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Daily 1:00 - 4:30 pm

Free Admission April 18-21. Included in Sacred Arts Festival admission on April 22.

Witness the step-by-step creation of a traditional Sand Mandala, an ancient art form of Tibetan Buddhism. Mandalas are drawings in sand of the world in its divine form; they represent a map by which the ordinary human mind is transformed into an enlightened mind. Watch as the Venerable Losang Samten (the first Buddhist given permission by the Dalai Lama to make Mandalas in the West) completes and then ritualistically dismantles a Mandala during our Sacred Arts Festival.

For more information about Losang Samten visit losangsamten.com.

Buddhist Monk, Losang Samten, creates a traditional sand mandala in the Great Hall of Glencairn Museum. The mandala creation - and timelapse - took place over 3 days with Samten pausing at times to explain his process to students from Bryn Athyn College and Academy of the New Church Secondary Schools. Music: "Homage to 21 Taras", excerpt from the Green Tara Sadhana from the CD, "The Practice of Green Tara" Venerable Losang Samten Composed by Aaron Graves Copyright, The Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia www.tibetanbuddhist.org

Music Credit: "Homage to 21 Taras," excerpt from the Green Tara sadhana. From the CD, "The Practice of Green Tara," Venerable Losang Samten, Underscore composed by Aaron Graves. Copyright, The Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia. www.tibetanbuddhist.org. Video copyright Glencairn Museum 2010.