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Tenzin Ösel Hita
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“There is no separation between me and FPMT…We are all working together in so many aspects and terrains. Humanity is our office.
—Tenzin Ösel Hita
About Ösel
Tenzin Ösel Hita is the recognized incarnation of FPMT’s founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe. He is a 21st-century radical freethinker, humanitarian, documentary filmmaker, musician, father, friend, life-long student, and former Buddhist monk. Early in his life he was known as “Lama Ösel”, today he prefers to be called simply “Ösel.”
In 1986, when Ösel was just over one year old, His Holiness the Dalai Lama confirmed Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s observations that the son of Lama Yeshe’s students, María Torres and Francisco Hita, was the unmistaken reincarnation of FPMT’s founder, Lama Yeshe. Ösel was enthroned in March 1987 at Tushita Retreat Center in Dharamsala, India.
Young Tenzin Osel Hita with Lama Zopa Rinpoche (left) and Geshe Gendun Choephel (right) at Osel’s enthronement, March 1987 at Tushita Retreat Center in Dharamsala, India.
In 1991, at the age of seven, Ösel began his monastic education at Sera Je Monastery in southern India where he simultaneously received private tutoring in Western subjects. He continued his studies there until 2003, when he relocated to Victoria, British Columbia, to engage in a traditional Western education.
Since 2010, Ösel has been offering talks various FPMT centers offering around the world. He led a pilgrimage in India and Nepal in 2015 and organized a charitable organization to help provide relief and rebuild Nepal following the April 2015 earthquake.
In September 2017, Ösel welcomed his son Tenzin Norbu into the world.
In 2018, Ösel gave talks at various FPMT centers in Europe, including Instituto Lama Tsong Khapa, Italy, and Jamyang, Spain and Brazil. He also met and spent time with Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Madrid, Spain. The following year, Ösel taught in FPMT centers in California and Florida and attended teachings with Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Institut Vajra Yogini, France, and spent time with with Rinpoche when he visited Osel Ling, Spain.
Tenzin Ösel Hita giving a talk at the Wotel, Miami, Florida, US, August 2019. Photo by Marcelo Paez.
Public Talks, Blogs & Other Media
Ösel has his own website, One Big Love, where you can find his very active blog page, as well as an archive of video teachings, current schedule and other news.
You can also find public talks and other video content of Ösel on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive’s Youtube channel and FPMT’s video archive for Ösel.
Please enjoy this photo gallery of Ösel compiled by FPMT.
Below are further resources, including books, documentaries and articles that may be of interest:
- BBC News, “Ösel Hita: The Reluctant Lama.”
- Reincarnation: The Boy Lama, by Vicki Mackenzie
- Reborn in the West, by Vicki Mackenzie
- “Being Your True Nature” documentary on Universal Education, by Ösel Hita and Matteo Passigato
- Man’s Work, from Telegraph Magazine, London, England
- 1987 TV3 issued a documentary entitled Osel: the petit Lama
- 2010 RTVE issued a documentary entitled Osel, Granada Lama
- Ösel in Mandala Publications – archived articles
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Latest News
A Most Happy Birthday to Tenzin Ösel Hita!
On behalf of the entire FPMT organization, FPMT International Office wishes Tenzin Ösel Hita a very happy birthday and a long, healthy life. May his beneficial activities, including his Global Tree Initiative, flourish and may his wishes manifest without delay! …
Big Love Fund
The Big Love Fund was established to provide financial resources to support the educational endeavors of Ösel Hita, with the wish to repay the kindness of Lama Yeshe. You are welcome to contribute any amount to this fund:
