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Thubten Zopa Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཐུབ་བསྟན་བཟོད་པ་, Wylie: Thub-bstan Bzod-pa; born Dawa Chötar, 3 December 1945 – 13 April 2023) was a Tibetan Buddhist lama in the Gelug school. He is known for founding the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon.
Rinpoche was taken under the care of FPMT’s founder Lama Thubten Yeshe, soon after leaving Tibet, in Buxa Duar, India, in the early 1960’s. Rinpoche was with Lama Yeshe until 1984 when Lama Yeshe passed away and Lama Zopa Rinpoche took over as spiritual director of FPMT.
Apr 17, 2023 · Lama Zopa Rinpoche, cofounder of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, passed away on April 13, 2023 in Nepal. He was a revered teacher, scholar, and meditation master who taught the Buddha's teachings worldwide.
We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami near the Mount Everest region of Nepal. At the tender age of four, he was recognized to be the reincarnation of a Nyingma yogi known as the Lawudo Lama who had lived and meditated close by, in the Lawudo Cave.
Apr 13, 2023 · Lama Zopa Rinpoche, a Gelug lama who taught the dharma in the West and co-founded Kopan Monastery, Wisdom Publications, and FPMT with Lama Yeshe, passed away at 76. He was known for his eloquent teachings on impermanence and his vast activities imbued with bodhichitta.
Curriculum Vitae of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, was born in Thangme, Nepal, in 1946. At the age of three he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama, Lama Kunzang Yeshe, who
