Many sand mandala contain a specific outer locality which is clearly identified as a charnel ground.

The destruction of a sand mandala is also highly ceremonial.

The sand mandala specially created for the festival is then formally removed with prayers for the benefit of all sentient beings.

The title comes from the elaborate, ephemeral sand mandala created for the initiation of Tibetan Buddhist monks.

Scouts made prayer flags, incense sticks, sand mandalas and practiced meditation.

They are one of several groups which send teams of Tibetan monks on tour to construct sand mandalas.

At the very end of the film credits, the sand mandala that was seen being constructed during the movie is destroyed, "with one swift stroke."

The biggest sand mandalas took about a week to complete, Mingma told them.

Then suddenly he took off directly toward the sand mandala, fists clenched and swinging like a miniaturized John Wayne.

The central image of Avalokiteshvara is new with a copper Padmasambhava to the right and a sand mandala to the left.