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Dedication
Through the merit created by preparing, reading, thinking about and sharing
this book with others, may all teachers of the Dharma live long and healthy
lives, may the Dharma spread throughout the infinite reaches of space, and
may all sentient beings quickly attain enlightenment.
In whichever realm, country, area or place this book may be, may there be
no war, drought, famine, disease, injury, disharmony or unhappiness, may
there be only great prosperity, may everything needed be easily obtained,
and may all be guided by only perfectly qualified Dharma teachers, enjoy
the happiness of Dharma, have love and compassion for all sentient beings,
and only benefit and never harm each other.
Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche was born in Thami, Nepal, in 1945. At the
age of three he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama,
who had lived nearby at Lawudo, within sight of Rinpoche s Thami home.
Rinpoche s own description of his early years may be found in his book,
The Door to Satisfaction. At the age of ten, Rinpoche went to Tibet and stud-
ied and meditated at Domo Geshe Rinpoche s monastery near Pagri, until
the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959 forced him to forsake Tibet for the
safety of Bhutan. 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 went to Nepal in 1967, and over the next few years built
Kopan and Lawudo Monasteries. In 1971 Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the first
of his famous annual lam-rim retreat courses, which continue at Kopan to
this day. In 1974, with Lama Yeshe, Rinpoche began traveling the world to
teach and establish centers of Dharma. When Lama Yeshe passed away in
1984, Rinpoche took over as spiritual head of the FPMT, which has contin-
ued to flourish under his peerless leadership. More details of Rinpoche s life
and work may be found in The Lawudo Lama and on the LYWA and FPMT
Web sites. In addition to several LYWA and FPMT books, Rinpoche s other
published teachings include Wisdom Energy (with Lama Yeshe), Transforming
Problems, Ultimate Healing, Dear Lama Zopa, How to Be Happy and many tran-
scripts and practice booklets.
Ailsa Cameron first met Buddhism at Tushita Retreat Centre in India in 1983 and
has since been involved in various activities within the FPMT, primarily in relation to
the archiving, transcribing and editing of the teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and
Lama Yeshe. With Ven. Robina Courtin, she has edited Transforming Problems and The
Door to Satisfaction, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and The Bliss of Inner Fire, by Lama Yeshe,
for Wisdom Publications. She has also edited Rinpoche s Ultimate Healing and How to
Be Happy for Wisdom. After working originally in India and Nepal, she went to Hong
Kong in 1989 to help organize the electronic version of the Lama Yeshe Wisdom
Archive. Ordained as a nun by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1987, she has been
a member of the Chenrezig Nuns Community in Australia since 1990. She is cur-
rently a full time editor with the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, for whom she has
edited many teachings, including Teachings from the Mani Retreat and Teachings from the
Vajrasattva Retreat.
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