One of the most beautiful aspects of Buddhist art is how intertwined an image is with its philosophical meaning, giving us a deeper understanding of the world around us. Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist ...

Mount Merapi, meaning "red fire" is an active volcano. The temple complex was rediscovered by the British in 1814. It is known as Borobudur among the local people. The base is a 1200 square meter ...

What is a mandala? Sanskrit, for ''circle,'' a mandala is an image of a palace containing Buddhist iconography that is visualized during meditation or constructed with colored sand, usually by several ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. — An event at the University of Minnesota Crookston this week serves as a reminder that nothing lasts forever. On Tuesday, April 11, Wongdue Sangbo Gurung, a Buddhist monk from Nepal, ...

Shortly before Seattle welcomes the Dalai Lama, Everett will honor Tibetan culture in its own way next week. From Tuesday to Friday, Buddhist monks plan to build a sand mandala in the lobby of the ...

As part of a religious studies expansion, the UA has brought three Buddhist monks to campus where they are currently creating a mandala from only colored sand, to wash it away Thursday after five days ...

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 ...

Being a monk with a mandala might seem challenging to a non-monk. After days of painstaking work, placing colored grains in an intricate geometric pattern on a large mat, the sand painting is ...