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Construction of the Medicine Buddha sand mandala
at the Ackland Art Museum

Beginning February 26, 2001, the Ven. Tenzin Thutop and the Ven. Tenzin Deshek, two Buddhist monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, New York will construct a five-and-a-half foot Medicine Buddha sand mandala in the Ackland's Yager Gallery of Asian Art. This process will conclude by March 21, though the mandala will continue to be on display through June 8, 2001. On that day, the monks will dismantle the mandala and deposit the sand in a body of water. This process symbolizes the transience of life and the ideal of nonattachment to the material world.

Updated images of the mandala construction over this three-and-a-half week time period will appear on this page. Scroll down the page to view images or click on the dates below:

February 22 - March 1 | March 2 - 5 | March 5 | March 6 - 9 | March 10 - 12 | March 13 - 16 | March 17 - 21 | June 8

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