Presentation Construction of sand mandalas Credits Wednesday April 30, 1997 Friday May 2, 1997 Saturday May 3, 1997 Sunday May 4, 1997

Following chalk markings, the monks deposit coloured sand using a metal funnel called a chang-bu in Tibetan. The monks work outwards from the centre of the dul-tson-kyil-khor ("mandala of coloured powders"). There are many different mandalas, but this one is know as the Medicine Buddha. At the centre is a book, symbolic of the traditional teachings or dharma of Buddhism. This is surrounded by an eight-petal lotus.