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.

Tibetan monks have created mandalas over the centuries from a variety of materials. Before sand, they used crushed colored stone. Now Samten travels around the world to find sand in various colors.

Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in southern India will construct a mandala sand painting and perform special ceremonies August 14–18 at Asia Society Texas Center. During this ...

Ten Tibetan Buddhist monks are busily assembling an intricate image in sand on Federal Hill for a weekend exhibit at the American Visionary Art Museum. The monks came to Baltimore Sunday to ...

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Tibetan monks from India began to build a sand mandala at the Aligned Acupuncture and Wellness Spa in San Luis Obispo on Sept. 24, 2024. They will destroy the mandala on Sept. 27, 2024.

The design of the sand mandala and the shape of its platform might differ, but the sacred artwork is always made by hand. Khedtrup Gyatso, 48, is a seasoned sand mandala artist. He began to learn the ...

Three Tibetan Monks built a sand mandala at Bradley University's Michel Student Center to represent compassion and peace, and to encourage students during a difficult time.

Everyone's enjoyed the paradoxical play of sand castle construction -- focusing with delight and deliberation on a project that's doomed. The point is the process, the reward your own sense ...

Tibetan monks created a sand mandala dedicated to world peace at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts on Magazine Street in New Orleans on March 13. Creating a sand Skip to main content. You are ...

Houston, Texas—Asia Society Texas Center is pleased to welcome back to Houston the Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery. From August 10-13, the monks will construct a sand mandala ...