Posts tagged: Sand Mandala

Sand Mandala - Yamantaka Mandala - Day 11, Part 2

Yamantaka sand Mandala: preparations to the dissolution ceremony.

Sand Mandala - Yamantaka Mandala - Day 11, Part 1

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.

Sand Mandala - Yamantaka Mandala - Day 10

Tibetan monks are finishing to create the Yamantaka sand mandala.

Sand Mandala - Yamantaka Mandala - Day 9

The Yamantaka Mandala has reached the stage where only the final surrounding circle, representing samsara, is to be completed.

Sand Mandala - Yamantaka Mandala - Day 8

The 8th day of creation of sand mandala - the Yamantaka mandala.