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Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Photos Through the Years, Part 1
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Beding, Rolwaling, Nepal, 1952. Photo by Douglas Scott.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche as a child (Ang Gyaltsen), in Rolwaling, a section of the Himalayas in east-central Nepal along the Tibet border, 1952. Photo by Tom Weir.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Phag-ri, Tibet, ca 1958.
Young Lamas Home, New Delhi, ca 1961. Freda Bedi, Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is at the front left. Photo courtesy of Shambhala Archives.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche as a teenager, around 1965. Photo courtesy of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Lama and Rinpoche with Zina, Villa Altomont, Darjeeling, India, 1967. Photo by Nikolaus Dutschke.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Zina Rachevsky’s Altomont House, Darjeeling, India, 1967. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, with Zina Rachevsky at the far right at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Photo by George Luneau.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe meditating. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Photo by Georges Luneau.
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche near Lawudo Retreat Center, 1970. Photo by Terry Clifford.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the cave of the Lawudo Lama, his previous incarnation, Lawudo, Nepal, 1970. Photo by Robbie Solick.
Group photo from the first meditation course held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, April, 1971. Photo courtesy of Fred von Allmen and LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Mount Everest Centre boys, Lawudo Retreat Centre, Solu Khumbu, Nepal, 1972. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe in a tent at Syangboche, Solu Khumbu,1972. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja during the 4th Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery 1973. Photo by Brian Beresford.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Mount Everest Centre boys beside the ancient bodhi tree at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1974. Photo by Ursula Bernis.
Rinpoche in Indiana, USA. 1974. Photo by Barry Kaplan.
Lama and Rinpoche traveling, 1974. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche portraits taken in 1975 in Tarzana, California, after the first American course with Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche held at Lake Arrowhead, CA. Photos by Carol Royce-Wilder.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche portraits taken in 1975 in Tarzana, California, after the first American course with Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche held at Lake Arrowhead, CA. Photos by Carol Royce-Wilder.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching. From the course given at Royal Holloway College during the lamas' first trip to England, 1975. Photo by Dennis Heslop.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe, Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo by Nick Ribush.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche painting Tara, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976. Lama Yeshe sent Max Mathews to buy a large Tara statue in Kathmandu, which was eventually placed in a glass-fronted house on a pedestal overlooking a triangular pond that was built under the ancient bodhi tree in front of the gompa, Kopan Monastery, Nepal. Photo by Peter Iseli.
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche (with Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) as their attendant) blessing the prayer-flag pole, Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1976. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Tara statue. Date unknown. Photo by Vicki Mackenzie.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1977. Photo by Jan-Paul Kool.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with his mother (Ama-la), Nepal, Solu Khumbu, 1978. Photo by Ueli Minder.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with local children at the Lawudo Cave, Solu Khumbu, Nepal, 1978. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with local and Western students, Lawudo, Solu Khumbu, Nepal, 1978. Photo by Ueli Minder.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lawudo, Solu Khumbu, Nepal, 1978. Photo by Ueli Minder.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Melbourne, Australia, 1980. Photo courtesy of Uldis Balodis and LYWA.
Meeting with His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, 1981: Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, Elisabeth Drukier, Harvey Horrocks, Jacie Keeley, Jamyang Wangmo, Massimo Corona, Nick Ribush, Stefano Piovella, Susanna Parodi, Uldis Balodis. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche feeding people on the street, Bodhgaya, India, 1982. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche with students, picnic in Bodhgaya at end of First Enlightened Experience Celebration, India, 1982. Photo by Ina Van Delden.
Portrait of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe, Geneva, Switzerland, 1983. Photo by Ueli Minder.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with koala bear in Adelaide, Australia, July 1983. Photo by Wendy Finster.
Zong Rinpoche, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Geshe Sopa, Geshe Gyaltsen at the cremation puja of Lama Yeshe, Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek, California, USA, 1984. Photo by Jeff Nye.
Council for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition at Maitreya Institute, Maasbommel, Netherlands, 1986. Photo by Jan-Paul Kool.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche giving his first discourse since the Chinese invasion to the villagers of the place where Lama Yeshe had been born, Shingka Changmar, Tibet, 1987. Photo by Robin Bath.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche giving teachings to Tibetans, Shingka Changmar, Tibet, 1987. Photo by Jane Seidlitz.
Locals lining up for receiving blessings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the birthplace of Lama Yeshe, Shingka Changmar, Tibet, 1987. Photo by Jane Seidlitz.
