The photos and video on view at this site, were captured at the California Museum of Art (Santa Rosa, CA), at the Albuquerque Museum (Albuquerque, New Mexico) and at the Palace of the Governor in Santa Fe (New Mexico) in 2002.The demonstrations were part of a fund raising effort to support the continuation of the Gaden Shartse Monastery in Katmandu and the Drepung Loseling Monatery in India.

For a more complete description of the Kalachakra Initiation and Sand Mandala refer to the Dalai Lama's book. "The Kalachakra Tantra" (London, Wisdom Publications,1985).All photographs on this site copyright © Melitta Tchaicovsky. They may not be copied or published without written permission.

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