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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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Grand Junction, Colorado

August 30, 2008 – 8:55 pm

Grand Junction feels like a second home for us. The Pilcher family have been taking care of the tours for many years and they make us feel like part of the family. They invited us for a week of Tara. We did a Tara sand mandala at the Art Center. During the week Venerable Geshe [...]

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