Sacred art Lobsang, Lobsand Jampa and Jampa Lama, of the Tashi Lhunpp monks, spent much of their four-day visit to Maroondah last week creating a mandala – patterns from coloured sand. The mandala symbolises a perfect world where compassion is shown to one another, and is used by the monks as a visualisation tool during meditation. Once completed, the display is scattered as part of the Buddhist teachings of impermanence.

SPIRIT OF TIBET BUDDHIST MONKS SHARE ART, CULTURE DURING MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE EVENTS It is a Tibetan Buddhist monk’s prayer to be a vessel for harmony and peace. A group of monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India hopes to share that feeling during a four-day visit to Modesto later this month. The monks will spend several days creating a 4-foot-diameter mandala with colored sand, speak about the mandala’s meaning and perform sacred music and dances for the public. Events — part of Modesto Junior College’s… 9 1286. – December 23, 2003 LETTERS — More questions on monks’ visit I was so glad outsiders were allowed to visit Nashua High School’s recent weeklong series of events of the Tibetan monks – their sand mandala construction, prayer/chanting, lectures and slide show on the Buddhist religion – also the Laramie Project drama and the HIV/AIDS quilt. Janice Hutchinson’s recent letter (Nov. 28, “Time to open Nashua High to other religions”) suggested giving equal time and equal tolerance to other religions. Good… 87. Bristol Evening Post (England) – July 10, 2003 Bristol Evening Post: Artistic Tibetan monks go with the grain FOUR Tibetan monks are spending five days in Weston-super-Mare painstakingly producing an amazing work of art. They are making a sand mandala – the Buddhist depiction of a heavenly world – on a table top in Weston College’s Hans Price Gallery in Lower Church Road. Coloured sand is gently shaken on to the table to produce an intricate and vivid creation. The work is being carried out by monks Jamyang Ketup, Jamyang Yonten, Norbu Tsering and Nima Sherpa, who have left… 88. – May 17, 2003 Snapshots of a nation A new book will feature a week’s worth of America’s moments Puppy and child, frolicking. Tibetan monks creating a sand mandala. Riders working cattle. These are among scenes of life in New Mexico captured this week by dozens of professional and amateur photographers throughout the state. They are participating with thousands across the nation in the “America 24/7″ digital photography project. It’s been… 89. – August 4, 2002 Tibetan monks create a colorful symbol, Sand mandala reflects beliefs of Buddhism REDMOND — Lobsang Ngawang patiently tapped white pigment into the mosaic as if a crowd of people weren’t peering at him. He barely looked up. Neither did the three other monks who added magenta, lemon yellow and earthy green pigments into a circular motif with special meaning. They started in the late morning and continued through early evening yesterday, squatting at a Redmond bookstore to make sure each grain of color went into the right place. The… 90. Central Coast Express (Sydney, Australia) – June 6, 2001 FATAL FLAWS: Widow speaks out about unit problems Widow speaks out over Mandala problems Widow speaks out about unit problems FOR eight years until his death on May 23 Brian MacKellin, of Kincumber, saw Mandala psychiatric unit at Gosford as a safe haven when the symptoms of his mental illness overwhelmed him. “He felt the kids and I were suffering if he was here at home during the worst of it and he felt secure at Mandala, he felt very safe and very close to the staff

281. Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) – April 6, 2000 FLEETING BEAUTY In Tibetan culture, the sand mandala – an intricate “painting” made of different colors of sand – is used to signify impermanence. In Buddhism, seeing life as impermanent is also a way to understand how precious each moment is. Two monks from the Dalai Lama’s Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca recently created a sand mandala at Colgate University in Hamilton over the course of a week. The mandala honored the deity of compassion, and showed obstacles to human… 82. Los Angeles Times – April 1, 1994 ABC-TV President Mandala Announces Retirement Mark Mandala said he will retire as president of the ABC Television Network effective May 1. Mandala became president in January, 1986, as part of a restructuring by parent Capital Cities/ABC. In a statement, Mandala, 56, said, “The timing was right, financially and functionally, to leave Capital Cities/ABC after nearly 32 years. “In his job Mandala was in charge of such areas as affiliate relations, sales and network operations. He