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{{short description|Buddhist lama from Khumbu, Nepal}}
{{short description|Tibetan Buddhist lama (1945–2023)}}
{{distinguish|Lhundub Sopa|Tenzin Zopa}}
{{distinguish|Lhundub Sopa|Tenzin Zopa}}
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{{Infobox philosopher
{{Infobox philosopher
| religion = [[Tibetan Buddhism]] ([[Gelug]] school)
| region = [[Tibetan Buddhism]]
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| name = Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
| name = Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
| image = Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche December 2008 Kopan monastery Nepal.jpg
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| birth_place = [[Thangme]], Nepal
| caption = Thubten Zopa Rinpoche in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}}
| birth_name = Dawa Chötar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|12|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thame, Nepal|Thangme]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|4|13|1945|12|3|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kathmandu]], Nepal
| school_tradition = [[Gelug]]
| school_tradition = [[Gelug]]
| website = {{URL|fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/}}
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'''Thubten Zopa Rinpoche''' ({{bo|t=ཐུབ་བསྟན་བཟོད་པ་|w=Thub-bstan Bzod-pa}}; born Dawa Chötar) is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] [[lama]] from [[Khumbu]], the entryway to [[Mount Everest]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=The Official Homepage for Lama Zopa Rinpoche |url=http://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa |access-date=October 25, 2015 |publisher=[[Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition]]}}</ref>
'''Thubten Zopa [[Rinpoche]]''' ({{bo|t=ཐུབ་བསྟན་བཟོད་པ་|w=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]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=The Official Homepage for Lama Zopa Rinpoche |url=http://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa |access-date=25 October 2015 |publisher=[[Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition]] |archive-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023082607/http://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, also called Lama Zopa Rinpoche has an extensive biography of him in the book ''The Lawudo Lama'' by Jamyang Wangmo.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jamyang Wangmo|title=The Lawudo Lama: Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMk6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20|year=2013|publisher=Wisdom Publications|isbn=978-0-86171-890-0|page=20}}</ref>
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, also called Lama Zopa Rinpoche has an extensive biography of him in the book ''The Lawudo Lama'' by Jamyang Wangmo.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jamyang Wangmo|title=The Lawudo Lama: Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMk6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20|year=2013|publisher=Wisdom Publications|isbn=978-0-86171-890-0|page=20}}</ref>


Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in Thangme, Nepal, in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Lama Zopa Rinpoche |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/teacher/kyabje-lama-zopa-rinpoche |website=www.lamayeshe.com |access-date=8 April 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="bio" /><!-- second source says 1946 --> Early in life, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama Kunzang Yeshe, from the same region (hence the title "[[Rinpoche]]"). At the age of ten, Lama Zopa Rinpoche went to Tibet and studied and meditated at Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s monastery near Pagri. He took his monastic vows at Dungkar Monastery in [[Tibet]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wangmo |first1=Jamyang |title=The Lawudo Lama: Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region |date=2013 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9780861718900 |page=314 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMk6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |language=en}}</ref>
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in Thangme, Nepal, in 1945.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Lama Zopa Rinpoche |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/teacher/kyabje-lama-zopa-rinpoche |website=www.lamayeshe.com |access-date=8 April 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418153256/https://www.lamayeshe.com/teacher/kyabje-lama-zopa-rinpoche |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bio" /><!-- second source says 1946 --> Early in life, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama Kunzang Yeshe, from the same region (hence the title "[[Rinpoche]]"). At the age of ten, he went to [[Tibet (1912–1951)|Tibet]] and studied and meditated at Domo Geshe Rinpoche's monastery near [[Phari|Pagri]]. He took his monastic vows at Dungkar Monastery in Tibet.<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Wangmo |first1=Jamyang |title=The Lawudo Lama: Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region |date=2013 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9780861718900 |page=314 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMk6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |language=en}}</ref>

