MR335 Offering of butter lamps

At the end of a long ceremony at Shechen Monastery in Nepal, monks perform an offering of butter lamps. Each one holds a lighted lamp and is linked to his neighbors with white scarves knotted together and held by the whole assembly. They recite melodious verses of prayers that they may practice their faith together all their lives until they attain enlightenment. 1987. Buy on-line a fine art photographic print, signed by the hand of Matthieu Ricard, buddhist monk, photographer and author. He has also been the French interpreter of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama since 1989. Some of the photographs in his collection are printed in limited edition, signed, numbered and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.