Sand Mandala

[iampeeay01]

I adore them for being so patient and passionate in making this beautiful piece of art. Great work..

[pinkygirl1999]

Damn imagine if you made a mistake or sneezed, would really be a bitch. Great artwork though, amazing

[AriesByTheStars]

@pinkygirl1999 Buddhist monks are chill as hell, they would laugh, fix the mess, and go straight back to finishing it.

[aniakwiata]

That is so beautiful!!!

[VolcardoReviewer]

Hey guys, im doing a presentation on the Mandala. Not just for its beauty but also for its inner meanings and representations. So can someone give me some insight on the Mandala. Thanks in advance.

[MrOnebadassmofo]

dont summon a demon, damn

[cosmicordering1]

The monks begin the Mandala sand painting with a ceremony of chants, music and mantra recitation for blessing the site to make it conducive for creating the mandala. Be Cosmic ...

[Tom31994]

the music creeps me out...

[SuperKrsna]

i have made some sand paintings here in hawaii,the maui sand if great for creating art with,it is a lot of fun and connects you to the earth,i love this video,

[THER34LBA]

Î wäñńå füçk û

[lavanguardiadelsol]

my god what a beatifull pieze of art!! someone knows what are they singing?

[Devon187]

these monks just smoke reefer and blow colorful sand mandalas, fucken hippies

[iamearthbornami]

thankyou~peace love and gratitude

[169mila169]

Интересно.. а вот дунуть никто не пробовал?!..))

[KoreanWitch]

AWESOME!!

[scio8]

nice.. found this video for class.

[TheEuzkaro]

just amazing!!!!

[jolandasterbloem]

mandala is the spirit, chakraforms

[66rockabilly]

WOW! I've never seen anything like this!

Thanks a lot for sharing It!

[SuperDaveOkie]

Astounding. Absolutely beautiful.

[divedeepinside]

drawing mandala very relaxing ! Thx for the video !

[MelancholySkies]

Wow... I love Mandalas, Especially in the sand, It's fascinating with a really meaningful message behind it ^_^ Buddhism just seems to make more sense than most religieons I've heard of. No offence meant to anyone else of course.

[sageunr]

Free Tibet

I LOVE Tibet

Peace of the World

Let's stop killing world all of you.

New New World Order　国際連盟ＳＡＧＥテーマソング「ピース・オブ・ザ・ワールド」♪ KAZUKI&SIZUKU ♪ United Nations SAGE Theme Song「Peace of the World」・(KAZUKI)2009年 国連ユネスコ世界遺産音楽祭エグゼグティブプロデューサー

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[majawow]

fascinating:)

thank you...

[god4334]

wow

[vanness5]

...And everything was going so well until Morty sneezed.

[sylectra]

This stuff is amazing. I bet these guys would be GREAT at cake decorating...but no one would know it because they have to smash the cake before it gets to the customer.

[Biscoid360]

Ohhh man, imagine that on a cake! idk why but looking at that thing makes me wanna eat it!

[primazz]

OMG tthats soo coool!!!

[corby85]

thank you! this was beautiful :)

[crdirtrider856]

This is really cool....very tedious yet fulfilling beyond description. I d love to try it, but my patience has been worn needle thin these last few years. One day....(till then I ll just observe)

[vjalonzo]

The deconstruction of the mandala is a representation of the impermaness in the world. Where all the sand is collected in a jar and then dispersed in a water stream or thrown in the wind from a mountain or sometimes the sand is distributed to everybody present.

[Bshow1212]

@vjalonzo Or every once and a while a chinese general and his staff trample the piece of art just before it's done to show their dominance over other cultures, quite interesting indeed.

[javiergarciaplata]

i am not sure uif finally monks destroy it or they just put it outdoor to be erased by the wind... can anyone confirm?

Thanks

[stotretat]

dismantle, not destroy. the difference is in the intent.

they disperse it in the water, preferably some body of water that contains life, such as the sea, so that it can be shared with all the living things there. small bits of the sand are also, sometimes, given to people who witness it.

[javiergarciaplata]

Thank you very much for your comment. I appreciate it.

One more questions. What are the real benefits of a sand mandala for the people who create them and for the witnesses?

[1oolabob]

To devote one's entire attention to the creation of a highly organized beautiful thing is to be very much in control of one's actions. Important also to recognize that the sand mandala is a temporary thing and even though the process of making it takes all of the artist's focus, it is only sand that will disperse in the breeze. Humanity must learn not to think of itself as beyond nature, not even in our greatest works.

