MR200 Nine-day ceremony

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and a group of lamas at the end of a ceremony that has lasted nine days and nine nights without interruption, in the mountainous valley of Bumtang, in Bhutan. Having created the ritual mandala using colored powders, they are now preparing to scatter the powders in the river. Dissolving the mandala in this way symbolizes the ephemeral nature of all things. 1981. Buy on-line a fine art photographic print, signed by the hand of Matthieu Ricard, buddhist monk, photographer and author. He has also been the French interpreter of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama since 1989. Some of the photographs in his collection are printed in limited edition, signed, numbered and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.