Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama's birthday parade.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama's birthday parade.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama's birthday parade.
Günter Waibel:
Chinese solidarity at HH Dalai Lama's birthday parade.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama's birthday parade.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama's birthday parade.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama's birthday parade.
Günter Waibel:
Morning prayers.
Günter Waibel:
Morning prayers.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama teaching the initiation.
Günter Waibel:
On the monitors, the Kalachakra Mandala.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama teaching the initiation.
Günter Waibel:
Dalai Lama teaching the initiation.
Günter Waibel:
Walking home to Capitol Hill.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama teaching the initiation.
Günter Waibel:
The ceremony site for the dismantling of the mandala.
Günter Waibel:
Altar for the ceremony.
Günter Waibel:
The small piece of the mandala which will be dispersed in the river.
Günter Waibel:
Repairing the design of the small mandala after a wind gust.
Günter Waibel:
Protecting the small Mandala from the wind.
Günter Waibel:
Practicing the dispersing of the mandala.
Günter Waibel:
HH Dalai Lama is meeting with President Obama, and we await his arrival.
Günter Waibel:
Waiting for HH Dalai Lama.
Günter Waibel:
A dog clears the area multiple times.
Günter Waibel:
Helicopters patrole the area multiple times.
Günter Waibel:
A police boat pulls up.
Günter Waibel:
Passing time.
Günter Waibel:
In the background, USS Barry, now a museum, formerly active during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile crisis. A poignant setting.
Günter Waibel:
Monks passing time.
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Reporters passing time.
