In addition to the mandala, the monks are hosting discussions, slide shows, pujas — chants and prayers — and lectures during their tour, which is sponsored by the Fields Center and Community House.

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 ...

A monk gets ready to start working on the sand mandala at the Lawrence Arts Center on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. With metal funnels, colored sand and extremely steady hands, eight Buddhist monks are ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Tibetan monks from Southern India are constructing a sand mandala that will be finished this Friday and the public can see them work on the it all week in Carlsbad. The monks are on ...

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 ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks from Gaden Shartse Monastery in India closed out a weeklong North County visit on Saturday with a ...

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Tibetan monks from southern India spent the week at Stockton University placing brightly colored sand in intricate, symmetrical patterns — a kaleidoscopic configuration of symbols ...

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 ...

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 ...