His Holiness the Dalai Lama comforting an elderly Tibetan on his way to the Kalachakra teaching ground to participate in preparatory rituals for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Volunteers preparing bread for the lunch to be served to the over 100,000 people attending the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
A group of Indian Buddhist monks attending the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Ritual offerings being prepared for the Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Ven Prof Samdhong Rinpoche explaining the Kalachakra sand mandala construction to religious leaders before their interfaith meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama exchanging greetings with Sakya Trizin on his arrival in the afternoon at the Kalachakra teaching ground in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking during an interfaith meeting at the Kalachakra teaching ground in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama joining religious leaders in a water purification ceremony at the end of their interfaith dialogue at the Kalachakra teaching ground in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Nyibum Photography
His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra preliminary teachings at the Kalachakra ground in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
One of the many foreigners attending the Kalachakra Empowerment taking notes during His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Kalachakra preliminary teaching in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
A view of many of the more tha 100,000 people attending the preliminary teachings at the Kalachakra teaching ground in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting his old friend Richard Gere as he departs at the conclusion of the day's Kalachakra preliminary teaching in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 6, 2017. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
