tab-Yum Shariputra & MEBUMA Medicine Buddha (Dorje Jigje) BDC68 Kurukulla GAC102 Gelugpa Guru Tree Mandala 1.00 Deities, Lamas, and Mantras Pendants DC15 Machig Labdron GAC105 Avalokitesvara WHCOSA Wheel of Compassion $8 each BDC69 Khroma Nagmo BDC70 Hevajra GAC106 Amitabha in Dewachen Sand Mandala notecard 2.00 Amitabha w/ Mantra CLOSEOUTSALE! GAC107 Padmasambhava WHTICA Wheel of Time Sand Chakrasamvara w/ Four-Armed BDC71 SNOW LION TIBET CARDS $.75 ea, BDC72 Machig Labdron GAC108 The 35 Buddhas Mandala notecard 2.00 Mahakala NOW$.25ea.! GAC109 White Tara WHTIFI Wheel of Time Fire Chenrezig w/ Mantra BDC73 Mahasiddha Ghantapa IMAGES OF TIBETAN CULTURE BDC74 Mahasiddha Udhilipa GAC110 Green Tara Offering Sand Mandala Chenrezig w/ Green Tara CUCA1 Statue GAC111 Jambhala notecard, 5 x 7" 2.00 Dalai Lama w/ Chenrezig BDC75 Mahasiddha Carbaripa CUCA6 Monastery Courtyard BDC76 Long Life Trinity GAC113Vairocana WHTIMI Wheel of Time Mind Dudjom Rinpoche w/ Mantra CUCA7 Landscape Sunset GAC114Simhavaktra Mandala notecard 2.00 w/ Mantra BDC77 White Lokeshvara CUCA9 Longlife Offering BDC78 Milarepa GAC115 White Mahakala Tibetan Astrological Green Tara w/ Mantra CUCA11 Tibetan Pilgrim GAC116 Vajrapani Guru Rinpoche w/ Dorje Phurba BDC79 Nyingma Assembly Tree Talisman Cards 3.00 CUCA12 Masked Dancer BDC80 White Khecari GAC117 Machig Labdron SPIRIT OF TIBET Notecards 23.40 Guru Rinpoche w/ Mantra CUCA13 Tibetan Man & Child GAC118 Peaceful Bardo Deities Jambhala w/ Mantra BDC81 Vajrasattva THANGKAS Postcard Book 9.95 CUCA16 Potala Palace BDC82 Yamantaka GAC119 Wrathful Bardo Deities Karmapa (16) w/ Marpa CUCA17 Young Tibetan Monk GAC120 Tsongkapa on Lion POSTERS 16th Karmapa w/ 17th Karmapa BDC83 Paldan Lhamo CUCA18 Potala from Back Side BDC84 Maitreya Buddha GAC121 Cakrasamvara H.H. the XTV Dalai Lama, Tenzin Manjushri w/ Mantra CUCA19 White Masked Dancer GAC124 Yamantaka Gyatso (Fine Art Print)Kalachakra Medicine Buddha w/ Mantra BDC85 Syllables of the CUCA21 RedMasked Dancer Kalachakra Mantra GAC126 Ushnishavuujaya Initiation, Bodhgaya, India 15.00 w/ Mantra CUCA26 Tibetan Thangka Painter GAC127 White Tara Mandala H.H. the XTV Dalai Lama, Tenzin Samantabhadra/Consort w/ Guru CUCA27 Tibetan Mask LARGE GREEN TARA CARDS GAC128 Depiction of Universe Gyatso (Color Poster) 10.00 Rinpoche/Consort CUCA29 Tibetan Ngakpa from Robert Beer $2 ea GAC130 Vajrasattva w/Consort H.H. the Dalai Lama w/ Mantra CUCA30 Woman with Dog These cards are approx. 5.5 x 7". GAC132 1st Karmapa (yellow robe) 15x22" 10.00 Six-Armed Mahakala (blue) w/ Mantra CUCA31 High Lamas at Kalachakra BDC60 Standing Green Tara GAC136 Manjushri The Dalai Lama 4.50 Vajrasattva w/ Mantra CUCA34 Jokhang Temple BDC61 Green Tara GAC139 Vajrayogini Eight Auspicious Symbols White Mahakala w/ Mantra CUCA35 Jokhang Rooftop BDC62 Khadiravani Tara GAC142 Green Tara & 21 Taras Fine Print 20.00 White Tara w/ Mantra CUCA37 Young Monk on Roof ROBERT BEER NOTECARDS GAC 143 Buddha Shakyamuni w/ Eight Verses for Training Pins & Misc. CUCA39 Potala Rooftop $1.25 ea with envelope. 