The flowing robes, the grace: Tibetan monks to visit Carson City, construct sand mandala
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 01/08/2019 - 10:54am
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Repeats every day until Sun Jan 20 2019 .
January 15, 2019 - 10:00am
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January 16, 2019 - 10:00am
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January 17, 2019 - 10:00am
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January 18, 2019 - 10:00am
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January 19, 2019 - 10:00am
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January 20, 2019 - 10:00am Tibetan monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery will return to Carson City and South Lake Tahoe this month as part of their two-year tour of the United States.
During their Carson City visit, from Jan. 15-20, the monks will construct a Manjushri, also known as Buddha of Wisdom Sand Mandala.
They will do this at the Brewery Art’s Center, 449 W. King St. This is a rare opportunity to be immersed in the ancient art of Sand Mandalas, from the mandala’s design, to its creation and ending, with a sacred dissolution ceremony at the end of this artistic and spiritual collaboration.
Sand Mandalas are intricately designed artistic representations of specific Buddhist teachings. Mandala creations are intended to bring an added sense of mindfulness to the impermanent and transitory nature of all things in life.
The Manjushri mandala, symbolizing the need to sever ignorance and attachment in oneself, will be completely constructed in the Brewery Art’s Center ballroom.
The entire process will be available for public viewing daily at the Brewery Arts Center, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monks will be available to answer questions throughout the week-long event.
In addition, there will be a variety of other presentations by the monks to include:
— Buddhist Philosophy Discussions
— Healing Ceremonies
— Guided Meditations
— Empowerment Rituals
— Calligraphy and Sand Mandala Workshops for all ages
— Monastic Debate Demonstration (this is enormously entertaining, you won’t want to miss this)
— Blessings: Personal, Home, Health and Business by appointment and then Pet Blessings and photos will be offered at Crazy Cat on Saturday.
The focus in South Lake Tahoe, will be on Green Tara, the female Buddha of Compassionate Action and the presentations will be held at Blue Angel Cafe (1132 Ski Run Blvd., South Lake Tahoe) upstairs in the loft.
All are welcome and all events are donation based. Nobody is ever turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds from events go directly to the Gaden Shartse Monastery. The South Lake Tahoe event runs Jan. 22-24.
The Gaden Shartse Monastic College is situated in the midst lush green hills and jungle in the remote countryside of southern India. It was founded in 1969 as an effort to reestablish one of the great monastic traditions of Tibet. A small group of elder monks and fifteen young boys, all of whom had managed to escape the destruction in Tibet, settled on land given to them by the Indian government in Mundgod, Karnataka.
Today, the college is at the forefront of the revival of Tibetan Monastic education, with more than 1,500 resident students, teachers, scholars, and spiritual practitioners. More than 70 percent of the members are between the ages of 10 and 25 and 80 percent of these were born in Tibet.
To this day, young monks arrive at the monastery weekly from Tibet, seeking shelter and education. Due to the success of the academic program and the quality of the teachers at the monastery, Gaden Shartse has established a reputation as being the leader in the field of Buddhist and Tibetan studies.
For more information on the Sacred Arts of Tibet Tour please visit: www.sacredartsoftibettour.org. As noted above the monks will be also offering house, business and personal blessings throughout their visit. There are also opportunities to volunteer and host meals for the monks. For more information, or to schedule a blessing, please contact Melanie: Melanie@TibetanHeart.org or (775) 586-9125.
- Brewery Arts Center
- Carson City
- all ages
- art
- arts
- Arts and Entertainment
- Ballroom
- brewery
- brewery arts
- Buddhist Philosophy Discussions
- Business
- Calligraphy
- Calligraphy and Sand Mandala Rituals
- carson
- cat
- center
- Ceremony
- City
- collaboration
- college
- creations
- culture
- day
- demonstration
- donation
- donation based
- empowerment
- empowerment rituals
- event
- events
- Government
- Guided Meditations
- Healing
- Healing Ceremonies
- Health
- home
- information
- Lake
- life
- Members
- Mindfulness
- Monastic Debate Demonstration
- nature
- need
- Opportunity
- Pet
- Pet Blessings
- Philosophy
- photos
- practitioners
- Presentations
- program
- public
- Quality
- run
- Sacred Arts of Tibet Tour
- Sand Mandala
- saturday
- Schedule
- Ski
- south
- South Lake Tahoe
- students
- tahoe
- teachers
- the brewery arts center
- The Loft
- Tibetan monks
- Tibetan Monks from Gaden Shartse Monastery
- tour
- United States
- Visit Carson City
- Volunteer
- workshops
- Education
- Lake Tahoe
