HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 13, 2015) - In a scene reminiscent of season three in "House of Cards," Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Words such as "mandala" and "mantra" have moved from Asian cultures into colloquial use in the modern West, but few of us grasp their roots. The Asian Art Museum redresses that lack with a small ...

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 ...

TEN. FOR PHOTOS, SEVERAL BUDDHIST MONKS ARE CELEBRATING THE YEAR COMING TO AN END WITH A SPECIAL TRADITION. YESTERDAY, THE SACRED ARTS TOUR VISITED THE DREPUNG GOMANG CENTER FOR ENGAGING COMPASSION TO ...

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 ...

The mandala was on display Sept. 5-8. On Sept. 8, there was a dissolution and procession where the sand was poured into the Iowa River. Thousands of grains of colorful sand are poured into the Iowa ...

This article examines the mandala - a symbolic picture of the universe. One of the richest visual objects in Tibetan Buddhism is the mandala. A mandala is a symbolic picture of the universe. It can be ...

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 ...