A mandala is much more than just a page in a coloring book; mandalas are geometric symbols with a great deal of meaning and symbolism. The word mandala comes from a Sanskrit word that loosely ...

Leeann Lidz has enjoyed creating artwork for more than 50 years. Three years ago, she delved deeply into another artistic endeavor: making mandalas. “Mandala speaks the language of the universe and ...

Andrzej Strumillo’s abstract painting Mandala X is a bit like a dying star shooting flames–a reminder of the high modernist period, when artists believed that abstraction had the power to provide ...

When visiting a stretch of Pacific coastline, there's a ritual that I often partake in. Sourcing whatever materials are available on the beach—seaweed, shells, rocks, feathers—I create the form of a ...

With each careful tap of a specialized metal cone, sand master Geshe Legden Gompo expertly places the sand onto the design of the mandala. Mandala means that which extracts the essence. It’s a ...

One of the most beautiful aspects of Buddhist art is how intertwined an image is with its philosophical meaning, giving us a deeper understanding of the world around us. Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist ...

TEN. FOR PHOTOS, SEVERAL BUDDHIST MONKS ARE CELEBRATING THE YEAR COMING TO AN END WITH A SPECIAL TRADITION. YESTERDAY, THE SACRED ARTS TOUR VISITED THE DREPUNG GOMANG CENTER FOR ENGAGING COMPASSION TO ...