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Robert Page’s Art for Liberation Prison Project
In April of 2011, Mandala received the sad news that Liberation Prison Project student, Robert Page, had taken his own life (obituary page 52 of July-Sept 2011). Robert was a talented musician and...
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Surrendering to Monkeys: Letting Go of the Self
What would you do if you were threatened by a gang of macaques? Dana Lissy, author of “Surrendering to Monkeys: Letting Go of the Self,” finds spiritual freedom at the end of this dramatic tale from...
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Teachers
Francesca Hampton’s short story about a young monk trying to help an emotionally disturbed Western man shows what it really means to practice, to be a spiritual teacher and to help someone who is...
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Love and Freedom
A simply written poem, “Love and Freedom” illustrates some of the struggles of Tibet’s younger generation in exile. From Mandala September 2002.
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Thangka Exhibition at Maitreya Instituut Amsterdam
“Thangka Exhibition at Maitreya Instituut Amsterdam” by Berty Sieverding, Ies Walker, Marlies Bruin. From Mandala April-June 2012.
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“The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising,” a play by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
“The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s play about the evolution of samsara and the Buddhist approach to breaking free from it, can be performed by older children and adults. And...
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Reflections on a Guru-Disciple Relationship
Roy Fraser reflects on his fifteen-year relationship with Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (1921-1995). From Fraser’s first meeting with Gen Rinpoche to building the fully realized master’s cremation stupa,...
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Ever Shining Consummate Sun, a poem for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A devotional poem for Lama Zopa Rinpoche by Singaporean Santi Yeo Her Chuen. From Mandala July-September 2012.
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Adele Hulse on ‘Dealing with Grief’
Grief Rooted, watercolor on skin parchment. © 2000 Cathy Weber www.cathyweber.net“Whenever I am with a group of people who have experienced extraordinary suffering, the first thing I notice is a...
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ever mind, a poem
"Ghost Train 4" by Emmet Tulos via Flickr (ravensong75). Creative Commons Attribution.Craig Matsu-Pissot submitted “ever mind“ to Mandala to our great pleasure. It reads like a meditation on the nature...
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