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.

On Friday at Trinity College’s Austin Arts Center seven Buddhist nuns from the Keydong nunnery in Kathmandu will start making a mandala for the Buddhist deity of peace, Avaolokitreshvara. The nuns ...

From tiny, delicate patterns to bold, sprawling works of art, mandala tattoos showcase harmony and symmetry in every detail — a reflection of centuries-old spiritual traditions, religious beliefs, and ...

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 ...

We’ve all heard the phrase before, but those who follow the Buddhist faith live it. It’s why the religion discourages attachment to material things. Attachment leads to greed. Greed leads to anger.

A taste of the Far East has come to the small East Lancashire town of Whalley. Tibetan monks visited Whalley Library and performed holy rituals on Monday. They also created an intricate Mandala, which ...

NEW ORLEANS — The soul-penetrating chants of Tibetan monks reverberated through Hall G of the Ernest Morial Convention Center on Tuesday in preparation for the sand mandala being created in honor of ...

HOUSTON — Asia Society Texas Center recently welcomed the Tibetan Buddhist Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery to Houston for the third year. In the Edward Rudge Allen III Education Center, more ...

If you go to Larkspur Landing to marvel at the Tibetan Green Tara sand mandala, just don't get too attached to it. The Tibetan monks from Gyudmed Tantric Monastery, who will spend 10 days creating the ...

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