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Blessing line, Lama HE Avikritar Rinpoche, his grandfather, HH Dagchen Sakya on the throne, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Amitayus Hayagriva Long Life empowerment, Tharlam Monastery stage, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism ready for the crowds, with tents strung and Buddhist flags, with the puffy Himalayan clouds high above Boudha in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
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Beginning the day: three young Tibetan men sitting on a bench, taking a break, using the cell, during cleanup, monks on the stage, Tharlam Monastery courtyard and stage, long life empowerment, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Happiness is the Chopon handing out offering rice, Tashi Paljor on the left, many monks and lay people, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Sakya School mural in background, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Monk lighting incense vajra staff on a Tibetan Buddhist shrine, mala, semi-precious stones set in ornate gold and silver reliquary monument, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Preparing 4 tiers of colorful / fancy tormas and offerings, silk cover, rice in aluminum bowl, Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Blessing and Initiation, Tibetan Buddhist practice, Tharlam Monastery Stage, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Two monks making blessing objects from string, mala, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, 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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Western, Chinese - Taiwanese, Nepalese, Tibetan students listen to the Triple Tantra in Tibetan, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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HE Zaya Sakya and his son HE Avikrita Rinpoche at Tharlam Monastery, 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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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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Tibetan woman respectfully approach lama's thrones for a long life blessing, HE Avikrita Sakya, monks, laypeople, Tharlam Monastery stage, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Column details, Tharlam Monastery, 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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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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Nectar intiation, monks, nun, laypeople, His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya on throne, katag under the tent, murals, students, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The Gift, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, 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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Vow takers wearing protection cord on their right arm, Tibetan Buddhist nuns, attending lamas, man, bow low accepting Dagchen Rinpoche's blessing from his throne, Tharlam Monastery stage, 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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Tibetan Buddhist crowds welcome His Holiness Dagchen Rinpoche, red white and blue tents, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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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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Torma
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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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Luminous red sea of Monks, and Tibetan religious community members
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In front of the shrine, Tibetan lama His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya (of Seattle Washington, USA), wearing the sashu hat ringing bell, circles the Shri Hevajra Mandala, closing it with his dorje, senior monks assist, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu
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Putting up a portrait of His Holiness The Great 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan woman, Buddhist monks, tent, shoes, column, Tharlam Monastery, Lamdre, prayer wheel, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Sakya Lamdre, Dagchen Rinpoche's grandson, young Prince - Lama HE Avikritar Rinpoche offers a full Tibetan Buddhst mandala, while lamas, monks, videographers and photographers look on, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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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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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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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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Donor gives gifts and katags, family and friends, monks, nuns, laity, Sakya Lamdre, Sakya lamas, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Energy! The Long Life Blessing, Tharlam Monastery Stage, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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In line, a Tibetan woman holds a katag in front and a baby in back, Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life blessing, Tibetan Buddhists, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Nepalese groundskeeper in his bright yellow and red sports suit, and Nepalese hat, putting up the Buddhist flags, green lawn, main driveway, 8 auspicious symbols, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Malcolm Smith distributing money offerings among the monks and vow takers, white katag, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1990
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Tibetan Buddhist son, white shirt, gray pants, dressed for Tharlam Monastery, courtyard, Sakya Lamdre, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The beauty of Tibetan Buddhist practitioners, a monk in robes, offering incense and flower pod, mala, Dharma bag, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Two young lamas pass out the samaya substance, blessed nectar, to the initiates, Ven. Lama Kan Tsao & HE Avikrita Sakya, Hevajra initiation, HH Dagchen Sakya on the throne, silken katag in foreground, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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A monk making the initial incense offering on the Buddhist shrine, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Afterwards - from above - Eldest lama, middle lama, youngest lama - completing dedication prayers, attendent monks, photographer, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Blur, Tibetan people, monk, laypeople, pointing out, malas, nun, departing Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Held up by a monk to the throne, HE Asanga Rinpoche Offering the Mandala of the Universe to his grandfather, His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, Tharlam Monastery, Nepal
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Young Tibetan man constructing the kitchen by standing on a handmade stool, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Fast moving Master of Ceremonies, a Tibet monk prepares the vajras and bells for the Initiation, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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HE Abhaya Sakya speaks with his mother, Dagmo Lhanze, father HE Zaya Sakya (with video camera), in the blessing line, Tibetan Buddhist monks, brightly painted flower covered column, Long Life Blessing, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Boudha Stupa, Tibetan Prayer flags pile, triangle, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan nuns and monks, leity, standing in line for long life blessing, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Glenn in a Tibetan Chuba, Principessa Cardelli, and a friend from France, eating the blessed Tsampa,Tharlam Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Statue of Lord Buddha in Tharlam Monastery, His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya on the throne, leading Hevajra Lamdre, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Giving of kusha grass for dream session later, monks and lamas, His Holiness Dagchen Rinpoche on his throne behind the peacock vase of nectar, student initiates, Hevajra, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Buckets of Long life Rice, to feed the masses of people, ladles and spoons, served from blue checkered plastic, speckled floor, beginning of Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Dagmo Lhanze Youdhen Sakya, receives her individual offerings katag and gifts to give attending lamas, from an assisting master of ceremonies, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Nepal
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His Holiness Dagchen Rinpoche and his grandson HE Avikrita Sakya bestowing the vase blessing for the Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Initiation, Tharlam Monastery stage, monks, laypeople, HE Zaya Sakya, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Milk containers for tea service, outside in cooking hut, Tharlam Monastery, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Transcendence, and concern, faces of nuns, Tharlam Monastery porch, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The line for the Long Live Initiation snakes through Tharlam Monastery courtyard and out the front gate, more people arrive, folding khatags, Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Blessing, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Master of ceremonies lama assists sangha with an exchange of well-wishing, a woman and her children make offerings and are given blessed katags and red cords, HH Dagchen Sakya on the throne, Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Purple floral cup of kata, (katag, Tibetan Buddhist ritural offering scarf), light, shrine, reflectio of a monk in the snow lion, shrine offerings, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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