16 the Mind Print 8.95 Kalachakra Mantra: The Power of Ten CUCA40 Tashilunpo Monastery BEGADO Garab Dorje GAC148 Mandala with Illustrated Map of Tibet 15.00 -Power of Ten Small Pin 8.00 CUCA41 Rebuilding of Ganden BEMANO Marpa Simhanada-Avalokitesvara Jowo Shakyamuni Buddha 9.00 - Power of Ten Large Pin 9.00 CUCA42 Monks of Nechung BEMINO Milarepa GAC149 Sitatapatra Kalachakra Sand Mandala 18.00 H.H. the 17th Karmapa Pin 8.00 CUCA43 BEPANO Padmasambhava GAC150 Amitayus Lhasa Mandala 5.00 Eternal Knot Pin 30.00 CUCA44 Mandala Offering BESAGR Samantabhadra GAC151 Domtonpa Medicine Buddha 7.50 Eternal Knot Key Chain 28.00 CUCA46 ChortenofGyantse BEYETS YesheTsogyal GAC152 Tapiriza Potala Palace 9.00 CUCA47 Sakya Monastery GAC 153 Dorje Legpa The Refuge Prayer 14.00 Rings REHO CARDS $ lea CUCA48 Milarepa's Cave BDC30 H.H. the Dalai Lama GAC154 Garuda Refuge Tree Lineages Om Mani Padme Hum (silver) 17.00 CUCA49 GAC155 Medicine Buddha -Kagyu Lineage (19x28") 25.00 Silver Non-Pierced Ring 3.00 BDC32 Wheel of Life CUCA50 Monastery BDC33 Lotus PoolBodh Gaya GAC158 Vajrakilaya Mandala -Kagyu Lineage (11.5x16.5") - 11.00 MANTRA RINGS, sizes 6-10 CUCA51 BDC34 Rock PaintingsLhasa GAC159 Eleven-headed -Sakya Lineage (11.5x16.5") 11.00 Mani Mantra, 4.5 mm wide 59.95 CUCA54 Woman with Headdress BDC35 Padmasambhavain Jokhang Avalokitesvara Sand Mandala of Vajrabhairava 5.00 Mani Mantra, 9 mm wide 75.00 CUCA55 BDC36 Maitreyain Potala GAC161 Kunsang Gyalwa Dupa Spirit of Tibet 10.00 Vajra Guru Mantra, 4.5 mm. wide 75.00 CUCA56 Woman Chanting BDC37 Potala Palace GAC162 Tsewang Gyagarma Vajradhara 15.00 Vajra Guru Mantra, 9 mm. wide 75.00 CUCA62 Ceremonial Tent BDC38 H.H. the Dalai Lama wearing GAC163 Padmasambhava as Vajrayogini Mandala 65.00 Gaus CUCA63 Monks Debating 5 Buddha crown at Kalachakra Medicine Buddha Wheel of Compassion Gau Gold Plated 169.00 CUCA64 Potala Stairs BDC39 Dragon and Tiger THANGKA ALTAR CARDS from Naljor Sand Mandala 18.00 Gau with Coral & Turquoise 75.00 CUCA65 View from Jokhang Roof BDC40 Wishfulfilling Tree Creations, $7.95 ea. Wheel of Compassion Round Gau with BDC41 Eight Auspicious Symbols TACAV Avalokiteshvara (Expained) Sand Mandala 18.00 Turquiose & Coral 75.00 CLOSEOUT SALE! BDC42 Lotus TACWH White Tara Wheel of Life 15.00 IMAGES OF LOST TIBET $.75 ea., NOW Wheel of Life w/explanation 20.00 Gau Large Copper 18.00 MANTRA CARDS painted by Andy TACGR Green Tara Gau Round Double Dorjee 28.00 $.25 ea. TACVA Vajrasattva w/Consort IMTI2 Monks Sounding Trumpets Weber, $1 ea. ILLUMINATED FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS Protection gau w/cord 12.00 WDC50 Avalokitesvara TACSH Shakyamuni Buddha FINE ART PRINT Lhasa Gau Square 45.00 IMTI3 Tibetan Nomad Tent TACPA Padmasambhava IMTI4 Norbu Linga & 13th WDC51 Amitayus SILFOPR, 8.5x11" 