The sand mandala of Yamantaka, complete after eleven days of careful construction. This afternoon it will be ritually transformed, destroyed, to represent the impermanence of all things and to demonstrate the importance of non-attachment, central to the tenets of Buddhism.
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Buddhism | Leo Golan | 
December 24, 2008 6:02 pm | 
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Tibetan monks are finishing to create the Yamantaka sand mandala.
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Buddhism | Leo Golan | 3:42 pm | Comments (5)
The Yamantaka Mandala has reached the stage where only the final surrounding circle, representing samsara, is to be completed.
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Buddhism | Leo Golan | 1:01 pm | Comments (6)
The 8th day of creation of sand mandala - the Yamantaka mandala.
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Buddhism | Leo Golan | 12:36 pm | Comments (3)
In Sydney, Australia, Tibetan monks living in exile create the Yamantaka sand mandala, December 2008. The entire mandala is created from memory.
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Buddhism | Leo Golan | December 22, 2008 6:14 pm | Comments (2)
