"When we're making the mandala, our intention is for blessing, you know," Buddhist monk Geshe ... at the Crow Museum of Asian Art at UT Dallas in Richardson. Sand from the dismantled mandala ...

It’s a group of Buddhist monks who go around communities and create sand mandalas, which are intricate designs that are brushed away once they’re completed. It represents the cycle of creation ...

If the Buddhist art is meant to guide us to enlightenment, it just as often reveals the blood, beauty, and mystery of earthly life.

A special sand mandala painting is a gift to New York City from the Tibetan ... followers spread the message of Enlightenment after his death, the presence of Buddhist art is often the earliest proof ...

One form is sand mandalas which are done using sand ... “Any art has the capacity to heal you. Half of Buddhism, for instance, is art,” he says. A detail of a central panel focused on ...