Losang Samten Working On Sand Mandala

For the second year, Losang Samten, a Tibetan scholar and former Buddhist monk, is constructing a traditional Tibetan mandala, or sand painting, at the University of Arizona Bookstore, Student Union Memorial Center, on the U. of A. campus.

These are some examples of his mandala artwork:

Wheel of Life Mandala-Regina, Canada 1999

Wheel of Life Mandala-Philadelphia, PA 2008

Wheel of LIfe Mandala-Lake Tahoe 2005

Samten is approximately halfway through the project that began on Feb. 21. A dissolution ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, March 14, during the annual two-day Festival of Books being held on campus.

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