Nov 27 Tip: View the creation of a Tibetan Sand Mandala

November 27 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

View the creation of a Tibetan Sand Mandala this week at the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University

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On Monday 26^th November a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery began constructing a sand mandala in the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University as part of Bellarmine's preparation for the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Louisville in May 2013.

Mandala construction will take place every day in the Center from 10 am – 4 pm.

On Thursday 29^th at 3 pm  Carol Stewart give a brief public talk on the mandala on Thursday.

The closing ceremony will take place on Monday 2^nd December at 11 am.

The Drepung Gomang monks are associated with the Drepung Gomang Institute, based here in Louisville; the Institute is the reason for and the host of the Dalai Lama's visit.

The monks will be constructing the Chenrezig mandala; Chenrezig is the Buddhist deity that serves as the personification of compassion. At Bellarmine, this mandala will be dedicated to the friendship between the Dalai Lama and Thomas Merton.

Please stop by the Center at any time throughout next week to meet with the monks and to see them working on the Sand Mandala.

For further information please contact Paul Pearson or Mark Meade at the Thomas Merton Center – 502 272 8177 / 8187.