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Sand mandala

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Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from coloured sand. [1]

25 relations: Art destruction, Blue Bridge (Reed College), Charnel ground, Colored Sands, Gyuto Order, History of Sikkim, House of Cards (season 3), Index of Buddhism-related articles, John Bigelow Taylor, Lake Ella, Little Buddha, Losang Samten, Mandala, Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, Outline of Buddhism, Pure land, Rachel Sussman, Religious art, Sand art, Sandpainting, Spatial icon, Thubten Jigme Norbu, Tibetan art, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Wheel of Time (film).

Art destruction

Art destruction involves the damaging or destruction of works of art.

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Blue Bridge (Reed College)

The Blue Bridge, also known as the Cross Canyon Bridge, is a curved pedestrian and bicycle bridge connecting the north and south halves of the Reed College campus in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

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Charnel ground

A charnel ground (Devanagari: श्मशान; Romanized Sanskrit: śmaśān; Tibetan pronunciation: durtrö),Rigpa Shedra (July 2009).

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Colored Sands

Colored Sands is the fifth full-length album by technical death metal band Gorguts.

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Gyuto Order

Gyuto (also spelled Gyütö or Gyüto) Tantric University is one of the great monastic institutions of the Gelug Order.

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History of Sikkim

The history of Sikkim an area in present-day North-East India, began in 1642 as a kingdom established when India and Nepal were still many princely states with many rulers at that time and had not unified to the present Union of India and present country of Nepal.

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House of Cards (season 3)

The third season of the American web television drama series House of Cards was commissioned on February 4, 2014.

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Index of Buddhism-related articles

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John Bigelow Taylor

John Bigelow Taylor (c. 1950) is a photographer of works of art based in New York City.

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Lake Ella

Lake Ella is a lake in central Tallahassee, Florida on US 27 just south of Tharpe Street, and just north of Downtown.

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Little Buddha

Little Buddha is a 1993 Italian-French-British drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda and Keanu Reeves as Prince Siddhartha (the Buddha before his enlightenment).

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Losang Samten

Losang Samten is an American Tibetan scholar, sand mandala artist, former Buddhist monk, and Spiritual Director of the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia.

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Mandala

A mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल, maṇḍala; literally "circle") is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the universe.

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Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies

Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies incorporates two institutions: (1) the North American Seat of Namgyal Monastery; and (2) a Tibetan Buddhist theological seminary affiliated with it.

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Outline of Buddhism

Buddhism (Pali/बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, "the awakened one".

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Pure land

A pure land is the celestial realm or pure abode of a buddha or bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism.

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Rachel Sussman

Rachel Sussman (born 1975) is an American contemporary artist and photographer based in Brooklyn.

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Religious art

Religious art or sacred art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual.

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Sand art

Sand art may refer to.

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Sandpainting

Sandpainting is the art of pouring coloured sands, and powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, or pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed, or unfixed sand painting.

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Spatial icon

The concept of the spatial icon, introduced by Alexei Lidov, plays a central role in hierotopy and is used to describe the perception of sacred spaces.

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Thubten Jigme Norbu

Thubten Jigme Norbu (August 16, 1922 – September 5, 2008), recognised as the Taktser Rinpoche, was a Tibetan lama, writer, civil rights activist and professor of Tibetan studies and is the eldest brother of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

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Tibetan art

For more than a thousand years, Tibetan artists have played a key role in the cultural life of Tibet.

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Western Colorado Center for the Arts

The Western Colorado Center for the Arts, also known as The Art Center, is located at 1803 North Seventh Street in Grand Junction, Colorado.

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Wheel of Time (film)

Wheel of Time is a 2003 documentary film by German director Werner Herzog about Tibetan Buddhism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala

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