a touch of color
monks
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 21 October 2007 in Documentary & Street.
On Wednesday, October 17, the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his efforts for peace, nonviolence, and universal acceptance. The next few photos will be of that event. Go here to start at the beginning.
Many monks turned out for the event to celebrate and honor His Holiness. The Tibetan monks were allowed inside the Capitol to actually attend the awarding, but many monks, such as these, were outside, waiting for a glimpse of their revered figure.
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Photo taken at the Capitol on October 17, 2007.
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Bron from Canberra, Australia
Hi e - I want to especially thank you - you're so often first to comment on my blog - I always look forward to your visits so much. I have so much to catch up with at the mo. that I can't do am3 justice by visiting all my frineds so will take a short break and come back, hopefully with new shots when I clean up my act!!haha I look forward to coming back and seeing your wonderful pix soon!
21 Oct 2007 6:14am
{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States
Hi e. Wow...it's been too long since I can revisit my AM3's p-blog...sorry about that. You had mentioned that you are from Palo Alto originally, let me know when you are in the Bay Area next time! Cheers, eureka! B-)
21 Oct 2007 8:06am
Out Of Focus from Muara, Brunei Darussalam
I was just thinking.. do the people gathered there get to see the Dalai Lama? I hope to see more of this series..
21 Oct 2007 9:10am
@Out Of Focus: We all got to see him, but only the people really involved with the Tibetan movement or the performers got to go see him up close. It was mostly for security reasons, since there were other important figures there as well.
Amir from Iran
So these are the buddist monks. Very nice capture. Lovely green grass
21 Oct 2007 3:07pm
@Vanessa: Why thank you. :) I did have a great weekend.
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
An excellent capture again, dear e.! I really like all the different individuals you have included in this shot. Every person is precious indeed!
21 Oct 2007 9:54pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
The photo has captured an interplay between the two monks very well, I wonder what they are both thinking.
21 Oct 2007 10:26pm
Takiyah from Snellville, United States
Great crowd shot. Never have seen a real life monk before:)
22 Oct 2007 4:54am
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
As great a picture as the previous one, because it symbolizes the way our bodies have to be kept upright as vehicles of our souls.
22 Oct 2007 10:03am
Rabbit from Richmond, United States
I never think of monks getting older, i think this is a touching capture to show us we all get older even monks and that we can all take little steps toward things we would like to do.
22 Oct 2007 12:48pm
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Fascinating stuff e.!! Wonderful crowd shot... a lot to see.
22 Oct 2007 4:14pm
Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany
Great crowd shotwith so much goign on!
22 Oct 2007 4:22pm
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