Tibet
Namchak Barwa, Tibet, 1990.
Temple in front of the sacred mountain of Jara Latze (Myniak Rabgang)
Tibetan monks at the banks of Lake Yilung Lhatso
Lake Manasarovar
Gotse Pass, Kham, eastern Tibet, 1988.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991)
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche crossing the Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) in a flat-bottomed boat
A group of Khampa horsemen gallops through the meadowland alongside Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's car
Tibetan monks from Shechen Monastery come to greet Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Clouds of incense smoke rise above the plain below Shechen Monastery
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche crossing the Gotsé La pass
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche crosses the river below Shechen Monastery
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche is welcomed by family members
Monks welcome Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche on his return to Shechen Monastery
Man from Kham
Nomads
A double rainbow appears over Palpung Monastery as Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche approaches
The high valley of the Yangtse, at the level of Denkhok
Bayang, western Tibet, 1998.
Horses
Monks ride to a mountain monastery
A nomad family in their summer pastures
Tibetan nomad woman and her child
An old woman with a prayer wheel
Riders in procession welcome a lama who has come to visit Dzongsar Monastery
Riders in procession welcome a lama who has come to visit Dzongsar Monastery
Spectators at the great festival of Mani Genkok
An equestrian competition organized in honour of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Equestrian games during the Mani Genkok Festival
Young novice monks at Bumnying Monastery
Rehearsal for the annual festival of sacred dance at Shechen Monastery
The monks and lamas from Shechen Monastery welcome their abbot Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
Tibetan scholars and monks at Shechen Monastery
Lamas and monks toss squares of multicolored paper printed with prayers into the wind
Monks from the philosophical college at Dzongsar Monastery debate
Wooden printing blocks at the printing press in Derge
A pyramid of prayer flags
A nomad woman in front of her hearth, near Shechen Monastery
Tibetan nomad girl
Nomads
A Tibetan doctor
A Tibetan monk-doctor takes the pulse of a nomad girl in a clinic supported by Karuna-Shechen's humanitarian program
Tibetan nomad girl
Children
Festively dressed young nomad women at the festival of Mani Genkok
Tibetan girl in festive dress at the great festival of Mani Genkok
Uncle and nephew
Monk and prayer flags
A typical landscape of rolling pasture and moorland
Mount Kailash, western Tibet, 1998.
The Jowo statue in the Jokhang
Formations of rock and black sand in the Tawu region
Stones on which prayers and mantras have been carved by hand
Mount Kailash, western Tibet, 1998.
Meadow at 4000 metres
