Mandala Arts

321. – September 20, 2007 Quilt stolen from wall of Sweetwater nightclub Sweetwater owner Becky Steere opened the doors of the hallowed Mill Valley nightclub Wednesday morning to discover someone had stolen the mandala quilt that hangs beside the stage. “I gasped, ” she said. “It was like someone socked me in the chest. “She compared it to stealing an icon from a church. “It’s the heart of Sweetwater, ” she said. “This is like tearing out our heart. Who would do… 322. AFX UK Focus – September 20, 2007 AFX UK (Focus): Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines to switch to Airbus JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) – Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines has rented Airbus planes as it begins switching from Boeing 737s to a full fleet from the European manufacturer, a company spokesman said Thursday. Mandala ordered 25 single-aisled Airbus A320s in June at the Paris Air Show in a deal worth 1. 9 billion dollars at catalogue prices. Mandala spokesman Alexius Wijoyo Tjundo said the first orders would arrive in 2011 with the rest expected to be delivered by 2014… . 323. AFX Europe Focus – September 20, 2007 AFX Europe (Focus): Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines to switch to Airbus JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) – Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines has rented Airbus planes as it begins switching from Boeing 737s to a full fleet from the European manufacturer, a company spokesman said Thursday. Mandala ordered 25 single-aisled Airbus A320s in June at the Paris Air Show in a deal worth 1. 9 billion dollars at catalogue prices. Mandala spokesman Alexius Wijoyo Tjundo said the first orders would arrive in 2011 with the rest expected to be delivered by 2014… . 324. AFX Asia Focus – September 20, 2007 AFX Asia (Focus): Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines to switch to Airbus JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) – Indonesia’s Mandala Airlines has rented Airbus planes as it begins switching from Boeing 737s to a full fleet from the European manufacturer, a company spokesman said Thursday. Mandala ordered 25 single-aisled Airbus A320s in June at the Paris Air Show in a deal worth 1. 9 billion dollars at catalogue prices. Mandala spokesman Alexius Wijoyo Tjundo said the first orders would arrive in 2011 with the rest expected to be delivered by 2014… . 325. Hindu, The (Madras, India) – January 11, 2006 The Hindu: Kalachakra Mandala construction in its final stage The construction of sand Mandala, essential for the Kalachakra initiation ceremony, reached its final stage on Tuesday as the Dalai Lama has completed his final discourse from the selected chapters of Nagarjuna’s `Mulamadhyamikakarita. ‘ “True happiness is determined by our state of mind. Transforming the mind is a mental activity employing both insight and the stability of mind that comes of meditative equipoise, ” he said… . 326. – January 27, 2005 7 NUNS TO CREATE MANDALA 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 first came to Trinity in 1998 and are among the first to learn this sacred practice, which was previously for monks only. The A mandala is a model of a celestial palace and is architecturally complex. It’s adorned with symbols and imagery that represents the path one can… 7. Leader – Cranbourne Sun (Melbourne, Australia) – July 14, 2004 Broad canvas for little know mandala art SPIRALLING flights of colourful fancy are mandala painter Nola Gibson’s speciality. “Not many people in Australia really know what mandalas are, but they are a style of art which is common to many cultures around the world, ” she said. “The theme of a kaleidoscope pattern around a central point is a very common theme in the sand mandalas of the native American and Tibetan people, and can be seen in other Asian cultures. “As well as patterns I… 328. Leader – Berwick Leader (Melbourne, Australia) – July 14, 2004 Lessons in mandala art SPIRALLING flights of colourful fancy are mandala painter Nola Gibson’s speciality. “Not many people in Australia really know what mandalas are, but they are a style of art which is common to many cultures around the world, ” she said. “The theme of a kaleidoscope pattern around a central point is a very common theme in the sand mandalas of the native American and Tibetan people, and can be seen in other Asian cultures. “As well as patterns I… 329. – May 10, 2004 NOTHING IN LIFE IS PERMANENT Some people might define suffering as spending days painstakingly creating a detailed work of art only to have it destroyed. That couldn’t be further from the truth for the 11 touring Tibetan Buddhist monks who visited Evansville last week to create a colorful sand mandala in commemoration of the Evansville Museum’s 100th anniversary. Hundreds of visitors gathered Sunday afternoon to watch the monks ritually destroy the intricate artwork and ceremoniously pour it… 330. – April 11, 2003 Monks will perform sand painting rite Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Institute will demonstrate the unusual tradition of mandala sand painting Wednesday through April 19 in the lobby of Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, 222 Market St. , Harrisburg. Among all the arts that go with the monks’ faith of Tantric Buddhism, the mandala paintings rank among the most exquisite. Over four days, they will create a picture using millions of grains of colored sand that are painstakingly…

