19 June, 2010

Concentration at Work/ Working with Concentration

It took six days for a group of Buddhist monks to create a mandala of compassion out of coloured sand. I think this is the first time-lapse video that I’ve seen that was captures the work of someone producing a singular piece of work over such a long period of time. The monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery who created the work apparently then destroyed the mandala and scattered the sand into a river for it to be carried off into the world.



To read more about the creation of this mandala you can go to the following links (here and here).

3 comments:

  1. Wonderful magic. It is you know. Wonderous images from yesterday too. :)

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  2. Beautiful video. My friend Sheena wrote a wonderful, prize-winning short story about just this. Hope the link works! http://www.writersandartists.co.uk/short-story-competition/winning-entry-2010/

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  3. Wow .. that is amazing and beautiful! What a blessing for us all.

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