Stories from the road
Short dispatches from each city — what it felt like to build, teach, and dissolve a mandala with a community.
- Venerable Lobsang Donyoe at Lawa Khangtsen
- Lawa Khangtsen monks from Sera Jey monastery working together to create a colorful sand mandala
- Close-up view of an intricate Tibetan sand mandala in progress, with a monk working at the edge and detailed geometric p
- Overhead angled view of a vivid sand mandala, showing the central circular design, four palace-like gates, and large gre
- Masked dancers in colorful robes perform a ceremonial Lama Dance in a monastery courtyard.
- Close-up of a Lama Dance performer wearing a fierce blue mask and ornate robes.
- Masked Lama Dance performers move across a monastery courtyard before an audience.
- A skeleton-costumed dancer performs during a ceremonial Lama Dance.
- A horned masked dancer raises a drum during a Lama Dance under a bright blue sky.
- A skeleton-costumed Lama Dance performer holds a striped ritual stick.
- Masked dancers perform a Lama Dance before a large seated crowd.
- A masked Lama Dance performer stands in shadow, holding colorful ritual cloths.
- Two masked dancers leap in step during a ceremonial Lama Dance.
- Monks from Lawa Khangtsen at Sera Jey Monastery gather for a large group photo outside the monastery building.
- Large group of monks from Lawa Khangtsen at Sera Jey Monastery seated in front of the decorated temple entrance.
- Monks gather for a teaching inside a large monastery hall.
- Monks sit in rows for an outdoor debate at the monastery.
- Wide overhead view of monks gathered in the monastery courtyard.
- Venerable Lobsang Donyoe Working on a Sacred Sand Mandala
- Venerable Lobsang Donyoe Creating a Sand Mandala
- Portrait of Venerable Lobsang Donyoe
- Venerable Lobsang Donyoe Placing Colored Sand
- Close-Up of Venerable Lobsang Donyoe Creating the Mandala
- From left to right, Ven. Yeshe Gyaltso, Ven. Lobsang Donyoe, Ven. Lobsang Tsultrim, Ven. Tsering Dhondup, Ven. Tashi Lam
- From left to right, Ven. Tsering Dhondup, Ven. Tashi Lama, Ven. Lobsang Tsultrim, Ven. Yeshe Gyaltso (top), Ven. Lobsang
- From left to right, Ven. Tsering Dhondup, Ven. Lobsang Tsultrim, Ven. Tashi Lama, Ven. Lobsang Donyoe, Ven. Yeshe Gyalts
- Venerable Yeshe Gyaltso uses a traditional chak-pur tool to build a detailed sand mandala
- Portrait photo of Venerable Yeshe Gyaltso, Lharampa Geshe
- Venerable Tashi Lama uses a traditional chak-pur tool to create a beautiful sand mandala
- Venerable Tashi Lama Giving a Teaching
- Portrait of Venerable Tashi Lama Seated
- Venerable Tashi Lama in the Monastery Library
- Venerable Tashi Lama at Lawa Khangtsen
- Venerable Tsering Dhondup at Sera Jey monastery
- Venerable Tsering Dhondup uses a traditional chak-pur to skillfully create an ornate sand mandala
- Sera Jey Lawa Khangtsen monks working on sacred mandala artwork
- Lawa Khangtsen monk from Sera Jey building sand mandala
- Lawa Khangtsen monks from Sera Jey working together to build sacred mandala
- Lawa Khangtsen monks from Sera Jey working together to build sacred mandala
- Venerable Lama Tashi Lama with Lawa Khangtsen supporters at airport
- Peggy Callahan with friend
- Peggy Callahan introducing Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times.
- Venerable Lobsang Tsultrim at Lawa Khangtsen
- First grains in Seattle
2026-09-15
On the first morning in Seattle, the hall was quiet except for the soft scrape of metal funnels on sand. Visitors stood at a respectful distance, reading the posted viewing hours and photography note. By afternoon, the …