Candidates for ordination making prostrations at the start of the Ordination Ceremony with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Candidates for ordination listening to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the beginning of the ordination ceremony at His Holiness's residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Candidates for ordination having their robes blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Ordination Ceremony at His Holiness's residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Candidates for ordination having their robes blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Ordination Ceremony at His Holiness's residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
Assistants helping candidates for ordination with their new robes during the Ordination Ceremony with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
A senior monk checking the candidates for any obstacles to receiving the vows during the Ordination Ceremony with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
The candidates returning to the ordination hall to continue the Ordination Ceremony with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
According to tradition only three monks at a time receive full ordination vows, the others yet to be ordained covering their ears during the Ordination Ceremony with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama presenting each new fully ordained monk a small Buddha statue at the conclusion of the Ordination Ceremony at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama posing for a group photo with some of the new fully ordained monks holding a book of advice written by His Holiness at the conclusion of the Ordination Ceremony at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on March 3, 2015. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL
