Monday, January 30, 2012

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

Monks, nuns, and laiety under the overflow tent, standing as the senior lamas arrive, preparing for teachings and initiation, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

With the help of senior lamas, a very young lama HE Asanga Rinpoche preparing to offer the Mandala of the Universe to his grandfather, HH Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, Tharlam Monastery, Nepal

His Holiness Sakya Trizin making a mandala offering with His Holiness Dagchen Sakya as the recipient, Sakya College, Rajapur, India 1993

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

Hand of beauty, trees, textures, leaves, colors, green, Kabota Garden, American Japanese Garden, Tukwila, Washington, USA

Engaged - a witness to mudras and prayers, lamas and monks, Lamdre dedication of merit, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Wrathful mouth box, fine art store, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

21 Taras and White Tara, statue, Tibetan Buddhist shrine, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Young Prince - Lama HE Avikritar Rinpoche, Tibetan Lamas prepare the ritual kusha grass for the Hevajra initiates, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Predictive Dreaming - Kusha grass being distributed during Sakya Lamdre, HE Avikritar Rinpoche and lama assisting, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Modern Microsoft Cafeteria, rarely empty, lamps, tables, orange chairs, glass, tile, wood, screens, contemporary light, Microsoft Campus, Redmond, Washington, USA

Microsoft Cafeteria, through a screen, Microsoft Campus, Redmond, Washington, USA

Dogs at play, Rosie elbow deep, Lake Washington, Warren G. Magnuson Dog Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

Rosie enjoying falling fluff, could it be manna from heaven? shadow, Warren G. Magnuson Dog Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

Snowy evening, people on a walk, trees, plume of steam, view of Eastlake, Hi 5 bridge, overcast, night, Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, USA

Crown of Thorns, white spiked cactus on a dark branches with little red flower bunches, green leaves, Meditation Garden - Self-Realization Fellowship, Encinitas, California, USA

Shri Manjushri, Padmasambhava, Vajra Garuda, Jambhala, offering bowls, blue night, Tibetan Buddhist shrine, Seattle, Washington, USA

Ikea, in his straw halo hat, and black glasses, earring, in front of the Parinirvana Stupa, Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Greenwood, Seattle, Washington, USA

Red and green fresh feast for the eyes, succulent plant, ground cover, delicate, yin and yang, stones, Meditation Garden - Self-Realization Fellowship, Encinitas, California, USA

Trees and red flowering plants backlit on the little hill at the garden's end, rich, palm fronds, Meditation Garden - Self-Realization Fellowship, Encinitas, California, USA

Large perfect white and green magnolia tree flower buds, early spring, clear sunny day, near Mary Gates Hall, University of Washington Campus, Seattle, Washington, USA

White magnolia tree flower buds in early spring, clear sunny day, University of Washington Campus, Seattle, Washington, USA

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and monks painting on the Kalachakra Mandala with saffron water and colored sand, dorje and bell, Dr. Robert Thurman watches, Kalachakra for World Peace, Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA

Saturday, January 28, 2012

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama seeding the center of the Kalachakra Mandala with blessed colored powders, assisted by senior monk artists, vajra and bell, cloth, Kalachakra for World Peace, Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama praying over, visualizing, and making offerings with his monks, Kalachakra for World Peace, Constructing the Mandala, Verizon Center, Kalachrakra for World Peace, Washington D.C., USA

Little red flower bunches, white spiked cactus, green leaves, Meditation Garden - Self-Realization Fellowship, Encinitas, California, USA

White spiked cactus with little red flower bunches, green leaves, Meditation Garden - Self-Realization Fellowship, Encinitas, California, USA

Hey - she is taking our picture - prostrators early in the morning on the public boards at The Great Stupa Jarung Kashor, people from around the world taking refuge, prayer flags, east side, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Westerners praying the prayer wheels, walking around Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, wet alley, wall, apartments, Sakya Lamdre, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rainbow coming down at the University of Washington, U District, Seattle, Washington, USA

Tibetan monks and nuns, people coming and going from Sakya Lamdre, Buddhist flags, sunny day, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, end of a session, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Abstract: Candle offering to Padmasambhava, statue, katag, box, Seattle, Washington, USA

war inside my head, t-shirt, Tito digging a hole, gloves, shovel, Seattle, Washington, USA

Buddha statue in a nitche, at Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal

Chinese Bodhisattva bust, ornate hair style, concrete garden statue, Lake City Way, Seattle, Washington, USA

Asian Bodhisattva, feeding a child nectar, long robes, concrete garden statue, Lake City Way, Seattle, Washington, USA

Rain puddle - reflections of the sky and clouds, garden statues, day, Dario's, Lake City Way, Seattle, Washington, USA

Abstract: climbing the big hill, snowy, cloudy day, Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

Buddha statue in meditation pose, robe, blue, concrete, Lake City Way, Seattle, Washington, USA

Happy face painters at JC Pennies hair studio, Northgate, Seattle, Washington, USA

Shri Hevajra, face, planter, concrete, Lake City Way, Seattle, Washington, USA

Polished brass candelabras, candles and glass, Fine hand printed wall paper, ceiling of the dining room of Mill Rose Inn, Half Moon Bay, California, USA

Shrine box, female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Arya Tara, Vajrayogini, bell, Seattle, Washington, USA

Reclining Buddha in robes, green toned, concrete statue, Lake City Way, Seattle, Washington, USA

Snow Lion / Foo Dog, protector with big nose and a toothy grin, fur covered eyes, concrete statue, Lake City Way, Seattle, Washington, USA

A woman introduces to her daughter the greatest enlightened teachers of India and Tibet, as visitors view Tibet Relics, Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Relics of 500 Arhats, Nagarjuna, Kasyapa Buddha, Tibet Relics, Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Visitors view Tibet Relics, Statues of Lord Buddha, Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

In 2005 Sogyal Rinpoche offered some precious relics of Jamyang Khyentse that he had inherited from his father Tsewang Paljor, to Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The Maitreya Project is an ambitious endeavor to erect a 500ft / 152m bronze statue of Buddha Maitreya at Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh in northern India, large enough to accomodated temples, exhibition halls, a museum and a library. A collection of more than 1,000 Buddhist relics will be permanently housed in a shrine near its heart. Next to some important relics of the Buddha and his disciples, it will also contain remains of many masters connected in various ways with the life story of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse.

Relics of some of the greatest Black Hat Lamas, Visitors view Tibet Relics, Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Dudjom Rinpoche, HH the 16th Karmapa, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche; (from bottom left) Gwang-Chin Master, relics that were discovered as a ter (hidden treasure), Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, RigdzinTrinley

Location of the Tibet Relics exhibit, Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico