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Alex Grey's vision of the Dalai Lama as Avalokitesvara
Artist Alex Grey’s vision of the Dalai Lama as the incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, shown in...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
endangered panda in southeastern Tibet
endangered panda in southeastern Tibet Image from the book, Why the Dalai Lama Matters, by Robert Thurman
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
Pilgrims prostrating around Mount Kailash
Pilgrimage by full prostration around Mount Kailash. © Galen Rowell/Mountain Light Image...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash (22,027 ft.) in western Tibet, a remote site sacred to billions of members of four...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
Tibetan nomad pilgrim in western Tibet
A Tibetan nomad pilgrim in western Tibet prays before a pile of scattered mani stones, stones...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
Giant applique tangka of Shakyamuni Buddha
Giant appliqué tangka icon of Shakyamuni Buddha, displayed on special occasion above...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
Tibetan Blue Bharal (wild sheep) below Mt Everest
Tibetan blue bharal wild sheep in the Rongbuk Valley below Chomolungma (Mount Everest) ©...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
Tibetan Ookpa (Owl) on the Nangpa Pass
Tibetan Ookpa (Owl) on the Nangpa Pass, near Dingri, southern Tibet ©...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
Tibetan Trung-trung
Tibetan Trung-trung, an endangered black-necked crane silhouetted against Shishapangma mountain...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
yellow poppy in Tibet
Yellow poppy blooming in the Amnye Machen Range, northeastern Tibet © Galen Rowell/Mountain...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
MIG fighter plane parked in front of the Potala
A MIG fighter plane parked in front of the Potala symbolizes the conquest of Tibet....
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
tourist hotel replacing homes in Lhasa
A sign advertises the construction of a tourist hotel in Lhasa, replacing rundown Tibetan houses...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
A Tibetan girl in a group of village dancers
shyly holding up a (probably required) picture of a young Mao Zedong in military uniform. ©...
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Uploaded on May 21, 2008
Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma from Dr....
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Uploaded on May 7, 2008
Dalai Lama in formal teaching ceremony
The Dalai Lama wears the yellow pandit hat (professor’s hat used in the ancient Indian and...
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Uploaded on May 2, 2008
Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal
The Dalai Lama showing the audience the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to him, October 17,...
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Uploaded on May 2, 2008
Tibetan pilgrim from northern Tibet
A Tibetan pilgrim from northern Tibet resting and turning his Om Mani Padme Hum prayer...
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Uploaded on May 1, 2008
Filling a teapot
Filling a teapot at the Brahmaputra River headwaters in Tibet. The Tibetan plateau is the water...
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Uploaded on May 1, 2008
Robert Thurman and the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama and Robert Thurman in a relaxed moment among friends during a visit to the United...
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Uploaded on May 1, 2008
Robert Thurman and the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama in discussion with Robert Thurman in Bodh Gaya in 1980, preparing outlines for...
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Uploaded on May 1, 2008
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with the eleven Tibet Autonomous Prefectures (TAPs)
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with the eleven Tibet Autonomous Prefectures (TAPs—where two...
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Uploaded on May 1, 2008
Tibet before the occupation
This ethnic map of Tibet as it was before the occupation — painted by a Tibetan artist in exile...
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Uploaded on May 1, 2008
Satellite relief map of Tibet
This is a satellite relief map of the vast Tibetan plateau—average altitude of 14,000 feet...
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Uploaded on May 1, 2008
