Italy October-November 2017

Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Italian national coordinator Lara Gatto and Filippo Scianna, director of Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa,during a stop for lunch on the drive down from Austria - Bressanone, Italy; Photographer: Roger Kunsang; 2017-10

Walking to lunch through a small village, where Rinpoche stopped on the drive from Vienna to Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, with Filippo Scianna and Lara Gatto, in Bressanone, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche arriving at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche entering the gompa tent - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche blessing a girl and her toy - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Filippo Scianna - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Rinpoche and Ven. Roger Kunsang arrive in the tent - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Rinpoche teaching during the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche teaching in front of the giant Chenrezig statue during the retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche teaching during the 100 Million Mani retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Rinpoche doing prayers - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Rinpoche receives a painting that was done of him - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche blessing a dog - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Rinpoche explaining the benefits of a mantra to Susana Corona - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Roger Kunsang; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Fabrizio Pallotti and Angelo Vaira - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; 2017-10

The animal blessing that happened before blessing the ocean and those on the shore - Italy; Photographer: Holly Ansett; 2017-10

Rinpoche blessing children during the animal blessing - Italy; Photographer: Holly Ansett; 2017-10

Rinpoche on the Sea Shepherd's Brigitte Bardot with crew - Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

From the Sea Shepherd boat, mantras being placed to bless the water - Italy; Photographer: Holly Ansett; 2017-10

Rinpoche on the Sea Shepherd boat in the harbor, blessing all the beings in the ocean with blessed water, mantra recitations, and mantras in the ocean - Italy; Photographer: Holly Ansett; 2017-10

On the Brigitte Bardot boat of Sea Shepherd, blessing all the beings in the ocean - Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Students gathered for the animal blessing that happened before blessing the ocean and those on the shore - Italy; Photographer: Holly Ansett; 2017-10

Rinpoche on the Brigitte Bardot boat of the Sea Shepherd explaining how to benefit the animals - Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with the Sea Sherpherd crew on the Brigitte Bardot - Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

On the Brigitte Bardot boat of Sea Shepherd with the crew - Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Rinpoche teaching at the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Retreat session leaders, Ven. Lhundup Jamyang and Paula Chichester - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Bath offering with Vens. Lhundup Jamyang, Namdrol, and Sarah Thresher - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche and Ven. Tenzin Drachom - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Gomo Tulku - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Virginia Roche in front of a painting one student did of Rinpoche - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Roger Kunsang; 2017-10

Rinpoche and Geshe Tenzin Tenphel enjoying tea - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Ven. Elisabeth Drukier - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Jean-Yves Barralis - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with the Nalanda Sangha who are attending the ITLK retreat, plus lay students from Nalanda Monastery - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche having lunch at one students place with other Sangha - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche walking after lunch with Sangha - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche and Geshe Tenphel touring the grounds of ILTK - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Lama Zopa Rinpoche - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Elisa (SPC of ILTK) and Rinpoche - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche during the 100 Million Mani retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Participants of the 100 Million mani retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche teaching during the 100 Million Mani retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche teaching during the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Piero Sirianni; 2017-10

Rinpoche with students from Aryatara Institut doing the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Roger Kunsang; 2017-10

Rinpoche with many of the incredible volunteers of ILTK for the 100 Million Mani Mnatra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche walking all around ILTK to visit all the offices and buildings there - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche having a tour of the STUPA Onlus workshop - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

All the beautiful stupas being made by STUPA Onlus - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche looking at the stupas being made at STUPA Onlus - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche at STUPA Onlus with volunteers - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche reciting mantras for a 20-year-old very sick cat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Thubten Sherab, translator, in SPC office - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Filippo Scianna and Ven. Silana in the office storeroom at ILTK where they have 20 years of Masters Program materials - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Geshe Tenzin Tenphel with Rinpoche signing a poster - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche in Chiara Luce Edizioni with Fabrizio Pallotti - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Fabrizo Pallotti helping - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche visiting ILTK kitchen with the cooks - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Filippo Scianna and Geshe Tenzin Tenphel and students in ILTK study library - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Geshe Tenzin Tenphel and students from ILTK walking all around the grounds, Rinpoche wanted to see everything - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Filippo Scianna, director of ILTK, Geshe Tenzin Tenphel, one of the resident geshes, and the bookshop volunteers - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Fabrizio Pallotti and Valeria Di Capua and their baby Atisha with Lama Zopa Rinpoche - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche meeting FSS facilitators, Wendy Ridley, Paloma Francesca, and Francois Lecointre - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Roger Kunsang; 2017-10

Rinpoche talking with the director of Maitreya Institute Loenen in the Netherlands, Maarten de Vries - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Ven. Charles, Rinpoche, and Ven. Namdrol - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche blessing the rescued former race horses at Aquila Nera - Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche blessing the horses at Aquila Nera - Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche blessing the horses at Aquila Nera - Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche at Aquila Nera - Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche blessing the horses at Aquila Nera - Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Basic and Master Program students from ILTK - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche with Basic and Master Program students from ILTK - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-10

Rinpoche and Lara Gatto, Italian national coordinator, and her dog, Polpetta - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Rinpoche with Lara Gatto's dog - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Rinpoche and Ven. Roger Kunsang with Lara Gatto's dog, Polpetta - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Long life puja at the end of the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Long life puja at the end of the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Long life puja at the end of the 100 Million Mani Mantra retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Long life puja at the end of the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Some of the participants of 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Rinpoche with some of the Sangha during the long life puja at the end of the 100 mani retreat - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Incense puja before leaving - Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Body, speech, and mind mandala offered to Rinpoche - Centro Terra Di Unificazione Ewam, Florence, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Rinpoche teaching at Centro Terra Di Unificazione Ewam, Florence, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Rinpoche teaching at Centro Terra Di Unificazione Ewam, Florence, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Rinpoche enjoying Centro Muni Gyana - Palermo, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Rinpoche blessing Centro Muni Gyana - Palermo, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Rinpoche teaching at Centro Muni Gyana - Palermo, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11

Lama Zopa Rinpoche with students of Centro Muni Gyana, Palermo, Italy; Photographer: Lobsang Sherab; 2017-11