Buddhist Sand Mandalas

Thu, Jan 17, 2008

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I briefly referenced Buddhist mandalas in my last post, ones made of completely of sand as a meditative practice. The ritual involves singing (chanting), dancing, incense and prayer. Here’s a great video I pulled from YouTube to show you how they do it…

And once it’s done, there is a prayer ceremony…. and they sweep it away.

Now that’s Zen, my friends!

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