Mandala Arts

811. – September 11, 2007 A monastery masterpiece Tibetan monks construct a sand mandala in museum Photos by SIMON WHEELER / Journal Staff Above: Tibetan monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca make measurements as they prepare to make a sand mandala Monday morning at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. From the left they are the Venerables Lobsang Tashi, Tenzin Thutop, Tenzin Phendey, foreground, Lobsang Gyaltsen, and Tenzin Choesang. The sand mandala and a three dimensional mandala made of colored string… 812. – January 10, 2007 Jacksonville Journal TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONKS CREATE MANDALA AT FCCJ Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India are returning to Florida Community College at Jacksonville’s South Campus next week to create a sand mandala, an artistic design that devotees of meditation use for centering, focusing, and contemplation. The visit will begin at noon Tuesday with an opening ceremony, after which the monks will begin designing the sand mandala. The creation of the mandala can… 813. , The – April 24, 2004 TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONKS SCHEDULE All day today — Sand mandala creation at the City Museum, 701 N. 15th St. in St. Louis. The monks will demonstrate the ancient art of sand painting with millions of grains of colored sand placed on a platform over several days. For more information, call (314) 231-2489. 1 p. m. today — Chanting at Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Ave. in St. Louis. The monks will present a cultural pageant in Nanjing Friendship Garden. For more information, call (314) 577-5100 or visit the Web site… 814. Daily Aztec, The (San Diego State University) – April 20, 2004 Tibetan Buddhist monks create traditional art (*#_Company_Name_#*) SAN DIEGO — Several Tibetan Buddhist monks are visiting the Cross-Cultural Center at the Aztec Center at San Diego State University this week to create a sand mandala — a geometric design symbolizing the universe to aid in meditation — “painting. ” This ancient art form involves carefully placing millions of colored grains of sand on a flat surface in order to portray geometric shapes and ancient spiritual symbols. The visit to SDSU is part of… 815. Newcastle Herald (Australia) – June 14, 2003 Patients a `risk to workers’, Guards at psychiatric unit WORKERS at Gosford Hospital’s Mandala psychiatric unit threatened to walk off the job this week following the placement of two “high risk” patients at the centre during staff shortages. Central Coast Health was able to stave off the walkout on Wednesday by placing two security guards on 24-hour duty at the unit by that evening. The Herald understands the two patients have a history of violence and were placed at Mandala only because of a shortage of… 816. – May 10, 2003 Religion: Tibetan monks to perform Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery will perform dances and chants in Tulsa next week, and will construct a mandala sand painting. The monks will present a two-hour performance of chant, instrumental and vocal music, dance and prayer at 7 p. m. Tuesday at the Unity Church of Christianity, 3355 S. Jamestown Ave. , with traditional instruments and costumes. They will create a mandala sand painting beginning with an opening ceremony at 6:30 p. m. Monday at… 817. Newcastle Herald (Australia) – October 4, 2002 Patient security `at risk’ A STORM has erupted over the safety of patients at Gosford Hospital’s Mandala Psychiatric Ward after the suicide death of a 32-year-old woman yesterday. A Central Coast Health spokesman confirmed that the woman was found dead by nursing staff about 4. 30am. The death comes months after a $400, 000 Mandala revamp that included installation of 24-hour security surveillance and 16 months after Brian MacKellin, of Kincumber, was murdered in the ward by Anthony John Southern… . 818. The Kansas City Star – June 23, 1999 Children to play in sand for a purpose What has happened in Kansas City since two Tibetan monks constructed a sand mandala at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art four years ago?People still are talking about it. Several workshops on making mandalas have been offered for adults. And now Nancy Chambers, who just earned a master’s in art education, wants to help an interfaith group of children to make their own mandala. Nancy says her spiritual life was deepened by watching the monks dribbling colored sand into a… 819. The Orange County Register – January 10, 1999 A healing tapestry in colorful sand RELIGION: Monks will construct a Medicine Buddha mandala at Irvine Barclay Theatre. Despite its mind-boggling philosophical nuances and profusion of teachings, Buddhism can be boiled down to one aim: how to end suffering. Siddartha Gautama, who became Shakyamuni Buddha and founder of the religion, developed his world view around this goal. He sought enlightenment for all living beings as the way to cease physical, psychological and emotional pain. The monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery endeavor to do likewise through the artistry of a dul-tson-kyil-khor, or… 820. – September 19, 1998 Buddhist Monks Visit Moab to Raise Consciousness; Group seeks to draw attention to plight of Tibetan refugees; in India as religion brings its message of peace to America MOAB — Before they left Moab, a visiting group of Buddhist monks destroyed a mandala sand painting they had spent five days creating, and poured its colorful grains into the Colorado River. A healing symbol meant to represent the transitory nature of everything in the universe, the destruction of the mandala on Wednesday was as important as its creation. “The waters will carry the healing energies of the mandala out into the world, ” said Tenzin Dhargye, …

. 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. 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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, …