Loading...for Compassion and World Peace, and the public is again invited join the monks in prayer as they work on this extraordinary creation.
The sand mandala design is created through a prayer-filled process, by painstakingly adding small amounts of sand over many days. At the end, recognizing the impermanence of all things, the design is ceremonially swept up and the prayers are released for the benefit of all.
The monks will be creating the mandala today (Oct. 14) through Sunday, Oct. 19, in Bishop's Hall next door to the cathedral at 425 S. Second St. in downtown Louisville. The opening ceremony will be at noon today and their work will be done between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. The closing dissolution ceremony is tentatively set for noon Sunday.
The Drepung Gomang Institute, the Monastery's sister organization in Louisville,
welcomes this group with the co-sponsorship of Interfaith Paths to Peace, Christ Church Cathedral, the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, St. William Catholic Church and the Thomas Merton Center of Bellarmine University.
