Tibetan Buddhists monks at Losar (Tibetan New Year) in the Dalai Lama Temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monk with prayer wheel and beads at Losar (Tibetan New Year) in the Dalai Lama Temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

The 80-foot high Great Buddha Statue (Daibutsu), built by the Daijokyo Sect of Nagoya, Japan, unveiled by the XIV Dalai Lama in 1989,Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks at Losar (Tibetan New Year) in the Dalai Lama Temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks at Losar (Tibetan New Year) in the Dalai Lama Temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks at Losar (Tibetan New Year) in the Dalai Lama Temple, McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Tens of thousands of buddhist pilgrims from around the world traveled to bodhgaya, a town in northern india, to hear exiled tibetan spiritual leader hh dalai lama give the kalachakra-religious teachings. Pilgrim take rickshaw to the main temple in bodhgaya. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, bihar, india

Buddhist monks prostrating at maha bodhi temple complex in bodhgaya. Prostration is a gesture used in buddhist practice to show reverence to the triple gem (comprising the buddha, his teachings, and the spiritual community) and other objects of veneration. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Monk prostrating in front of maha bodhi temple. Bodhgaya prostration is a gesture used in buddhist practice to show reverence to the triple gem (comprising the buddha, his teachings, and the spiritual community) and other objects of veneration. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Tens of thousands of buddhist pilgrims from around the world traveled to bodhgaya, a town in northern india, to hear exiled tibetan spiritual leader hh dalai lama give the kalachakra-religious teachings. Pilgrims walk through the entrance banner at main temple in bodhgaya. They carry kusha grass for offering. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, bihar, india

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps prayer, kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Buddhist monk holding blessed water in a vessel with hh dalai lama amulet. Inside mahabodhi temple. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Budhist lamas in prayer, bodhgaya, india. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Hindu pilgrims come to maha bodhi temple to worship buddha because he is the reincarnation of vishnu. Maha bodhi temple complex. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Hollywood actor richard gere attended kalachakra initiation at maha bodhi temple. Bodhgaya, india

Tibetan monk take rickshaw to the main temple in bodhgaya. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, bihar, india

Tibetan musicians perform at maha bodhi temple. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Buddhist nuns in front of tergar monastery in maha bodhi temple. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Thai temple on the way to mahabodhi temple. Bodhgaya, india

Bhutanese pilgrim praying at butter statues that is made under the bodhi tree inside mahabodhi temple complex. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

His holiness the 17th gyalwang karmapa banners at tergar monastery in maha bodhi temple. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Buddhist monk praying butter statues that is made under the bodhi tree inside mahabodhi temple complex. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Pilgrim devotion. Kalachakra 2012, bodhgaya, india

While circumambulating maha bodhi temple, tibetans making money offerings to bihari in need. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

While circumambulating maha bodhi temple, tibetans making money offerings to bihari in need. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Buddhist pilgrims circumambulate maha bodhi temple in bodhgaya. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Prayer flags of Tibetan Buddhism with Buddhist mantra on it in Dharamshala monastery temple. There is the residence of Tibetan Buddhism spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Lion-shaped door knocker on a door of the Dalai Lama Temple in the Erdene Zuu Monastery, Karakorum (Kharkhorin), Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia