Impermanence
Submitted to Faith: Festivals and Rituals
After working for a week to painstakingly create a sacred Tibetan mandala from billions of grains of colored sand, Buddhist monks sweep it all away in a closing ceremony to illustrate Buddhism's teachings about the impermanence of life. Photo taken in Grass Valley, CA.
2 responses
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chris s. said (8 Oct 2008):
i have seen this ceremony before, several years ago in berkeley. i was able to get some pictures, but they were all poorly exposed. anyway, this is great!
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Dana Tufte said (8 Oct 2008):
the amount of time and the effort involved is astounding. i would love to experience something like this. you're very lucky.
