Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa on the veranda at Tushita , 1973
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(15180_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the veranda at Tushita Retreat Center, 1973. In 1972, along with a few of their Western students, Lamas Yeshe and Zopa bought an old colonial house on a hill above McLeod Ganj (in Dharamsala, India), and there founded Tushita Retreat Centre. (It was later renamed Tushita Meditation Centre.) Tushita means 'The Place of Joy', the pure land of the coming Buddha Maitreya.
(00956_ud-3.psd) Portrait of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, 1973. In 1972, along with a few of their Western students, Lamas Yeshe and Zopa bought an old colonial house on a hill above McLeod Ganj in Dharamsala, India, and there founded Tushita Retreat Centre.
(00961_ud-3.psd) Portrait of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, 1973. In 1972, along with a few of their Western students, Lamas Yeshe and Zopa bought an old colonial house on a hill above McLeod Ganj in Dharamsala, India, and there founded Tushita Retreat Centre.
(15181_pr.psd) Portrait of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, 1973. In 1972, along with a few of their Western students, Lamas Yeshe and Zopa bought an old colonial house on a hill above McLeod Ganj in Dharamsala, India, and there founded Tushita Retreat Centre.
(15182_pr.psd) The painted front veranda at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India. Wim, a Dutch artist who had painted the walls of Lawudo Gompa in 1972, painted a mural of Guru Shakyamuni at Tushita. In 1972, along with a few of their Western students, Lamas Yeshe and Zopa bought an old colonial house on a hill above McLeod Ganj in Dharamsala, India, and there founded Tushita Retreat Centre.
(15183_sl.psd) Lama Yeshe's big room at Tushita Retreat Centre. A nun named Ani Jampa painted the deities on the walls. Photo by Adele Hulse taken in the mid-1980s.
(15881_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe with the Mount Everest Center students at Lawudo Retreat Center, Nepal, October, 1973. Wim, the Dutch artist who painted murals at Tushita is standing in back row, a tall fellow with glasses a bit to the right of Lama Yeshe. Also in that row is Jampa Chökyi (Helly, Jamyang Wangmo) who is at the left, next to Rinpoche's sister Ngawang Samten.
Anila Ann, Annabelle Williams Ellis, and Lama Zopa at Kopan, 197
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(15184_pr.psd) Anila Ann, Lady Amabel Williams-Ellis, age 80, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, 1973. (Annabelle was the Lamas' oldest student at this time.)
(16683_sl-2.psd) Nick Ribush and Marie Obst (Yeshe Khadro) at the 4th Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery in Nepal, 1973. Marie is holding the second edition of Lama Zopa Rinpoches Wish-fulfilling Golden Sun. Both Nick and Marie were early students of the lamas who continue to play active and important roles in the implementation of the lamas' vision as it unfolds in the present day.
(16683_sl-2.psd) Nick Ribush and Marie Obst (Yeshe Khadro) at the 4th Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery in Nepal, 1973. Marie is holding the second edition of Lama Zopa Rinpoches Wish-fulfilling Golden Sun. Both Nick and Marie were early students of the lamas who continue to play active and important roles in the implementation of the lamas' vision as it unfolds in the present day.
(15187_pr.psd) The outhouse labeled Sam-Sara at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. A pun on the sanskrit term "samsara" which refers to the beginningless, recurring cycle of death and rebirth fraught with suffering. Photo by Lynda Millspaugh.
(13288_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe at entrance to Kopan with Sister Max Mathews during Fourth Meditation Course, 1973. On the left is Bill Searle holding his son, Adam. Photo by Christine Lopez.
(13298_pr-2.psd) Villagers carrying wood while westerners watch, road to Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. The monastery is on the hilltop to the right. Photo by Christine Lopez.
(13300_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.
(13301_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.
(13305_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.
(13303_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.
(01213_ud-3.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Bea Ribush during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Bea Ribush is a devoted student of the lamas who became instrumental in establishing Dharma centers in Australia.
(13302_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.
(01212_ud-3.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Bea Ribush during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Bea Ribush is a devoted student of the lamas who became instrumental in establishing Dharma centers in Australia. Also seated in the photo is Lady Amabel Williams-Ellis.
Anila, Lama , Rinpoche, Lama Lhundrup, Kopan, 1973
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(15201_ng.psd) Anila Ann, Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Lama Lhundrup in group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal,1973. The two monks on the left are from Sera Monastery, India Lama Lhundrup is on the far right.
(15204_pr.psd) Lama Lhundrup Rigsel at Kopan, possibly 1973. He was one of Lama Yeshe's students from Buxa Duar who came to Kopan Monastery, Nepal in 1973 to help run the monastery and teach the Mount Everest Centre (MEC) children.
(15205_pr.psd) Lama Pasang Tsering at Kopan, possibly 1973. He was one of Lama Yeshe's students from Buxa Duar who came to Kopan Monastery, Nepal in 1973 to help run the monastery and teach the Mount Everest Centre (MEC) children.
(15208_pr.psd) Lama Yeshe meditating in Mussoorie, India, 1973. Sister Max (Max Matthews) rented a house in Mussoorie in the Indian Himalayas for Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche for a vacation. Photo by Max Matthews.
