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Marcel Bertels

(39465_sl-3.jpg) Max Mathews and Marcel Bertels, Hong Kong, China, 1982.

(34535_pr.jpg) 1991, Bodhgaya, India, January, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Marcel Bertels, Marcel Bertels (donor), Roger Kunsang

(34535_pr.jpg) 1991, Bodhgaya, India, January, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Marcel Bertels, Marcel Bertels (donor), Roger Kunsang

(22861_ng-3.tif) Marcel Bertels (on left) and Harry Sutton, Kopan Monastery, 1979. Ina Van Delden (photographer)

(17315_sl.psd) Back row: Peter Kedge, Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Max Redlich, Roger Kunsang, Claudio Cipullo, Marcel Bertels

Middle row: George Churinoff, JW- Jamyang Wangmo (aka Helly Pelaez or Jampa Chokyi), Anila Ann, Stefano Piovella, Helmut Hohm

Front row: Harry Sutton, Tova Kovachi, Bob Alcorn, Vicki Bischoff (Taylor), Karin Valham, Andrea Antonetti, Thubten Pelgye (John Douthitt), Thubten Chodron (Cherry Greene), Julia Maria Busto, Franchino Morgante, Elisabeth Drukier stand

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(16761_sl.psd) Sangha at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976. Front row: Bonnie Rothenberg (Konchog Donma or KD), Susie Albright, Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald), Thubten Pemo (Linda Grossman) Second row: Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst), Dieter Kratzer, John Feuille, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Jeffery Webster Back row: Nicole Couture, Thubten Yeshe (Augusta Alexander or TY), Margaret McAndrew, Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), Roger Kunsang, Nick Ribush, Scott Brusso,

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(16747_sl.psd) Sangha at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976. Front row, from the left: Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst), Dieter Kratzer, John Feuille, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Jeffery Webster. Back row, from the left: Thubten Yeshe (Augusta Alexander or TY), Nicole Couture, Margaret McAndrew, Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), Nick Ribush, Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald), Scott Brusso, George Churinoff, Bonnie Rothenberg (Konchog Donma or KD), Jampa Konchog (Yogi), Thu

(16746_sl.psd) Ordination group with Lama Yeshe, 1976. Front row: George Churinoff (Karin Valham behind him), Elisabeth Drukier, Dieter Kratzer, (Losang Nyima behind him), Lama Yeshe, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl). Gareth Sparham and Marcel Bertels are behind Pende and Steve. Back row (standing): Margaret McAndrew, Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Scott Brusso, Ursula Bernis, Wendy Finster, unknown tibetan monk, in back Angeles de la Torre, Jeffery Webster, unknown

(15859_pr.psd) The lamas along with new western monks and nuns posing with the Mount Everest Center students in Bodhgaya, India, 1974. Photo includes Daja Meston (Thubten Wangchuk), Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, Lama Lhundrup Ringsel, Nick Ribush, and Lama Pasang Tsering.

(15592_pr.tif) Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching. Photo from the 8th Meditation Course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1975. In the foreground is Nick Ribush, Marcel Bertels, and Stefano Piovella.

(15479_sl.psd) Ordination photo of western Dharma students including Gareth Sparham, Marcel Bertels, Ama-la (Mother of Lama Zopa), Nick Ribush, Nicole Couture, Thubten Pemo (Linda Grossman), Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Ursula Bernis, Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), and Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst). Bodhgaya, India, 1974.

(15469_ud.psd) Ordination photo of western Dharma students including Gareth Sparham, Marcel Bertels, Ama-la (Mother of Lama Zopa), Nick Ribush, Nicole Couture, Thubten Pemo (Linda Grossman), Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Ursula Bernis, Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst) and Daja Meston (Thubten Wangchuk), son of Wongmo, on the steps to the left. It is interesting to note that Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche are both in the photo, but hiding behind the heads of the new

(15163_ng-6.psd) Some of those sitting in the front row include: Carol Corona, Massimo Corona, Nick Ribush, Claudio Cipullo, Steve (Malasky) Pearl, Piero Cerri, Lolly Smith, David Borrie, Darlene Darata, Age Delbanco (Babaji), Paula deWys. Some of those standing include: Ngawang Khedup (Ron Brooks), Chris Vautier, Losang Nyima, Losang Phagpa (the cook), Anila Ann McNeil, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Jamyang Wangmo (Helly Pelaez, Jampa Chökyi), Shan Cooper, Luca Corona, Nicole Kedge (Couture), Ani Zamba (

(09689_sl.JPG) The lamas along with new western monks and nuns posing with the Mount Everest Center students in Bodhgaya, India, 1974. Photo includes Daja Meston (Thubten Wangchuk), Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe, Lama Lhundrup Ringsel, Nick Ribush, and Lama Pasang Tsering.

(09493_sl.JPG) Ordination group with Lama Yeshe, 1976. Front row: George Churinoff (Karin Valham behind him), Elisabeth Drukier, Dieter Kratzer, (Losang Nyima behind him), Lama Yeshe, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl). Gareth Sparham and Marcel Bertels are behind Pende and Steve. Back row (standing): Margaret McAndrew, Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Scott Brusso, Ursula Bernis, Wendy Finster, unknown tibetan monk, in back Angeles de la Torre, Jeffery Webster, unknown

(09466_sl-2.psd) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in a group photo from the 8th Meditation Course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1975. In the center is Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, with Thor Kolb next to him, then Marcel Bertels seated above. To the left of Marcel in the yellow is Wendy Finster.

(09311_ng.JPG) Ordination group with HH Trijang Rinpoche, 1976. Front row: Karin Valham, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, HH Trijang Rinpoche seated, Lama Yeshe, Geshe Jampa Wangdu. Second row: Margaret McAndrew, Angeles de la Torre, Steve Malasky (Steve Pearl), Wendy Finster, Thubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Dieter Kratzer. Standing: Elisabeth Drukier, Scott Brusso, Roger Wheeler, Jeffery Webster, Marcel Bertels, John Feuille, Adrian Feldmann (Thubten Gyatso), Peter Kedge, Gareth Sparham, George Churinoff.

(08623_ng-2.psd) Lama Yeshe and Marcel Bertels at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1974.

(07632_pr-3.psd) A post-ordination photo of western Dharma students. Left to right: Nick Ribush, Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst), Tubten Pende (Jim Dougherty), Nicole Couture (Kedge), Thubten Pemo (Linda Grossman), Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), Marcel Bertels, Debra (Spring) Livingston (Thubten Chokey), Ursula Bernis, Gareth Sparham, Ama-la (Lama Zopa Rinpoche's mother), plus a couple of unknown young Tibetan nuns. Bodhgaya, India, 1974.

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(03809_ng-2.psd) Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Marcel Bertels on a canal boat ride in Amsterdam, 1979. Photo by Jan-Paul Kool.

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