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 ...

Buddhist monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery in India construct a Medicine Buddha sand mandala for mental (inner) and physical health. Buddhist monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery in India constructed ...

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 ...

Millions of grains of sand will become one large mandala of Tantric Buddhism this weekend at The American Theatre. The Mystical Arts of Tibet, led by Buddhist monks, returns to Hampton to promote ...

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a monk is like? A Tibetan Buddhist monk? Ever curious about the meaning in those huge sand paintings with their swirls and symbols? Have you ever ...

BATESVILLE, Ark. (Edited News Release/KAIT) -Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting March 6-10 in the rotunda of the Lyon Business and Economics ...

What is a mandala? Sanskrit, for ''circle,'' a mandala is an image of a palace containing Buddhist iconography that is visualized during meditation or constructed with colored sand, usually by several ...

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 ...

Shortly before Seattle welcomes the Dalai Lama, Everett will honor Tibetan culture in its own way next week. From Tuesday to Friday, Buddhist monks plan to build a sand mandala in the lobby of the ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Tibetan Buddhist monks took millions of grains of sand and constructed a mandala at a South Florida university. Monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery started building the ...