WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CREATING A SAND MANDALA?
It is believed that the Mandala purifies the creator from past negative deeds and that viewers will recover from physical sickness and mental problems. Mandalas are also believed to generate compassion in the viewer’s heart and lay a foundation of constrictive karmic imprints. Also, the nation and the place where the Mandala is created will have timely rainfall, prosperity and peace. WHY MAKE IT OUT OF SAND? After a sand mandala is finished all the viewers and monks will collectively pray for peace and harmony in the world. As everybody knows, when there is a sunrise, there is a sunset. In the same way, when we born on this earth, we must also die. To remind us that life is an ever changing cycle the millions of grains of colorful sand are dismantled to demonstrate the truth of impermanence in this world. The sand mandala grains will be dispersed into a river or lake where they will be utilized by the Nags, the water gods, in form of precious resource. WHAT IS A SAND MANDALA A PICTURE
