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Tuesday, 23 Sep 2014

Walk-In Craft: Stone Mandalas

Sep 23, 2014

2:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union

$2 per mandala

The Workspace Arts, performances Diversity Student activities

Stop by The Workspace and make a painted stone mandala using simple geometric forms. Keep it as a talisman for yourself or give it to someone as a small but special gift.

Mandala Drawing Class

Sep 23, 2014

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union

$5

The Workspace Arts, performances Diversity Student activities

Mandalas are symbolic in Hinduism and Buddhism, and are created with geometric shapes incorporating ancient spiritual symbols. The Memorial Union will be hosting Tibetan Monks September 22-25, and they will create a large scale sand mandala on the 2nd floor. Zendoodle instructor Sara Merritt will lead this mandala drawing session on Tuesday evening.

The Symbolism of the Sand Mandala

Sep 23, 2014

8:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Diversity Lectures Student activities

Monks from the the Drepung Loseling Monastery will create a mandala sand painting in the lobby of the Memorial Union Monday, September 22 through Thursday, September 25. The process consists of opening ceremony with chants, music and mantra recitation and ends with the dismantling of the mandala and dispersal of the sand. Millions of grains of sand are poured from traditional metal funnels called chakpur to create a finished mandala...