Tibetan Sand Mandala Event
The college has welcomed Tibetan Buddhist monks to campus to create a Sand Mandala on various occasions. If there is an opportunity to host them again we will post information on this page.
This project can be appreciated simply as a piece of "time-based art." But, according to Tibetan Buddhist belief, the creation of a Sand Mandala is meant to create a profound experience of Compassion. The positive effects of a Sand Mandala are believed to radiate out over an entire region, blessing the environment and the beings therein, as an effort for world peace. Once created, the Sand Mandala is destroyed in the Closing Ceremony, as a lesson in the impermanence of all life. The opening and closing ceremonies are very popular, featuring traditional Tibetan Buddhist chanting and music.