Novice monk candidates from Taiwan waiting to enter the ordination hall on the first day of ordinations at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence Dharamsala, HP, India on September 25, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Novice monk candidates from Taiwan listening to advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the ordination ceremony at the ordination hall at His Holiness's residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 25, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama taking part in the novice monk ordination ceremony at the ordination hall at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 25, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Tea being served during the ordination ceremony for nuns at the ordination hall at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence on the second day of ordinations in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 26, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
A novice nun candidate from Taiwan getting the final lock of hair cut during the ordination ceremony at the ordination hall at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 26, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Ordination names being distributed to the newly ordained nuns from Taiwan during during the ordination ceremony at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 26, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
A view of the ordination hall on the second day of ordinations at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 26, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Newly ordained nuns from Taiwan leaving the ordination hall at the end of the second day of ordinations at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 26, 2024. Photo by Ven Zamling Norbu
Fully ordained monk candidates from Taiwan receiving a Buddha statue from His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the third day of ordinations at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 27, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting the Abbot of Bliss & Wisdom Foundation Taiwan at the end of the third day of ordination ceremonies at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 27, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama departing from the ordination hall at the conclusion of the third day of ordinations for candidates from Taiwan at his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on September 27, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
