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April 11, 2006
Insanity by consensus
Re-post: Sand mandalas on flickr, and on pbase
Construction of the Medicine Buddha sand mandala at the Ackland Art Museum. On February 26, 2001, the Ven. Tenzin Thutop and the Ven. Tenzin Deshek, two Buddhist monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, New York constructed a five-and-a-half foot Medicine Buddha sand mandala in the Ackland's Yager Gallery of Asian Art. This process concluded by March 21, and on June 8, 2001 the monks dismantled the mandala and deposited the sand in a body of water. This process symbolizes the transience of life and the ideal of nonattachment to the material world
Mandala Sand Painting from the BBC site
Elsewhere: Catholic School Girl Dolls… No, not what you’re probably thinking
Christian Paranoia: People who run everything can’t complain that they’re oppressed
The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints. Also at Catholic Forums: Groups of Christian martyrs who have become known under a particular name
Monks produce pray-as-you-go podcasts has proved an instant success around the world
8 Wackiest self-proclaimed Messiahs
..."Our crooked delegation
wants a donation to send the preacher to the holy land
honey don't give your money
to that lyin, cheatin man"...
I am away at the moment hosting my sisters around. This post had been pre-blogged for your enjoyment. Many More Unusual links about Unusual Gods Here
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I went to that Mandala exhibition at the Ackland - watched the guys up on the pedestal work on it - couldn't believe that destroying it was part of the project - beautiful.
Posted by: Melinama at Apr 11, 2006 3:49:52 AM
