Tibetan Nuns, outside the Bodala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet

IMG_4049, originally uploaded by punkkafari.

As I was leaving the palace, two nuns stopped and allowed me to photograph them. I ended up seeing the nun on the left again in a set of photographs I had taken a few days later, so it seems like it's a fairly small community. That, however, doesn't mean that there aren't monks and nuns everywhere, walking the streets, enjoying the sweet or buttery Tibetan milk tea, and praying alongside the countless pilgrims that have walked the countless miles to pray at the temples and monasteries of Lhasa. 'O ma ni bae mae ohm.'

A place of immense spirituality and awe inspiring religious dedication, I dedicate this photo with special affection to Sister Barbara.

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