SLIDE SHOW: Tibetan Buddhist monks construct sand mandala during weeklong visit in Bowling Green
Published 12:01 am Friday, November 22, 2024
A group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India work on construct their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala to celebrate interfaith world peace during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Kherap Gyatso works on a section of the 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala that he and a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India construct to celebrate interfaith world peace during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Tenzin Gelek (right) and Kherap Gyatso (left) work on the 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala that they and a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India construct to celebrate interfaith world peace during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Sangyal Gyatso joins in singing chants and prayers alongside his fellow Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India during the opening ceremony of their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Geshe Khenrap Chaeden leads a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India in chants and prayers during the opening ceremony for their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Geshe Khenrap Chaeden thanks visitors for coming to the opening ceremony of the Drepung Gomang Monastery’s United States Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, as he and a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India prepare to construct their 49th World Peace sand mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks will finish the sand mandala with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Geshe Khenrap Chaeden leads a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India in chants and prayers during the opening ceremony for their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Jamyang Chophel joins in singing chants and prayers alongside his fellow Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India during the opening ceremony of their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Sangyal Gyatso runs his fingers over his prayer beads as he joins in singing chants and prayers alongside his fellow Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India during the opening ceremony of their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Jamyang Chophel, Lobsang Jinpa and Sangyal Gyatso join in singing chants and prayers alongside their fellow Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India during the opening ceremony of their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Geshe Khenrap Chaeden leads a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India in chants and prayers during the opening ceremony for their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Geshe Khenrap Chaeden leads a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India in prayers and chants during the opening ceremony for their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Visitors listen as Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India sing chants and prayers during the opening ceremony of their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library as they prepare the space physically and spiritually for the construction of their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Tenzin Gelek (left) and Lobsang Jinpa (right), Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India, sketch out the 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace they will construct throughout the week during a stop on their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
A variety of sand colors sit out as a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India get started on constructing their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace during a stop on their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Kherap Gyatso works on a section of the 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala that he and a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India construct to celebrate interfaith world peace during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Tenzin Gelek works on a section of the 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala that he and a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India construct to celebrate interfaith world peace during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Tenzin Gelek gathers up sand in his chak-pur metal funnel as works on a section of the 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala that he and a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India construct to celebrate interfaith world peace during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Tenzin Gelek (right) and Kherap Gyatso (left) work on the 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala that they and a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India construct to celebrate interfaith world peace during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
A group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India work on construct their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala to celebrate interfaith world peace during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed the sand mandala throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Jamyang Chophel, one of the Tibetan monks visiting from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India, demonstrates how to play a traditional Tibetan prayer bowl as he chants during the opening ceremony of their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Traditional Tibetan prayer bowls, bells, prayer beads, figures, clothing and more sit available for visitors to purchase on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, as a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India make a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library to construct their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Traditional Tibetan tapestries, prayer bowls, bells, prayer beads, figures, clothing and more sit available for visitors to purchase on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, as a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India make a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library to construct their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Jamyang Chophel, one of the Tibetan monks visiting from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India, demonstrates how to play a traditional Tibetan prayer bowl as he chants during the opening ceremony of their Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks constructed their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Traditional Tibetan figurines, prayer bowls, bells, prayer beads, clothing and more sit available for visitors to purchase on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, as a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India make a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library to construct their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala celebrating interfaith world peace throughout the week as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
A group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of South India have worked on constructing their 49th Interfaith World Peace Sand Mandala to celebrate interfaith world peace throughout the week during a stop on their nationwide Sacred Arts Tour visit at WCPL Bob Kirby Branch Library. Returning to Bowling Green for the first time since 2018, the monks construct the sand mandala as a way to share their culture and traditions, raise funds for the monastery and generate compassion and healing for people, and will conclude their tour stop in Bowling Green with a dissolution ceremony on Saturday at 9 a.m. when they will gather all the sand together and let patrons disperse the sand into the river as an offering and act of impermanence.
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