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Geshe Ngawang Dakpa, Resident Teacher

Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Spiritual Director

Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition

Bay Area FPMT Centers

Lama Tsong Khapa Tradition

Staff

Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Spiritual Director

Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche was born in Thami, Nepal, in 1946. At the age of three, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama, who had lived nearby. At age ten, Rinpoche went to Tibet, where he stayed until the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959 forced him into exile in India, where he met Lama Yeshe. The Lamas went to Nepal in 1967 and started teaching Dharma to Westerners. In 1974, they began traveling around the world to teach and establish centers of Dharma. When Lama Yeshe passed away in 1984, Rinpoche took over as spiritual head of their organization, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), which continues to flourish under his peerless leadership.