"When we're making the mandala, our intention is for blessing, you know," Buddhist monk Geshe Tsewang Punchok said. Punchok is one of four monks creating a mandala by 'painting' with sand.

Now they are created throughout the world, including New York City. A special sand mandala painting is a gift to New York City from the Tibetan Buddhist monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery as a tolken ...

Relief comes to the city Jan. 13-18, when the Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery return to Florida CraftArt to create a sand mandala on the Sacred Arts Tour. Last year, the public ...

The painting shows the three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi (above), Mañjuśrī (below left) and Avalokiteśvara (below right). These three deities are known as "rigs gsum mgon po" or Lords of the three ...

A Tibetan Buddhist monk? Ever curious about the meaning in those huge sand paintings with their swirls and symbols? Have you ever wanted to know what Buddhist monks pray for as they chant and set ...