Mandala Arts

431. – August 26, 1999 DALAI LAMA LEADS FEST TO INDIANA< MANDALA BLESSES MIDWEST For days, the Dalai Lama and more than two dozen Buddhist monks have purified the grounds of the Tibetan Cultural Center, meticulously crafting a brilliant sand painting called a mandala. When the Kalachakra, or “wheel of time” ceremony, ends Friday, the Dalai Lama will sweep the sand into an urn and monks will pour it into nearby Lake Monroe, unleashing what believers say are healing powers. The ritual is considered by Buddhists to be a stepping stone on the… . Los Angeles Times – March 19, 1998 Living in Two Worlds “Are you coming home tonight?” Arabella Holzbog asks her fiance, Daniel Ezralow, whom she’s visiting on the Sony lot. It’s a valid question in light of the pace he’s keeping, preparing for this week’s “Mandala”–his full-evening dance solo at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse–and debuting as choreographer of the Oscars Monday night. On Stage 24, the 41-year-old Angeleno rehearses seven male… 433. – February 8, 2008 Oaks hosting Martin show ‘Collage, Encaustic and Mandala’ on display through March 22 The Oaks at Ojai, 122 E. Ojai Ave. , will display the exhibition “Collage, Encaustic and Mandala, ” of recent artwork by Lys Martin through March 22. A light reception for the artist will be held today from 5:15 to 7 p. m. It is free and open to the public. Martin’s lifelong interest in creativity and healing led in 1997 to the founding of Touch of Light: Sacred Art, Healing and Yoga. She balances her practice as an artist leading council circles on… 434. Jakarta Post, The (Indonesia) – October 25, 2005 The Jakarta Post: Mandala assists victim’s families Cash assistance of Rp 300 million (US$30, 000) each has started to be distributed in Medan to 119 families of crash victims living in North Sumatra and Aceh by PT Mandala Airlines on Monday. The company shall also be giving cash assistance to the families of residents who were killed when a Mandala Airlines aircraft crashed into a densely populated area near Polonia Airport on Sept. 5. All 119 families of the crash victims would receive the assistance once they had completed registration… 435. Antara (Indonesia) – September 7, 2005 Antara – The Indonesian National News Agency: U. S. SENDS CONDOLENCES TO RI OVER MANDALA AIRPLANE TRAGEDY New York, Sept 6 (ANTARA) – US State Department has expressed condolences to Indonesia over Mandala airplane crash in Medan, capital city of North Sumatra, on Monday which killed 143 people. The Monday’s accident was a tragedy for the Indonesian people, US State Department’s spokesperson Sean McCormack said in Washington DC on Tuesday. He also expressed hope that people who sustained serious injuries in the accident would recover soon. The Boeing 737-200… 436. Antara (Indonesia) – September 5, 2005 Antara – The Indonesian National News Agency: LIST OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD OF ILL-FATED MANDALA AIRLINES PLANE Jakarta, Sept 5 (ANTARA) – Following are names of passengers on board of the ill-fated Mandala Airlnes plane that crashed in North Sumatra Monday morning basded on the manifest made available to ANTARA by Mandala Airline company. The passengers are Jamaliah, Rohana, Masih Dalimunte, Apda Harahap, Lukman Hakim, M. Said Ritonga, Toguria Simbolon, Gulo Talianjaro, Fira, Jeni, Thomas Tendean, Amir Ardinal, Saiban Hasan, I Wayan Kondo, Kartini, Liong Shui, Yuswanto, Marianto Toto and Malik… 437. The Dallas Morning News – April 24, 2002 Eastern exposure Kimbell bolsters Asian Galleries with Tibetan, Chinese acquisitions The Kimbell Art Museum inaugurates its newly revamped Asian Galleries on Friday by unveiling two important acquisitions. The recent purchase of a 15th-century mandala from Tibet and a 13th-century scroll from China greatly enhance the museum’s already significant holdings of Asian art. While most people identify the Kimbell with European paintings, non-Western art accounts for almost half of its collection, director Timothy Potts points out. Asian material alone covers a broad… 438. The Hartford Courant – April 16, 1998 CITY STUDENTS FORM LIVING MANDALA IN ELIZABETH PARK Decked out in red, blue, green and yellow, they danced in circles, whirling scarves in great spiraling rings. “We honored peace and the mandala, ” fourth-grader Charity Chambers said at Elizabeth Park Wednesday. A month after seeing their first sacred sand painting, made by Tibetan Buddhist nuns visiting Trinity College, students from Parkville elementary school made a mandala themselves — out of themselves. Under the direction of Trinity dance teacher Judy… 439. Aiken Standard – March 19, 2009 Yoga center to incorporate mandala classes Art instructor Kathy Nowlin is bringing a little color to Just Breathe Studio with a series of mandala workshops. The first mandala workshop is scheduled for 1 to 3:30 p. m. Sunday, March 29 at the Just Breathe Studio adjacent to Mitchell Shopping Center on Whiskey Road. Advance registration is $65, which includes all art materials needed for students to create their own mandala, a diagram of concentrically arranged symbols, Nowlin said. “It’s what… 440. Jakarta Post, The (Indonesia) – November 19, 2007 The Jakarta Post: Flight safety remains our top priority: Mandala boss from THE JAKARTA POST — MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007 — PAGE 13 Early this month, a team of airline investigators from the European Union (EU) came to Jakarta for five days to conduct on-site observation in relation to the flight ban that applies to all Indonesian airlines flying to the region During their stay, the investigators did direct observation of airline regulators, state-owned Garuda Indonesia, Mandala Airlines and an air cargo service operator, Kargo Prami Air Although no final… 8