But the real benefit is only what you really understand of it.

[Bshow1212]

@1oolabob Would it also be to build character through focusing all this time and energy into something but have it take away from you? To relieve your emotional tie to things that have little value and prevent other people being able to break you through destroying material possessions? That's how I see it in a way, to relieve your dependence on objects or things that are tangible (in this case something you worked very hard to produce) and throwing it away, though this isn't the real meaning.

[nuuggy]

wow this is amazing haha too bad they destroy it in the end

[animerks07]

The most facinating aspect of this is that the monks actually destroy it!! Citing that nothing last forever. Truly remarkable.

[ravenchain85]

I think this has to be one of the most unique religious rituals in the world. I can't imagine how it must feel to make something like that. Really amazing!

[jimmyphack]

I would sneak a joint before going to do that job lmao.

[Matix1337]

haha this is awesome.

i wounder how i will find that music.

does anyone know how i could DL it.

[AUTubeN22]

buy these dudes some paint ffs!

[KYKimbA]

it would be pretty funny if one of them sneezed while doing that

[gdh82]

When I still my needlessly busy mind, the patience, the focus, the art and the whole idea of impermanence contained in this video is totally mesmerising.

Thanks for sharing, vjalonzo.

[JeanGart]

amazing!

[rocha39]

awesome direction and precision :)

[MissLoto]

Wow!!!Impressive and very handsome!!!!!!!!!!

[saahikat]

that's awesome. it takes a lot of patience though.

[ciffycoffee]

Everything becomes so much easier when it is lived in the same way like the "construction" of the mandala, and when you see the mandala being "destroyed", the fear of death scatters like the particles of sand, wonderfully illustrating the illusion that form, life, and death really is. Impermanence.

I appreciate this very much.

[coyoT1627]

o_O :D

[DEACONAP4LOVE]

we talked about this in my religion lecture today and at the end of creating one of these they destroy it and it gets a real reaction out of the people watching.

[Bibbly53]

Masturbated art, needs not be forced.

And looks like flowers.

[jotatmo]

it's so intricate!

[POISONyte]

super interesting technic method

[wptomkins123]

i made a mandala in computer arts in school...its so fun it really makes you focus on life

[888chinaman]

This is a Buddhist teaching that the beauty of life, like mandalas, has a begining and an end. It is impermanent thus we must not cling to it. After the monks are finished doing the Mandala, it is ceremonially destroyed and sands are collected and returned to the sea or stream.

[langblank]

thnxs for sharing

[Cayico]

absolutely extraordinary!!!

[silkblackr0se]

absolutly beautiful

[myASIMO]

Oh I'm sure China is going to make this art available for us to purchase in no time. Those mainland communist chinese are not sentimental fools. Tuff as a nail communists is what they are.

[lemonhead1961]

Point taken about the global impact of their manufacturing industry but let's maintain the distinction between China and Tibet and remind oursleves about what is happening there; Guardian Sept 11th 2005, "Prior to China's invasion, there had been 6,259 Buddhist monasteries and nunneries; by 1976, eight remained." China is now _the_ irrisistable force in the world.

[looseconnection]

wow i've heard about this but never seen it.

[spritsengiggle]

haha, one sneese... one sneese.. and the monk brothers gets to test their patience, lol. Love mandalas. :) This one was especially beautiful..

[brotherskaramazov]

those monks should watch Fight Club and re-evaluate the way they spend their lives

[richardwiebe]

yeah that's funny, you must not understand what is being done here

[hybridstick]

yeah i know what you mean, that kid completely missed the point, fight clubs belief of the abandonment of materail things and the impermanence teachings of the Mandala practically go hand in hand. lol love both

[swimminginhearts]

where do they get the sand?

[finaface]

They usually make it themselves

[fugdub23]

stunningly beautiful,illustrating the law of impermenence well

[Julissa279]

I love mandalas! They are absolutely extraordinary!

[n3st]

boring

[GBJPhotoWorks]

to those without patience... perhaps.

[nrajah]

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[nayeonlee]

and they just blow it off in a second when it's done. so awesome.

[Shaina008]

xO WOW

it must be hard to do

[rangjungyeshe]

Wonderfully clear detail - best I've ever seen!