Rays of enlightenment: Padmasambhava, Buddhist teacher of the World, White Tara's lotus, held by a volunteer backstage for the mandala offering to His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Kalachakra for World Peace, Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA

Rays of enlightenment: Padmasambhava, Buddhist teacher of the World, White Tara's lotus, held by a volunteer backstage for the mandala offering to His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Kalachakra for World Peace, Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.