Buddhist nuns and monks walk through Seda on April 4, 2013. #

Hundreds of small houses where monks and nuns live at Seda Monastery, on April 5, 2013. #

A Tibetan who has made a pilgrimage to Seda Monastery, on April 5, 2013. #

A view of the Buddhist institute from the east, seen in October of 2013. #

A night view of the monastery dormitories on October 6, 2013. #

Buddhist monks pass a yak in Seda Monastery on April 5, 2013. #

Nuns walk on a lane through monastic dormitories at the Serthar Wuming Buddhist Study Institute on November 11, 2007. #

An apprentice Buddhist nun leaves prayer beads as an offering in Seda Monastery on April 4, 2013. #

Buddhist monks walk in front of the thousands of small houses where they live at Seda Monastery on April 5, 2013. #

Tibetans who have made a pilgrimage to Seda Monastery, photographed on April 5, 2013. #

Apprentice Buddhist monks leave their shoes outside before a debating session in Seda Monastery on April 4, 2013. #

A nun rotates Prayer Wheels at the Serthar Wuming Buddhist Study Institute on November 11, 2007. #

An elderly Buddhist nun carries her dog in the Seda Monastery on April 4, 2013. #

An elevated view of monastic dormitories is seen at the Serthar Wuming Buddhist Study Institute on November 9, 2007. #

A view of the Institute and surrounding houses, facing north, in October of 2013. #

Nuns clean the huge pots used to cook food at the Serthar Wuming Buddhist Study Institute on November 4, 2006. #

Buddhist nuns and monks walk through Seda Monastery on April 4, 2013. #

Crows fly over the Serthar Wuming Buddhist Study Institute on November 11, 2007. #

Monastic dormitories stand on the hillside below hundreds of prayer flags at the Serthar Wuming Buddhist Study Institute on November 4, 2006. #

A nun views scenery on a hill above the Serthar Wuming Buddhist Study Institute on November 9, 2007, in the Tibetan autonomous region of China. #