Wheel of Life Mandala

The Venerable Losang Samten, founder of the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, constructed a Tibetan sand mandala in the CSWR Common Room from October 24 to October 28, 2005. Read the Harvard Gazette's coverage. View a video of the event.

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Preparing the table Creating the center Sand and tools Samten speaks with visitors
Samten explaining the levels of meaning Beginning the outer ring Buddhist studies students observe children watching
A private lesson Losang Samten Finishing touches The completed mandala
Presenting the finished mandala Losang Samten teaching Losang Samten teaching Dismantling begins
Audience helps dismantle the mandala Dismantling the mandala Sweeping up the last grains of sand Sand poured into water
Sand returned to the water