Tibetan Buddhist monks visited San Luis Obispo this week to create a colorful sand mandala. Visiting from the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialects in India, the monks started building the mandala at ...

With each careful tap of a specialized metal cone, sand master Geshe Legden Gompo expertly places the sand onto the design of the mandala. Mandala means that which extracts the essence. It’s a ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — It’s a fascinating tradition that most people don’t get to see everyday. All this week, at Bradley University’s Michel Student Center, three Tibetan Monks built a sand mandala, a ...

(WBIR - KNOXVILLE) Tibetan monks visiting Knoxville completed a traditional piece of sand art after four days of teamwork. Five monks created a sand mandala at the McClung Museum of Natural History ...

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 ...

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.

A group of Tibetan Buddhist monks is visiting San Luis Obispo this week as part of a three-week tour featuring the creation of traditional sand mandalas, cultural events and public ceremonies. The ...

In the midst of conflict at Clark College, a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks worked quietly in the Cannell Library. Their tools were long, thin cones, and their paints, vibrantly colored sand dyed in ...

They started creating it Jan. 8 and on Jan. 14, the monks will sweep up the mandala and carry the sand to the water. Maggie is a former arts writer for the Tampa Bay Times. She now writes for Bay ...