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  • Young Buddhist monks play with a makeshift ball at the old Tengboche Monastery, below Mount Ama Dablam in Nepal's Khumbu region. (After this picture was taken in 1979, the monastery burned down in 1989 and was rebuilt.)  The summit of Mount Everest is just left of the central pagoda roof.
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  • Young Buddhist monks play with a makeshift ball at the old Tengboche Monastery, below Mount Ama Dablam in Nepal's Khumbu region. (After this picture was taken in 1979, the monastery burned down in 1989 and was rebuilt.) The summit of Mount Everest is just left of the central pagoda roof.
    KF 1166.jpg
  • A costumed actor and Tibetan Buddhist lamas lead a procession as part of the annual Mani Rimdu festival held at Nepal's Tengboche Monastery.  (Photo taken in 1980.) The high lama is second from left.
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  • A trekker walks on a trail leading to Tengboche Monastery, the route to Mount Everest Base Camp.
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  • Fog creates a dusting of rime on stone buildings near Tengboche Monastery in Nepal's Himalaya.  Mounts Kangtega and Thamserku rise in the background.
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  • Young Buddhist monks play with a balloon at the old Tengboche Monastery in Nepal's Khumbu region.
    KF 1108.jpg
  • Young Sherpa [Sherpani] women at Nepal's old Tengboche Monastery watch as young monks play (out of frame.)
    KF 1107.jpg
  • A Masked dancer performs at the annual Mani Rimdu festival.
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  • A Masked dancer performs at the annual Mani Rimdu festival.
    S 1014.jpg
  • Sculpture of Maitreya, the Future Buddha at monastery near Leh.
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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.
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  • 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
  • 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 080719-044.jpg
  • A young monk peeks from a temple at Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080719-039.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
  • A toddler runs after pigeons at Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar.
    MGe 080719-009.jpg
  • Sacred Ama Dablam rises behind Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
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  • Sacred Mount Khumbila rises behind Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1243.jpg
  • Young Tibetan Buddhist monks pose at Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu region of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1156.jpg
  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Ben Wiltsie, age 3 (MR) beside dzos (yak-cattle cross) at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region (Sherpa). 22,494' Ama Dablam bkg. Photo shot in 1986. Monastery burned in 1989 and was rebuilt.
    KF 1138.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 080719-056.jpg
  • Gilt toes on a 26.5-meter-high statue of Migjid Janraisig (Avalokitesvara) at Ganden Monastery in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080719-053.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
  • Sacred Ama Dablam rises behind Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1341.jpg
  • Mount Everest towers behind Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1254-2.jpg
  • Sacred Ama Dablam rises behind Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1251-2.jpg
  • Sacred Mount Khumbila rises behind monks at Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1225.jpg
  • Sacred Mount Khumbila rises behind monks at Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1223.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 080719-058.jpg
  • Sacred Mount Khumbila rises behind Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1247.jpg
  • A Sherpa yak herder harnesses his animals at Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpa people of Nepal.  This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form. Mpunt Everst rises in the background.
    KF 1232.jpg
  • Young Tibetan Buddhist monks relax outside  at Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu region of Nepal. in 1986., before the old monastery  was destroyed and by an electrical fire in 1989 and subsequently rebuilt.
    KF 1160.jpg
  • Gordon Wiltsie poses with young Tibetan Buddhist monks in front of Mount Everest and Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu region of Nepal in 1986, before the old monastery  was destroyed and rebuilt after an electrical fire in 1989.
    KF 1152.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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  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China.	Sera Monastery overlooks Lhasa before mass influx of Chinese migrants.
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  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk tends yak butter lamps at Tashilumpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet, China.
    CF 2528.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Incarnate lamas pray at Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival held by Sherpas at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
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  • TIBET, Tsangpo Gorge. Remnants of destroyed Himalayan monastery (Pemako- chung).
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist monk & devotees exit a gompa (temple) at Tashilumpo Monastery, Shigatse.
    CF 2532.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2524.jpg
  • A forest surrounds 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.
    IP 0520.jpg
  • Zansker, India. Rangdum Gompa (monastery).
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA,. Masked Sherpa dancer at annual Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region
    S 1018.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Incarnate lamas pray at Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival held by Sherpas at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
    S 0915.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Opening procession of Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
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  • Ladakh, India. Fortress & monastery above capital city of Leh, an ancient trade center.
