MR373 Dance of the Eight Manifestations

The dance of the Eight Manifestations is the most intense moment of the festival. Close to two hundred monks participate in the dance, in front of a spellbound, devoted audience. Padmasambhava, accompanied by his two principal companions the queen of Tibet Yeshe Tsogyal and the Indian princess Mandarava, King Trisong Detsen, Abbot Shantarakshita, followed by the Eight Manifestations and a vast procession—all emerge from the temple and take their places on a throne that has been erected in the middle of the courtyard beneath a parasol of multicolored silks. Tibetan monastery of Shechen, Nepal.
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.