9.95 Lhasa Gau w/Coral or WDC52 Green Tara TACME Medicine Buddha #ILFOPS, 5 x 7" 3.95 Turquoise 1.5" 32.00 Dalai Lama TACMA Manjushri IMTI5 Officials During Losar WDC53 Manjushri Coral Stone Gau 30.00 WDC54 Medicine Buddha DEITY NOTECARDS FROM KTD. ILUMININATED REFUGE PRAYER Turquoise Stone Gau 30.00 IMTT7 Potala During Losar FINE ART PRINT IMTI8 Tantric Meditator WDC55 Sakyamuni 5 x 7", $2.75 ea. Double-Dorje Jewelry by NOCH Chenrezig #ILREPR, 8.5X11" 9.95 IMTI9 Tibetan Men & Horses CARDS FROM ANDY WEBER $1 ea. #ILREPS, 5 X 7" 3.95 Lauren Cottrell Designs IMTI11 Wife of Tibetan Governor WDC1 Long Life Thangka NOBUSH Buddha Shakyamuni 24k Gold Double Dorje Earrings w/18k WDC2 Four Friends NOMEBU Medicine Buddha DEITY POSTERS FROM ROBERT wire hooks 260 FACES OF TIBET $.75 ea. NOGRTA Green Tara FATI51 Nomad WDC3 Eyes of the Stupa BEER $7.50 ea. Paintings of Dhawa Dhondup BDP1 Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara T-SHIRTS FATI52 Yogi of Milarepa Tradition WDC4 Eight Auspicious Symbols Ngochetsang, 6x8", $3 ea. BDP2 1000-Armed Avalokiteshvara Eternal Knot (white or black) 15.00 FATI53 Woman with Prayer Beads WDC5 Om Mani Padme Hung DDC1 Buddha Shakyamuni BDP3 Green Tara "Never Give Up" 15.00 FATI54 Young Tibetan Girl WDC6Hri DDC2 Green Tara with Manjushri, Chen- BDP4 White Tara "Precious Human Life" 15.00 FATI55 Yeshi Dorje, Weather WDC7 Om Ah Hung rezig, Vajrapani BDP5 Shakyamuni Buddha Snow Lion T-shirt 15.00 Controller WDC8 Double Dorje WDC9 DDC3 Machig Labdron Tibet Flag 16.00 GYUTO HIGHEST YOGA TANTRA WDC10 Samajavajra DDC4 Green Tara above the water DHARMA ALTAR PRINTS $8.95 ea. DEITY CARDS $1.25 ea. FOIMP The Four Immeasurables MAPS WDC11 Heruka Chakrasamvara DDC5 Thousand-armed GY1 Chakrasamvara 9.25 x 7.25" Eastern Regions of Tibet 13.50 WDC12 Mahakala . Avalokiteshvara GY2 Chakrasamvara Mandala FONOP The Four Noble Truths 10 x 7.2" On This Spot Lhasa 5.95 WDC13 Mandala of Avalokitesvara' DDC6 Green Tara with Manjushri Chen- GY3 Sambhogakaya Buddha EIVEP Eight Verses for Training the Tibet: Road Map 9.95 WDC 14 Mandala of the Five Elements rezig, Vajrapani Card (8x11") GY4 Guhyasamaja WDC15 Samatha Meditation Mind 9.25 x 7.25" GY5 Guhyasamaja Mandala DALAI LAMA IMAGES MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS WDC16 Inner Offering ROBERT BEER SILK SCREEN PRINTS Art of Buddhism Address Book 19.95 GY6 Six-Armed Mahakala WDC17 Eight Precious Offerings #DALAPR H.H. the XTV Dalai Lama, GY7 Yamantaka (Vajrabhairava) Tenzin Gyatso 15.00 Fine Art Print Green Tara 8.00 Buddhist Paintings Screen Saver 15.00 WDC18 Green Tara Green Tara (large) 14.00 Door Mantra (metal) 10.00 GY9 Kalarupa WDC 19 Five Mothers LAD ALA H.H. the XTV Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso 10.00 Color Poster Guhyasamaja 8.00 Endless Knot Chime 50.00 TUSHITA POSTCARDS $1 ea WDC20 Mandala of Heruka Kalachakra 14.0!) 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