Uploaded August 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Seven Tibetan monks from the Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehradun, India created a World Peace sand mandala in the foyer of the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany, Indiana from Tuesday July 9 through Saturday July 13, 2013.
Tibetan monks have long produced intricate designs by carefully depositing finely ground colored stone using specially designed funnels call chak pur. The World Peace Mandala features was designed by Arjia Rinpoche on the occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 2007 visit to the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center and St. Paul's Catholic Church where he attended an Interfaith Service for World Peace and Harmony. At that time, monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery constructed the World Peace Mandala in the foyer of St. Paul's. The mandala freatures lines that represent the world. Superimposed on the globe is the image of the Four Harmonious Brothers. The Eight Auspicious Symbols encircle the mandala. The symbols in the next ring out are symbols of world religions. Beginning at the top and going clockwise, they are: Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Taoism, Sikhism, Shinto, Islam and Hinduism. A multi-colored ocean surrounds the entire image -- representing the different nations and peoples who are bound together by their common humanity.
Dissolution Ceremony: After days of painstaking work, the finished design is swept away as a powerful reminder of the Buddhist principal of impermanence. The sand is then poured into a flowing body of water as an offering of the merit created to all beings.
The monks are touring the United States in conjunction with the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana. The goals of this tour are to provide information about Tibetan culture, deliver a message of mutual understanding and tolerance, and to raise awareness and support for their reestablished monastery in India.
Learn more:
Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery, Dehra Dun, India:
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Labrang Tashi Kyil 2013 USA Tour:
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Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana:
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Carnegie Center for Art & History:
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Seven Tibetan monks from the Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehradun, India created a World Peace sand mandala in the foyer of the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany, Indiana from Tuesday July 9 through Saturday July 13, 2013.
Tibetan monks have long produced intricate designs by carefully depositing finely ground colored stone using specially designed funnels call chak pur. The World Peace Mandala features was designed by Arjia Rinpoche on the occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 2007 visit to the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center and St. Paul's Catholic Church where he attended an Interfaith Service for World Peace and Harmony. At that time, monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery constructed the World Peace Mandala in the foyer of St. Paul's. The mandala freatures lines that represent the world. Superimposed on the globe is the image of the Four Harmonious Brothers. The Eight Auspicious Symbols encircle the mandala. The symbols in the next ring out are symbols of world religions. Beginning at the top and going clockwise, they are: Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Taoism, Sikhism, Shinto, Islam and Hinduism. A multi-colored ocean surrounds the entire image -- representing the different nations and peoples who are bound together by their common humanity.
Dissolution Ceremony: After days of painstaking work, the finished design is swept away as a powerful reminder of the Buddhist principal of impermanence. The sand is then poured into a flowing body of water as an offering of the merit created to all beings.
The monks are touring the United States in conjunction with the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana. The goals of this tour are to provide information about Tibetan culture, deliver a message of mutual understanding and tolerance, and to raise awareness and support for their reestablished monastery in India.
Learn more:
Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery, Dehra Dun, India:
facebook.com/tashikyilmonastery?fref=ts
Labrang Tashi Kyil 2013 USA Tour:
facebook.com/tashikyil.tour?fref=ts
Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana:
tmbcc.org/SITE/index.html
Carnegie Center for Art & History:
carnegiecenter.org
facebook.com/nacarnegie
