Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies
Project Added: August 19, 2021
![Three monks bending over a table working on creating a mandala](/system/files/styles/project_database_node_header/private/2021-08/faith_mandala_cornall.jpg?itok=vY2BV7qp)
Johnson Museum Cornell Namgyal Monastery mandala
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Ithaca, New YorkRegion:
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https://namgyal.org/pages/sand-mandalaOVERVIEW
A sand mandala, created using Tibetan iconography, is used as a tool for consecrating the earth and its inhabitants and provides a visual framework for establishing the mind of the Buddha. Namgyal Monastery creates these mandalas for exhibition worldwide.