Sand Mandala Dissolution Ritual & Reception

DISSOLUTION RITUAL & RECEPTION
OCT 18, 2025 @ 2PM 

Witness the creation of a sand mandala on the U of A campus. The mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist ritual artform that helps viewers to envision enlightenment. Venerable Lama Losang Samten will create the intricate and colorful patterns of the mandala over the course of several days. When he is done, he will conduct a dissolution ritual at which the mandala will be destroyed as a meditation upon impermanence. 

The particular mandala to be created at U of A is the Kalachakra or “Wheel of Time,” regarded as an especially powerful tool for healing and transformation and transmitted to Buddhist practitioners across the world. 

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine

Lobby, 1502 E Mabel St.

All mandala events are FREE and open to the public:

For additional details on the mandala events, visit afot.org.

In partnership with the College of Humanities 2025 Tucson Humanities Festival and hosted by the University of Arizona: Center for Buddhist Studies, Health Humanities Hub, Department of Religious Studies & Classics, Department of East Asian Studies, and the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine