Photo (detail) by James Gritz

“Back in October,” writes photographer James Gritz, “I covered the Mind & Life Conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Washington, DC. [...] My job was to capture interesting encounters from the social gatherings, VIP lunches and dinners to the actual panel discussions. While it was interesting eavesdropping on the conversations of so many brilliant minds, and having a few paparazzi moments with the likes of Richard Gere, Goldie Hawn and Gabriel Byrne, for a simple Buddhist the highlight of my time in Washington was being able to get close to His Holiness.”

See the photos James took here.

Mind & Life Slideshow – Images by James Gritz

For more from James on the sights and doings from the Mind and Life Conference — as well as a heck of a lot more fine photography, visit his site, here.

(And for more from James on SunSpace, don’t miss his piece Sherab Zangmor, Great Yogini of Tibet, or his slideshow of Chogyam Trungpa and the early days of Tibetan Buddhism in America.)