Holding khadas in their hands, thousands of people piously kneeled on the ground to welcome and beseech His Holiness the Buddha. They chanted loudly “Namo Di San Shi Duo Jie Qiang Fo (Homage to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III)” as H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, guarded and escorted by many police officers, walked on the red carpet to the lakeside pavilion with an escort of His senior disciples.

The Dharma Assembly was opened by a welcome from a Rinpoche in English ...

Many van loads of disciples made a pilgrimage to The Holy Vajrayana Temple to experience the quaking vajra poles this summer.

The alpha peacock bravely displays his magnificent tail, shakes his lesser tail feathers and attempts to woo his harem, but the peahens want no part of it. He does this for hours, but he will soon be loosing his tail feathers after the mating season is over. He aggressively chases any competing peacocks away including the beautiful blue-winged contender below. So far, Uma and Reba have only one “litter” of week-old babies. Three are kept safely in their cage with ...