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HH Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche makes a joke and the monks all crack up, a monk takes a picture, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Youngest lama, Sakya Dhungse, HE Asanga Sakya with his mom holding nectar in her hand, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, stage, flowers, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan Buddhist monks blow horns announcing the arrival of the young lama prince, HE Asanga Sakya, Sakya Lamdre, traditional garments, stairwell, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Dharma muffins and tea break, assembly of monks, nuns, lay people, Lamdre, Dedication of merit prayers, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Conclusion of Sakya Lamdre, Tibetan Buddhists worshiping, people of Nepal, Tibet, Manang, Tharlam Gompa (Monastery) of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Senior chopen handing out offering rice for visualized and real offerings, extra mandala rice on round black mandala table, silks, mandala plate, khatas, Buddhist community, monks, nuns, laypeople, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan Buddhist monk prepares bananas for the offering feast, Tharlam Monastery Stage, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan children drinking nectar, one girl brought a glass! Tibetan Buddhist initiation, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Sakya Lamdre, hundreds of practitioners, lamas, monks, nuns, lay people, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Young monk playing a gong with a mallet, the gong is suspended using white and cream colored katags, Tharlam Monastery porch, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple
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Lamas, monks, nuns and lay people streaming into Sakya College, Rajapur, India 1993
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HH Dagchen Rinpoche on his throne from above, a row of photos on the shrine, stack of katags, two lamas, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Orange-yellow aspicious banner bearer, Tibetan Buddhist monk in maroon robes, lama procession, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Turning the prayer wheels for the sake of all sentient beings, Paranirvana Stupa, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, Washington, USA 8361
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From above: His Holiness Dagchen Rinpoche getting ready to leave Tharlam Monastery shrine room, all bow, monks, lamas, his son, grandson, disciples, Tibetan Buddhism, decorations, throne, drum, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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In advance of the lama's white umbrella, surrounded with incense smoke, two monks carry colorful banners of victory, while one eases the way, Tibetan Buddhist celebration, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Nepalese Buddhist Dharma student wearing an adi, tika of blessed red sindhura powder, sports shirt, levis, under a shrine of dorjes and bells, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Assisted by monks, the young Sakya lama offers his grandfather Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche a white silken katag, who returns the blessed katag to him, beginning of Lamdre, under an ornately carved and decorated beam, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan people, monkes and nuns waiting in the shade for HH Dagchen Sakya, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Sunlight illuminates the red robes of a monk performing a complex series of mudras, Lamdre dedication of merit, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Sangha crowd departing on a rainy day from under the tent, newly installed prayer flags, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, courtyard, as seen from the Tharlam Guesthouse, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Austrialian Lama Tara being introduced to His Holiness Dagchen Sakya, Hyatt Regency Kathmandu, Lamdre Dinner, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche with his birthday cake offering mandala, long life rice, and flowers, very fancy silks, with pink, purple, gold dragons, flowers, on his throne, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1990
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HH Dagchen Sakya, with his son and grandsons return to the shrine, offerings for new Prayer flagpole, incense burning, lining up bottled offerings, mostly monks, sangha, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, the Saint of Seattle, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Supplicants - Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Initiation Blessing from Dagchen Rinpoche, on the throne, Tharlam Monastery stage, monks, nuns, laity, flower decorations, offerings, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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stupa bell
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HH Dagchen Rinpoche with his mother Gyalmo Dechen Drolma (wearing the traditional headgarb of a Gyalmo, a Tibetan queen), brother HH Tinley Rinpoche, and lama attendents, visiting Lhasa, Tibet, with his father Sakya Trizin in the 1950's
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Ladakhi daughter & mother smiling in brown wool chubas, bright shirts, Dharma bag, advanced practicioner's mala, and red ritual blindfold. In Boudhi, Western Archaic Tibetan, mom said "you should take our picture", Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Nepal
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Miró influenced design by "Miró", street mural, electrical wiring, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Parinirvana Stupa, with katags below prayer wheels, tigle, American flag, Greenwood, Seattle, Washington, USA
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His Holiness Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche (of Seattle, Washington, USA) on his throne, accepting the offering of a Buddha statue, katags, mandala offering, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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After the initiation and prayers, monks attend to the lama's table, sangha chats about religion and spirituality, traditional decor, second floor kitchen, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Waterfall of Tibetan tea, tea pot, and a ladle of milk tea, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Pale Open Sky Kathmandu Neighborhood
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Announcing the lamas arrival, Tibetan Horns, monks dressed in traditional embroidered silks, maroon robes, and hats, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Prayer wheels of copper and brass, with katags, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Seattle, Washington, USA
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A stone or clay deity holding a flower in the earth touching mudra, worn by the many candle offerings set into Boudha Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Energy! The Long Life Blessing, Tharlam Monastery Stage, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Stupa at Sakya Monastery, Greenwood, Seattle, Washington, at night in the winter
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Tibetan letter Ah next to whirling Tibetan prayer wheels
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Tibetans, two ladies in chubas, lined up for the Long Life Blessing, One happy nun!, reading the schedule, Tharlam Monastery Breezeway, Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Initiation, Sakya Lamdre, Boudha, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
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Offering with tingsha, Sakya Lama HE Avikritar, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Jarung Kashor Stupa, the Wish Fullfilling Stupa, view at night with prayer flags, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya prepares a fancy blessed katag (kata) to give his daughter in law, Dagmo Lhanze Youdhen Sakya, holding a white katag with a master of ceremonies, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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His Holiness Sakya Trizin, (on the right), offering the mandala of the universe, accepted by His Holiness Dagchen Rinpoche (on the throne wearing the sashu hat), on behalf of all beings, Sakya College, Rajpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1993
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HH Sakya Trizin, (on the right), offering the formal mandala of the universe, accepting is HH Dagchen Rinpoche (on the throne) at Sakya College, Rajpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1993
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Temple of a Thousand Lights
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Reading prayers, shaven heads, robes, Lamas reading a pecha, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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People talking enjoying a break between sessions of Sakya Lamdre, under the tents and on the lawns of the red Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Dagchen Rinpoche leading Sakya Lamdre, masters of ceremony assisting him in the blessing of the gold and silver vase of nectar, Shri Hevajra Empowerment into practice end of the initation, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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"S" or "sa" in Tibetan, spelled out in candle offerings, celebration of Sakya, Boudha stupa, night, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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His Holiness The Sakya Trizin (on the right), offering the mandala of the universe, accepted by His Holiness Dagchen Rinpoche (on the throne wearing the sashu hat), monks, Sakya College, Rajpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1993
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Tibetan horn player announces the arrival of the lama, Tharlam Monastery porch, nuns bow, Lamdre, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Landscape between Shigatse and Sakya, Tibet (13)
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Dagmo Lhanze Youdhen Sakya prepares to offer katags (katas) and gifts to her father in law His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, as part of a formal mandala offering, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Nepal
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His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama accompanied by HH Sakya Trizin departs the Kalachakra stage, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speaking at Kalachakra, live webcast, Kalachakra teachings, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India
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His Holiness Trinley Sakyapa (1934 - 1997), a realized Tibetan Lama, and Christopher Wilkinson, a Tibetan translator and scholar, Tibetan Buddhist monks, with a candle between them, shrine room, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Landscape between Shigatse and Sakya, Tibet (15)
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Wearing his formal Tibetan chuba, Zaya Vajra Sakya greeting His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, his brother and a friend, at His Holiness residence in Dharamsala, India under a canopy of flowers, in 1993
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