His Holiness the Dalai Lama, along with 826 scholar monks from Drepung, Gaden, and Sera monasteries, including Tashi Lhunpo and Ratoe, and their religious study tutors, attending a debate presentation by monks studying Nagarjuna's "Collection of Middle Way Reasoning' and the "Four Treatises of Maitreyanatha" organized by the International Geluk Association at the Drepung Gomang debate ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Monks energetically asking questions during the debate presentation, part of the Great Winter Debate program, attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Drepung Gomang debate ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
A view of the Drepung Gomang debate ground during the debate presentation, part of the Great Winter Debate program, attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama watching the debate presentation at the Drepung Gomang debate ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
A view from the back of the Drepung Gomang debate ground during the debate presentation attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
A view from above during the debate presentation as part of the Great Winter Debate program attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Drepung Gomang debate ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama watching the debate presentation at the Drepung Gomang debate ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Monks defending their positions during the debate presentation attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Drepung Gomang debate ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Student monks asking questions during the debate presentation attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Drepung Gomang debate ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
A view of the Drepung Gomang debate ground during the debate presentation attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on January 14, 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
