Gwen Pratesi is an avid travel adventurer and beachgoer who lives less than a mile from the ocean in Amelia Island, Florida.

Tenzin Yignyen constructed a sand mandala from millions of grains of colorful sand at MassArt. After it is completed, it is wiped away, placed in a jar, and released in a river as a teaching on ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks visited San Luis Obispo this week to create a colorful sand mandala. Visiting from the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialects in India, the monks started building the mandala ...

Tibetan monks created a colorful sand mandala in San Luis Obispo, California. See photos and video of the art.

In the midst of conflict at Clark College, a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks worked quietly in the Cannell Library. Their tools were long, thin cones, and their paints, vibrantly colored sand dyed ...

On Tikehau, pink and white sand beaches surround a gorgeous oval-shaped, emerald-colored lagoon. Located about an hour away ...

Dalai Lama Two monks apply sand to the colorful mandala at the New Castle Public Library. In the background is a portrait of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Then their ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks visited San Luis Obispo this week to create a colorful sand mandala. Visiting from the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialects in India, the monks started building the mandala ...