Tibetans receiving blessings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Shingka Changmar, Tibet, 1987. Photo by Jane Seidlitz.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama, Geshe Lama Konchog, and students in Tibet, 1987. Photo by Merry Collony.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche blessing food as an offering to pretas, Bodhgaya, 1990. Photo by Andy Melnic.
Rinpoche with Ama-la, sister Ani Samten, and brother Sangye at Lawudo, 1990. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Ven. Roger Kunsang and Ven. Marcel Bertels, Bodhgaya, India, January, 1991. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the aspect of Phabongka Rinpoche during Monlam at Kopan Monastery, 1996. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Sydney, September 1996. Photographer unknown.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lawudo, Solu Khumbu, Nepal, 1998. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the Lawudo cave, Solu Khumbu, Nepal, 1998. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in a pandit hat offered by Ribur Rinpoche, 1999. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with the Board of Directors, Taos, New Mexico, USA, 1999. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s portrait, Taos, New Mexico, USA, 1999. Photo by Lenny Foster.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with local Indian people in Taos, New Mexico, USA, 1999. Photo courtesy of LYWA.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche leading an animal liberation practice, Moscow, Russia, July 5, 1999. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Rinpoche writing Prajnaparamita at Deer Park, USA, 2000. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the garden near the ruins of Nalanda Buddhist monastic university, Baragaon, Bihar, India, February 13, 2001. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Ribur Rinpoche, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Sangha, California, USA, September 13, 2001. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with the big Medicine Buddha thangka, Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA, November 17, 2001.
Medicine Buddha Retreat with Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA, November 17, 2001. Photo by Bob Cayton.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Lhundrup, Geshe Thubten Sherab, and FPMT Board members in Taos, New Mexico, April 17, 2002. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Geshe Lhundrup Soepa in Taos, New Mexico, USA, 2002.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche enjoying tea, Tibet, May 21, 2002. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and students doing prostrations during the pilgrimage in Tibet, May 23, 2002. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with the Potala palace in the background, Lhasa, Tibet, June 6, 2002. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tibet, May 23, 2002. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with nuns from a nunnery that Rinpoche supported in Tibet, June 3, 2002. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Pilgrimage to the Potala palace, Lhasa, Tibet, June 6, 2002. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Rinpoche reading texts, Washington, USA, July 4, 2003. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Dharma Celebration event, Delhi, India, January 2, 2004. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Sangha writing mantras on balloons, Washington, USA, February 28, 2004. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tahiti, March 11, 2004. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Mahamudra Centre, New Zealand, March 21, 2004. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche giving teachings at the Mahamudra Retreat, Buddha House, Adelaide, Australia, April 18, 2004.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Mongolia, June 4, 2004. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the CPMT meeting, Maitreya Instituut, Emst, Holland, August 30, 2004.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India, April 5, 2005. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khandro la at the Heruka holy place, Dharamsala, India, April 5, 2005. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with students, Spain, August, 31, 2005. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Maitreya School, Bodhgaya, December 20, 2005. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche blessing medicine at the clinic during Kalacharka teachings in Amravati, India, January 13, 2006. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Zong Rinpoche, Venerable Tenzin Wangchuk, and Sangha in south India, February 17, 2006. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tsum, Nepal, March 9, 2006. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, May 4, 2006. Photo by John Berthold (Wisdom Publications).
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the teachings by Geshe Sopa at Maitripa college, Portland, Oregon, USA, November 5, 2006. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Rinpoche holding a photo of Lama Yeshe. April 24, 2007. Photo courtesy of LYWA Collection.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the launch of "Dear Lama Zopa" book in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 4, 2007. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the Kurukulla Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July 30, 2007. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche blessing the stupa at Milarepa center, Vermont, USA, August 1, 2007. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is reading a stack of letters from students in Mexico who were requesting Rinpoche to come, California, USA, October 1, 2007. Photo by Ven. Holly Ansett.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche reciting mantras for liberated goats, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, December 10, 2007. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
FPMT Geshes with Lama Zopa Rinpoche and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, India, December 23, 2007. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche blessing chickens that were going to be killed, in the end Rinpoche bought them all, Bodhgaya, India, December 31, 2007. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, just before long life puja offered to His Holinees in Saranath, January, 2008. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with the reincarnation of one of his gurus, Domo Geshe Rinpoche, at Osel Labrang, Sera Je Monastery, Karnataka, India, January 23, 2008. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and students in Maratika cave, Maratika, Nepal, February 13, 2008. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Rinpoche stopped to recite mantras to this piglet, Nepal, February 14, 2008. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
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