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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 ...
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 ...
On his 6th birthday Khyongla Rinpoche was taken to his labrang, a lama's residence. [ 3 ] He became a monk and studied at "two of the most important Geluk monasteries in Tibet," first at Rato Monastery , which specialized in debate , later moving to Drepung Monastery , where he received his Geshe Lharampa degree (equivalent to Doctor of ...
A Joint Biography of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1935 to 1974. Paine, Jeffrey. Re-Enchantment: Tibetan Buddhism Comes to the West. Norton, 2004. Chapter two discusses the influence of Lama Yeshe and the FPMT. Willis, Jan. Dreaming Me. Lama Yeshe was her teacher. She talks a lot about him in this book.
Robina Courtin (born 20 December 1944, in Melbourne, Australia [1]) is a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelugpa tradition and lineage of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In 1996 she founded the Liberation Prison Project, which she ran until 2009.
In 1978, Khyabje Song Rinpoche ordained five monks in Pomaia. Their monastery, Tagden Shedrub Dhargye Ling ("Place Where Study and Practice Proliferate Uninterruptedly"), was built during the 1980s under the patronage of Lama Zopa. It was the first Gelugpa monastery in Italy.