Sand mandalas.(Tibetan painting) From: New Life Journal | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: Barnes, James | COPYRIGHT 2005 Natural Arts. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The first viewing of the construction of a Buddhist sand mandala can often generate many reactions. but common to them all seems to be a sense that one is viewing something special, a paradoxical process combining the simplest of materials and some of the most intricate hand-crafted artwork one can imagine. Yet for all of its intrinsic beauty and harmony--and mandalas can assuredly be appreciated at this level alone---these works are also symbols of the highest aspirations of spiri...

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