Lama Yeshe at Lawudo, 1972
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(11780_ud-2.psd) Lama Yeshe meditating at Lawudo Retreat Center, Nepal, 1972. Photo by Robbie Solick.
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1972
Lama Yeshe
Lawudo Retreat Centre
Meditating
Nepal
Robbie Solick (donor-photographer)
Solu Khumbu
Lama Yeshe meditating, Dharamsala, 1972
Description:
(15170_pr.psd) Lama Yeshe meditating while visiting a hermit in Dharamsala, India, 1972.
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1972
Dharamsala
India
Lama Yeshe
Meditating
Lama Yeshe as foreman, 1972
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(15044_pr.jpg) Lama Yeshe on the roof acting as foreman and supervising the construction of Kopan, 1972. Kopan Monastery, built in Nepal, is the first major teaching center founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
Construction
Foreman
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Lama Yeshe
Nepal
The construction of Kopan Monastery, 1972
Description:
(15138_ng.psd) The construction of Kopan, first floor, rear view, 1972. Kopan Monastery, built in Nepal, is the first major teaching center founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
Construction
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
The construction of Kopan Monastery, 1972
Description:
(15139_ng.psd) The construction of Kopan, first floor, rear view, 1972. Kopan Monastery, built in Nepal, is the first major teaching center founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
Construction
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
The construction of Kopan Monastery, 1972
Description:
(15140_ng.tif) The construction of Kopan, second floor in progress, rear view, 1972. Kopan Monastery, built in Nepal, is the first major teaching center founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
Construction
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
The construction of Kopan Monastery, 1972
Description:
(15141_ng.psd) The construction of Kopan, second floor in progress, rear view, 1972. Kopan Monastery, built in Nepal, is the first major teaching center founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
Construction
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Anila Ann and Max Mathews, 1972
Description:
(15142_ng.psd) Anila Ann and Max Mathews, two early students of the Lamas, on the roof of Kopan as the second floor is in progress, 1972.
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1972
Ann McNeil (Anila Ann)
Construction
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Max Mathews
Nepal
rooftop terrace of Kopan monastery
View from the Kopan Monastery, 1972
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(15143_ng.psd) A view from the second floor of the Kopan Monastery during construction, Nepal, 1972
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1972
Construction
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Landscape
Nepal
The outdoor dining tent at Kopan, 1972
Description:
(15144_ng.psd) The construction of Kopan, second floor complete, rear view, 1972. Students and workers gather by the dining tent. Kopan Monastery, built in Nepal, is the first major teaching center founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
3rd Meditation Course
Construction
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Peter Kedge, 1972
Description:
(15145_ng.psd) Peter Kedge, an early student of the Lamas, on the front steps of Kopan, 1972. Peter would later ordain and become a very active member of the Lamas' growing Sangha.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Peter Kedge
Philippe Camus, 1972
Description:
(15146_ng.psd) Philippe Camus, an early student of the Lamas, at Kopan Monastery, 1972. Philipe was instrumental in helping fund early building projects at Kopan and Lawudo Retreat Centre.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Philippe Camus
Kopan Monastery, 1972
Description:
(15166_sl.tif) Front view of Kopan, 1972. Kopan Monastery, built in Nepal, is the first major teaching center founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Kopan Monastery, 1972
Description:
(15167_sl.psd) Front view of Kopan, 1972, with students on the steps. Kopan Monastery, built in Nepal, is the first major teaching center founded by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Steve's Tower, Kopan, 1972
Description:
(15168_sl.psd) The front gate at Kopan showing Steve's Tower on the right. Steve Malasky, an American student, built a Tibetan tower at one end of the Kopan land which came to be known as "Steve's Tower".
