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Max Mathews

(39528_sl-3.jpg) Lama Yeshe holding camera with Max Mathews on vacation, China, 1982.

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

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(39431_pr-3.jpg) Time Magazine article on Sister Max Mathew's fashion, September 12 1983.

(39430_sl-3.TIF) Max Mathews looking at fabric for her clothing business, 1979. Jeff Nye (photographer)

(39331_sl-3.jpg) Max Mathews with fabric for her clothing business, New Delhi, 1976.

(25211_ng-3.TIF) Max serving Rinpoche after Christmas puja, Kopan Monastery, 1972.

(15071_ng-2.psd) Max Mathews and her Volkswagen outside Eden Hash Shop in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1970. Another nearby hot spot was a cafe called The Blue Tibetan where Lama Yeshe sometimes went for tea and to practice his hippie English.

(22036_pr.tif) Sangha photo after the cremation of Lama Yeshe at Vajrapani Institute, California in March of 1984. Photo includes, Robina Courtin, Peter Kedge, Max Mathews, Anila Ann, Helly Pelaez aka Jampa Chokyi (aka Jamyang Wangmo), Nick Ribush, Pelgye, Harry Sutton, Bob Alcorn and Wendy Finster. Photo by Jeff Nye.

(16737_ng.tif) "Mommy" Max Mathews at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, 1976.

(15922_sl.tif) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche having lunch with Nick Ribush and Mummy Max, during the month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975.

(15919_ng.tif) Sister Max Mathews, Anila Ann, and Nick Ribush doing puja. Gloria Searle is the brunette near the back wall. From the collection of images of Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha during a month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975

(15916_ng.tif) Sister Max (Max Mathews) giving a talk during the month-long course at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, 1975.

(15142_ng.psd) Anila Ann and Max Mathews, two early students of the Lamas, on the roof of Kopan as the second floor is in progress, 1972.

(15063_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe with Max Mathews on holiday in Srinagar, Kashmir, 1970. Photo by Domo Geshe Rinpoche who also accompanied them.

(15056_pr-2.psd) Max Mathews in a photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the previous hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

(15047_sl-1.psd) Max Mathews (left) and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Photo from the first trek to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal, spring of 1969. Lawudo was the hermitage of the Lawudo Lama, the former incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

(15046_pr-1.psd) Max with her 1932 Hudson. Mary Jane "Max" Mathews, (known affectionately as Mummy Max) is an African-American woman who became a devout disciple and benefactor of Lama Yeshe, later taking novice nun ordination. She was a key patron and founding member of the lama's international Sangha.

(13869_pr.psd) Portrait of the lake Arrowhead retreat group. Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe are on the bench in the center. Behind Lama is Carol Royce-Wilder who took many of the photos at Lake Arrowhead. By the sign at the bottom and to the left is Nick Ribush and Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), to the right is Sister Max Mathews. This photo is from a three week retreat the lamas taught at Camp Arrowpines on Lake Arrowhead, east of Los Angeles, USA, 1975.

(13288_pr-2.psd) Lama Yeshe at entrance to Kopan with Sister Max Mathews during Fourth Meditation Course, 1973. On the left is Bill Searle holding his son, Adam. Photo by Christine Lopez.

(12673_sl-3.tif) Picnic with the lamas, Lake Arrowhead, 1975. From left to right: Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), Max Mathews, Nick Ribush, and Lama Yeshe. This photo is from a three week retreat the lamas taught at Camp Arrowpines on Lake Arrowhead, east of Los Angeles, USA, 1975. Photo by Carol Royce-Wilder.

(12645_sl.jpg) Picnic with the lamas, Lake Arrowhead, 1975. From left to right: Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), Max Mathews, Nick Ribush, and Lama Yeshe. This photo is from a three week retreat the lamas taught at Camp Arrowpines on Lake Arrowhead, east of Los Angeles, USA, 1975. Photo by Carol Royce-Wilder.

(10116_sl-3.JPG) Cremation of Lama Yeshe, Vajrapani Institute, California, 1984. Photo includes Roger Wheeler, Wendy King, Harry Sutton, Thubten Pelgye, Nick Ribush, Max Mathews, Geshe Thinley, and Helly Pelaez Jampa Chökyi (aka Jamyang Wangmo). Ricardo de Aratanha (photographer)

(10066_sl-3.JPG) Cremation of Lama Yeshe, Vajrapani Institute, California, 1984. Photo includes Robina Courtin, Yeshe Khadro (Marie Obst), Thubten Monlam, Bob Alcorn, Roger Wheeler, Max Mathews, Geshe Thinley, Nick Ribush, Geshe Sopa, Geshe Gyeltsen, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Ricardo de Aratanha (photographer)

(10040_sl-3.JPG) Cremation of Lama Yeshe, Vajrapani Institute, California, 1984. Photo includes Anila Ann, Max Mathews, Massimo Corona, Geshe Thinley, and Cecily Drucker. Ricardo de Aratanha (photographer)

(09560_sl-3.JPG) Sister Max, Judith Diane Short (Priya), Glen Mullin, Roberta Mandel, Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, 1977.

(07003_pr-3.JPG) Max Mathews and Lama Yeshe on the cruise to Alaska, 1980.

(06998_pr-3.psd) Anila Ann, Max Mathews, Lama Yeshe, Deborah Simpson, and Mary-Jane Nehring, Vancouver, CA, 1980.

(05841_ng-3.jpg) Max Mathews and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Aptos, California, 1984. Åge Delbanco (photographer)

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