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche left Tibet in 1959 for Bhutan after the [[Seventeen Point Agreement|Chinese occupation of Tibet]]. Lama Zopa Rinpoche then went to the Tibetan refugee camp at [[Buxa Fort|Buxa Duar]], [[West Bengal]], India, where he met [[Thubten Yeshe|Lama Yeshe]], who became his closest teacher. The Lamas met their first Western student, Zina Rachevsky, in 1967 then traveled with her to Nepal in 1968 where they began teaching more Westerners.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Official Homepage for Lama Zopa Rinpoche – FPMT |url=https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/ |website=fpmt.org |access-date=8 April 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410232452/https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


Lama Zopa met [[Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama]], in Nepal in 1986 and in Tibet.<ref name="auto"/>
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche left Tibet in 1959 for Bhutan after the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Lama Zopa Rinpoche then went to the Tibetan refugee camp at Buxa Duar, West Bengal, India, where he met Lama Yeshe, who became his closest teacher. The Lamas met their first Western student, Zina Rachevsky, in 1967 then traveled with her to Nepal in 1968 where they began teaching more Westerners.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Official Homepage for Lama Zopa Rinpoche - FPMT |url=https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/ |website=fpmt.org |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>


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Lama Zopa is most noteworthy as the co-founder, with Lama Thubten Yeshe, of [[Kopan Monastery]] and the [[Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition]] (FPMT). In 1972 he along with Lama Yeshe founded [[Tushita Meditation Centre]] near [[McLeod Ganj]] at village Dharamkot in [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Tushita Meditation Centre| date=25 October 2013| url=http://tushita.info/about-us/history-of-tushita/| access-date=19 May 2015| archive-date=8 December 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208160436/http://tushita.info/about-us/history-of-tushita/| url-status=live}}</ref> Since the 1984 death of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa has served as the FPMT's spiritual director. FPMT is involved with a number of charitable activities including "offering food to ordained Sangha; providing scholarships to study Buddhist philosophy; offering to the main teachers of the Lama Tsongkhapa tradition and sponsoring annual debates; offering grants for social services such as to old age homes, schools, hospitals and monastic institutions; providing comprehensive Dharma programs; translating Dharma texts; sponsoring holy objects: statues, stupas and prayer wheels, and saving animals."<ref>{{cite web |title=FPMT's Charitable Projects – FPMT |url=https://fpmt.org/projects/fpmt/ |website=fpmt.org |access-date=8 April 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410232520/https://fpmt.org/projects/fpmt/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Lama Zopa met [[Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama]], in Nepal in 1986 and in Tibet.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wangmo |first1=Jamyang |title=The Lawudo Lama: Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region |date=2013 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9780861718900 |page=314 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMk6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 |language=en}}</ref>


