Thursday, November 17, 2005
University Arts Gallery at the Fine Arts Center 4:30 pm
Free and open to public
Most mandalas are destroyed shortly after their completion. This is done as a metaphor of the impermanence of life. In a colorful ceremony with gongs, trumpets and chanted prayers the sands are swept up and placed in an urn to carry to a body of water where they are poured into the waters to fulfill the act of healing. The waters then carry the sand blessings all over the world, for planetary healing.
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