Circle of Compassion, Circle of Peace: A Tibetan Mandala Project

The Austin Arts Center presents Circle of Compassion, Circle of Peace: A Tibetan Mandala Project. Over a two-week period, seven Buddhist nuns from the Keydong Nunnery in Kathmandu, Nepal will create a sacred sand mandala, a graphic representation of the perfected environment of an enlightened being: in this case, Avalokiteshvara, the Deity of Compassion. The Keydong nuns, who first came to Trinity in 1998 to create a sand mandala, are among the first Tibetan Buddhist women monastics to learn this sacred art practice that was traditionally reserved for monks only.

The public is invited to view the creation of the mandala. These hours are subject to change to honor special sacred intervals in the mandala-making process when the hall must be closed.