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Una ready to play, focused, supported by her mother Amanda's hands, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Meditator, Keith Herring t-shirt and jacket, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tashi Deleg! left to right, Ben Fash, a western photographer, two friends - smiling pilgrims - from Tibet, wearing malas, holding a camera, enjoying some tea and dharma muffins, seated in the business office of Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Hanging crystals on the central chandelier, Larry and John, Hevajra Mandalas, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, Washington, USA
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SteveD performing mandala offering mudra in prayer, wearing an adi, red blessing cord, blue t-shirt, Buddhist murals, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Sakya Lamdre, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Freelance videographer, on the Tharlam Monastery stage, long life empowerment, monk in background, keys on belt, video camera, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Statue of Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava, holding a vajra and nectar skullcup, vajrakatanga staff, lotus hat, flowers, colored jewels, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Ikea hard at work, unpacking crystals, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Greenwood, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Very young Tibetan Buddhist initiate wearing blindfold, one shoe on, one shoe off, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Sakya Monastery Ah light shrine, Tibetan Chorten
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Manager of the wood working studio speaking on his cell phone, wooden break tower, Nepalese women wearing tikas laugh, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Little India, Singapore
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Tibetan man, wearing his formal chuba & mala, An old friend, Tibetan people, monks, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan cook using a cleaver to open cans of tomatoes, preparing the closing feast, wearing a red apron, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan children playing with a parent, traditional jacket, lawn, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, holding the bow with many arrows, giving empowerment in Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Monks begin to roll out Tibetan carpets and silk chair covers over wood chairs for the senior Sakya Lamas, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Tibetan Buddhism, many monks and nuns, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Wearing a symbolic red initiation blindfold, a young boy arranges stones on the Tharlam Monastery Courtyard lawn, Tibetan Buddhism, play, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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HE Sogyal Rinpoche teaching at the shrine, center statue of Lord Buddha, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, White Tara, Padmasambhava, light offerings, flower offerings, students, snow lion statues, Sakya Pandita, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, WA, USA
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His Holiness Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche examining a very old thangka of Sakya Pandita at the Tibetan Works and Archives Library in Dharamsala, India, Pilgrimage 1993
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Donations in the form of cash being handed out to all vow takers, Tibetan Buddhist monks, red robes, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Intense: Young Tibetan Buddhist meditator monk preparing offering bags to be packed with food offerings, offered, and dispersed to the sangha, Tharlam Monastery Stage, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Double checking the ancient Tibetan texts closing the mandala instructions, three lamas, dorje and bell, HH Dagchen Sakya, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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HH Kalu Rinpoche offered red carnations, and students, Tashi, Steve D., Sakya Tegchen Choling, Wallingford neighborhood, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1978
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HH Dagchen Rinpoche's Tibetan Buddhist Lama's throne, Sakya Monastery, Seattle, Washington, USA
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HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and HH Dagchen Sakya, at the Sakya Palace, Seattle, Washington, USA c 1976
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Monks preparing the afternoon break of dharma muffins and tea, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Enclosed garden, Sakya Lamdre Sangha at lunch, under a red and white Coca-cola umbrella, rural buildings, prayer flags, fence, Vajrayogini Restaurant, Pharping, Nepal
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Singing prayers, in a brotherhood of monks, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Sakya Lamdre, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Prayer wheel and stupa in the snow at Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism in Greenwood, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Sakya Prince - Lama HE Avikritar Rinpoche prays holding dorje and drilbu (vajra, a ritual scepter and bell), monks, throne, shrine, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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HH Sakya Trizin ringing tingsha bells, mandala offerings and initiation, on his throne with peacock feather vases, mandala, tea cup, diety torma offerings, monks, and his son, Rajpur, HP, India
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Fund Nuns First! Portrait of nuns as donations / offerings are distributed, one nun holds a prayer book to her lips, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery porch, prayer wheel, Tibetan Buddhists, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Senior Lamas, His Holiness Sakya Trizin, Richard Gere reading Buddhist text with multiple rows of Tibetan Buddhist lamas, and some lay practitioners, screenshot, live webcast, Kalachakra teachings, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India
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Skull teeth eyes tongue, with 5 senses, Wrathful Torma, an offering of the senses and the body, Tibetan Buddhism, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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HE Avikritar Sakya, on his Dharma wheel and deer throne, orange kata and silks, Lam Dre, Tharlam Monastery, Bodhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Silk flower decoration on a monk's formal robe, Tibetan Buddhist style, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Adjusting robes, Tharlam Monastery's Band prepares to accompany His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya in procession, courtyard under the tent, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Monks, wearing masks or katags, cleaning the Hevajra sand mandala table, so not a speck of dust remains, Sakya Lamdre, wall mural, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Wheel of Life, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, Washington, USA 7038
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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche holding hands with Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche, Rabjam Rinpoche, Gene Smith, monks, women, photo from documentary on Gene Smith and the preservation of Tibetan books, Digital Dharma, http://www.lunchboxcity.com/
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HH Dagchen Sakya gives initiation blessing to Ngawang Chodrub Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist meditator, Nyingma master, nakgpa, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Karmic connections, beggar family sitting on 'jewels', 8 boy monks, playing with a ball, red white and blue colors of Sakya Tibetan Buddhism sect, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Nun's blessing, Young Prince - Lama HE Avikritar Rinpoche, Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Blessing and Initiation, Tharlam Monastery Stage, Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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HE Asanga Sakya ringing a vajra handled bell during dedication prayers, wearing the sashu hat, his grandfather, His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, playing a damaru, both of Seattle, Washington, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Snow lions in the snow, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Greenwood, Seattle, Washington, USA
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His Holiness Dagchen Rinpoche giving a highest yoga tantra initiation, crowned initiate in foreground, seated on his throne, ringing a vajra handled bell, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Initiation Line at the end of the day, Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Blessing and Initiation, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Stage, tent, housing, temples, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The happiness of vow takers, a monk and a nun (wearing a mala with coral and turquoise markers) smile as the group departs Tharlam Monastery, Sakya Lamdre, for a break, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Overflow of monks and Seattle Washington USA students on the steps, with Tibetan Buddhist monks in the foreground, Sakya College, India
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Sakya Lamdre Sangha, His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Ashoka tree (Saraca)
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Tibetan band playing traditional religious offering music with horns, cymbals, drums, and voice for Sakya Lamdre, maroon robes, close shaven, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Monks of Sakya College, Rajapur, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1993
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Deity statues in the walls of the tank, covered with moss, Guru Rinpoche Yangleshö pools overflow area, lower Pharping, Nepal
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Sakya Monastery on the circle of Boudha Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Cloth used to describe deity, the visual delight and energy of Tibetan Buddhism, HE Avikritar Rinpoche leading lamas and lay practitioners performing mudras in dedication prayers, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche's throne, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Wearing ritual blindfolds Tibetan children being given nectar from the Hevajra initiation in their cupped hands, by a monk, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Happy young monk, with a photo of Hevajra, Sakya Lamdre, in the Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism courtyard, shows a photo of Hevajra, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal 7149
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