Flower in the dirt: auspicious symbol, Sakya Lam Dre preparation for blessing with flower drawn on the dirt Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism Boudhanath Kathmandu 1990, by Steve D.

Flower in the dirt: auspicious symbol, Sakya Lam Dre preparation for blessing with flower drawn on the dirt Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism Boudhanath Kathmandu 1990, by Steve D., a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Kalachakra statue, yab-yum, tent market, Kalachakra for World Peace, near Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA

Kalachakra statue, yab-yum, tent market, Kalachakra for World Peace, near Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

A Tibetan man in a business suit with large red blessed cloth, just blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, his day is made!, Verizon Center, Kalachakra for World Peace, Parade, Washington D.C., USA

A Tibetan man in a business suit with large red blessed cloth, just blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, his day is made!, Verizon Center, Kalachakra for World Peace, Parade, Washington D.C., USA, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

A Tibetan man in a business suit with large red blessed cloth, just blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, his day is made!, Verizon Center, Kalachakra for World Peace, Parade, Washington D.C., USA

A Tibetan man in a business suit with large red blessed cloth, just blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, his day is made!, Verizon Center, Kalachakra for World Peace, Parade, Washington D.C., USA, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

A female Tibetan Dancer and Tibetan men holding a monk's staff and ornament, while preparing for the mandala offering to His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Kalachakra for World Peace, Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA

A female Tibetan Dancer and Tibetan men holding a monk's staff and ornament, while preparing for the mandala offering to His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Kalachakra for World Peace, Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Caroline Massey, with her son Sonam Wongdu, recognized as Dezhung Rinpoche IV, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, 1993

Caroline Massey, with her son Sonam Wongdu, recognized as Dezhung Rinpoche IV, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, 1993, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Tibetan Dancers under the Tibetan National flag, Dharamsala, India, in 1993

Tibetan Dancers under the Tibetan National flag, Dharamsala, India, in 1993, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Linda Lane putting her arms around the iron pole, backwards for luck, on pilgrimage, Old Delhi, India, in 1993

Linda Lane putting her arms around the iron pole, backwards for luck, on pilgrimage, Old Delhi, India, in 1993, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Linda Lane and Virginia Johnson being the statues that aren't in their porticos, stone walls, on pilgrimage, Old Delhi, India

Linda Lane and Virginia Johnson being the statues that aren't in their porticos, stone walls, on pilgrimage, Old Delhi, India, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Painting of Padmasambhava - Guru Rinpoche, Om mani padme hung, carved and painted on a large rock, behind which is a brick wall and building, pathway at the entrance to Kamrao, India 1993

Painting of Padmasambhava - Guru Rinpoche, Om mani padme hung, carved and painted on a large rock, behind which is a brick wall and building, pathway at the entrance to Kamrao, India 1993, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Tibetan Buddhist monks wait with white khatas and statues while preparing for the mandala offering to His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Kalachakra for World Peace, Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA

Tibetan Buddhist monks wait with white khatas and statues while preparing for the mandala offering to His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Kalachakra for World Peace, Verizon Center, Washington D.C., USA, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Finely dressed Tibetan people meet and greet on the street, Happy Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama Peace Parade, Tibetans at Kalachakra, Washington D.C., USA

Finely dressed Tibetan people meet and greet on the street, Happy Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama Peace Parade, Tibetans at Kalachakra, Washington D.C., USA, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Finely dressed Tibetan people meet and greet on the street, Happy Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama Peace Parade, Tibetans at Kalachakra, Washington D.C., USA

Finely dressed Tibetan people meet and greet on the street, Happy Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama Peace Parade, Tibetans at Kalachakra, Washington D.C., USA, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Famed Buddhist Nalanda University & Monastery ruins, brick stupas, ransacked & destroyed by Turkic Muslim invaders under Bakhtiyar Khalji in 1193, the great library was so vast - reported to have burned for three months, Bihar, India, 1993

Famed Buddhist Nalanda University & Monastery ruins, brick stupas, ransacked & destroyed by Turkic Muslim invaders under Bakhtiyar Khalji in 1193, the great library was so vast - reported to have burned for three months, Bihar, India, 1993, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

शारिपुत्र Śāriputra's Stupa, one of Buddha's chief disciples at the famed Buddhist Nalanda University & Monastery ruins, brick stupas, ransacked & destroyed by Turkic Muslim invaders under Bakhtiyar Khalji in 1193, Bihar, India, 1993

शारिपुत्र Śāriputra's Stupa, one of Buddha's chief disciples at the famed Buddhist Nalanda University & Monastery ruins, brick stupas, ransacked & destroyed by Turkic Muslim invaders under Bakhtiyar Khalji in 1193, Bihar, India, 1993, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.