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Dalai Lama to perform ceremony in D.C.
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The Dalai Lama will visit D.C. in July to perform Buddhism's largest ritual open to the public, the Kalachakra, according to the Capital Area Tibetan Association.
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The 11-day event, which includes prayers and teachings, culminates with the creation of giant sand mandala at the Verizon Center.
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Tickets are available, but they're not cheap. A Ticketmaster search turned up a pass that cost $506 for the entire event,
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This is how the Tibetan Asscociation describes Kalachakra:
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When you attend the entire 11-day cycle of the Kalachakra, you will see the building of the great Kalachakra sand mandala; extensive opening rituals with prolonged periods of beautiful harmonic chanting; ritual dances to prepare the hall as a sacred ground;
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three days of teachings from His Holiness, presenting the foundations of Buddhist thought,
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3 days of the actual empowerment ceremony, which includes 11 levels of initiation;
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and a concluding day in which the mandala is dissolved,
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and a long-life blessing for all in attendance are conducted.
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