No lights!

Judging by the color and style of robes I would say this is a fully-ordained Thai Buddhist Monk. Let me know if I'm wrong!

Asking- Bodhgaya, India

I gave her a hearty chunk of bread and she was very pleased.

dharma food

Tibetan-style bread baked with the imprint of an endless knot.

Break time

That's pollution not snow

Another mode of transport.

Reading the Kangyur [words of the Buddha]

The Kangyur is a collection of books that can only be read in a day if the job is shared by many people. So, each of the monks has a few pages that they read in unison. It gets done in about half an hour this way.