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Students in grades 4 and 5 have been learning about mandalas in art class and this weekend, there is an extraordinary opportunity to see a mandala being created at the Mandala of Compassion program at The Hammer museum in Westwood. The monks will sprinkle millions of grains of sand into a design that represents the embodiment of the compassion of all Buddhas combined. Friday and Saturday, October 10-11, the public is invited to watch the Lamas as they work on the mandala between the hours of 11am-7pm. On Sunday, October 12, you can watch from 11am-1pm as the mandala is completed and at 3pm they will sweep up the sand as the mandala disappears – part of the Buddhist belief that life is transitory. At approximately 4:30pm, the public is invited to the dissolution ceremony (parking is at Santa Monica Parking Lot 8), as the monks scatter the sand into the sea, believing that it will travel all over the world, bringing boundless compassion for all beings. Click here to read more about the monks and the mandalas. |
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November 2015
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