==Death==
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Lama Zopa is most noteworthy as the co-founder, with Lama [[Thubten Yeshe]], of [[Kopan Monastery]] and the [[Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition]] (FPMT). In 1972 he along with Lama Yeshe founded [[Tushita Meditation Centre]] near [[McLeod Ganj]] at village Dharamkot in [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Tushita Meditation Centre | url=http://tushita.info/about-us/history-of-tushita/}}</ref> Since the 1984 death of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa has served as the FPMT's spiritual director. FPMT is involved with a number of charitable activities including "under Rinpoche’s guidance. These include initiatives such as: offering food to ordained Sangha; providing scholarships to study Buddhist philosophy; offering to the main teachers of the Lama Tsongkhapa tradition and sponsoring annual debates; offering grants for social services such as to old age homes, schools, hospitals and monastic institutions; providing comprehensive Dharma programs; translating Dharma texts; sponsoring holy objects: statues, stupas and prayer wheels, and saving animals.<ref>{{cite web |title=FPMT’s Charitable Projects - FPMT |url=https://fpmt.org/projects/fpmt/ |website=fpmt.org |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref>
From 10 April 2023, Lama Zopa Rinpoche stayed up in the mountains in the [[Tsum Valley]]. Due to altitude sickness he had to be brought down urgently. On arrival back in [[Kathmandu]], Rinpoche stopped breathing. The main doctor at Karuna Hospital tried for some time to revive him, but was not successful. Rinpoche died at about 9.30 am [[Nepal Standard Time|Nepal time]], 13 April 2023, at the age of 76.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kunsang |first=Roger |date=13 April 2023 |title=VERY IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE |url=https://fpmt.org/fpmt-community-news/announcements/very-important-news-about-lama-zopa-rinpoche/ |website=FPMT official site |access-date=13 April 2023 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413130323/https://fpmt.org/fpmt-community-news/announcements/very-important-news-about-lama-zopa-rinpoche/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sperry |first1=Rod Meade |title=Buddhist teacher Lama Zopa Rinpoche, co-founder of FPMT, dies at 76 |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-teacher-lama-zopa-rinpoche-co-founder-of-fpmt-dies-at-76/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |publisher=Lion's Roar |date=13 April 2023 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413140615/https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-teacher-lama-zopa-rinpoche-co-founder-of-fpmt-dies-at-76/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Teachings==
Lama Zopa Rinpoches's books are published by [[Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition#Publications|Wisdom Publications]] and Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. Free transcripts of some of his teachings are available from the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive|url=http://www.lamayeshe.com|access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's books are published by [[Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition#Publications|Wisdom Publications]] and Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. Free transcripts of some of his teachings are available from the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive|url=http://www.lamayeshe.com/|access-date=25 October 2015|archive-date=21 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021181828/http://www.lamayeshe.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>


Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers spiritual advice on a range of topics to students, many of which are available on the FPMT<ref>{{cite web |title=Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche - FPMT |url=https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/ |website=fpmt.org |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> and LYWA<ref>{{cite web |title=Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/advice/lama-zopa-rinpoches-online-advice-book |website=www.lamayeshe.com |access-date=8 April 2021 |language=en |date=11 July 2015}}</ref> websites.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered spiritual advice on a range of topics to students, many of which are available on the FPMT<ref>{{cite web |title=Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche – FPMT |url=https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/ |website=fpmt.org |access-date=8 April 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410191251/https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and LYWA<ref>{{cite web |title=Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/advice/lama-zopa-rinpoches-online-advice-book |website=www.lamayeshe.com |access-date=8 April 2021 |language=en |date=11 July 2015 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410232453/https://www.lamayeshe.com/advice/lama-zopa-rinpoches-online-advice-book |url-status=live }}</ref> websites.