. 421. – May 26, 2007 Venerable Lama Tenzin Yignyen to build sand mandala at The Putney School Saturday, May 26 PUTNEY — Venerable Lama Tenzin Yignyen will begin constructing a sand mandala in the Currier Room of the Michael S. Currier Center at The Putney School on Monday, May 28. Yignyen was ordained by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and entered Namgyal Monastery in Dharmsala, India, in 1969 and is currently a visiting professor at Hobart and William Smith College, where he has taught Tibetan Buddhist Studies since 1998. Yignyen has created sand mandalas in many museums… 422. – February 7, 2007 TEMPORARY TRIBUTE Tibetan monks offer their artful respects Tibetan monks from Drepung Loseling monastery prepare Tuesday to form an “Amitayus” mandala in memory of the late Tippen Davidson, patron of the arts and president, CEO and co-editor of The , who died Jan. 23. The monks use tinted sand to make the temporary work of art – which will be destroyed Saturday after 2 p. m. closing ceremonies – at the News-Journal Center in Daytona Beach. The public can watch as they work on the mandala from 10 a. m… . 423. – February 5, 2007 Robed monks craft compassion in the sand Michael Garr, 19, sat patiently Sunday beside four Tibetan monks who were quietly and carefully creating an intricate sand drawing, called a mandala, on the floor of the Broward County Main Library. Tibetan monks are hard at work on a sand painting of compassion at the Broward County Main Library — only to have it swept up on Tuesday. “It’s a beautiful thing that I respect, ” said Garr of Fort Lauderdale. “My head is racing just sitting… 4. – December 17, 2006 AN ART WORK THAT WILL KEEP PEOPLE WARM Knitters from novice to expert are invited to help create a work for the Moment by Moment: Meditations of the Hand exhibit at North Dakota Mueum of Art that eventually will be donated to charity. The Mandala Project, Part II, will be a work in progress, organizers said, in which knitters can bring colorful knit scarves of a certain size to be laid out on the floor of the museum to form a mandala, a representation of the cosmos and an image for meditation. Each scarf will be about 7 feet… 425. Jakarta Post, The (Indonesia) – October 12, 2005 The Jakarta Post: More Mandala crash families to sue Boeing from THE JAKARTA POST — WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2005 — PAGE 5 More families of the victims of last month’s crash of a Mandala Airlines plane in Medan announced on Tuesday they would file suit against U. S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co The families of the victims, grouped in a newly formed association, announced they would file suit in a full-page ad that appeared in the Medan-based Harian Waspada daily The ad said at least 82 families of the crash victims had formed the… 426. – February 4, 2004 SearchGold Recovers to Date, Over 5, 000 Diamonds From Mandala III Continuing Bulk Sample SearchGold Resources Inc. Maurice Giroux, President, 514-866-4224; 514-866-2626 (fax); info@searchgold. ca; www. searchgold. ca SearchGold Resources Inc. is proud to provide partial results of the bulk sample program in progress on the Mandala III deposit of its Mandala Alluvial Diamond Project in Guinea, West Africa. As of January 28th 2004, more than 5, 000 diamonds were recovered totaling 1, 127 carats in weight. To view the diamonds click this link: www. searchgold. ca/mandala-an. htm… 7. – January 13, 2002 TIBETAN MONKS CREATE 7-FOOT ARTWORK OF SAND AS A “HEALING MANDALA” FOR THE PENTAGON Four Buddhist monks, exiled from Tibet by Chinese rule, began to lay out a seven-foot work of symbolic art in 20 colors of sand on Friday, a “healing mandala” for the pain of the attack on the Pentagon. The monks belong to a 20-man team from a branch in Atlanta of their monastery – now in India – organized to work on the mandala. Wearing tall yellow and white hats and an orange robe over a red one, members of the team preceded the layout of the design with 40 minutes… 428. – January 12, 2002 BUDDHISTS PREPARE HEALING ART WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Buddhist monks, exiled from Tibet by Chinese rule, began to lay out a seven-foot work of symbolic art in 20 colors of sand Friday, a “healing mandala” for the pain of the attack on the Pentagon. The monks belong to a 20-man team from a branch in Atlanta of their monastery, now in India, organized to work on the mandala. Wearing tall yellow and white hats and an orange robe over a red one, members of the team preceded the layout of the design… 9. – January 11, 2002 Exiled Tibetan monks begin work on seven-foot artwork in colored sand, a ‘healing mandala’ for Pentagon Four Buddhist monks, exiled from Tibet by Chinese rule, began to lay out a seven-foot work of symbolic art in 20 colors of sand on Friday, a “healing mandala” for the pain of the attack on the Pentagon. The monks belong to a 20-man team from a branch in Atlanta of their monastery — now in India — organized to work on the mandala. Wearing tall yellow and white hats and an orange robe over a red one, members of the team preceded the layout of the design with 40… 430. – July 2, 2000 Stone helps dedicate rare Tibetan mandala Sharon Stone, an outspoken advocate for the Tibetan cause, appeared onstage with the Dalai Lama after the dedication of a rare Tibetan mandala. “It is the goal of this mandala to bring peace to the hearts of the worldwide community, ” Stone said to an audience of more than 1, 000 who gathered at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles on Thursday to see the mandala and hear the teachings of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. Created by artist Pema Namdol Thaye, …