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  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a temple at their nunnery.
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  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-048.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-038.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-026.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-063.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-061.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-058.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-056.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-044.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-030.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-028.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-020.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-011.jpg
  • Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar is one of the biggest religious centers remaining  in Mongolia after Soviet era purges virtually wiped out Tibetan Buddhism in the country.
    MGe 080719-019.jpg
  • A modern Mongolian visitor makes a cell phone call from the Temple of the Yadam at Choijin Lama Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator.  During the country's Soviet occupation, religion was discouraged and thousands of monks and lamas were executed.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence.
    MGe 060624-022.jpg
  • Buddha figures in Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia. During the country's Soviet occupation, religion was discouraged and thousands of monks and lamas were executed.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence.
    MGe 060624-030.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. An elderly Tibetan Buddhist couple with prayer wheel, rosaries & tourquoise & coral jewelry stands by a trail in the Manang Valley.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Braga village in Manang Valley, north of Annapurna. Prayer flags indicate Tibetan Buddhism.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. A Tibetan Buddhist monastery sits high on a hill above Braga Village in Manang Valley, north of Annapurna massif.
    AA 3714.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Tibetan Buddhist festival held to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
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  • Tumen Ekh, a Mongolian national folklore ensemble, performs a Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dance in Ulaanbaatar.
    MGe 080719-204.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist worshippers pray before a 26.5-meter-high statue of Migjid Janraisig (Avalokitesvara) at Ganden Monastery in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Dalai Lame is believed to be a reincarnation of this deity.
    MGe 080719-072.jpg
  • Ornately sculpted altars & deities in Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia, a country where monks and lamas were executed after communist takeover.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence
    MGe 060624-005.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. A Tibetan Buddhist monastery sits high on a hillside above Braga village in the Manang Valley, north of Annapurna.
    AA 3712.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist lama at festival to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
    AA 3513.jpg
  • Himalaya, Tibet, China. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags atop pass on Tibetan plateau.
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  • A Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancer dressed as Bisman tengri, the god of wealth, entertains his companions as they  wait to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-116.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancer waits to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-156.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancer dressed as Bisman tengri, the god of wealth, entertains his companions as they  wait to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-116.jpg
  • An acrobat runs through antics between Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancers at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-049.jpg
  • An ancient fort and Tibetan Buddhist monastery tower above Leh.
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  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge.  Tibetan Buddhist lama on pilgrimage to sacred waterfall in this deep Himalayan canyon.
    TS 1092.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA,. Masked Sherpa dancer at annual Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Opening procession of Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
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  • Swayambhunath Stupa rises behind a pagoda temple and Tibetan Buddhist chortens in Kathmandu, Nepal
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  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
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  • A Tibetan Buddhist/Hindu shrine overlooks the Kathamdu Valley.
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. 3-year old Ben Wiltsie turns giant Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheel in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu region (Sherpa homeland).
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Local sign asking tourists to respect Tibetan Buddhist mani stone.
    KF 0239.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Remote Tibetan Buddhist shrine where Padmasambhava is thought to have meditated in remote Hinku Valley, Nepal.
    KB 2002.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Mani stone along Mt. Everest Base Camp trail in Khumbu Region.  This is carved with Tibetan Buddhist prayers.
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  • Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a nunnery in Lhasa, China, Tibet.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist monks & devotees outside of largest gompa (temple) at Tashilumpo Monastery, Shigatse, seat of the Panchen Lama, 2nd holiest in Tibet.
    CF 2508.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar in 1986.
    CF 0454.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Tibetan Buddhist traveler prays at shrine by holy waterfall in one of earth's deepest canyons.
    TS 1174.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Masked Sherpa dancer at annual Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region.
    S 1112.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Opening procession of Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
    S 0906.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist prayer (mani) stones surround Tengboche Monastery in ithe Khumbu region of Nepal's Himalaya.  Shot in 1974, before the modern onslaught of climbers and trekkers began & this temple burned & was rebuilt more safely.
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  • Carved Tibetan Buddhist prayers adorn a boulder alongside the Dudh Kosi River In the Khumbu region of Nepal.
    IP 0118.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Young Tibetan Buddhist man (a Menba) in remote village near Tsangpo River Gorge displays charm box with forbidden photo of Dalai Lama.
    TS 3334.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Tibetan Buddhist traveler prays at shrine by holy waterfall in one of earth's deepest canyons.
    TS 1174.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Masked Sherpa dancer at annual Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region.
    S 1112.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Masked Sherpa dancer at annual Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region
    S 1109.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Tibetan Buddhist painting of wrathful deity at Sherpa's Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region.
