As part of a religious studies expansion, the UA has brought three Buddhist monks to campus where they are currently creating a mandala from only colored sand, to wash it away Thursday after five days ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a Mandala Sand Painting Sept. 16-19 in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo ...

Being a monk with a mandala might seem challenging to a non-monk. After days of painstaking work, placing colored grains in an intricate geometric pattern on a large mat, the sand painting is ...

Butte Valley >> For four days, former Buddhist monk Losang Samten has labored over a platform in the Butte College library, using a small tool to create a vibrant work of art with sand. Hundreds of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Lama Losang Samten's work is a call for healing and peace, which can be seen through the spiritual art he's creating. "It's called the sand mandala," said Lama Losang Samten.

Like any great artwork, the Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala is crafted with patience, precision and care. What makes the mandala unique, however, is how quickly it’s destroyed after being completed.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KUTV) — Three Tibetan monks are creating a "compassion" sand mandala over the course of four days at the George S. & Delores Dore Eccles Gallery in the Salt Lake Community ...

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KAREN HUMPHRIES SALLICK (Tibetan Buddhist Practitioner): The mandala is a teaching and meditation tool so that we can focus on evoking in ourselves the Buddha nature that we Buddhists believe you have ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting at the Ulster Performing Arts ...