Buddhist Monks Create Healing Art, Displayed in Virginia College

ABC 13
By Melinda Zosh


VIRGINIA - Seven Buddhist monks from India [came to] Randolph College this week to create sacred art. They're creating a medicine Buddha mandala at the college's chapel. It's a 5-foot piece of sacred art completely made of colorful sand. The mandala is supposed to contain healing qualities, and the monks believe that the sick can be healed. The monks say that nothing stays in one form for very long. "Impermanent is that everything is going to change and we all are," said Tenzin Tinley, a monk. The work is on display to the public all this week from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Randolph's chapel. There will be a closing ceremony Friday at 3 p.m. where the artwork will be taken apart and then poured into the James River. [link]