H.H. Tenzin Gyatso XIV Dalai Lama, Tibetan Learning Center, Washington, N.J., September 20, 1990 – photo by Allen Ginsberg – courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate)
Today, an auspicious day, the Dalai Lama‘s 88th Birthday
Buddha Shakyamuni – 12th Century – from Central Tibet – (39.4 cm. x 26.5 cm) – from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York