Mask dance (Zanskar)
Padum, Zanskar
His Holiness and pilgrims walking passed a series of archaic wall scuptures of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
A crowd of villagers trying to get a glimpse of His Holiness, many of them never had this opportunity
Look out for the double rainbow in the sky behind His Holiness
An elderly woman carried by her son, waiting to meet His Holiness
The crowd of devotees in Zanskar
The holy cave where Naropa meditated (Dzongkhul Gompa, Zanskar)
His Holiness giving teaching in Padum (Zanskar)
A light and relaxed moment (from Karsha new Padum, to Pishu)
A trek up a small bump
His Holiness and his blisters
Running pilgrims
His Holiness looking over the valley and the running pilgrims (near Lingshed)
This photo (taken in Lingshed) and the following few show clearly how His Holiness interacts with people: In his eyes, no one is less important than others. Everyone is equally beautiful, equally important.
The old and crippled lady that Rigzin Namgyal was talking about
Monks and nuns playing in the snow at Sengge La, instead of walking down, they preferred to slide down. Some even wanted to walk all the way up and slide down again and many times more.
The cloud formation that took the shape of a "Lion", just above Sengge La which literally means "the Pass of Lion". How auspicious!