Mandala Arts

… 301. Xinhua News Agency – February 26, 2008 Indonesia’s Mandala Air to buy 30 Airbus planes at 1. 8 bln dollars Indonesia’s budget carrier Mandala Air is preparing a budget to acquire 30 brand new Airbus jetliners until 2011 at the cost of 1. 8 billion US dollars, an executive said Tuesday. The company last year received six planes of A319 and A320 types as part of the long term fleet modernization program. The six planes replaced aging Boeing 737-200s and 737-400s in Mandala. “The purchase value for 30 Airbus planes totaled 1. 8 billion dollars, “… 302. Asia Pulse – January 20, 2008 INDONESIA’S MANDALA TO TAKE DELIVERY OF 4 NEW AIRBUSES THIS YEAR Four new Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft ordered by PT. Mandala Airlines from their manufacturers in France and Germany will be handed over this year to expand the company’s commercial fleet. Technical Director of PT. Mandala Airlines Brian E. Bradbury told the press here on Friday that the new aircraft would replace the company’s Boeing aircraft which are scheduled for grounding in 2009. At present, Mandala Airlines is still… 303. Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippines) – November 26, 2004 Philippine Daily Inquirer: Have a merry mandala IF you’re a frequent shopper of Rustan’s Department Store, you’ve surely seen its bright, colorful shopping bags that sport a very interesting design. Yes, Rustan’s Department Store ushers in the Christmas season with a new special-edition design featuring the Mandala to complement its holiday theme, “Season of Grace. “Essentially, the Rustan’s Mandala symbolizes the noble vision of a shared hope and… 304. – July 12, 2004 MONKS RENDER A COLORFUL UNIVERSE Hunched over so closely their shaved heads nearly touch, elbows propped on dark red cushions that match their maroon and yellow robes, nine Buddhist monks take turns sculpting brightly colored sand into precise patterns. The sand mandala, a Tibetan Buddhist representation of the universe, seems to grow spontaneously from the ends of their instruments. As part of their year-long U. S. tour, Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling monastery in South India are building the mandala at DQ 4774, … 5. – December 19, 2001 Healing Sands Grain by grain, the elaborate three-dimensional sand painting called a mandala slowly takes shape. Working on their hands and knees for several hours at a time, 20 Tibetan monks will have spent 12 days funnelling finely ground and brightly colored grains of sand into the painting before it is finished. The visitors from the Drepung Loseling Monastery hope their work, just blocks from the World Trade Center site, can provide a spiritual salve to those who have suffered from the Sept. 11… 306. Sun-Sentinel – October 2, 2001 INDONESIAN COURT TOSSES CONVICTION OF EX-RULER’S SON In a surprise decision that could jeopardize Indonesia’s fight against graft, the Supreme Court on Monday nullified a corruption conviction and 18-month prison term against Hutomo “Tommy” Mandala Putra, the fugitive son of ousted dictator Suharto. Mandala Putra, 39, has been on the run since the court, Indonesia’s highest judicial body, sentenced him last year. In that time, he has been declared the country’s most-wanted man… . 307. – June 9, 2000 Tibetan monks share beliefs Fund-raising tour comes to S. A. Six Buddhist monks from Tibet are in San Antonio this weekend to teach meditation techniques, build a temporary sand mandala and appeal for funds to expand their monastery in India and help the poor. Driven to leave their native country by the communist regime, the monks live in India but will spend six months touring the United States to share their religious beliefs through mystical practices and prayer. While here, they are guests of Chua Bao Quang, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple on… 308. – July 18, 1993 With `Naga Mandala, ‘ Guthrie enters a wider cultural world Girish Karnad’s “Naga Mandala, ” a contemporary Indian play based on ancient folk tales, is the Guthrie Theater’s first attempt to expand its repertory into cultures beyond the European traditions of American classical theater. Supported by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Resident Theatre Initiative, this is the first in a projected long-range series of multicultural programming. In the long run the series will be as… 84 309. THE – April 17, 1991 Monks to Make Sand Mandala – Part of Tibetan Exhibition The Asian Art Museum has announced a number of special events related to its exhibition “Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet, ” opening today. Chief among them is the creation of an intricate “Wheel of Time” mandala made of colored sand. For the first four weeks of the exhibition, five monks from Namgyal Dratsang, the monastery of the Dalai Lama, will work on the mandala in Adrian Gruhn Court. The public is invited to observe the process… 310. Boston Globe – April 8, 1985 MANDALA DANCERS OFFER ‘A PASSPORT TO THE WORLD’ The story may be apocryphal, Janet Nelson concedes, but it captures the passionate love of dancing that has infused Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble since its founding in 1965. “The founders of Mandala were recreational folk dancers who were out dancing, the story goes, every night of the week except Wednesday, when there wasn’t anything going on. So they decided to form their own international dance group – and rehearse on Wednesdays, ” said Nelson, a member of…

THE MAKING OF A MANDALA: Painted with sand For Hindus and Buddhists, the mandala is a sacred circle, a unique kind of iconography that represents the universe. Every mandala is an aid to meditation, and many are spectacular works of art. Last week, Drepung Loseling monks of the Mystical Arts of Tibet created a mandala out of multicolored sand at the Emory University gymnasium to honor the visit by the Dalai Lama, now an Emory faculty member. Different stages in the painstaking process are visible here. In the photo at right, …