Mystical Arts of Tibet
  
 
Mandala Sand Painting Live Exhibition
by the Tibetan monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery
  
 
August 17 - 25, 2019
  
 
Meditation Hall at Drepung Loseling Monastery
  
   
 
Opening Ceremony
•
 August 17 - 2:00 pm
Construction & Viewing
•
 August 18 – 24 See Daily Schedule
Closing Ceremony
•
 August 25 - 2:00 pm
 
 
The Drepung Loseling monks of The Mystical Arts of Tibet will create a White Tara mandala sand painting from August 17 to 25. This mandala will be dismantled in a Closing Ceremony on August 25.  

   
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.  
   
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.  
   
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.  
   
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.  
     
 
     
 
Mandala Daily Schedule
  

 

  
   Saturday, August 17, 2019  
 
 
2:00 pm
  Opening Ceremony  
       
 
3:00 – 5:00 pm
   Mandala Construction & Viewing
  
   
Children's Activities - $10 per person:  (Community Room)  
       • Mandala Sand Art  
       • Mandala Coloring Pages  
       • Prayer Flag Making  
       
   Sunday, August 18, 2019  
     
 
12:30 pm – 5:00 pm
  

Mandala Construction & Viewing

  
      Public Community Sand Painting  
      Mandala Puzzle  
         
 
3:00 – 3:30 pm
  

Talk & Meditation for Children - Free  (Meditation Hall)

  
   
   Monday, August 19, 2019  
 
 
9:00 am
   Tea Offering Chants & Meditation  
         
 
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
   Mandala Construction & Viewing  
      Mandala Puzzle  
     
   Tuesday, August 20, 2019  
     
 
9:00 am
   Tea Offering Chants & Meditation  
       
 
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
   Mandala Construction & Viewing  
      Mandala Puzzle  
         
 
7:30 pm
   Public Talk: "Tara in Tibetan Buddhism with a Focus on White Tara"
with Geshe Dadul Namgyal		  
 
   Wednesday, August 21, 2019  
 
 
9:00 am
   Tea Offering Chants & Meditation  
       
 
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
   Mandala Construction & Viewing  
    Mandala Puzzle  
 
   Thursday, August 22, 2019  
     
 
9:00 am
   Tea Offering Chants & Meditation  
       
 
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
   Mandala Construction & Viewing  
      Mandala Puzzle  
         
 
7:30 pm
White Tara Long Life Puja - Suggested donation $10  
 
   Friday, August 23, 2019  
 
 
9:00 am
   Tea Offering Chants & Meditation  
       
 
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
   Mandala Construction & Viewing  
    Mandala Puzzle  
 
   Saturday, August 24, 2019  
     
    Mandala Viewing is closed due to retreat  
     
  Sunday, August 25, 2019  
   
 
2:00 pm
  Mandala Sand Painting Closing Ceremony  
   
     
 
 
     
   
     
 
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