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.

There are works of art at the Crow Museum of Asian Art on the University of Texas at Dallas campus that date back centuries. The piece that's being created in the museum lobby this week is not meant ...

The mandala was on display Sept. 5-8. On Sept. 8, there was a dissolution and procession where the sand was poured into the Iowa River. Thousands of grains of colorful sand are poured into the Iowa ...

The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism announced on the 17th that it has selected "On the Way to You" (sculpture category) by ...

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 ...

KAREN HUMPHRIES SALLICK (Tibetan Buddhist Practitioner): The mandala is a teaching and meditation tool so that we can focus on evoking in ourselves the Buddha nature that we Buddhists believe you have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tibetan Monks Friday started to create a sand mandala painting as part of the opening of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts 'Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea' exhibit. Several ...

A new exhibition of Buddhist art titled "Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet," is on display during a press preview event at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on September 16, ...

As an independent publication, we rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, consider becoming a member today. Already a member? Sign in ...