Peter Kedge and Lama Yeshe, Tushita Meditation Center, 1973. “Tushita was truly a place for retreat, with Ling Rinpoche and Geshe Rabten as neighbors and other geshes engaged in retreats for years at a time living on the property itself."

A photo from the travels of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe in Bangkok at the Jade Buddha Temple, Thailand, 1974.

Lama Yeshe giving a public talk (with Nick Ribush at the right), Melbourne University, Australia, 1975.

Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1977

Lama Yeshe teaching at 11th Meditation course, Kopan, 1978. Photo by Robin Bath.

(12815_sl-3.tif) Lama Yeshe at Bloedel Floral Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1978. Jon Landaw (photographer)

1978, Lama Yeshe teaching in Zurich, Switzerland. Photo by Ueli Minder.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche in ceremonial dress, Heruka initiation, Manjushri Institute, 1978. Photo by Brian Beresford.

Lama Yeshe holding Tara statue, UCSC (University of Calif. at Santa Cruz), 1978. Photo by Jon Landaw.

Lama Yeshe taking photos of people taking photos at the zoo in Amsterdam, 1980. Photo by Jan-Paul Kool.

Lama Yeshe at the 13th Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, 1980. Courtesy Dean Alper.

Lama Yeshe in the gardens at Kopan Monastery, 1981. Photo by Jan-Paul Kool. "The red down vest he wore in Dharamsala was untraditional in that it was a modern Western garment stuffed with feathers, but traditional in that it did not have sleeves. He also wore a fringed zen, when the rule is that it should have cleanly hemmed edges. Lama’s zen was also a funny fuchsia color and bore obvious signs of age, yet he wore it everywhere."

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in front of the cave of the Lawudo Lama, Lawudo Retreat Centre, 1981. Photo by Peter Kedge.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche and students at Milarepa Center, Vermont, 1981.

Lama Yeshe in China, 1982. Marcel Bertels: “One day we came across a photographer’s stall with a painted set. Lama put on an embroidered Chinese robe and a beard and had his photo taken there. He also did a little dance on the set for Max and me."

Lama Yeshe visiting Tibet, 1982. "Lama also visited Sera Monastery, where only seventy monks remained. He found the site of his old room, sat down on the rubble and meditated."

(23915_sl-3.tif) Lama Yeshe speaking with students in his grey raincoat, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy, 1982.

Lama Yeshe performing a fire puja at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, 1983.