== Lineage ==
== Lineage ==
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is a Gelugpa lineage holder, having received teachings from many of the great Gelugpa masters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Teachers - FPMT |url=http://fpmt.org/teachers/lineage-lamas/ |website=fpmt.org}}</ref> His Root Guru is HH [[Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso]] since he was a young boy studying in [[Buxa]], India. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is a devoted student of the [[14th Dalai Lama]] and has outlined that offering service to the Dalai Lama as much as possible and to be able to fulfill his wishes is the highest priority for the FPMT organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Vast Visions for FPMT - FPMT |url=https://fpmt.org/fpmt/vast-vision/#hhdl |website=fpmt.org}}</ref>
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was a Gelugpa lineage holder, having received teachings from many of the great Gelugpa masters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Teachers – FPMT |url=http://fpmt.org/teachers/lineage-lamas/ |website=fpmt.org |access-date=21 December 2015 |archive-date=17 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217035527/http://fpmt.org/teachers/lineage-lamas/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His Root Guru is HH [[Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso]] since he was a young boy studying in [[Buxa]], India. Lama Zopa Rinpoche was a devoted student of the [[14th Dalai Lama]] and has outlined that offering service to the Dalai Lama as much as possible and to be able to fulfill his wishes is the highest priority for the FPMT organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Vast Visions for FPMT – FPMT |url=https://fpmt.org/fpmt/vast-vision/#hhdl |website=fpmt.org |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513193639/https://fpmt.org/fpmt/vast-vision/#hhdl |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Published books ==
== Published books ==
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has a number of books published by [[Wisdom Publications]] and Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive including the following titles:
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has a number of books published by [[Wisdom Publications]] and Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive including the following titles:
* ''How To Enjoy Death: Preparing to Meet Life’s Final Challenge without Fear''<ref>{{cite web |title=How to Enjoy Death |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/how-to-enjoy-death/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en}}</ref>
* ''How To Enjoy Death: Preparing to Meet Life's Final Challenge without Fear''<ref>{{cite web |title=How to Enjoy Death |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/how-to-enjoy-death/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813102532/https://wisdomexperience.org/product/how-to-enjoy-death/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''The Four Noble Truths: A Guide to Everyday Life''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Four Noble Truths |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/four-noble-truths-0/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en}}</ref>
* ''The Four Noble Truths: A Guide to Everyday Life''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Four Noble Truths |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/four-noble-truths-0/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813102503/https://wisdomexperience.org/product/four-noble-truths-0/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Bodhichitta: Practice for a Meaningful Life''<ref>{{cite web |title=Bodhichitta |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/bodhichitta/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Bodhichitta: Practice for a Meaningful Life''<ref>{{cite web |title=Bodhichitta |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/bodhichitta/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813102504/https://wisdomexperience.org/product/bodhichitta/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Dear Lama Zopa: Radical Solutions for Transforming Problems into Happiness''<ref>{{cite web |title=Dear Lama Zopa |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/dear-lama-zopa/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Dear Lama Zopa: Radical Solutions for Transforming Problems into Happiness''<ref>{{cite web |title=Dear Lama Zopa |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/dear-lama-zopa/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813102506/https://wisdomexperience.org/product/dear-lama-zopa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Ultimate Healing''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Healing |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/ultimate-healing/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Ultimate Healing''<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultimate Healing |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/ultimate-healing/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813102504/https://wisdomexperience.org/product/ultimate-healing/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''The Door to Satisfaction''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Door to Satisfaction |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/door-satisfaction |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en}}</ref>
* ''The Door to Satisfaction''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Door to Satisfaction |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/door-satisfaction |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813175902/https://wisdomexperience.org/product/door-satisfaction/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Transforming Problems Into Happiness''<ref>{{cite web |title=Transforming Problems into Happiness |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/transforming-problems-happiness/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Transforming Problems Into Happiness''<ref>{{cite web |title=Transforming Problems into Happiness |url=https://wisdomexperience.org/product/transforming-problems-happiness/ |website=The Wisdom Experience |language=en |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813102534/https://wisdomexperience.org/product/transforming-problems-happiness/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''The Heart of the Path Book: Seeing the Guru as Buddha''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Heart of the Path Book |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/heart-path-book |website=www.lamayeshe.com |language=en |date=29 January 2015}}</ref>
* ''The Heart of the Path Book: Seeing the Guru as Buddha''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Heart of the Path Book |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/heart-path-book |website=www.lamayeshe.com |language=en |date=29 January 2015 |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813101008/https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/heart-path-book |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat Book''<ref>{{cite web |title=Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat Book |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/teachings-medicine-buddha-retreat-book |website=www.lamayeshe.com |language=en |date=23 February 2015}}</ref>
* ''Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat Book''<ref>{{cite web |title=Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat Book |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/teachings-medicine-buddha-retreat-book |website=www.lamayeshe.com |language=en |date=23 February 2015 |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813101155/https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/teachings-medicine-buddha-retreat-book |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings Book''<ref>{{cite web |title=Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings Book |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/sun-devotion-stream-blessings-book |website=www.lamayeshe.com |language=en |date=8 August 2016}}</ref>
* ''Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings Book''<ref>{{cite web |title=Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings Book |url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/sun-devotion-stream-blessings-book |website=www.lamayeshe.com |language=en |date=8 August 2016 |access-date=13 August 2019 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813101210/https://www.lamayeshe.com/shop/sun-devotion-stream-blessings-book |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''How Things Exist: Teachings on Emptiness''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rinpoche|first=Lama Zopa|date=April 20, 2021|title=How Things Exist - Teachings on Emptiness|url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/sites/default/files/pdf/386_pdf.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|website=lamayeshe}}</ref>
*''How Things Exist: Teachings on Emptiness''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rinpoche|first=Lama Zopa|date=20 April 2021|title=How Things Exist – Teachings on Emptiness|url=https://www.lamayeshe.com/sites/default/files/pdf/386_pdf.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420045332/https://www.lamayeshe.com/sites/default/files/pdf/386_pdf.pdf|website=lamayeshe|access-date=20 April 2021|archive-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/ Information on Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the FPMT website]
* [http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/ Information on Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the FPMT website]
* [http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php Many of Rinpoche's books and online teachings at LYWA]
* [http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php Many of Rinpoche's books and online teachings at LYWA]
*T[https://www.lamayeshe.com/teachings eachings and Advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at LYWA]
* [https://www.lamayeshe.com/teachings Teachings and Advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at LYWA]
*[https://wisdomexperience.org/explore/?s=lama+zopa+rinpoche Books by Lama Zopa Rinpoche published by Wisdom Publications]
* [https://wisdomexperience.org/explore/?s=lama+zopa+rinpoche Books by Lama Zopa Rinpoche published by Wisdom Publications]
* {{YouTube|-jLuvSactQ8|Lama Zopa Rinpoche meditation on emptiness}}
* {{YouTube|-jLuvSactQ8|Lama Zopa Rinpoche meditation on emptiness}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/fpmtinc/videos Lama Zopa Rinpoche Video Teachings on Youtube]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/fpmtinc/videos Lama Zopa Rinpoche Video Teachings on Youtube]


