1973
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa on the veranda at Tushita , 1973
Description
(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.Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Tushita, 1973
Description
(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.Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Tushita, 1973
Description
(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.Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Tushita, 1973
Description
(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.The Front Veranda at Tushita
Description
(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.Lama Yeshe's room, Tushita Retreat Centre
Description
(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.Lama Yeshe, Tushita, 1970
Description
(15070_pr-1.psd) Lama Yeshe with students in an A-frame cabin at Tushita Meditation Center, Dharamsala, India, 1970.Lama Yeshe, Kopan, 1970
Description
(15069_pr-1.psd) Lama Yeshe with students in an A-frame cabin at Tushita Meditation Center, Dharamsala, India, 1970.Keywords
1973, Dharamsala, India, Kathmandu, Kopan Monastery, Lama Yeshe, Nepal, TMC Tushita Meditation CentreLama with MEC students, Lawudo, 1973
Description
(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
Description
(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.)Nick Ribush and Marie Obst, Kopan, 1973
Description
(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.Lama Yeshe at Kopan, 1973
Description
(15191_pr.psd) A portrait of Lama Yeshe by Lynda Millspaugh, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973.Lama Yeshe at Kopan, 1973
Description
(15192_pr.psd) A portrait of Lama Yeshe by Lynda Millspaugh, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973.Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching, Kopan, 1973
Description
(15193_pr.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching, Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Lynda Millspaugh.Lama Yeshe teaching, Kopan, 1973
Description
(09434_sl-2.psd) Lama Yeshe teaching, Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Lynda Millspaugh.Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching, Kopan, 1973
Description
(15194_pr.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching, Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Lynda Millspaugh.Lama Yeshe teaching, Kopan, 1973
Description
(12810_sl-Edit.psd) Lama Yeshe teaching, Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Lynda Millspaugh.Lama Yeshe teaching, Kopan, 1973
Description
(15195_pr.psd) Lama Yeshe teaching, Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Lynda Millspaugh.Nick and Marie, Kopan, 1973
Description
(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.Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan, 1973
Description
Group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, 19734th Kopan Meditation Course, Spring, 1973
Description
(15186_sl.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche in a group photo from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, 1973Sam-Sara outhouse at Kopan, 1973
Description
(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.Lama Yeshe at entrance to Kopan, 1973
Description
(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.On the road to Kopan, 1973
Description
(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.Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan, 1973
Description
(13294_pr-2.psd) Group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Christine Lopez.Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan, 1973
Description
(13297_pr-2.psd) Group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Christine Lopez.Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan, 1973
Description
(13287_pr-2.psd) Group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Christine Lopez.Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan, 1973
Description
(13293_pr-2.psd) Group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Christine Lopez.Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja, 1973
Description
(13300_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja, 1973
Description
(13301_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja, 1973
Description
(13305_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja, 1973
Description
(13303_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Bea Ribush, 1973
Description
(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.Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja, 1973
Description
(13302_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja (spiritual practice) during the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Bea Ribush, 1973
Description
(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.Lama Yeshe, 4th Kopan Meditation Course, Spring, 1973
Description
(15199_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe in group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1973Anila, Lama , Rinpoche, Lama Lhundrup, Kopan, 1973
Description
(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.Anila, Lama and Rinpoche, Fourth Meditation Course, 1973
Description
(15201_ng.psd) Anila Ann, Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal,1973Lama and Rinpoche, Fourth Meditation Course, 1973
Description
(15202_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal,1973Lama and Rinpoche, Fourth Meditation Course, 1973
Description
(15203_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in group photos from the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal,1973Lama Lhundrup at Kopan, 1973.
Description
(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.Lama Pasang at Kopan, 1973.
Description
(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.Lama Yeshe, Lawudo, 1973
Description
(07651_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe on the road to Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1973. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is in the center of this photo.Lama Yeshe and Nick Ribush, Lawudo, 1973
Description
(15068_pr-2.jpg) Lama Yeshe and Nick Ribush on the road to Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1973.Lama Yeshe, Lawudo, 1973
Description
(15206_pr.psd) Lama Yeshe on the road to Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1973.MEC novice monks, Lawudo, 1973
Description
(15207_sl.psd) Mount Everest Centre novice monks picking up rocks at Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1973.Lama Yeshe, Lawudo, 1973
Description
(07626_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe on the road to Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1973.Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lawudo, 1973
Description
(07629_pr-2.psd) Silhouette of Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the mountainside, Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1973.Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lawudo, 1973
Description
(07631_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the road to Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1973. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is on the left in the photo.Lama Yeshe meditating in Mussoorie, 1973
Description
(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.Zina and her daughter Rhea
Description
(11022_ud.jpg) Zina Rachevsky and her daughter Rhea (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)Zina's daughter Rhea, Thubten Choling, 1973
Description
(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.Zina's daughter Rhea, Thubten Choling, 1973
Description
(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.Bill Barker and Zina's daughter Rhea, 1973
Description
(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.Zina and her daughter Rhea, 1973
Description
(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.Zina, Bill Barker and Zina's daughter Rhea, 1973
Description
(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.)Zina and her daughter Rhea, 1973
Description
(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.)Zina in her retreat hut, 1973
Description
(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.)Zina on retreat, 1973
Description
(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
Description
(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 BernisLama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe with MEC boys, Kopan,1973
Description
(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 BernisLama Zopa, Kopan, 1973
Description
(09525_sl-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching during the Fifth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973.MEC students and retreatants, Fifth Meditation Course, 1973
Description
(15212_pr.psd) Mount Everest Center students and other retreatants during the Fifth Meditation Course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973.Lama Yeshe, Kopan, 1973
Description
(00619_ud-2.psd) Lama Yeshe teaching during the Fifth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973.Lama Zopa, Kopan, 1973
Description
(09433_sl.JPG) Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching during the Fifth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973.Lama Zopa, Kopan, 1973
Description
(15297_ud-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching during the Fifth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973.Fifth Meditation Course, Kopan monastery, Nepal, 1973
Description
(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.)5th Kopan Meditation Course, Fall, 1973
Description
(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.)Mount Everest Centre students "flying", 1973
Description
(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.Mount Everest Centre students "flying", 1973
Description
(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.Michael Cassapidis with Lama Zopa, 1973
Description
(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.MEC students at Lawudo, 1973
Description
(13248_pr-2.psd) Mount Everest Center students at Lawudo Retreat Center, Nepal, 1973.MEC students at Lawudo, 1973
Description
(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.Piero, Rinpoche, and Lama on the balcony at Kopan, 1973
Description
(15889_sl.psd) Piero Cerri, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Lama Yeshe on the roof garden at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, February, 1973.If you have any information about this photo, please send an email to photos@lamayeshe.com. Thank you!