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1/31/05

CEREMONY TO DISMANTLE SAND MANDALA AT SLU SCHEDULED

CANTON – A ceremony to dismantle the Chenrezig Buddha of Compassion
Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, 
St. Lawrence University, will take place on Friday, February 18, at 
10 a.m. Please note that this is a change from the originally scheduled 
date and time.
	The mandala was constructed January 21 through 23 by the 
Venerable Tenzin Yignyen. He will conduct the dismantling ceremony 
and walk to the river, where the sand will be placed. 
	In "The Sand Mandala of Vajrabhairava," David Cozort writes, 
"The mandala is dismantled in order to demonstrate the truth of 
impermanence and so that the sand, which has been made sacred, might 
be distributed to onlookers and put into the environment (typically, 
a body of moving water) as a blessing. The monks lead a procession, 
which may be [to] a pond or lake, but in order that the blessing of 
the sand extend as far as possible, the ocean, or a river leading to 
the ocean. The monks ask the protective spirits of the water to 
accept the blessed sand and to protect the inhabitants of the local 
environment." 
	The construction of the mandala was part of a Fortnight of 
Non-Violence events taking place at St. Lawrence January 17 through 
January 30.
	For more information, contact the gallery at 315-229-5174.

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