MR728 Clouds of incense

Clouds of incense smoke rise above the plain below Shechen Monastery in eastern Tibet. The smoke is an offering to ensure the prosperity of the monastery and the lay community that lives around it. Nomad horsemen gallop around the cairn on which the incense has been laid, calling noisily on the local deities: “Kiki soso la gyalo” (“May the gods be victorious over all obstacles.”) 2002. Order online a photographic work of art, 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.