PEMBROKE, N.C., Sept. 28 -- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke issued the following news release:
For four days, students passing through the Chavis Student Center mall at UNC Pembroke
watched something extraordinary take shape - one grain of colored sand at a time.
Six Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta spent nearly
a week creating a 4½-foot sand mandala, carefully placing thousands of grains of colored
sand to form an intricate design.
But the finished artwork was never meant to last. During a sacred closing ceremony,
the monks dismantled the mandala, demonstrating one of the central teachings behind
the practice: impermanence.
"I hope students take away the understanding that it is okay t...