His Holiness the Dalai Lama posing for one of several group photos with foreigners attending the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama comforting a wheelchair bound elderly Tibetan on arrival at the teaching venue on the eighth day of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
His Holiness the Dalai Lama performing preparatory rituals for his afternoon teaching on the eighth day of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
Monks debating Buddhist philosophy while His Holiness the Dalai Lama performs preparatory rituals for his afternoon teaching on the eighth day of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
His Holiness the Dalai Lama performing preparatory rituals for his afternoon teaching on the eighth day of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting the crowd of over 100,000 gathered to attend the empowerment preparations of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking during empowerment preparations of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
A sea of umbrellas protecting members of the crowd from the sun during the eighth day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
A member of the crowd listening to His Holiness the Dalai Lama during empowerment preparations of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
A volunteer handing out Kusha grass, part of the empowerment preparations of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
Voulunteers carrying Kusha grass to hand out to members of the crowd, part of the empowerment preparations of the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
As part of the empowerment preparations, helping to tie a protection cord around one of the over 100,000 people attending the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
Distribution of ritual cleansing water during empowerment preparations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer
A view of the teaching ground with a crowd of over 100,000 people attending His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India on July 10, 2014. Photo/Manuel Bauer