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Venerable Ngarampa Thupten Tsondu Tashi, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, creates a Manjushri (Buddha of Wisdom) sand mandala at Kresge Art Museum in May 2006. “Painting” with colored sand is one of the most exquisite art traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. This mandala was created over a period of six days, during which millions of grains of sand were painstakingly laid in place using hollow pipes called chak-purs, through which the sand was vibrated into the design. One day after it was completed, the mandala was ritually dismantled and the grains released into the Red Cedar River in a ceremony meant to symbolize the impermanence of all that exists.
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