(16769_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe wearing a ceremonial crown of the five dhyani buddhas for the Tara statue procession, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976. Behind him is Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) on the left and Wendy Finster and Ngawang Khyentse on the right.
(09311_ng.JPG) Ordination group with HH Trijang Rinpoche, 1976. Front row: Karin Valham, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, HH Trijang Rinpoche seated, Lama Yeshe, Geshe Jampa Wangdu. Second row: Margaret McAndrew, Angeles de la Torre, Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl), Wendy Finster, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Dieter Kratzer. Standing: Elisabeth Drukier, Scott Brusso, Roger Wheeler, Jeffery Webster, Marcel Bertels, John Feuille, Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Peter Kedge, Gareth Sparham, George Churinoff.
(16762_sl.tif) From the left: Angeles de la Torre (kneeling), Lama Zopa Rinpoche (seated front), Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl), Wendy Finster, HH Trijang Rinpoche (seated in chair), Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Lama Yeshe, Dieter Kratzer.
(09493_sl.JPG) Ordination group with Lama Yeshe, 1976. Front row: George Churinoff (Karin Valham behind him), Elisabeth Drukier, Dieter Kratzer, (Losang Nyima behind him), Lama Yeshe, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl). Gareth Sparham and Marcel Bertels are behind Pende and Steve. Back row (standing): Margaret McAndrew, Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Scott Brusso, Ursula Bernis, Wendy Finster, unknown tibetan monk, in back Angeles de la Torre, Jeffery Webster, unknown tibetan monk, Peter Kedge, Roger Wheeler, John Feuille.
(16746_sl.psd) Ordination group with Lama Yeshe, 1976. Front row: George Churinoff (Karin Valham behind him), Elisabeth Drukier, Dieter Kratzer, (Losang Nyima behind him), Lama Yeshe, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl). Gareth Sparham and Marcel Bertels are behind Pende and Steve. Back row (standing): Margaret McAndrew, Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Scott Brusso, Ursula Bernis, Wendy Finster, unknown tibetan monk, in back Angeles de la Torre, Jeffery Webster, unknown tibetan monk, Peter Kedge, Roger Wheeler, John Feuille.
(16778_pr.psd) Thubten Lodro, a Mount Everest Center novice, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976. Lama Yeshe sent photos of the MEC students all around the world and also took photos with him on tour in an attempt to raise funds for them. "Mummy" Max Mathews had a photo taken of each of them and had a group photo made into a poster.
(16779_pr.psd) A Mount Everest Center novice, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976. Lama Yeshe sent photos of the MEC students all around the world and also took photos with him on tour in an attempt to raise funds for them. "Mummy" Max Mathews had a photo taken of each of them and had a group photo made into a poster.
(16777_pr.psd) Thubten Monlam, a Mount Everest Center novice, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976. Lama Yeshe sent photos of the MEC students all around the world and also took photos with him on tour in an attempt to raise funds for them. "Mummy" Max Mathews had a photo taken of each of them and had a group photo made into a poster.
(06476_sl.JPG) Lama Yeshe 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.
(06479_sl.JPG) Lama Yeshe 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.
(06480_sl.JPG) 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.
(06481_sl.JPG) 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.
(06482_sl.JPG) 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.
(06483_sl.JPG) 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.
(06484_sl.JPG) 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.
(06486_sl.JPG) Lama Yeshe 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.
(06487_sl.JPG) Lama Yeshe 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.
(06489_sl.JPG) Lama Yeshe 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.
(06490_sl.JPG) Lama Yeshe 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.
(06491_sl.JPG) Lama Yeshe 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.
(12906_sl-3.psd) 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.
(12912_sl.tif) 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.
(12921_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe 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.
(12926_sl.tif) 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.
(12925_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe 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.
(12930_sl.tif) 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.
(16703_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Yangsi Rinpoche in a procession circumambulating Kopan Monastery with the Tara statue prior to it's installation, Nepal, 1976.
(16731_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe and Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) visiting the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia with Peter Stripes and his two eldest children, 1976.
(16732_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe and Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) visiting the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia with Peter Stripes and his two eldest children, 1976.
(16733_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe and Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) visiting the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia with Peter Stripes and his two eldest children, 1976.
(16734_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe and Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) visiting the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia with Peter Stripes and his two eldest children, 1976.
(16735_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe and Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) visiting the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia with Peter Stripes and his two eldest children, 1976.
(16736_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe and Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) visiting the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia with Peter Stripes and his two eldest children, 1976.
(16705_ng.psd) Group photo at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1976. Included in the photo are Charlie Topp, Tony Duff, Jhampa Zangpo (Mark Shaneman), Garrey Foulkes, and Adele Hulse.
(16053_ng-2.psd) Lama Yeshe doing the Fire Puja (with Jhampa Zangpo (Mark Shaneman) holding the umbrella, Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) sitting to his right and Anila Ann sitting to the left, Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1976.
(16700_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe teaching at Olinda, Australia. On 29 July 1976 Lama Yeshe gave a public lecture in Melbourne. That same evening a weekend course for eighty commenced at Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges outside the city.
(16701_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe teaching at Olinda, Australia. On 29 July 1976 Lama Yeshe gave a public lecture in Melbourne. That same evening a weekend course for eighty commenced at Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges outside the city.
(16702_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe teaching at Olinda, Australia. On 29 July 1976 Lama Yeshe gave a public lecture in Melbourne. That same evening a weekend course for eighty commenced at Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges outside the city.
(16744_ng-3.psd) Lama Yeshe with new Sangha at rabjung ordination, Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1976. From the left: Nigel, unknown woman, Uldis Balodis (with beard), Charlie Topp (front center), Helen McCallum (Yeshe Dorje), and Tony Duff (right front). Behind Tony is Terry O'Neil. Lama Yeshe is seated in the back.
