HOW THINGS EXIST: Teachings on Emptiness, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

HOW THINGS EXIST: Teachings on Emptiness

by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

This small book focuses on an explanation of emptiness, and touches on many other points about the path to enlightenment.

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. From 1956 to 1959 he studied at Domo Monastery in Tibet. He then fled Chinese oppression in Tibet and continued his study and practice in Tibetan refugee camps in India, where he met Lama Yeshe (1935-1984), who became his principle teacher. In 1969 the Lamas began teaching Buddhism to Westerners at their Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, and in 1974 began traveling the world to spread the Dharma. In 1975 they founded the FPMT, an international Buddhist organization that now numbers more than 150 centers and related activities in over 30 countries worldwide.