previously worked in such… 83. – August 6, 1993 YOU DON’T NEED TRUTH… IF THERE’S A GOOD STORY TO TELL Naga Mandala” casts such a spell, perhaps the Guthrie should think about ripping out those new-fangled seats, letting the audience bring sleeping bags and serving milk and cookies. This sublime play by Girish Karnad is a bedtime story for adults, albeit enlightened grown-ups willing to accept a moral tale from a woman’s point of view. In this play, a woman innocently commits a transgression that would earn her a scarlet letter or being stoned in the… 84. THE – December 15, 1990 Contraband on Life With and Without Father In “Mandala, ” playing at Theater Artaud through tomorrow, the three male performers of Contraband make a journey in search of the world of their fathers, a world they ultimately reject. Jess Curtis, Keith Hennessy and Jules Beckman have been presenting “Mandala” in various forms for several years. But now the journey is purportedly complete, although it ends with the same aching aura of loneliness that has been its traditional sign-off. Each… 85. Union-News (Springfield, MA) – November 16, 1990 Mandala Ensemble to perform at Elms’ Veritas Auditorium The Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble will perform tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. in Veritas Auditorium at Elms College. Proceeds of the concert will benefit the college’s financial endowment and in particular Chicopee scholarships. The Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble is a Boston-based company of 33 dancers, singers, and musicians who perform interational folk dance and music. Reflecting both the traditions of the old world and a common American heritage, their work takes audiences around the… 86. Antara (Indonesia) – October 13, 2008 Antara – The Indonesian National News Agency: MANDALA AIRLINES EXPECTS TO FLY NINE MILLION PASSENGERS IN 2009 from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pontianak, W Kalimantan, Oct 13 (ANTARA) – Domestic airline company, Mandala Airlines, has set itself a target to fly eight to nine million passengers in 2009, or an increase of 80 percent if compared with its target in 2008, a Mandala Airlines executive said. “The increase in the target is in line with the company’s plan to increase the number of its airplanes, ” Mandala Airlines chief executive officer… 87. Asia Pulse – September 27, 2006 US INVESTMENT CO INDIGO EYES INDONESIA’S MANDALA AIRLINES U. S. investment company Indigo Partner is eyeing 49 per cent of the shares of Mandala Airlines now owned by the Cardig International Group. Chief spokesman of Mandala Alexius Wijoyo said Indigo has stated its interest to the management of Mandala but the Arizona-based company is not the only one indicating interest in Mandala Airlines, formerly owned by a foundation of the Army Strategic Command. Alex said Mandala is in a process of implementing… 88. – June 13, 2006 ‘PEACE COMING OVER THE ROOM’, TIBETAN MONKS PERFORM CONSECRATION CEREMONY AND MARK BEGINNING OF WEEKLONG STAY AT JEPSON Hundreds gathered Monday evening as Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery sang, chanted and danced in the name of healing, compassion and universal peace. The event was the opening ceremony of the lamas’ weeklong stay at the Jepson Center for the Arts, where they will create a mandala, or sand painting, built grain by grain in the shape of complicated geometric designs and used to aid meditation. “The purpose is to share our unique culture that has… 89. Antara (Indonesia) – September 27, 2005 Antara – The Indonesian National News Agency: MANDALA TO REDUCE USING FUEL-C0NSUMING AIRCRAFT Jakara, Sept 27 (ANTARA) – A consultant of PT Mandala Airlines’ management SK Budihardjo said he will try to reduce the use of inefficient aircraft including Boeing 737-200s among other things that they are fuel-consuming. “Till the year 2006, we plan to buy five Boeing 737-300s, ” he said after a working meeting with ad hoc committee II of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) here on Tuesday. According to him, in the mid 2006-2007 period, … 90. New York Times, The – March 3, 2002 IN BUSINESS Bakery Designed by Maya Lin To Be Built in Yonkers The Greyston Mandala will break ground tomorrow for its new bakery at 104 Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers, a 23, 000-square-foot building designed by Maya Lin. The building is expected to open in spring 2003. The current 7, 000-square-foot location, around the corner at 114 Woodworth Avenue, offers jobs, job training and social services to “people with difficult employment histories and a sense of disfranchisement, ” said Charles Lief, president of the Mandala, a…