His Holiness the Dalai Lama performs preparatory rituals for the Avalokiteshvara Empowerment in the morning before the start of the teachings at the Manhattan Center in New York City on November 2, 2014. Photo/Sonam Zoksang
View from the stage of the Manhattan Center, venue for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings in New York City on November 2, 2014. Photo/Sonam Zoksang
Members of the audience holding lighted lotus petals as an offering during His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings at the Manhattan Center in New York City on November 2, 2014. Photo/Sonam Zoksang
His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his teachings at the Manhattan Center in New York City on November 2, 2014. Photo/Jeremy Russell/OHHDL
Monastics on stage wearing ritual blindfolds as His Holiness the Dalai Lama confers the Avalokiteshvara Empowerment at the Manhattan Center in New York City on November 2, 2014. Photo/Sonam Zoksang
Members of the making a traditional mandala offering at the end of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings at the Manhattan Center in New York City on November 2, 2014. Photo/Sonam Zoksang
Well-wishers shouting words of support as His Holiness the Dalai Lama leaves the Manhattan Center in New York City on November 2, 2014. Photo/Sonam Zoksang
