A woman spinning a prayer wheel, Chimi Lhakhang dating from 1499, Temple of the Divine Madman Lama Drukpa Kunley, Punakha, Bhutan

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

View of Ornate Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple), Dongcheng, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Asia

View of Ornate Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple), Dongcheng, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Asia

View of Ornate Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple), Dongcheng, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Asia

View of Ornate Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple), Dongcheng, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Asia

Lama Temple, Beijing, China, 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

View of entrance to ornate Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple), Dongcheng, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Asia

Yonghe Gong Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

Incense sticks, Lama Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

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

The 55 foot high sandalwood statue of Maitreya Buddha recorded in the Guiness Book of Records at Yonghe Gong Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

Young monks at a window, Chimi Lhakhang dating from 1499, Temple of the Divine Madman Lama Drukpa Kunley, Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

Young monks at a window, Chimi Lhakhang dating from 1499, Temple of the Divine Madman Lama Drukpa Kunley, Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

A woman spinning a prayer wheel, Chimi Lhakhang dating from 1499, Temple of the Divine Madman Lama Drukpa Kunley, Punakha, Bhutan, 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

Lama Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

Lama Temple (Yonghegong), Beijing, China, Asia

Lama Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

Lama Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

Yonghe Gong Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

Lama Temple, Beijing, China, 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

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

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

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

Traditional Buddhist architecture of the Lama Temple, a Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

Ceramic figurines on the ridge of the roof of the Lama Temple, a Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

A bronze guardian lion statue in the Lama Temple complex, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

Dragons on a wall decoration on the wall of the gate of the Lama Temple, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

A large bronze censor of incense burner in front of the Lama Temple, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

A bronze guardian lion statue in the Lama Temple complex, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

A large bronze censor of incense burner in front of the Lama Temple, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

A large bronze censor of incense burner in front of the Lama Temple, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

A large bronze censor of incense burner in front of the Lama Temple, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

Looking out of a building in the Lama Temple comples, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

Traditional decoration on a building in the Lama Temple comples, a Buddhist temple in Beijing, China.

Lama monk turns the prayer wheels at the base of the Great White Pagoda, during the birthday celebrations for Wenshu, Tayuan Monastery, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China

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

Happy young lama in Buddhist temple. Mongolia, Mongolia, Asia

Young lama, Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Tuvkhun Monastery, Mongolia

Lama, Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia

Tuvkhun Monastery, Mongolia

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

Bhutan, Punakha, Three young novice monks standing in doorway of Chimi Lakhang temple in the old capital.

Bhutan, Chimi Lakhang, Young novice monk standing in doorway of Chimi Lakhang temple in the old capital.

Bhutan, Punakha, Three young novice monks standing in doorway of Chimi Lakhang temple in the old capital.

Lamas

Lama Temple on village street