by Nicholas Ribush 1975 was an amazing year for the (as-yet-unnamed) FPMT. First, there was the enthronement of Yangsi Rinpoche in early January, followed by a visit and teaching by Gomchen Gampala, a manifestation of the great Thang Tong Gyalpo. At the end of January Lama Yeshe gave the IMI monks and nuns a ManjushriContinue reading “Fifty Years of FPMT: A Personal History”
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Rinpoche’s Animal Friends
We are constantly delighted by Rinpoche’s Animal Friends. This LYWA free book showcases more than one hundred images of the soft toys, also known as plushies, which appeared regularly in Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s video teachings from Kopan during the COVID-19 pandemic and were later gifted to delighted students around the world. May you enjoy this taste fromContinue reading “Rinpoche’s Animal Friends”
My Second Trip to Lawudo, Summer 1974
by Nicholas Ribush First published in the Love Lawudo Newsletter The story of my first trip, 1973, finished with “We got back to Kopan around the twenty-fifth of October, about three weeks before the fifth course was due to start.” A lot of amazing stuff happened between my first and second trips to Lawudo, theContinue reading “My Second Trip to Lawudo, Summer 1974”
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