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 ...

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Enveloped in the studious silence of Clark College’s library, Tibetan Buddhist monk Nawang Shakga used delicate metal tools to create a small circle of fine, orange sand. The circle is just the first ...

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.

STONE RIDGE, N.Y. — Buddhist Monk Lama Tenzin Yignyen will create the Avalokiteshvara, the Mandala of Compassion, during a week of residence at High Meadow School from March 13-17. Yignyen will create ...

Community members got the chance to witness sacred art in motion this weekend as Tibetan monks began crafting an impressive sand mandala in Atascadero. The opening ceremony of the Creation of the ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting at the Ulster Performing Arts Center from Monday, Oct. 27, at noon to Friday, Oct. 31, at ...

For four straight days, a Buddhist monk creates a stunning art piece out of millions of grains of colored sand. On the fifth day, he invites the students at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design ...

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 ...

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 ...