Like any great artwork, the Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala is crafted with patience, precision and care. What makes the mandala unique, however, is how quickly it’s destroyed after being completed.

Discover how to create an elegant textured wall art masterpiece with 3D mandala patterns in this step-by-step art tutorial.

At the core of any Buddhist tradition is the philosophy that life is impermanent. One day, everything in existence will end, and for that reason, everything in that existence is sacred. So, too, was ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks are back in Houston to create an intricate mandala made of colored sand at the Asia Society Texas Center in the Museum District. The monks, who are from the Drepung Loseling ...

TEN. FOR PHOTOS, SEVERAL BUDDHIST MONKS ARE CELEBRATING THE YEAR COMING TO AN END WITH A SPECIAL TRADITION. YESTERDAY, THE SACRED ARTS TOUR VISITED THE DREPUNG GOMANG CENTER FOR ENGAGING COMPASSION TO ...

In a practice designed to emphasize the impermanence of being, eight Tibetan monks at Hancock College's Ann Foxworthy Gallery completed an intricate sand mandala Thursday afternoon — only to destroy ...

The monks of the Gaden Shartse Monastery in India ended their stay in Aspen on Saturday not only with a blessing of the community, but a blessing for the Earth itself. These blessings came courtesy of ...

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Tibetan monks from southern India spent the week at Stockton University placing brightly colored sand in intricate, symmetrical patterns — a kaleidoscopic configuration of symbols ...

MANDALAS are intricate replicas of holy mansions, laboriously constructed and destroyed soon after their completion. They can be made of jewels, flowers, dyed rice, colored stones or colored sand.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A festival bringing together people of diverse faith backgrounds, the 27th Annual Festival of Faiths kicked off this morning at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts ...