A group from Japan reciting the 'Heart Sutra' at the start of the first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness during the first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Members of the audience taking part on the first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Tea being served to many of the over 200,000 people attending the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Ven Lobsang Kunga/OHHDL
Monks from Namgyal Monastery assisting His Holiness the Dalai Lama with ritual procedures during the first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Blessed water being distributed during the first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Ven Lobsang Kunga/OHHDL
Members of the crowd wearing ritual blindfolds during the first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, being bestowed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Sakya Trizin, Gyalwang Karmapa and Taklung Shabdrung removing their ritual blindfolds first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, being bestowed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama waving to the crowd as he departs the Kalachakra teaching ground along with Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay at the end of the first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, being bestowed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Ganden Tripa Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin viewing the Kalachakra sand mandala at the end of the first day of the Kalachakra Empowerment, Entry into the Mandala, being bestowed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 11, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
