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UB proudly sponsors a year of events
The 14th Dalai Lama at the University at Buffalo
Promoting peace across borders through education
A Year of Events
September 19
Distinguished Speakers Series Lecture
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will deliver a major address on the theme of promoting peace across borders through education. | Details
September 18
Center for 21st Century Music Inaugural Concert
The Music of Philip Glass
Music inspired by Tibetan Buddhism with famed composer Philip Glass | Details
Exhibits
Wednesday, September 6 through Sunday, November 26
Rose Mandala—3 Jewels by Chrysanne Stathacos
The Rose Mandala is a temporal performance/installation that explores the ephemeral process of change and mortality within transient time using roses as the vehicle. | Details
Exhibit Opening
Consecration ceremony for the sand mandala painting
The monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery
Saturday, September 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
UB Art Gallery
Consecration ceremony for the sand mandala painting, conducted by the monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery at the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts (CFA); gallery open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for visitors to observe creation of the mandala and view other Tibetan exhibits in the gallery, including masterworks on loan from the Ruben Museum in New York and a School of Architecture and Planning exhibit of models and photos of a unique Tibetan school with a design based on the mandala. The sand mandala exhibit will be open to the public until a deconstruction ceremony at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 19, UB's Special Day of Learning.
Events:
Saturday, September 16, 10:00 a.m.
Consecration ceremony for the sand mandala painting (viewable via live feed in the Center for the Arts atrium) | Details.
Tuesday, September 19, 11:00 a.m.
Sand mandala deconstruction ceremony (viewable via live feed in the Cetner for the Arts atrium) | Details.
For more information visit:
UB Art Galleries online |Go.
Monks to construct sand painting: Mandala being created in CFA in conjunction with Dalai Lama’s visit to UB |Go.
Cost: Free