This Sand-Mandala was created and conducted by the Buddhist
Head-Lama Thinlay Thupten, and three monks,
in Reru, Zanskar, North of India, in August 2002.
They live at the Chenrezing monastery in Dharamsala.

The sand mandala was created out of compassion,
in support of the school project,
established in Reru by Shambhala e.V. Munich, Germany.


May all sentient beings become free
and may the effect of the power of compassion be all-pervading.


More about the school project in Reru see:
http://www.zanskar-connection.de

© copyright all photos Stefan Laug, Silent Light

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Om Mani Padme Hum

is the prayer chiseled here in this Mani-stone.
It is dedicated to Avalokiteshvara,
the enlightened Buddha of Love and Compassion,
he is one of the most important protecting deity of Buddhism.
The sand-mandala we witnessed in the school of Reru in Zanskar,
is consecrated to Avalokiteshvara.


more about Avalokiteshvara:
http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/chen-re-zig.htm

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The plain with the school of Reru
the mandala was created upstairs in the building in the middle

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the children during the daily morning prayer

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... and gymnastics ...,
in the background the building where the sand-mandala was created

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the curtain with buddhist signs of happyness, the door to the mandala

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the finshed sand-mandala

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see: The Global Prayer

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the preparation of the ceremony

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the Mandala started with prayers and chanting

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Lama Thinlay Thupten

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the centre of the Avalokiteshvara Mandala

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the finished Mandala

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the final ceremony and the expression of deep gratitude
to Lama Thinlay Thupten, Bernd Balaschus and the three monks

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see: The 108 Defilements
this Light-performance happened the day,
when the Avalokiteshvara Mandala was finished

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the teachers and our group

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Bernd Balaschus, founder of Reru school (third from left)
with teachers and helpers of the school

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the children of the school, teachers and members of our group

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the statue of Maitreya in the monastery of Tiktse