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Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, also called Lama Zopa Rinpoche has an extensive biography of him in the book The Lawudo Lama by Jamyang Wangmo. [2] Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in Thangme, Nepal, in 1945. [3] [1] Early in life, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama Kunzang Yeshe, from the same region (hence the title "Rinpoche").
Following the policy of the 14th Dalai Lama, the FPMT bans the worship of this deity from its centers. [8] [9] Lama Yeshe's death in 1984 led to his succession as spiritual director by Lama Zopa. In 1986, a Spanish boy named Tenzin Ösel Hita (a.k.a. Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche, or "Lama Ösel") was identified as the tulku of Lama Yeshe. As he came ...
There his teacher Geshe Rabten entrusted to his care a younger monk, Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. The two would work together throughout Lama Yeshe's life. In 1965 Lama Yeshe began teaching Western students, beginning with Zina Rachevsky, who sought him out at the Ghum Monastery in Darjeeling. The number of students continued to grow, eventually ...
Amitabha Buddhist Centre was founded by Lama Thubten Yeshe when he first visited Singapore with his disciple Thubten Zopa Rinpoche in 1984. After Lama Yeshe died in 1984, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche became its Spiritual Director. The Singapore centre was finally realised in 1985, but had no permanent base.
The 5th Kyabje Dagri Dorje Chang (Dagri Rinpoche is the 5th reincarnation of Pagri Dorje Chang, one of the very great Geshes of Lhasa who was the teacher of many high lamas in Tibet.) Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche(Thubten Zopa Rinpoche) Sera Jey Khenpo Geshe Lobsang Delek Rinpoche; Kyabje Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche; Kopan Khenpo Geshe Thubten Chonyi ...
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche were guided by him in their early days outside of Tibet. In the mid 1960s Geshe Rabten was a religious assistant to the Dalai Lama. [2] The Dalai Lama asked him to teach Dharma to Westerners in Dharamshala in 1969. [3] He went to teach in Switzerland in 1974. [4]
Trijang Rinpoche had many well known disciples, some of whom have become renowned in the West, such as Tenzin Gyatso (the 14th Dalai Lama), Lama Yeshe, Lama Gangchen Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Kelsang Gyatso. Trijang Rinpoche was the Dalai Lama's teacher until he died.
[33] According to Kay, Lama Yeshe tried at different times to reassert his authority over the institute, but his attempts were unsuccessful. [34] The visit of Thubten Zopa in 1988 [35] "is significant, indicating the ongoing devotion of the students to this lama and their desire to leave the negativity of the schism with the FPMT in the past." [35]