Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first formal delegation of Tibetan Buddhist nuns to visit North America, the group held a sand mandala demonstration and a Long Life Dakini dance honoring the Dalai Lama at the Divinity School, followed by prayers...
...nuns' sand mandala demonstration was a hands-on event which served as much to rally support from the 70-odd audience members for Tibet as to teach sand mandala techniques. At the end, half the audience showed solidarity with the nuns by closing their eyes in prayer...
Traditionally, making sand mandalas--representations in sand of the house of Buddha, whose dismantling symbolizes the impermanence of life--one of the higher practices of Buddhism, was a domain limited to monks...
Reluctant to phrase the changes in Western feminist terms of release from sexual discrimination, however, Kerin said the reasons why nuns have not created sand mandalas in the past are "very complex...
According to Kerin, nuns have been barred from creating sand mandalas for reasons ranging from educational limitations to the fact that Tibetan men and women had "different spheres...