Geshe Sangpo starts to deconstruct the sand mandala at the closing ceremony Sept. 12 in the Truitt Center’s Sacred Space.
The Sacred Space in Numen Lumen was filled with members of the Elon community and beyond as Tibetan Buddhist monks Geshe Sangpo and Geshe Tenzin from the Kadampa Center pushed the vibrant sand of the Green Tara sand mandala into the middle of a table to represent that nothing is permanent.
Just three days ago, the monks began Elon University’s 12th annual Green Tara Sand Mandala Ceremony in the Truitt Center with a table as their canvas. The sand used to create the mandala is made of vibrantly colored crushed marble…