. 331. – July 13, 2001 Monks invoke ‘forces of goodness’ Sunday East will meet West Saturday when a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks arrive from India to begin a week- long residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. During their stay at the facility at 1414 Art Center Ave. , the monks plan to create a sand mandala representing religious deities and symbols. The assemblage is visiting the local area through Thursday from the Drepung Loseling Monastery, which was founded in Lhasa, Tibet, in 1416 as an institute of higher Buddhist education… . 332. New Mexican, The (Santa Fe, NM) – July 26, 2000 Stand Alone Art: The shifting sands of mandala art Above: Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery, from left, Phuntsok Tsunde, Legden, Lopsang Tenzin and Topden work on a sand mandala at the Museum of Fine Arts on Tuesday. The public is invited to watch the construction of the mandala, which will take three days to complete. Once completed, the mandala is dismantled during a closing ceremony, symbolizing the impermanence of all that exists. The final part of the mandala process is a procession carrying the remaining sands to a flowing… 333. – March 23, 2000 STRAINS OF MUSIC, GRAINS OF SAND // MONKS CREATING MANDALA AT IWU Across from the Starbuck’s coffee bar at Illinois Wesleyan University’s student center, a group of Tibetan monks are laboring this week to create a sacred sand painting dedicated to world healing. A ritual of chanting and music on Wednesday at IWU’s Evelyn Chapel began the 20-hour process of creating the mandala. The construction continues today and concludes Friday with the mandala’s destruction. The mandala is dedicated to Buddha… 334. Los Angeles Times – December 7, 1995 A Lesson in Urban Karma Teenage Inmates Learn Nonviolence Through Sound of Silence The 18-year-old carjacker and probation camp inmate furrowed his brow as he carefully tapped grains of orange sand out of a hollow tube, sketching a fine line around a mandala–a three-foot-wide sand painting. “When I came here, I didn’t have no patience, ” said Jimmy, a Maywood gang member incarcerated at Camp David Gonzales who is studying the ancient art under Tibetan monks. “When somebody looked at me wrong, I’d hit… 335. Asia Pulse – March 12, 2009 Asia Pulse: MANDALA COOPERATES WITH SINGAPORE TOURISM BOARD SURABAYA, March 12 Asia Pulse – Indonesian airline Mandala has established cooperation with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in providing services and an new experience to Indonesians visiting the island republic through Batam. President Director of Mandala Airlines, Diono Nurjadin, said the cooperation gets the support of 84 weekly flights to Batam (arrivals and departures). “With two daily scheduled flights from Jakarta to Batam, and one daily flight from Medan, Padang, … 336. – September 18, 2008 Spirituality woven into sand painting, t COMMUNITY : Tibetan monks to create Mandala in Caldwell and perform ceremony at Indian Creek CALDWELL — The sand painting being created at The College of Idaho this week is called a “Mandala of Manjushri ” for wisdom. Tibetan monks started work on the Mandala during the opening ceremony Wednesday and will continue the rest of the week. Community members are welcome to view the creation of the sand painting, college officials said. A design has been made available for members of the public to work together on a Mandala of their own alongside… 7. Asia Pulse – March 14, 2008 Asia Pulse: INDONESIA’S MANDALA HOPES TO BE ALLOWED TO FLY TO EUROPE IN JULY JAKARTA, March 14 Asia Pulse – The management of Mandala Airlines said it is optimistic the European Union will allow it to fly to Europe by July. The EU has banned more than 50 Indonesian airlines from flying to Europe since July last year for security reason after a series of air accidents involving local airlines. Mandala chief executive officer Warwick Brady said he had met with EU civil aviation expert Jean Pierre Abrosini, who recently visited the country to help Indonesian… 338. wire Europe (French version) (France) – October 19, 2007 Mandala du Buddha de Médecine en simultané sur Second Life PRNewswire — Pour la toute première fois, le Mandala du Buddha de médecine construit chaque année à Paris, sera réalisé en simultané sur Second Life. Cet événement inédit manifeste la solidarité avec les nonnes, les moines et le peuple birmans qui subissent la répression de la junte au pouvoir en Birmanie. Dans le Bouddhisme tibétain, le Mandala est une représentation aux formes géométriques de la résidence du Buddha de Médecine et constitue le support de la méditation et… 339. – March 13, 2007 Monks will build sand mandala, lead discussions The Venerable Lama Karma Namgyel and Lopen Kesang Dorjee, Tibetan Buddhist monks, will build a sand mandala at Willamette University throughout the week. A sand mandala is a circular design of colored sand designed to show the transitory nature of life in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Visitors can view the construction of the sand mandala each day, and the visiting monks also will lead meditation sessions and discussions. A sacred tradition, Lama dancing, will be performed at Cat… 340. Asia Pulse – October 13, 2006 INDONESIA’S MANDALA AIRLINES TO ADD 28 AIRBUS A-320S TO FLEET PT Mandala Airlines said it will add 28 Airbus A-320 aircraft to its fleet of 13 in the next three years. Procurement of the aircraft will be made in phases, Mandala President Diono Nurjadin said, adding that this year four Airbus A-320 aircraft will arrive in the country, including two units next week. The two aircraft will be operated immediately to meet growing demand for air transport ahead of the Idul Fitri celebrations, Nurjadin said… .