Holding Hands with the Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama arrives at Yard Park in Washington DC to pour blessed sands from dissoved Kalachakra mandala into Anacostia River
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Kalachakra for World Peace Event

On the final day of the Kalachakra for World Peace 2011 I drove to Yard Park in Washington, DC and waited for the Dalai Lama to arrive. Earlier that day the mandala, a beautiful circular sand painting that monks had been building and praying over for the past 10 days, was dissolved and swept up … Read more

Inner Peace Conundrum

Dalai Lama on stage at the Capitol lawn; photographers and security in the background
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Kalachakra for World Peace Event

I cover my head with a towel to get some small relief from the scorching sun. Cameras strung around my neck and lenses stuffed in pockets, I jockey for position at the front rail in an area that has been set aside for members of the media covering the Dalai Lama’s Kalachakra for World Peace … Read more