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Not to be confused with Lhundub Sopa or Tenzin Zopa.
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche in 2008
Born
Dawa Chötar

(1945-12-03)3 December 1945
Thangme, Nepal
Died13 April 2023(2023-04-13) (aged 77)
Kathmandu, Nepal
RegionTibetan Buddhism
SchoolGelug
Websitefpmt.org/teachers/zopa/

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.[1]

Biography[edit]

Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, also called Lama Zopa Rinpoche has an extensive biography of him in the book The Lawudo Lama by Jamyang Wangmo.[2]

Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in Thangme, Nepal, in 1945.[3][1] Early in life, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama Kunzang Yeshe, from the same region (hence the title "Rinpoche"). At the age of ten, he went to Tibet and studied and meditated at Domo Geshe Rinpoche's monastery near Pagri. He took his monastic vows at Dungkar Monastery in Tibet.[4]

Lama Zopa Rinpoche left Tibet in 1959 for Bhutan after the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Lama Zopa Rinpoche then went to the Tibetan refugee camp at Buxa Duar, West Bengal, India, where he met Lama Yeshe, who became his closest teacher. The Lamas met their first Western student, Zina Rachevsky, in 1967 then traveled with her to Nepal in 1968 where they began teaching more Westerners.[5]

Lama Zopa met Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, in Nepal in 1986 and in Tibet.[4]

Lama Zopa is most noteworthy as the co-founder, with Lama Thubten Yeshe, of Kopan Monastery and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). In 1972 he along with Lama Yeshe founded Tushita Meditation Centre near McLeod Ganj at village Dharamkot in Himachal Pradesh.[6] Since the 1984 death of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa has served as the FPMT's spiritual director. FPMT is involved with a number of charitable activities including "offering food to ordained Sangha; providing scholarships to study Buddhist philosophy; offering to the main teachers of the Lama Tsongkhapa tradition and sponsoring annual debates; offering grants for social services such as to old age homes, schools, hospitals and monastic institutions; providing comprehensive Dharma programs; translating Dharma texts; sponsoring holy objects: statues, stupas and prayer wheels, and saving animals."[7]

