http://www.mandala-arts.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:59:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1341. - April 29, 2000 'Blueprint of Buddhist teaching' Monk's intricate sand design on display in the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art Surrounded by small cups of red, blue, yellow, black and white sand, a Buddhist monk leaned over a circular table. Gingerly, he tapped two metal funnels together, ... http://www.mandala-arts.com/2009/11/08/blueprint-of-buddhist-teaching-monks-intricate-sand-design-known-as-a-tibetan-mandala/ 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 ... http://www.mandala-arts.com/2009/11/07/sacred-art-lobsang-spirit-of-tibet-buddhist-monks-mandalas-meaning/