My friend Angie invited me to go see the Tibetan Monks at the library. They were there on a tour, this stop was to create a Sand Mandala. Mandala means :that which extracts the essence." This mandala is a two-dimensional one. These are the most creative, labor intensive, and concentration intensive of all mandalas created.
the mandalas they do on the tour require between two and five days, being completed by several monks at a time. Prayers are said throughout the making of the mandala.
Traditionally, upon completion, the mandala is swept up and placed in a river, lake, or ocean as an offering to purify the surrounding environment.
that is pretty cool to experience that. /were you ever able to fully see it?
ReplyDeleteWhen it was all finished, they would let people get closer to view. I didn't stay until the end. They were working hard on it to the last piece.
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