What is Thubten Zopa Rinpoche?
[[Image:Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche December 2008 Kopan monastery Nepal.jpg|thumb]] '''Thubten Zopa Rinpoche''' (born 1946 – 13 April 2023) was a [[lama]] from [[Nepal]]. He took his monks vows at Dungkar Monastery in [[Tibet]] and has received teachings from many high lamas.<ref>[http://www.lawudo.com/Lama-Zopa-Teachers.html Lawudo Gompa - Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Teachers]</ref> Lama Zopa is the co-founder, with [[Lama Yeshe]], of [[Kopan Monastery]] and the [[FPMT]]. After the 1984 death of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa served as the FPMT's spiritual director. Zopa's books are published by [[Wisdom Publications]]. Free books and a vast online collection of his teachings are available from the [[Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive]]. There is an extensive biography of him in the book [http://wisdompubs.org/Pages/display.lasso?-KeyValue=32876&-Token.Action=&image=1 'The Lawudo Lama'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514203703/http://wisdompubs.org/Pages/display.lasso?-KeyValue=32876&-Token.Action=&image=1 |date=2012-05-14 }}, by Jamyang Wangmo. He died on 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> ==Related pages== *[[Dalai Lama]] *[[Tibetan Buddhism]] ==References== <references/> ==Other websites== * [http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive] * [http://www.fpmt.org/ FPMT] [[Category:Tibetan Buddhist lamas]] [[Category:Nepalese people]] [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]]