(15045_pr.jpg) Lama Yeshe at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photo by Georges Luneau.
(34018_ud-1.psd) The treking party stops by a river in Kusum on the way to Phagding (half way between Lukla and Namche in Nepal). The party included Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Max Mathews, Zina Rachevsky, Jacqueline Fagan (a New Zealander who had been at Villa Altomont), Judy Weitzner and her husband, Chip Cobalt. Photo donated by Judy Weitzner.
(34019_ud-1.psd) The treking party stops by a river in Kusum on the way to Phagding (half way between Lukla and Namche in Nepal). The party included Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Max Mathews, Zina Rachevsky, Jacqueline Fagan (a New Zealander who had been at Villa Altomont), Judy Weitzner and her husband, Chip Cobalt. Photo donated by Judy Weitzner.
(11025_pr-2.psd) Zina Rachevsky outside the cave of the Lawudo Lama, a previous incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. This photo was taken on the first trek to the Lawudo Retreat Centre in Nepal, 1969. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.) Photo by Georges Luneau.
(12030_pr2.jpg) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (left) and Zina Rachevsky at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
(12498_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (left) and Zina Rachevsky. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
(12502_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (left) and Zina Rachevsky. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
(12495_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (right) and Zina Rachevsky at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
(12501_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (left) and Zina Rachevsky outside the cave of the Lawudo Lama. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photo by Georges Luneau.
(12027_pr2.jpg) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (left) and Zina Rachevsky at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
(12028_pr-3.psd) Lama Yeshe (left) and Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau.
(12029_pr-3.psd) Lama Yeshe (left) and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, with Zina at the far right at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photo by Georges Luneau.
(12033_pr-3.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (center) blesses a mother and child as Lama Yeshe looks on at at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photo by Georges Luneau.
(12035_pr-3.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (left) and Lama Yeshe at Thangme. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau.
(13896_ud.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (top) and Lama Yeshe meditating. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau.
(12032_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche (top) and Lama Yeshe meditating. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photos by Georges Luneau.
(15046_pr-1.psd) Max with her 1932 Hudson. Mary Jane "Max" Mathews, (known affectionately as Mummy Max) is an African-American woman who became a devout disciple and benefactor of Lama Yeshe, later taking novice nun ordination. She was a key patron and founding member of the lama's international Sangha.
(15047_sl-1.psd) Max Mathews (left) and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
(15056_pr-2.psd) Max Mathews in a photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the previous hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
(15058_pr-3.psd) The Old House at Kopan, 1969, before construction of Kopan Monastery, the primary teaching location for Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
(15051_pr-1.psd) The old house at Kopan, 1969, before construction of Kopan Monastery, the primary teaching site for Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
(15052_pr-1.psd) The old house at Kopan, 1969, before construction of Kopan Monastery, the primary teaching site for Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