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Steve's Tower
Zina Rachevsky studying, 1972
Description:
(15173_pr.psd) Zina Rachevsky absorbed in her studies, 1972. Zina was an eccentric Russian-American socialite, the child of a Russian expat father and a German-Jewish mother, who became the Lamas' first Western student in 1966, and who insisted that the Lamas start to teach courses on Buddhism for Westerners. She helped the Lamas found what would later come to be known as Kopan Monastery in Nepal. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Zina Rachevsky
blue (uploaded)
2nd Kopan Meditation Course, Spring, 1972
Description:
(15089_ng.psd) Second Kopan Meditation Course, spring of 1972. Included in the photo from the left are Ann McNeil (Anila Ann), Mark Shaneman (Jhampa Zangpo), Steve Malasky, Gen Wangyal, Age Delbanco (Babaji), Peter Kedge, Geshe Thubten Tashi (seated), Losang Nyima.
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1972
2nd Meditation Course
Adele Hulse (donor)
Age Delbanco (Babaji)
Ann McNeil (Anila Ann)
Chris Kolb (Ngawang Chotak)
Gen Wangyal
Jhampa Zangpo (Mark Shaneman)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Losang Nyima
Nepal
Peter Kedge
Tashi Thubten Geshe
2nd Kopan Meditation Course, Spring, 1972
Description:
(15147_ng.psd) Second Kopan Meditation Course, spring of 1972. Included in the photo from the left are Losang Nyima, Geshe Thubten Tashi (seated), Mark Shaneman (Jhampa Zangpo), Gen Wangyal.
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1972
2nd Meditation Course
Gen Wangyal
Jhampa Zangpo (Mark Shaneman)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Losang Nyima
Nepal
Tashi Thubten Geshe
Anila Ann under a tree, 1972
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(15148_ng.psd) Ann McNeil (Anila Ann) under a tree on "astrologer's hill", Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1972. Anila Ann was an early student of the Lamas and one of the first western women to ordain as a nun.
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1972
Ann McNeil (Anila Ann)
Astrologer's Hill (Hippie Hill)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Lama Zopa in a tree, Lawudo, 1972
Description:
(15149_ng.tif) Lama Zopa Rinpoche posing in a tree, Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal,1972
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1972
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Lawudo Retreat Centre
Nepal
Solu Khumbu
Lama Zopa posing with the first five MEC students, 1972
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(15150_ng.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche posing with the first five novice monks admitted to the Mount Everest Center for Buddhist Studies (MEC), the school founded at Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1972.
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1972
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Lawudo Retreat Centre
MEC students (Mount Everest Center)
Nepal
Solu Khumbu
Lama Zopa, Lama Yeshe, unidentified monk, Solu Khumbu, 1972
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(15151_ng.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe with an unidentified monk in a tent at Syangboche, Solu Khumbu,1972.
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1972
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Yeshe
Nepal
Solu Khumbu
Rinpoche and Lama, Syangboche, 1972
Description:
(15152_ng-3.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe in a tent at Syangboche, Solu Khumbu,1972
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1972
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
LYWA Collection
Lama Yeshe
Nepal
Solu Khumbu
Lamas at the Lawudo Lama's cave, 1972
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(15174_pr.psd) At the Lawudo Lama's cave, Nepal, 1972. From the left to right: unknown monk, Lama Zopa, Massimo Corona, Lama Yeshe, Jhampa Zangpo, with two new Mount Everest Centre novice monks.
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1972
Cave of Lawudo Lama
Jhampa Zangpo (Mark Shaneman)
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Yeshe
Massimo Corona
Lamas at the Lawudo Lama's cave, 1972
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(12031_pr-3.psd) At the Lawudo Lama's cave, Nepal, 1972. From the left to right: unknown monk, Lama Zopa, Lama Yeshe, Jhampa Zangpo (Mark Shaneman).
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1972
Cave of Lawudo Lama
Jhampa Zangpo (Mark Shaneman)
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Yeshe
Lawudo Retreat Centre
Nepal
Solu Khumbu
Lawudo Retreat Centre, 1972
Description:
(15169_sl.psd) Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal,1972. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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1972
Lawudo Retreat Centre
Nepal
Solu Khumbu
A Dharma Celebration at Kopan, 1972
Description:
(15153_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe leading a Dharma celebration at Kopan along with the Mount Everest Center students, 1972.
