Acolytes of the Dalai Lama gathered during the July Fourth holiday outside Midtown바카라s Park Hyatt Hotel, where the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader is recuperating from knee replacement surgery.
Dressed in traditional Tibetan attire and prayer beads, the devotees posed for photos and prayed outside the West 57th Street hotel on Thursday. They walked around the block clockwise, emulating the practice of circumambulating a Buddhist temple.
바카라We believe that if you circumambulate, it brings us good luck in our future and in our present also,바카라 said Yonten Dorjee, 40, from Kew Gardens, Queens.
바카라We imagine this as our temple and His Holiness is inside,바카라 added Dorjee바카라s wife, Kalsang Youdon.
The Dalai Lama arrived in New York City in late June for knee replacement surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, his first trip to the US since 2017. The 88-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet, has experienced health issues for years.
David J. Mayman, the chief of adult reconstruction and joint replacement service at the hospital, stated that the surgery on June 28 was successful, and the Dalai Lama is expected to make a full recovery. He was discharged the following day.
바카라His Holiness바카라s personal medical team and office were in constant communication with the surgical and medical staff at HSS,바카라 Mayman said.
It is unclear how long the Dalai Lama will be recuperating at the five-star hotel across from Carnegie Hall, where admirers have been making daily devotional visits, as first reported by Gothamist.
Despite the Buddha바카라s teaching that existence is suffering, the mood outside the hotel has been joyous. The Dalai Lama바카라s personal cook, Tenzin Pasang, made an appearance on Thursday and was greeted enthusiastically by the crowd.
바카라I heard that [the Dalai Lama바카라s] treatments were successful, so that바카라s why we바카라re very happy,바카라 said Kalsang Phuntsok, 58, who brought his family from Jackson Heights.
바카라He shares wisdom throughout all of Tibet and India, and my family is so proud of what he바카라s done,바카라 added Phuntsok바카라s son Baruwa Kunshey, 11.
China views the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist, a claim he has consistently dismissed. His visit to New York City follows a bipartisan House delegation바카라s visit to him in northern India, which prompted a threatening letter from China바카라s embassy to the U.S.
바카라The visit interferes with China바카라s internal affairs, violates China바카라s sovereignty and territorial integrity,바카라 the letter stated.
Despite the political tensions, 바카라Free Tibet바카라 slogans were scarce among the Independence Day crowd outside the Park Hyatt. For Ella Krivova, 37, an Upper East Sider grateful for the holiday off to be near the Dalai Lama, his presence was a 바카라precious opportunity.바카라
바카라This city can be so materialistic; being here helps you to be closer to the teaching and to develop and deepen your life,바카라 she said. 바카라His mindstream is very vast and kind and generous, so it바카라s important to be connected to the teaching and to liberate and help other people in the future.바카라
