(00044_ud.jpg) Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Gomchen Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe. Gomchen Rinpoche visited Kopan Monastery, Nepal in January of 1975, and on Jan. 10, he gave an important talk on guru devotion. This was published in The Heart of the Path, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, 2009.
(09626_sl.JPG) Jampa Trinley with his wife, Ngawang, their family and Daja Meston (Thubten Wangchuk) in the front, at their house in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1975. Front row, left to right: Wangmo, Daja Meston (Thubten Wangchuk), Tsewang, Tashi. Back row, left to right: Nyidro, Auntie Tham Chola, Ngawang, Jampa Trinley. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Lama Yeshe's old friend Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama's teachers.
(09619_sl.JPG) Jampa Trinley and Daja Meston (Thubten Wangchuk) on a motor cycle, at their house in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1975. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Lama Yeshe's old friend Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama's teachers.
(15899_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe with Jampa Trinley, 1975. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Lama Yeshe's old friend Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama's teachers. In January 1975 he was enthroned at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, after which he became known to all as Yangsi Rinpoche.
(15900_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe with Jampa Trinley, 1975. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Lama Yeshe's old friend Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama's teachers. In January 1975 he was enthroned at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, after which he became known to all as Yangsi Rinpoche.
(15893_ng-3.tif) Jampa Trinley with his wife, Ngawang Namgyal, 1975. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama Yeshe's teachers. In January 1975 Kelsang Puntsog was enthroned at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, after which he became known to all as Yangsi Rinpoche.
(15894_ng.psd) Yangsi Rinpoche, 1975. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Lama Yeshe's old friend Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama's teachers. In January 1975 he was enthroned at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, after which he became known to all as Yangsi Rinpoche.
(15903_pr.psd) Enthronement of Yangsi Rinpoche, 1975. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Lama Yeshe's old friend Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama's teachers. In January 1975 he was enthroned at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, after which occasion he became known to all as Yangsi Rinpoche.
(13245_pr3.psd) Enthronement of Yangsi Rinpoche, 1975. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Lama Yeshe's old friend Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama's teachers. In January 1975 he was enthroned at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, after which he became known to all as Yangsi Rinpoche. Elizabeth Drukier donated the photo.
(15997_pr-3.psd) Enthronement of Yangsi Rinpoche, Kopan Monastery, 1975. Kelsang Puntsog Rinpoche, the son of Lama Yeshe's old friend Jampa Trinley, was later recognized to be the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama's teachers. In January 1975 he was enthroned at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, after which occasion he became known to all as Yangsi Rinpoche. Photo donated by Nick Ribush.
(15904_ud.tif) Ordination group, Tushita, 1975. From left to right: Bonnie Rothenberg, Geshe Jampa Wangdu, unknown monk, John Feuille, Dieter Kratzer, unknown monk, Jampa Konchog (Yogi), Bruno LeGuevel, and Jeffery Webster in the back row, with Lama Yeshe in front (seated)and Lati Rinpoche (seated in chair). On the morning of March 12th with Lati Rinpoche presiding, five new monks and one nun were ordained into the International Mahayana Institute. Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, 1975.
(15367_ud-2.psd) Newly ordained monks and nuns have an audience with H.H. Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India, March 12, 1975. In the front row is Jhampa Zangpo (Mark Shaneman), Suzanne Lee (Jampa Chozom), Piero Cerri, Dieter Kratzer, Thubten Chokey, HH Dalai Lama, Gareth Sparham, Ursula Bernis, John Feuille. Back row is Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl), Nick Ribush, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Jeffery Webster, Bruno LeGuevel, Jampa Konchog (Yogi), and Bonnie Rothenberg.
(07647_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe with the Ribush family, 1975. From left: Nick Ribush, Alison Ribush, Lama Yeshe holding Bobik, and Beatrice Ribush holding Kalu. Melbourne, Australia, 1975. Photo by Dorian Ribush.
(07645_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe with the Ribush family, 1975. From left: Alison Ribush holding Kalu, Dorian Ribush, Beatrice Ribush and Lama Yeshe holding Bobik. Melbourne, Australia, 1975. Photo by Nick Ribush.
(15972_ng.tif) The audience at a public talk by Lama Yeshe (with Nick Ribush in the foreground left), Adyar Theater, Sydney, Australia, 8th of April, 1975.
(15973_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe giving a public talk, Adyar Theater, Sydney, Australia, 8th of April, 1975. Lama Zopa Rinpoche can be seen sitting by the wall.
(37334_ng.tif) Building the Chenrezig Institute gompa (meditation hall), February/March,1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(37335_ng.psd) The Chenrezig Institute gompa (meditation hall), 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
The kitchen/dining area, Chenrezig Institute, 1975
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(15908_ng.tif) The kitchen/dining area at Chenrezig Institute, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15922_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche having lunch with Nick Ribush and Mummy Max, during the month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975.
(15978_ng.tif) Lama Zopa teaching, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and their students during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15979_ng.tif) Lama Zopa teaching, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and their students during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15980_ng.psd) Lama Zopa teaching, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and their students during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15981_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe teaching, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and their students during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15982_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe teaching, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and their students during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15913_ng.tif) Lama Zopa teaching, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15914_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe teaching, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15915_ng.tif) Lama Yeshe teaching, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15917_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe doing puja, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15917_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.
(15918_ng.tif) Lama Zopa Rinpoche doing puja, 1975. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia. Beatrice Ribush is on the right.
(15919_ng.tif) Sister Max Mathews, Anila Ann, and Nick Ribush doing puja. Gloria Searle is the brunette near the back wall. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975
(15971_ng-2.psd) Lama Yeshe entering the gompa with Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, abbot of Wat Bovoranives. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975.
(15923_pr.psd) Lama Yeshe entering the gompa with Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, abbot of Wat Bovoranives. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975.
(15932_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15936_ng.psd) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15937_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15938_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15939_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15943_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15945_ng-2.psd) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15946_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15948_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15950_ng.psd) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15959_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15961_ng.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15965_sl.tif) Portrait of Lama Yeshe, 1975. With the idea of commissioning a statue of Lama Yeshe, Mummy Max (Max Matthews) arranged for a series of shots taken just of his head from every angle, as well as photos of Lama in meditation posture. Photo taken on Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death) at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975. Photo donated by Wendy Finster.
(15966_ng.tif) On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(15967_ng.tif) On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(15969_sl.JPG) Lama Yeshe, Beatrice Ribush, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in meditation. On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(15970_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe, Beatrice Ribush, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in meditation. On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(12039_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe, Beatrice Ribush, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in meditation. On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(13330_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe, Beatrice Ribush, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in meditation. On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(10481_ng.JPG) Lama Zopa Rinpoche in meditation, 1975. On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(11709_ng.JPG) Lama Yeshe in meditation, 1975. On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(10378_pr-2.psd) Lama Zopa Rinpoche with the students, 1975. On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
(15968_ng.psd) Lama Yeshe with the students, 1975. On Saka Dawa (the celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death), Lama Yeshe asked everyone to come outside after a Guru Puja for a meditation on the hill behind the gompa. Chenrezig Institute, Australia, May 25, 1975. Photo by Wendy Finster.
