Sand mandala in progress. Created by visiting monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in Tibet. January 2019 at USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, CA.
Image courtesty: Gus Ruelas/USC Pacific Asia Museum
Creation and destruction of a sand mandala by visiting monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in Tibet. January 2019 at USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, CA. Images courtesty: Gus Ruelas/USC Pacific Asia Museum
Millions of grains of colored sand are painstakingly laid into place on a platform over a period of several days, forming an intricate diagram of the enlightened mind and the ideal world. When finished, to symbolize the impermanence of all that exists, the colored sands are swept up and poured into a nearby river or stream where the waters carry healing energies throughout the world.
The USC Pacific Asia Museum's exhibitions and programming ignite intellectual curiosities by furthering intercultural understanding through the arts and cultures of Asia and the Pacific Islands. pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu