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Self-Guided Access | Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala


Two young girls stand with Tibetan Buddhist monk Losang Samten by a sand mandala in Glencairn's Great Hall. One of the girls is using metal tubes to add colored sand to the mandala.

Wednesday, April 24–Friday, April 26, 2024
Included with Sacred Arts Festival admission on April 28
1:00–4:00 pm
Access times can be pre-booked online at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 pm
$5 per person suggested donation

Witness the step-by-step creation of a traditional Sand Mandala, an ancient art form of Tibetan Buddhism. Mandalas are drawings in sand of the world in its divine form; they represent a map by which the ordinary human mind is transformed into an enlightened mind. Watch as the Venerable Losang Samten (the first Buddhist given permission by the Dalai Lama to make Mandalas in the West) completes and then ritualistically dismantles a Mandala during our Sacred Arts Festival.

Earlier Event: April 18
Annual Event | Spring Homeschool Day
Later Event: April 28
Annual Event | Sacred Arts Festival