MR8 Double rainbow

A double rainbow appears over Palpung Monastery (Kham, Eastern Tibet) as Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's party approaches. Tibetans consider rainbows to be very auspicious omens. This is the only monastery in the region that was not destroyed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. More than 6,200 monasteries have been razed throughout Tibet. 1988. Treat yourself with an exhibition quality, 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.