vision
THE MAGAZINE OF THE NON-MONASTIC TRADITIONS
OF BUDDHISM.
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issue 1 - Spring 1996
'Shabkar'; 'Tantric Ordination' by Ngakchang Rinpoche; 'Honey on the Razor's Edge' by
Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen; 'Ode to Ignorance' by Naljorma Jigméd Pamo;
'Emptiness Happens' by Lesley Spencer.
issue 2 - Summer 1996
'Tantric Art and the Mother Essence Lineage', interview with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and
Khandro Déchen, 'gZi Stones and Donnerkeilsteiner' by Ngakpa Rig'dzin Dorje; 'Profile:
Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo'; 'Thunderbolt of Knowledge,' by Ngakpa Shérab Dorje.
issue 3 - Autumn 1996
'Zen and the Art of Ballistics', by Doc Togden; 'The Geography of Perception' by Ngakpa
Traktung; Two poems by Joseph Yon; birth announcements; Quarterly Quote with commentary by
Ngakpa Rig'dzin Dorje; 'Thunderbolt of Knowledge,' by Ngakpa Shérab Dorje.
issue 4 - Winter 1996
'Story of Dza Paltrul Rinpoche' by Ngak'chang Rinpoche; 'Kalamari Sutra,' by Ngakma
Shardröl; 'Conceptual View, Meditation and Inaction?' by Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo; 'Profile:
Ngakpa Rig'dzin Dorje'; Mipam, reviewed by Naljorma Jigméd Pamo; 'Thunderbolt of
Knowledge,' by Ngakpa Shérab Dorje.
issue 5 - Spring 1997
'Damn Right Nyoshul' by Ngak'chang Rinpoche; Ngakma Shardröl Goes to Cucina; Ngakpa
Traktung looks at Racism in Buddhism; 'Profile: Ngakpa ö-Dzin Tridral', Poems by Joshua
Schor and Craig Donegan. 'The Arya Maitreya Mandala.'
issue 6 - Summer 1997
Special Ordination Issue
issue 7/8 - Fall/Winter 1997 double vision
'Teacher Training' by Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen; 'Asvaghosa's 50 Verses of
Guru Devotion' by Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo and Ngakpa Shérab Dorje; Views of Vajra
Commitment; 'dbang dbang' by Lukas Gallei.
issue 9 - Spring 1998
Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen on Ngöndrö; 'Thunderbolt of Knowledge,' Ngakpa
Shérab Dorje looks at Vajra Commitment; Guest Editorial by Ngakpa Rig'dzin Dorje; 'The
Power of Yes' by Ngakpa Traktung; poem by Cris Watkins.
issue 10 - Summer 1998
'The Nine Bardos of Aro' by Ngak'chang Rinpoche; Bardo Retreat Reports by Naljorma Jigméd
Pamo and Sally Yon; 'The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path,' by Ngakma Nor'dzin
Pamo; 'Hopelessness' by Naljorma ö-Sel Nyima.
issue 11 - Autumn 1998
'The Controversy Continues,' interview with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen; 'The
Wrathful Pot,' frightening food; Exam Ordeal, another dinner at Cucina.
issue 12/13 - Winter-Spring 1998-99
Pilgrimage: Yang-lé-shöd, Yolmo, Inner Realms & Beyond.
issue 14 - Summer 1999
'Even a Whole Chicken Might Not Be Enough', interview with Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro
Déchen; 'Lotus of Wisdom - The Warrior' by Ngakma Nor'dzin Pamo; 'In the Name of
Democracy' and 'Strafpredigt (Harangue)' by Ngakpa Rig'dzin Dorje; 'America the
Buddhafull' by Brian Lui; 'Buddhism Without Buddhahood' by Ngakma Shardröl.