“Samsara” is a Sanskrit term that suggests the endless flow of life and death in the material world. It’s a core concept in Indian spiritual traditions, particularly Hinduism and Buddhism. Samsara is ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting Sept. 16 through 19 in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. Of all the artistic ...

NEW YORK, February 23, 2014 — An up-close and personal look at monks from the Drigung Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism constructing a sand mandala at Asia Society Museum over the course of five days.

One sprinkle of sand at a time, two artists recreated the moment a particle passed through a detector 30 years earlier. For 30 days, Chris Klapper and Patrick Gallagher spent about 12 hours per day ...

Throughout the past week, people who popped into the Neighborhood Congregational Church in Laguna Beach witnessed a ritual that was equal parts artistic and spiritual. Those who dropped by saw the ...

Imagine spending more than 30 hours painstakingly detailing an elaborate piece of art, finally perfecting the work, then destroying it merely hours later. That is what a group of seven Tibetan ...

Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery came to the University of Massachusetts to begin creating sand mandalas in the Old Chapel on Tuesday, April 17. Sand mandalas are formed from millions ...