Thubten Yeshe (1935-1984) was a Tibetanlama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded Kopan Monastery (1969) and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (1975). He followed the Gelugpa tradition, and was considered something of an eccentric. Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西è—, pinyin: XÄ«zà ng; older spelling Thibet) is a region and former independent country in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Lama can refer to: the Tibetan word for religious teacher (like the Sanskrit term guru) see Tibetan Buddhism. ... Kopan Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. ... The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (F.P.M.T.) is a well-known network of Buddhist centers focusing on the Gelugpa tradition of Tibet. ... The Geluk (dge lugs) School was founded by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibets best known religious reformer and arguably its greatest philosopher. ...
"Lama Yeshe" was born near the Tibetan town of Tolung Dechen, but was sent to Sera Monastery in Lhasa at the age of six. He never achieved the geshe degree or else, as he once quipped, he would have to be known as "Geshe Yeshe." Lhasa is located in the Lhasa Valley of Tibet. ...
With the Chinese invasion in 1959 Lama Yeshe made his way to India, and in 1965, began teaching Western students in cooperation with a fellow monk, Lama Thupten Zopa. The number of students continued to grow, resulting in the founding of the several institutions mentioned above.
Lama Yeshe's books include
Around 1990 his reincarnation was identified in the person of a Spanish boy now called Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche (born 1985).
Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-1984) was a Tibetanlama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded Kopan Monastery (1969) and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (1975).
"LamaYeshe" was born near the Tibetan town of Tolung Dechen, but was sent to Sera Monastery in Lhasa at the age of six.
LamaYeshe never sat for the geshe degree or else, as he once quipped, he would have to be known as "Geshe Yeshe." He also used to joke that he was a Tibetan hippie: "I dropped out!" (Actually, Sera Monastery awarded him an honorary geshe degree in the early 80s.)
Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in Tibet in 1935, not far from the town of Tolung Dechen.
During all of his training, one of LamaYeshe's recurring prayers was to be able one day to bring the peaceful benefits of spiritual practice to those ignorant of the Dharma.
LamaYeshe had said of his condition, which was known of as early as 1974, that he was 'alive only through the power of mantra'.
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