They visit cities around the U.S., where they create and destroy gorgeous mandalas, offer blessings, hold lectures and visit with those interested in Tibetan Buddhism. The Ngari Institute monks ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks visited San Luis Obispo this week to create a colorful sand mandala. Visiting from the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialects in India, the monks started building the mandala ...

Now they are created throughout the world, including New York City. A special sand mandala painting is a gift to New York City from the Tibetan Buddhist monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery as a tolken ...

Monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery created a mandala during a week-long residency, before destroying it on Nov. 8, ...

“But bad things also will not last forever.” A mandala, which means circle in Sanskrit, is a rich, ancient symbol in Tibetan Buddhism. Each section of this mandala represents something ...

Tibetan monks from the DrepungGomang Monastery in India will create a sand mandala Nov. 11 to 16 at the Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St., Peterborough, as part of their world tour to support Tibetan ...

"When we're making the mandala, our intention is for blessing, you know," Buddhist monk Geshe Tsewang Punchok said. Punchok is one of four monks creating a mandala by 'painting' with sand.

But there certainly have been many studies specifically on Tibetan Buddhist meditation and its benefits for health and well-being. So for various reasons, I think there is a tremendous interest in ...