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The Mystical Arts of Tibet
Mandala Sand Painting Live Exhibition
by the Tibetan monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery
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September 21, 2013 – October 20, 2013 |
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Meditation Hall at Drepung Loseling Monastery |
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Opening Ceremony
Sept. 21 @ 3 pm.
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Construction & Viewing
Sept. 21 – Oct. 5 |
Closing Ceremony
Oct. 20 @ 3:30 pm. |
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In honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Emory University this October, the Drepung Loseling monks of The Mystical Arts of Tibet will create a Medicine Buddha Mandala from September 21 - October 5. This mandala will be dismantled in a Closing Ceremony at the conclusion of Drepung Loseling's 5th Annual Tibetan Festival on October 20. |
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From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with colored sand ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. In Tibetan this art is called dul-tson-kyil-khor, which literally means "mandala of colored powders." Millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place on a flat platform over a period of days or weeks. |
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As with the Buddhist tradition as a whole, sand painting has its roots in the tantric legacy of Buddhist India, extending back more than 20,000 years to the time preceding the migration of native North Americans from Central Asia. Thus we see similarities between the Buddhist arts and the sand painting traditions of the natives of the Southwestern United States, such as the Hopi and the Navajo. |
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Formed of a traditional prescribed iconography that includes geometric shapes and a multitude of ancient spiritual symbols, the sand-painted mandala is used as a tool for re-consecrating the earth and its inhabitants. |
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The monks begin the work by drawing an outline of the mandala on the wooden platform. They then begin to lay down the coloured sand by the use of sand funnel tools called chak-purs. Each monk holds a single chak-pur in one hand while running a metal rod on its grated surface. The vibration causes the sand to flow out and onto the table like liquid. |
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Mandala Construction & Viewing Schedule |
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September 21, 2013 |
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3 pm. |
Opening Ceremony |
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4 – 6 pm. |
Mandala Construction & Viewing
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September 22, 2013 |
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12:30 PM – 3 pm. |
Mandala Construction & Viewing
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September 24-27, 2013 (Except Thursday) |
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2 – 6 pm. |
Mandala Construction & Viewing |
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6:30 – 7 pm. |
Chanting & Meditation with the Drepung Loseling monks
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September 29, 2013 |
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12:30 – 3 pm. |
Mandala Construction & Viewing
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October 1-4, 2013 |
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2 – 6 pm. |
Mandala Construction & Viewing |
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6:30 – 7 pm. |
Chanting & Meditation with the Drepung Loseling monks (only on Wednesday the 2nd and Friday the 4th)
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October 5, 2013 |
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2 – 4 pm. |
Mandala Construction, Viewing & Completion
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October 15, 2013 |
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The finished mandala sand painting will be available for viewing
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October 20, 2013 |
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3:30 pm. |
Closing Ceremony at the end of the Annual Atlanta Tibetan Festival. |
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1781 Dresden Dr. NE • Atlanta, GA 30316 • 404-982-0051 |
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This event
is FREE and open to the public |
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For more information on events regarding His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit in October
please go to: www.tibet.emory.edu
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