    S 1005.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Comic actors at Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche Monastery near Mt. Everest in Khumbu region.
    S 0816.jpg
  • A rhesus monkey sits by Tibetan Buddhist sculptures at Swayambhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0710.jpg
  • Swayambhunath Stupa rises behind a pagoda temple and Tibetan Buddhist chortens in Kathmandu, Nepal
    KT 0517.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2577.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2534.jpg
  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. 3- year old Ben Wiltsie romps by Tibetan Buddhist chorten, Khumjung village, Khumbu region. Mts. Everest & Lhotse bkg.
    KF 1438.jpg
  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Tibetan Buddhist chorten built by Sherpas beside trail to Mount Everest, Khumbu region. Mt. Kangtega bkg.
    K 0803.jpg
  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Tibetan Buddhist mani stones, carved with prayers and placed in a wall beside a trail in Thame village, Khumbu region.
    K 0509.jpg
  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Tibetan Buddhist mani stones, carved with prayers and placed in a wall beside Mount Everest Base Camp trail, Khumbu region
    K 0320.jpg
  • Himalaya, Tibet, China. Cairns left by Tibetan Buddhist travelers on 17,000' Lalung Leh pass near Mount Xixabangma.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Village women circumambulate a Tibetan Buddhist chorten & prayer flags during a small-town festival west of Nyingchi.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Chinese truck passes Tibetan Buddhist mural on road cut near Tsedang & Yarlung Tsangpo River.
    CF 1703.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk stands on the roof of fortress-like Yumbu Lakang, the oldest castle  in Tibet, atop a hill near Tsedang.
    CF 1670.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk stands on the roof of fortress-like Yumbu Lakang, the oldest castle  in Tibet, atop a hill near Tsedang.
    CF 1666.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk circles the oldest castle in Tibet.
    CF 1619.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotee spins prayer wheels at fortress-like Yumbu Lakang, near Tsedang, the oldest palace in Tibet.
    CF 1611.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist monk tends yak butter lamps at Samye Monastery, one of oldest in Tibet.
    CF 1526.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees prostrate and pray in Barkhor Plaza in front of Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet's holiest sites.  Potala background.
    CF 1350.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist temples. Photo from 1986, before explosive city growth and Chinese construction of new buildings.
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  • Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims prostrate themselves on a suspension bridge near the Potala, former home of the Dalai Lama. reflects in a pool in Lhasa, Tibet, China.  This was taken in 1986 and the view is now crowded with modern buildings.
    CF 1191.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Pilgrims in Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist shrines & temples.
    CF 1130.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground (shown here in 1986) are now gone & modern concrete buildings clutter the scene.
    CF 1070.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
    CF 1065.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
    CF 1046.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
    CF 1042.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray and make yak butter offerings at chapel inside Jokhang Temple, holiest site in Tibet.
    CF 1009.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags & scrolls tied to a bridge to ensure safe passage.
    CF 0859.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims wait to enter Norbulinka, summer residence of now-exiled Dalai Lama.
    CF 0710.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray & prostrate in front of Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet's holiest sites.
    CF 0614.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray in front of Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, one of holiest in this ancient land.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotee circles Lhasa's Jokhang Temple with prayer wheel & rosary beads as he chants the mantra "Om mani padme hum" (Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus).
    CF 0461.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims from remote village circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Lhasa's Jokhang Temple through the Barkhor Bazaar (1986).
    CF 0435.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Braga village in Manang Valley, north of Annapurna. Note Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags & winter stores of hay & firewood.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist lama at festival to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
    AA 3615.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Tibetan Buddhist festival held to bless Manang Valley villagers before season trading abroad in Hong Kong, Bangkok etc.
    AA 3516.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist monastery above Braga Village in Manang Valley, north of Annapurna massif.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist villagers in Manang turn sacred prayer wheels (Annapurna region).
    AA 3208.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Carved Tibetan Buddhist Mani (prayer) stone, reading "Hail to Jewel in the Lotus."
    AA 3109.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge.  Tibetan Buddhist lama on pilgrimage to sacred waterfall in this deep Himalayan canyon.
    TS 1092.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk carries a ceremonial sword and prayer flags to be blessed above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya mountains. (From 1974)g
    IP 0401.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Masked Sherpa dancer at annual Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region.
    S 1013.jpg
  • Swayambhunath Stupa rises behind a pagoda temple and Tibetan Buddhist chortens in Kathmandu, Nepal
    KT 0617.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk walks past a gilt doorway to a shrine at Swayambhu Stupa  in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0608.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2589.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2568.jpg
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