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  • An ancient fort and Tibetan Buddhist monastery tower above Leh.
    LK 0318.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Young Buddhist monks pray in new monastery near Bodh'nath.
    KM 2557.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2524.jpg
  • A Sherpa yak driver lets 3-year old Ben Wiltsie help with harnessing a yak at Tengboche Monastery in Nepal.
    KF 1132.jpg
  • 3-year old Ben Wiltsie stands outside a chilly tent at Tenboche Monastery in Nepal.
    KF 1122.jpg
  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Ben Wiltsie, age 3 plays with young Sherpa monks at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region. Mother (Meredith Wiltsie) looks on.
    KF 1117.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist monk & pilgrim beneath sculptures of Bodhisattvas at Palkhor Monastery, Gyantse.
    CF 2643.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Young Buddhist monks pray in new monastery near Bodh'nath.
    KM 2557.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
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0510.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0508.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0411.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0409.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
  • INDIA, Ladakh. Old fortress and monastery in Leh. Structure on left is a stupa.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Sherpa painting by artist Kappa Kalden, depicting a yeti beside Pangboche Monastery & Mount Everest, Khumbu region.
    S 1220.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Sherpa painting  of Tengboche Monastery by artist Kappa Kalden, including monks, trekkers, yaks, yetis, nearby villages & Mount Everest vicinity of Khumbu region.
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  • 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
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Tibetan Buddhist painting of wrathful deity at Sherpa's Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. A treasured relic of Pangboche Monastery said to be a yeti scalp. (a fake, probably once a lama's hat)
    S 0515.jpg
  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Kwangde Peak & Buddhist chorten, Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region.
    KF 1212.jpg
  • The Tibetan Buddhist Rimpoche ofTengboche Monastery in Nepal Boses with Meredith Wiltsie and her son Ben.
    KF 1143.jpg
  • 3-year old Ben Wiltsie joins in play with young Tibetan Buddhist monks at Tenboche Monastery in Nepal.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist monk by door into richly ornamented Tshomchen, the Main Assembly Hall at Palkhor Monastery in Gyantse.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotee leaves exits door of richly ornamented Tshomchen, the Main Assembly Hall at Palkhor Monastery in Gyantse.
    CF 2624.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist devotees enter gompa (temple) at Tashilumpo Monastery in Shigatse, home of Panchen Lama, 2nd holiest in Tibet
    CF 2547.jpg
  • 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 monk tends yak butter lamps at Samye Monastery, one of oldest in Tibet.
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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.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist monastery above Braga Village in Manang Valley, north of Annapurna massif.
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  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Young Buddhist monks pray in new monastery near Bodh'nath.
    KM 2557.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2524.jpg
  • Tebetan Buddhist monks chant and blow ceremonial horns above Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Region of Nepal's Himalaya.
    IP 0506.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Masked Sherpa dancer at annual Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region.
    S 1013.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Comic actors at Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche Monastery near Mt. Everest in Khumbu region.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Sherpa spectators at Mani Rimdu festival, Tengboche Monastery near Mt. Everest in the Khumbu Region.
    S 0810.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tengboche Monastery & 6,812 meter (22,349') Ama Dablam, Khumbu region. (1979 photo, before it burned in 1989 and was rebuilt)
    KF 1353.jpg
  • The Tibetan Buddhist Rimpoche at Tengboche Monastery in Nepal, Nawang Tenzing Jangpo who is considered as the incarnation of the founder Lama Gulu, an important spiritual leader of the Sherpas.
    KF 1142.jpg
  • 3-year old Ben Wiltsie joins in play with young Tibetan Buddhist monks at Tenboche Monastery in Nepal.
    KF 1118.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tengboche Monastery & Ama Dablam, Khumbu region. (Photo from 1979, before it burned in 1989 and was rebuilt)
    K 2116.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Mt. Everest (8850m), behind massive Lhotse-Nuptse wall & S. Face of 8501m Lhotse (R), viewed from Tengboche monastery.
    K 2018.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist clergy chanting, praying, drumming & ringing bells under prayer wheels outside Palkhor Monastery in Gyantse.
    CF 2607.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Golden temple roof at Sera Monastery.
    CF 1231.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist monastery above Braga Village in Manang Valley, north of Annapurna massif.
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  • Sculpture of wrathful protective deity.
    LK 1211.jpg
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