PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Lama Losang Samten's work is a call for healing and peace, which can be seen through the spiritual art he's creating. "It's called the sand mandala," said Lama Losang Samten.

Upstate residents have a rare opportunity this week to interact and learn from real Tibetan monks. Eight members of the Drepung Gomang Monastery arrived Tuesday and will be teaching classes all week ...

People seeking peace and serenity during busy, stressful or frantic times did not have to go far this week to find it. A blanket of calm enshrouds The Copernicus Room at the New Castle Public Library ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a Mandala Sand Painting Sept. 16-19 in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo ...

Everyone’s enjoyed the paradoxical play of sand castle construction — focusing with delight and deliberation on a project that’s doomed. The point is the process, the reward your own sense of ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 13, 2015) - In a scene reminiscent of season three in "House of Cards," Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting ...

Khedtrup Gyatso works on a sand mandala. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje) BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- It takes weeks -- or even months -- to lay millions of sand grains to create sacred patterns. Then they will ...

As fascinating as it is to watch the monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery patiently construct a “Buddha of Wisdom” mandala in the small gallery room at the rear of Sorrel Sky Gallery, it is just as ...

ST. LOUIS - For the past several days Tibetan Monks have been painstakingly pouring tiny grains of sand into a beautiful work of art at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. The monks are visiting from ...

OSHKOSH - The Paine Art Center and Gardens, 1410 Algoma Blvd., hosted Buddhist monks this week to educate the public about Buddhism, Tibetan culture and more. The monks created a sand mandala with a ...

WEBVTT MESSAGE IS ONE OF INNER PEACE AND ENLIGHTENMENT. >> TALK ABOUT PATIENTS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SLOW, 100 HOUR PROCESS OF CREATING A MANDALA OF SAND. OVER THE PAST WEEK, SIX MONKS HAVE BEEN HERE ...