Tag Archives: blessings

Central New York State

November 3, 2008
Hello everyone. Once again I only have a few moments of internet time. I promise I will update our visits to Washington, Slippery Rock, and all those others I still need to get to as soon as I get a day to sit down and get caught up. In the meantime I am [...]

Sand mandala to be swept away tonight in Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION — Today is the last opportunity to view the colorful sand mandala that six Buddhist monks have taken turns working diligently on for the past three days at the Western Colorado Center for the Arts.
By tonight the mandala will be swept up, and the sand dissolved into the Colorado River.
The monks will begin [...]

Monks bring art, message of compassion and tolerance to Bluffton

September 17, 2008 – 6:02PM
Beth L. Jokinen
Published Sept. 18, 2008
LIMA – Tapping a sand-filled metal cone, the Tibetan monks created what some would consider a masterpiece worthy of keeping forever.
But that’s not their way. In most cases, even those creations taking weeks to make, are swept away; a reminder of Buddha’s last words [...]