Death[edit]

From 10 April 2023, Lama Zopa Rinpoche stayed up in the mountains in the Tsum Valley. Due to altitude sickness he had to be brought down urgently. On arrival back in Kathmandu, Rinpoche stopped breathing. The main doctor at Karuna Hospital tried for some time to revive him, but was not successful. Rinpoche died at about 9.30 am Nepal time, 13 April 2023, at the age of 76.[8][9]

Teachings[edit]

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's books are published by Wisdom Publications and Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. Free transcripts of some of his teachings are available from the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.[10]

Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered spiritual advice on a range of topics to students, many of which are available on the FPMT[11] and LYWA[12] websites.

Lineage[edit]

Lama Zopa Rinpoche was a Gelugpa lineage holder, having received teachings from many of the great Gelugpa masters.[13] His Root Guru is HH Trijang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso since he was a young boy studying in Buxa, India. Lama Zopa Rinpoche was a devoted student of the 14th Dalai Lama and has outlined that offering service to the Dalai Lama as much as possible and to be able to fulfill his wishes is the highest priority for the FPMT organization.[14]

Published books[edit]

Lama Zopa Rinpoche has a number of books published by Wisdom Publications and Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive including the following titles:

  • How To Enjoy Death: Preparing to Meet Life's Final Challenge without Fear[15]
  • The Four Noble Truths: A Guide to Everyday Life[16]
  • Bodhichitta: Practice for a Meaningful Life[17]
  • Dear Lama Zopa: Radical Solutions for Transforming Problems into Happiness[18]
  • Ultimate Healing[19]
  • The Door to Satisfaction[20]
  • Transforming Problems Into Happiness[21]
  • The Heart of the Path Book: Seeing the Guru as Buddha[22]
  • Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat Book[23]
  • Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings Book[24]
  • How Things Exist: Teachings on Emptiness[25]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Official Homepage for Lama Zopa Rinpoche". Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ Jamyang Wangmo (2013). The Lawudo Lama: Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region. Wisdom Publications. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-86171-890-0.
  3. ^ "About Lama Zopa Rinpoche". www.lamayeshe.com. 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b Wangmo, Jamyang (2013). The Lawudo Lama: Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region. Simon and Schuster. p. 314. ISBN 9780861718900.
  5. ^ "The Official Homepage for Lama Zopa Rinpoche – FPMT". fpmt.org. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Tushita Meditation Centre". 25 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ^ "FPMT's Charitable Projects – FPMT". fpmt.org. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  8. ^ Kunsang, Roger (13 April 2023). "VERY IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE". FPMT official site. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  9. ^ Sperry, Rod Meade (13 April 2023). "Buddhist teacher Lama Zopa Rinpoche, co-founder of FPMT, dies at 76". Lion's Roar. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive". Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche – FPMT". fpmt.org. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book". www.lamayeshe.com. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Teachers – FPMT". fpmt.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Vast Visions for FPMT – FPMT". fpmt.org. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  15. ^ "How to Enjoy Death". The Wisdom Experience. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  16. ^ "The Four Noble Truths". The Wisdom Experience. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Bodhichitta". The Wisdom Experience. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Dear Lama Zopa". The Wisdom Experience. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Ultimate Healing". The Wisdom Experience. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  20. ^ "The Door to Satisfaction". The Wisdom Experience. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Transforming Problems into Happiness". The Wisdom Experience. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  22. ^ "The Heart of the Path Book". www.lamayeshe.com. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat Book". www.lamayeshe.com. 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  24. ^ "Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings Book". www.lamayeshe.com. 8 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  25. ^ Rinpoche, Lama Zopa (20 April 2021). "How Things Exist – Teachings on Emptiness" (PDF). lamayeshe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

External links[edit]

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