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August 13 2011
Dear Friends, Now it is nearly 4 months since Rinpoche had a stroke, we are doing our best in changing circumstances to keep the discipline of physio and physical exercises going as well as medication for the control of the ... Read more »
August 8 2011
Lama Zopa Rinpoche turning a prayer wheel with great effort using his right hand. Rinpoche does 3 koras at Boudhanath stupa walking (with help), and then does 7 koras in the wheelchair, each time stopping to turn the prayer wheel, ... Read more »Short in Body but Tall in Knowledge
Geshe Jampa Gyatso, a friend of Lama Yeshe since childhood, was resident teacher at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy for 27 years. George Churinoff, American monk and spiritual program director at the institute, talked to Geshe-la about his life ... Read more »The Wind Moaning Down the Valley Is Your Breath
Kathy Perlman wrote this poem on March 16, 1984, just 13 days after Lama Yeshe passed away. From Wisdom #2 – 1984.Lama Was a Great Yogi
Geshe Wangchen, a close friend of Lama Yeshe, wrote this brief note shortly after Lama Yeshe’s passing in 1984. From Wisdom #2 – 1984.Journey to Spiti
John Wright, newly-appointed program director of Atisha Centre near Melbourne, was one of a small group of Westerners who traveled to the remote north Indian state of Spiti to attend the Kalachakra initiation given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama ... Read more »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 suffering. From Wisdom #2 – 1984.July 29 2011
Dear Friends, Rinpoche is doing well with his recovery. Now the main emphasis is on keeping a strict daily discipline of exercise, massage specializing in clearing the blockages for helping to restore normal use of the right side) and physio ... Read more »Getting away from It All
Lori de Aratanha talks to American nun Thubten Angmo, not long before Lama Yeshe “locked her in” for her three-year retreat at Tushita, Dharamsala. From Wisdom #2 – 1984.A Prayer for the Kind Father Guru to Return Quickly
Lama Zopa Rinpoche composed long and short requests shortly after Lama Yeshe’s death pleading for Lama Yeshe to return quickly in order to continue guiding his students. From Wisdom #2 – 1984.