(15209_pr.psd) Zina Rachevsky's daughter Rhea. From photos taken in the spring of 1973 while Zina Rachevsky was on a long retreat at Thubten Choling, monastery of Trulshik Rinpoche in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal. Zina died while on this retreat in August of 1973.
(15210_pr.tif) Zina Rachevsky's daughter Rhea. From photos taken in the spring of 1973 while Zina Rachevsky was on a long retreat at Thubten Choling, monastery of Trulshik Rinpoche in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal. Zina died while on this retreat in August of 1973.
(15211_pr.psd) Bill Barker, Zina's second husband, and her daughter Rhea. From photos taken in the spring of 1973 while Zina Rachevsky was on a long retreat at Thubten Choling, monastery of Trulshik Rinpoche in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal. Zina died while on this retreat in August of 1973.
(13317_pr-2.psd) Zina Rachevsky and her daughter Rhea, 1973. From photos taken in the spring of 1973 while Zina Rachevsky was on a long retreat at Thubten Choling, monastery of Trulshik Rinpoche in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal. Zina died while on this retreat in August of 1973.
(13326_pr-2.psd) Zina Rachevsky, Bill Barker (Zina's second husband), and her daughter Rhea. From photos taken in the spring of 1973 while Zina was on a long retreat at Thubten Choling, monastery of Trulshik Rinpoche in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal. Zina died while on this retreat in August of 1973. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
(13327_pr-2.psd) Zina Rachevsky and her daughter Rhea, 1973. From photos taken in the spring of 1973 while Zina Rachevsky was on a long retreat at Thubten Choling, monastery of Trulshik Rinpoche in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal. Zina died while on this retreat in August of 1973. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
(13316_pr.tif) Zina in her retreat hut at Thubten Choling, 1973. From photos taken in the spring of 1973 while Zina Rachevsky was on a long retreat at Thubten Choling, monastery of Trulshik Rinpoche in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal. Zina died while on this retreat in August of 1973. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
(13324_pr-4.psd) Zina on retreat, clutching a hot water bottle to her stomach, 1973. From photos taken in the spring of 1973 while Zina Rachevsky was on a long retreat at Thubten Choling, monastery of Trulshik Rinpoche in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal. Zina died while on this retreat in August of 1973. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe with MEC boys, Kopan,1973
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(08680_ng-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe with Mount Everest Centre boys beside the ancient bodhi tree at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Ursula Bernis
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe with MEC boys, Kopan,1973
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(08681_ng-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe with Mount Everest Centre boys beside the ancient bodhi tree at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Ursula Bernis
(15215_pr.psd) Group portrait of the Fifth Meditation Course on Astrologer's Hill, Kopan monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo includes Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa, Lama Lhundrup, Lama Pasang, Shan Cooper, Peter Northend, Gary Starr, Hester Ross, Pam Cowan, Ben Last, Stella, Ellice, Nick Ribush, Lawrence Greeneye, Charlie Topp, Guy, Alice and Narayan Feldmann, Debra Livingstone, Bruce Bohm, Bonnie Rothenberg, Michelle Frazer, Ann McNeil, Fay Cobb, Feather Meston, Alex, Paul Burke. Also in the photo to the left in the front row are the children of Jampa Trinley. (From the left are Ani Tsenla, Nima Dolkar, Chewang Rinzin, Wangmo, Lobsang Tsetan, Tashi Dorje, and Yangsi Rinpoche on Lama Yeshe's lap. In the second row between Nima and Chewang is Ani Tham Cho.)
(15216_pr.psd) Group portrait of the Fifth Meditation Course on Astrologer's Hill, Kopan monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo includes Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa, Lama Lhundrup, Lama Pasang, Shan Cooper, Peter Northend, Gary Starr, Hester Ross, Pam Cowan, Ben Last, Stella, Ellice, Nick Ribush, Lawrence Greeneye, Charlie Topp, Guy, Alice and Narayan Feldmann, Debra Livingstone, Bruce Bohm, Bonnie Rothenberg, Michelle Frazer, Ann McNeil, Fay Cobb, Feather Meston, Alex, Paul Burke. Also in the photo to the left in the front row are the children of Jampa Trinley. (From the left are Ani Tsenla, Nima Dolkar, Chewang Rinzin, Wangmo, Lobsang Tsetan, Tashi Dorje, and Yangsi Rinpoche on Lama Yeshe's lap. In the second row between Nima and Chewang is Ani Tham Cho.)
(15217_ng.psd) The little monks of Mount Everest Centre "flying" with their robes in the wind, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. December weather in the Kathmandu Valley was generally cold, clear, and windy.
(15218_ng.psd) The little monks of Mount Everest Centre "flying" with their robes in the wind, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. December weather in the Kathmandu Valley was generally cold, clear, and windy.
(15219_pr.psd) Michael Cassapidis with Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Michael is the son of Olivia de Haulleville, an old friend of Zina Rachevsky.
(15859_pr.psd) Mount Everest Center students at Lawudo Retreat Center, Nepal, 1973. Lama Yeshe sent photos of the MEC students all around the world and also took photos with him on tour in an attempt to raise funds for them. "Mummy" Max Mathews had a photo taken of each of them and had a group photo made into a poster. Photo by Nick Ribush.
