For the past week our local college ( St. Joseph's ) was hosting a group of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery (est. 1416) in South India
They have been creating the sand script as well as having a few ceremonies that the public was invited to.
Thursday my daughter and I were able to go to the closing ceremony where they "dissolve", as they put it, their creation
Considering the tools and time that would be hard for me to do. Here's a group of high school students giving it a try
They called it an "antidote to attachment" as nothing is permanent in this life. They should know that first hand, part of the reason for these tours are to bring attention to their plight over there.
Not the best pictures but here's a few of the ceremony.
After it was piled up they placed some in a vase and then placed four spoons in the remaining inviting everyone to take some, and use it as they saw fit as a blessing
We then all went down to the park where they poured the contents of the vase into the river "restoring the earth"
They invited everyone to dine with them but that was later than we could do. I was content to have experienced what I did.
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