The official address of the St-Petersburg Buddhist Center "Karma Legshei Ling": 191028, St-Petersburg, Mohovaya St. 14.

Telephones: 296-34-68, or 230-68-28

1. Last October US Congress has accepted the following H.M.'S. amendment to the bill (H.R. 1415):

(1) Tibet, including those areas incorporated into the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, and Quinghai, is an occupied country under the established principles of international law;

(2) Tibet's true representatives are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile as recognized by the Tibetan people;

(3) Tibet has maintained throughout its history a distinctive and sovereign national, cultural, and religious identity separate from that of China and, except during periods of illegal Chinese occupation, has maintained a separate and sovereign political and territorial identity;

(4) historical evidence of this separate identity may be found in Chinese archival documents and traditional dynastic histories, in United States recognition of Tibetan neutrality during World War II, and in the fact that a number of countries including the United States, Mongolia, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, India, Japan, Great Britain, and Russia recognized Tibet as an independent nation or dealt with Tibet independently of any Chinese government;

(5) in 1949-50, China launched an armed invasion of Tibet in contravention of international law.

(6) it is the policy of the United States to oppose aggression and other illegal uses of force by one country against the sovereignty of another as a manner of acquiring territory, and to condemn violations of international law, including the illegal occupation of one country by another; and

(7) numerous United States declarations since the Chinese invasion have recognized Tibet's right self-determination and the illegality of China's occupation of Tibet.

(H.R., Report 102-239, sec. 355-102d Congress 1st session: From "Tibet Press Watch". - vol. III, No 5. - p.17).

2. "The Fund for Preserving the Mahayana Traditions" has declared admission to the 3-month and 12-month courses of preparing translators from literary and spoken Tibetan. Minimal payment for the 3-month course is $ 2.700, and for the 12-month - $ 900 a month. The payment includes cost of lodging, nourishment, instruction, membership to the fund, training literature, administrative services. The studies begin on the 1st of September 1993 for the 3-month course and on the 1st of January 1993 for the 12-month one. Detailed information is available from the NB editorial board. The address of the fund: Jan-Paul Kool, FPMT Tibetan Language Course, Laarstraat 27, 8166 GR Emst Holland; Tel: 05787-2256, Fax: 31-5787-18-51.

1. The Russian branch of "Narthang Publications" distributes the book "The Buddhism of Tibet" by H.H. the XIVth Dalai Lama (price 15 roubles + mail charges).

2. In September the publishing house is to issue the autobiography of His Holiness "Freedom in Exile" (approximate wholesale price 40 r. + m.c.).

3. Commercial department of the publishing house distributes the book by A.Berzin "The Tibetan Buddhism: History and Prospects". (price 9 r. + m.c.).

4. The first issue of the "Orient" almanac (sub-title "Buddhism and Russia") has been published. It is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the official recognition of Buddhism in Russia. The articles deal with history of the Buddhist architecture in Buryatia, Kalmykia, St-Petersburg, they also depict the tragic fate of the Buddhistic confession in the thirties. Beside other materials, the article "Buddhist Monasteries" (1926) by B.Baradin is reprinted in the issue, which makes mention of the monastery the name of our publishing house is derived from: "The Narthang was founded in 1153. This monastery does not belong to any particular sect, as long as lamas of different sects worked here; rather it represents a non-sectarian monastery... Unpublished Archive documents and materials are contained in the issue (Editor-in-chief: Hamaganova E.A.).

5. The first member of the "Garuda" magazine has been issued. The magazine is published by the St-Petersburg Dzogchen-centre "Sanjeiling" in cooperation with the Dzogchen followers of Moscow, the Ukraine, Buryatia and Lithuania. (Editor-in-chief is V.M.Montlevich; the address: 199004, St-Petersburg, P.O.B. 523, "Garuda".) The price of the first member is 20 r. + m.c.; apply to the address of "Narthang Bulletin".

6. The "Buddhism" magazine has been published. Editor-in-chief Dondokov B.D.; the address: 129090, Moscow, Olimpiyskiy prospect - 16, podyezd 1, Tel: 288-32-66.

On the 20th of July 1992 Bandido Hamba-lama M.Cybikov, the Chairman of Central spiritual management of Buddhists of Russia, is died.

Transl. by Lisin A.