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1972
Dharma Celebration
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Lama Yeshe
MEC students (Mount Everest Center)
Nepal
A Dharma Celebration at Kopan, 1972
Description:
(15154_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe leading a Dharma celebration at Kopan along with the Mount Everest Center students, 1972.
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1972
Dharma Celebration
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Lama Yeshe
MEC students (Mount Everest Center)
Nepal
Raising the prayer flag pole at Kopan, 1972
Description:
(15155_ng.psd) Raising the prayer flag pole at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1972. In attendance are some Mount Everest Center monks and students from the third Kopan course. Nick Ribush, an early student of the Lamas, is at the front right.
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1972
Dennis Paulson (donor)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Nick Ribush
Prayer Flags
Sacred Objects or Places
Mount Everest Centre students having lunch, 1972
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(15157_ng.psd) Mount Everest Centre students having lunch at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1972.
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1972
Food/Eating
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
MEC students (Mount Everest Center)
Nepal
Installing portrait of HH Dalai Lama, Kopan Gompa, 1972
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(15158_ng.psd) Mount Everest Center activities at Kopan Monastery, 1972: inviting the portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama into the Kopan Gompa for the first time. Losang Nyima is holding the portrait and Lama Zopa Rinpoche is walking in front of him.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Losang Nyima
MEC students (Mount Everest Centre)
Nepal
Practice
Puja or Sadhana (Spiritual practice)
blue (uploaded)
Installing portrait of HH Dalai Lama, Kopan Gompa, 1972
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(15159_ng.psd) 1972, installing the portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Kopan Gompa. Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa with other monks offering prayers.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
LYWA Collection
Lama Yeshe
Nepal
Practice
Puja or Sadhana (Spiritual practice)
Installing portrait of HH Dalai Lama, Kopan Gompa, 1972
Description:
(15160_ng.psd) Mount Everest Center at Kpoan Monastery, 1972: installing the portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the Kopan Gompa. Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa with other monks offering prayers.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Yeshe
MEC students (Mount Everest Centre)
Nepal
Practice
Puja or Sadhana (Spiritual practice)
blue (uploaded)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching, Kopan, 1972
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(15161_ng.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching in the Kopan gompa (shrineroom), 1972.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Nepal
Teaching
Zina walking to the Kopan Monastery, 1972
Description:
(15175_pr.psd) Zina Rachevsky walking uphill to the Kopan Monastery, 1972. Zina was an eccentric Russian-American socialite, the child of a Russian expat father and a German-Jewish mother, who became the Lamas' first Western student in 1966, and who insisted that the Lamas start to teach courses on Buddhism for Westerners. She helped the Lamas found what would later come to be known as Kopan Monastery in Nepal. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Zina Rachevsky
blue (uploaded)
Zina Rachevsky and Trulshik Rinpoche, 1972
Description:
(15176_pr.psd) Trulshik Rinpoche, whom Zina Rachevsky had met on several occasions, gave permission for her to come to his monastery (Thubten Choling, in the lower Solu region of Solu Khumbu near Junbesi, Nepal) to do intensive retreat in 1972. (Photo used with permission of the estate of Zina Rachevsky.)
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1972
Nepal
Solu Khumbu
Trulshik Rinpoche
Zina Rachevsky
Third Kopan Meditation Course, December, 1972
Description:
(15163_ng-6.psd) Some of those sitting in the front row include: Carol Corona, Massimo Corona, Nick Ribush, Claudio Cipullo, Steve (Malasky) Pearl, Piero Cerri, Lolly Smith, David Borrie, Darlene Darata, Age Delbanco (Babaji), Paula deWys. Some of those standing include: Ngawang Khedup (Ron Brooks), Chris Vautier, Losang Nyima, Losang Phagpa (the cook), Anila Ann McNeil, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Jamyang Wangmo (Helly Pelaez, Jampa Chökyi), Shan Cooper, Luca Corona, Nicole Kedge (Couture), Ani Zamba (Suzanne Lee), Marcel Bertels, Dieter Gewissler, Barbara Vautier, Peter Kedge.
