Ackland Online - Buddhist Art and Ritual | Mandala ConstructionConstruction of the Medicine Buddha sand mandala at the Ackland Art Museum Beginning February 26, 2001, the Ven. Tenzin Thutop and the Ven. Tenzin Deshek, two Buddhist monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, New York will construct a five-and-a-half foot Medicine Buddha sand mandala in the Ackland's Yager Gallery of Asian Art. This process will conclude by March 21, though the mandala will c
