M 17 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID ITHACA, NY 14851 Permit No. 746 SNOW LION PUBLI C'lTl OLsS JANET BUDD 946 NOTTINGHAM DR REDLANDS CA SNOW LION ORDER FROM OUR NEW TOLL FREE NUMBER NEWSLETTER & CATALOG 1-800-950-0313 SPRING 1992 SNOW LION PUBLICATIONS PO BOX 6483, ITHACA, NY 14851, (607)-273-8506 ISSN 1059-3691 VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2 Nyingma Transmission The Statement of His Holiness How 'The Cyclone' Came to the West the Dalai Lama on the Occasion by Mardie Junkins of the 33rd Anniversary of Once there lived a family in the practice were woven into their he danced on the rocks in an ex- village of Joephu, in the Palrong lives. If one of the children hap- plosion of radiant energy. Not sur- the Tibetan National Uprising valley of the Dhoshul region in pened to wake in the night, the prisingly, Tsa Sum Lingpa is Eastern Tibet. There was a father, father's continuous chanting could especially revered in the Dhoshul mother, two sisters, and two be heard. region of Tibet. As we commemorate today the brothers. Like many Tibetan fam- The valley was a magical place The oldest of the brothers was 33rd anniversary of the March ilies they were very devout. The fa- with a high mountain no one had nicknamed "The Cyclone" for his 10th Uprising in 1959,1 am more ther taught his children and the yet climbed and a high lake with enormous energy. He would run optimistic than ever before about children of the village the Bud- milky white water and yellow crys- up a nearby mountain to explore the future of Tibet. This optimism dhism of Tibet, the Dharma. He tal sand around its edges, sand that and play for hours. One day he stems from the determination of taught them to read and write and dissolved instantly on the tongue found a baby goat on the moun- the Tibetan people inside Tibet to chant the stories of the Buddha without a taste. This mountain had tainside and was so taken with it and also from the dramatic Shakyamuni and of Padmasamb- extraordinary rocks with foot- that he hid it under his shirt and changes that have taken place hava, the second Buddha who prints embedded in them. Tsa streaked home. An upset mother everywhere in the world, particu- brought Buddhism to Tibet. Sum Lingpa, the Crazy Wisdom goat wasn't far behind. His own larly in the erstwhile Soviet Union. Teachings of the Dharma and Yogi, made these footprints when mother advised him to return the I feel certain that in the next five baby goat, which he did reluctant- to ten years some major changes ly. Other times he would pick wild will take place in China. mushrooms and stuff them in his The collapse of totalitarian re- shirt, but they were so plentiful gimes in different parts of the that they kept falling out, a world, the break-up of the Soviet predicament for a five-year-old. empire ana re-emergence of sover- Many a summer day "The Cy- eign, independent nations rein- clone" would lie down in a field force our belief in the ultimate of wildflowers—all with names of triumph of truth, justice, and the model for solving similar problems Tibetan deities—and gaze up into human spirit. The bloody October elsewhere in the world. In today's the vast blue Tibetan sky. revolution of 1917, which con- world of interdependence and in- During his fifth year he went on trolled the fate of the Soviet Un- terconnectedness, no nation can a journey with his mother to a ion for seven decades, came to an hope to survive, let alone prosper mountain miles away. They were end in the bloodless, non-violent on its own. At the same time, no going to visit a well-known monk August Revolution of 1991. nation or community wants to be named Ahtsok to whom the moth- We know from history that the a colony or subservient to another. er had a special devotion and who mightiest of empires and military The present Chinese leadership lived in lifelong retreat. Local peo- powers come and go. No power re- today has two choices. The first ple brought him offerings of mains sacrosanct forever. This is one is to start an enlightened po- cheese, yogurt, tea or tsampa and particularly true in this modern litical process for a smooth transi- left them a distance away from the age when the power of communi- tion towards a fully democratic cave with a friendly shout; other cations is so effective. It is, there- society and allow the countries times they stayed to visit. The fore, quite clear that China cannot they have forcibly annexed and oc- mother and son were visiting on remain unaffected by what is hap- cupied to become free and equal this day and climbed miles up the pening inside and outside the partners in the new world order. Ven. Khenpo Palden Sherab Rinpoche (I.), Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal mountain to Ahtsok's cave above country. The second choice is to push the Rinpoche (r.) Continued on page 6. The present Chinese leadership country to the brink of a bloody must have the vision and wisdom political struggle, which in a coun- to learn from the current political try populated by a quarter of hu- changes in the world in order to find manity would be a great tragedy. Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light a lasting and peaceful solution to On our part, there will be no lack their problems. Today, we have on of willingness or sincerity, should New Book from Snow Lion the one hand the total disintegration the Chinese government show a of the Soviet Union, and on the oth- genuine interest in finding a solu- er, the fast emergence of one com- tion to the Tibetan problem. Even Dream Yoga and the Practice of inventions, cultural discoveries mon Europe voluntarily joining though the Strasbourg Proposal, Natural Light, by Namkhai Nor- and glimpses of the future. Sys- together for common and mutual which I made more than three bu. Edited by Michael Katz. 160 tems for developing dream aware- benefit. We are also seeing the birth years ago, is no longer valid, we are pp., $12.95, available June. ness are to be found among of a new Commonwealth of In- committed to the path of negotia- Few of us remember the many Australian Aborigines, Hawaiians, dependent States out of the ashes of tions. This willingness is amply dreams we have each night. Few- Native Americans, ancient Greeks the now defunct Soviet Union. demonstrated in my proposal for er still invent or create in our and Tibetan Buddhists. For some years I have been put- an early visit to Tibet. Regrettably, dreams, or often achieve lucidity. In Dream Yoga and the Practice ting forward similar ideas for solv- this proposal was turned down by Lucid dreams are those in which of Natural Light, Norbu Rinpoche ing the Sino-Tibetan problems. I the Chinese government. one is aware that one is dreaming gives instructions for developing have also said that this could be a Continued on page 5 even as the dream continues, a the capacity for clarity within the phenomenon that has been scien- sleep and dream states. Going be- Catalog Contents: tifically verified. Not long ago "lu- yond the practices of lucid dream- Adventure & Travel 38 Music & Chants 42 cid dreaming" might have been ing that have been popularized in Art & Photography 38-39 Ordering Info 44 considered an oxymoron. the West, this book presents Audio Tapes 40-41 Other Traditions 40 Unusual dreams have helped to methods for manipulating dream Biography 29 Posters 24 guide mankind's cultural, scientif- states that are part of a system for Cards 24 Religion & Phil 31-37 ic and religious progress. In the enhancing self-awareness called Children 26 Sale Items 43 Western world unusual dreams Dzogchen. In this tradition, the answer format. Cookbooks 27 Videos 42-43 were linked with the discoveries of development of lucidity in the Also included in this book is a Dalai Lama 22-23 Women's Studies 28 the benzene molecule by Kekule, dream state is understood in the text written by Mipham, the Death & Dying 30 the sewing machine by Howe, and context of attaining greater aware- nineteenth-century master of Dharma Items 19-21 THIS IS A MAIL ORDER even portions of Einstein's theory ness in the after-death states for the Dzogchen, which offers addition- Health & Fitness 27 CATALOG. RETAIL STORES of relativity. Many non-Western ultimate purpose of attaining liber- al insights into this extraordinary History & Politics 29-30 SHOULD REFER TO THE peoples take for granted that ation. Much of the material is form of meditation and awareness. Kalachakra 23 SNOWLION TRADE CATALOG. dreams can yield cures for illness, presented in a lively question and Continued on page 12 Language 28 SNOW LION SPRING 92 NEWSLETTER & CATALOG NAMGYAL IN AMERICA! Start-up Schedule Set at NAMGYAL MONASTERY Institute of Buddhist Studies An unusual introductory sum- mer retreat and a start-up sched- /> ■• ule of fall semester courses have been set by the recently estab- lished Namgyal Monastery Insti- -Si !»' tute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, New York. The monastery is a branch of Namgyal Monastery, the personal monastery of His Holiness the jjjf ';;i--h' Geshe Tenzin Rabgye Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. Ven. Lobsang Gyaltsen Five monks are scheduled to arrive , HUKS^^***^ Wf^^^Vf Hpti* 11 in Ithaca, New York from Dha- phase, if funds allow, we hope to the Ithaca community.