The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, greets a crowd in Cathedral Square. He is wearing a Tibetan kata around his neck. Also with him is Della Simmons.
Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (Gen Rinpoche) was for many years the principle teacher at the Tibetan Library in Dharamsala, India. As such, he became the teacher of thousands of international students who...
Tibetan Buddhist monk, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (Gen Rinpoche), walking through Christchurch Botanic Gardens. Also with him are Losang Dawa, Pal Tsering, Lieke, and Della Simmons.
Tibetan Buddhist monk, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (Gen Rinpoche), walking through Christchurch Botanic Gardens with Della Simmons.
Tibetan Buddhist monk, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (Gen Rinpoche), visiting Christchurch Botanic Gardens. With him are Khedrup La, Losang Dawa, Pal Tsering, Lieke, and Della Simmons.
Tibetan Buddhist monk, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (Gen Rinpoche), visiting Christchurch Botanic Gardens. He is holding his mala (prayer beads).
Tibetan Buddhist monks, Khedrup La and Pal Tsering visiting Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
Tibetan Buddhist monk, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (Gen Rinpoche), seated in a glasshouse at Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
Tibetan Buddhist monk, Pal Tsering, studying hard for his upcoming geshe exams.
Tibetan Buddhist lama, Karma Samten, performing a chab.tu ceremony for baby Ongmo Herrett sometime in 1989. Also visible are Wendy Murphy, and Della Simmons holding Ongmo Herrett.
Tibetan Buddhist lama, Karma Samten, performing a puja outside the Church of the Good Shepherd at Lake Tekapo during the power crisis of 1992. In his right hand he is holding a damaru and in his left...
Tibetan Buddhist lama, Karma Samten, performing a puja on the shore of Lake Pukaki with Aoraki Mount Cook in the background. He is holding tingsha (ཏིང་ཤགས་)
Tibetan Buddhist monks, Lama Samten and Lama Shedrup, greeting Master Hsing Yun (星雲), the Supreme Abbot of Buddha Light International, Taiwan, during his visit to Christchurch in 1993.
Tibetan Buddhist lama, Karma Samten, carving a mani stone with the mantra of the Buddha Amitabha “Om Ah Mi De Wa Hri”. This mantra stone was unveiled by Pong Re Rinpoche at the Christchurch Botanic...
Tibetan Buddhist monk, Lama Assi, at Aoraki Mount Cook.
The Second Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist tulku (reincarnated lama) with Ongmo Herrett and Tashi Herrett on his arrival at Christchurch International Airport. 1993
Tibetan Buddhist monks, the Second Beru Khyentse Rinpoche and Lama Karma Samten performing a puja on the shore of Lake Tekapo.
His Eminence, the Second Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist lama.
His Eminence, the Second Beru Khyentse Rinpoche giving Medicine Buddha blessing in Saint Martins, Christchurch.
His Eminence, the Second Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist lama, with group at the top of the Mount Cavendish Gondola, Christchurch.
Tibetan Buddhist monks, including His Eminence, the Second Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, Lama Dujom Dorje, Lama Karma Samten, Lama Karten, and Lama Shedrup performing puja at Lake Pukaki.
Tibetan Buddhist monk, His Eminence, the Second Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, performing puja at Lake Tekapo. In his right hand he holds a bhumpa and a dorje, while in his left hand he holds a melong and a...
Tibetan Buddhist monks, Choje Lama Shedrup, including His Eminence, the Second Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, and Lama Karma Samten at Lake Tekapo.