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Buddhist monks create art to cleanse negativity

October 4, 2008 – 11:06 am

Sunday, August 03, 2008
Monks make for low-maintenance houseguests.
Grand Junction’s Ray and Peggy Pilcher invited six monks with the Gaden Shartse Monastery to stay in their home during the monks’ stay in Mesa County.
The monks are on a U.S. tour, raising awareness about Buddhism and donations for construction of a hospital to serve their monastery and [...]

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Sand mandala to be swept away tonight in Grand Junction

October 4, 2008 – 10:56 am

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 [...]

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Monks bring art, message of compassion and tolerance to Bluffton

September 26, 2008 – 7:40 pm

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 [...]

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