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1972
3rd Meditation Course
Age (pronounced Oh'-wah) Delbanco (Babaji)
Ann McNeil (Anila Ann)
Group Photo
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
LYWA Collection
Marcel Bertels
Massimo Corona
Nepal
Nick Ribush
Paula de Wys (Koolkin)
Peter Kedge
Piero Cerri
Steve Malasky (Pearl)
Lama Yeshe, Kopan, 1972
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(15214_ng-3.psd) Lama Yeshe on the hill above Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1972.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
LYWA Collection
Lama Yeshe
Nepal
Third Kopan course, fall, 1972
Description:
(18756_pr-3.jpg) Third Kopan Meditation course, fall, 1972. Photo includes Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Piero Cerri, Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl), Nick Ribush, and Luca Corona.
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1972
3rd Meditation Course
Dharamsala
India
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
LYWA Collection
Luca Corona
Nepal
Nick Ribush
Piero Cerri (Thubten Donyo)
Steve Malasky (Pearl)
Tibetan Library (Library of Tibetan Works and Archives)
Max serving Rinpoche, 1972
Description:
(25211_ng-3.TIF) Max serving Rinpoche after Christmas puja, Kopan Monastery, 1972.
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1972
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
LYWA Collection
Max Mathews
Nepal
Randa Solick and Jan Willis, Kopan, 1972
Description:
(36758_pr-3.psd) Jan Willis (Losang Chokyi) and Randy Solick, Kopan Monastery, 1972. Jan Willis (donor)
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1972
Jan Willis (Losang Chokyi)
Jan Willis (donor)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Randa (Randy) Solick
Robbie Solick and Jan Willis, Kopan, 1972
Description:
(36768_pr-6.psd) Robbie Solick and Jan Willis, Kopan Monastery, 1972. Jan Willis (donor)
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1972
Jan Willis (Losang Chokyi)
Jan Willis (donor)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Nepal
Robbie Solick
Lama and Dolma, Kopan, 1972
Description:
(36774_pr-3.tif) Lama Yeshe and his dog Dolma, Kopan Monastery, 1972. Jan Willis (donor)
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1972
Dolma (Dog of Lama Yeshe)
Jan Willis (donor)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Lama Yeshe
Nepal
Lama Yeshe, Puja, Kopan, 1972
Description:
(36901_pr-3.psd) Lama Yeshe doing puja in Zinas room, Losang Chonjor, right, Kopan Monastery, 1972. Jan Willis (donor-photographer)
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1972
Jan Willis (donor)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Lama Yeshe
Losang Chonjur
Nepal
Puja or Sadhana (Spiritual practice)
Tushita, Dharamsala, 1972
Description:
(39243_ng-3.tif) An early photo of Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, 1972.
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1972
Dharamsala
India
LYWA Collection
Nowrojee Kotee
TMC Tushita Meditation Centre
Anila Ann, Dharamsala, ca 1972
Description:
(39245_ng-3.psd) Anila Ann at Nowrojees store, Dharamsala, ca 1972. Peter Kedge (photographer)
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1973
Ann McNeil (Anila Ann)
Dharamsala
India
Peter Kedge (photographer)
TMC Tushita Meditation Centre
Third Kopan course, fall, 1972
Description:
(39247_ng-3.jpg) Third Kopan Meditation course, fall, 1972. Photo includes Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Luca Corona, Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl).
Keywords:
1972
3rd Meditation Course
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
LYWA Collection
Luca Corona
Nepal
Steve Malasky (Pearl)
Kopan at sunrise, 1972
Description:
(15165_ng.psd) Sunrise at the Kopan Monastery, 1972. The silhouette is of Ann McNeil (Anila Ann).
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1972
Ann McNeil (Anila Ann)
Kathmandu
Kopan Monastery
Landscape
Nepal