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One man, a volunteer, cleans salad for the large sangha, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Pleased and happy Tibetan monks, in a line waiting for long life blessing, with the laity, Tibetan people, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Two Tibetan Buddhist monks, happy with the empowerment, with other lamas in discussions in the background, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Laughing! A young monk with an elder monk, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Three young monks, playing with a marble, sunny, shaven heads, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Censors of the Procession, Tibetan Buddhist Monks in full regalia, with red hats, silk garments over maroon robes, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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A composed young monk ready for initiation, Tibetan monks tying on red symbolic blindfolds for entry into the deity mandala, wearing traditional maroon garments, stage, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan Buddhists from above coming out of a transmission, mostly monks, laity, tents, prayer flags, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Not to notice the disabled is cultural. Tibetan culture notices: an elderly nun walks towards the stage to receive the long life blessing, with everyone watching her out of respect, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan Woman wearing a red silk dress, white mala, khata, sunglasses, with offerings, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Lama monk helping to put up the tent for overflow attendees, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Children playing with a Buddhist flag, walkway, shell and banner auspicious symbols in chalk, tent, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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A toddler wearing traditional head dress, chuba, coral, turquoise, pearls - hello little one! Toddler, Woman, Crone (the crown of old age); Tibetan style in generations, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Archivist and communicator Steve Dalos collecting email addresses from Dharma students for future reference, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan Woman with flower and katag offerings, wearing a dZi stone ring, memorial wrist bracelet to Tibetan prisoners, and mala, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan Buddhist woman wearing an adi and symbolic red blindfold, holding her hands in the prayer mudra when receiving blessed nectar, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan family wearing initiation blindfolds, a boy collects the last of nectar poured from ritual bowl to a cup, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Hey there! Tibetan / Nepalese beauty in red gown, white cowboy boots, child with her mama, standing on a colored chalk Infinity Knot - auspicious symbol, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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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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Tibetan people in line for the Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Blessing and Initiation into practice, woman wearing traditional Tibetan style dress (chuba), smiling elderly monk, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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A Tibetan man sewing prayer flags onto the flag pole, needle, black thread, wearing a red blessing cord and watch, Tibetan letters, prayers, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Monks and lay pracitioners waiting for long life blessing, holding katags, happy and smiling, Sakya Lamdre conclusion, 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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Two cute Tibetan girls, friends, one wearing traditional Tibetan women's costume, Lamdre Empowerment break, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The reception line for a Long Life Blessing, traditional silk decorations, Tibetan people, (on the far left wearing a brown chuba) Dhungsey Zaya Sakya holding a video camera high, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Stage, 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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In costume, Two cute Tibetan girls, friends, checking out the camera, Lamdre Empowerment break, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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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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Monks streaming out from a Lamdre initiation session, Tharlam Monastery and Courtyard, overflow tents, isuzu monastery work truck, a stormy looking day, shadow of another monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Portrait of a Tibetan man with lotus lamp offering, Lam dre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Smiling Tibetan women queueing tightly into line for long life initiation, mala, chubas traditional striped aprons, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Tibetan Buddhist, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Goofing around with my friend Khenpo Gaga, Linda Lane, wearing pink sunglasses and an adi making the mudra of mandala offering, Khenpo Gaga, a Tibetan Buddhist monk in robes, malas, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Modeling her Tibetan outfit - a silk decorated chuba, head-dress, coral pearl & turquoise necklace, fancy chuba, pink blouse, with her reflective friend in a green, white, and black outfit, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan Monks, looks like trouble! :-), young and old, during mandala offering, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Cooks preparing milk tea in the temporary kitchen, giant pots on the hot coals, milk in plastic bags, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Two Tibetan women, wearing chubas, stripped aprons, carrying dharma bag, double jumping fish auspicious symbols in chalk, Buddhist flag, walkway, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan ladies chatting while folding a khatag, mother with child, holding incense, a mala, monks, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Courtyard, Nepal
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A little sangha muffin with a dharma muffin, Tibetan child with mother at tea break, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Khenpo GaGa laughing with the senior disciplinary whip holder lama, wearing Tibetan Buddhist monk robes, yellow shirts, maroon fabric, brown shoes, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, guesthouse in background, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Donations/offerings being presented to individual monks and nuns for their prayers, and other good works, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Tibetan children in bright colors are given nectar from the Hevajra initiation by a monk, under the large tent sit hundreds of people overflowing from the monastery, prayer flag, Buddhist flag, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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End of the day, monks discuss while preparing to leave, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, under tents
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Cooperation: Young Tibetan Buddhist monks carrying a lamas throne and table, two women chat nearby, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Giggles! for the Mandala Offering, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Monk controls the flow of initiates lining up towards the senior lamas with a metal batton, mostly Tibetan people, Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Blessing and Initiation, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Serious and Playful, Tibetan family members wearing initiation blindfolds, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Little troublemakers! Two young boy Tibetan monks, wearing robes and short black hair cuts, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Sakya Lamdre, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Giant kettles boil water for dinner, as a cook oversees, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Wearing glasses - Tibetan woman wearing a traditional chuba, turquoise and gold earrings, Tibetan nuns, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The end of the day, the end of the blessing line begins to be seen, decorations, Amitayus - Hayagriva Long Life Blessing, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard and stage, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Preparing the Tampa flour with butter for mandala / mandara offering, both peaceful and wrathful offerings, that is Barley flower in the bowls, and whiskey to the right, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Rededication of protector deities, prayer flag, a chopon, HH Jigdal Dagchen Sakya and his family members, son, grandsons, praying, Sakya Lamas, many monks, nuns, Tibetan Buddhists, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Frying potato chips, two cooks figure out how to prepare a large post-empowerment feast, Tharlam Monastery courtyard, temporary kitchen, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Senior Tibetan man with prayer wheel, mala in infinity knot, listening to Lamdre teachings, under the tent, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, 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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Greeted by a monk, backpacking international students arrive to meet HH Dagchen Sakya, who is leading Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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A young novice Tibetan Buddhist monk on the job - ready to pour fresh tea, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
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From above, several Tibetan woman wearing traditional chubas with aprons, in discussions, prepare to have their photograph taken with the Buddhist lamas, monks, and nuns, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, 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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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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