Buddhist revelers walk around the world's largest pile of mani stones in Jyekundo, Tibet, while a woman touches her forehead to the ground in prayer during her circumambulation and prostration practice. Photograph by Seth Butler
Jyekundo, Tibet.
The still blue-green surface of the glacial Yilung Latsho (Yilhun Latso) lake reflects the snow covered Chola Mountains in the background. Yilung Latsho is a lake sacred to Tibetans and the lake shore is lined with mani stones and boulders carved in sanskrit prayers, near the basecamp for climbing Chola. Photograph by Seth Butler
Yilung Latsho, Tibet.
A family of nomadic Tibetan yak herders poses for a portrait behind a temporary stove made of clay in the interior of their tent woven from yak hair in Tibet. Photograph by Seth Butler
Amdo, Tibet.
A Tibetan monk dressed in traditional robes poses for a portrait while sitting on a motorcycle against the backdrop of a yellow monastery wall in Tibet. Photograph by Seth Butler
Kham, Tibet.
Buddhist revelers, including a Tibetan carrying a prayer wheel, and an elder Tibetan monk and nuns dressed in traditional robes circumambulate together around a sacred temple during a prayer ritual in Tibet. Photograph by Seth Butler
Near Lhagang, Tibet.
Buddhist revelers walk around the world's largest pile of mani stones in Jyekundo, Tibet, including a Tibetan monk dressed in traditional robes, and a little girl dressed in a pink and white jumpsuit, circumambulate together against a backdrop of pink prayer flags and golden prayer wheels during daily prayer rituals in Tibet. Photograph by Seth Butler
Jyekundo, Tibet.
A circle of Buddhist monks dressed in traditional robes debate each other on the grounds of a monastery in Tibet. Photograph by Seth Butler
Sershul Monastery, Tibet.
An elder Buddhist reveler dressed in traditional Tibetan attire walks around the world's largest pile of mani stones in Jyekundo, Tibet, while she spins a golden prayer wheel on the temple wall during her daily prayer rituals in Tibet. Photograph by Seth Butler
Jyekundo, Tibet.
Detail photograph showing the hands, hammer, chisel, and in-progress artwork of an artist chiseling Sanskrit prayers into a Mani stone in Tibet. Photograph by Seth Butler
Near Lhagang, Tibet.
A novice Buddhist monk dressed in traditional robes sits on the floor facing a green wall while studying on the grounds of a monastery in Tibet. Centered on the wall above his head hangs a portrait of an elder monk, and a bare unlit light bulb hangs from the colorful patterned ceiling by a cord near the edge of the frame. Photograph by Seth Butler
Ganzi Monastery, Tibet.
Buddhist revelers, Tibetan monks and nuns dressed in traditional robes circumambulate together around a sacred temple lined in prayer wheels during a prayer ritual at a temple festival in Tibet. Many carry prayer wheels, prayer beads, or colorful umbrellas. Photograph by Seth Butler
Near Lhagang, Tibet.
A Buddhist monk dressed in traditional robes stands on the steps of a monastery in Tibet, ensconced in incense smoke. The monastery steps are strewn with many monks robes of deep red, yellow, and orange, that were left behind by monastery students during a daily prayer ritual. Photograph by Seth Butler
Sershul Monastery, Tibet.

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