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[glossolalia]

As part of the activities surrounding His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Emory University, there is a 24 hour live webcam of the construction of a sand mandala of Chenrezig.

Take a look here.

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[scarlet_lemon]

Thank you! I would love to drive to Atlanta, alas work will not allow it. Now I can feel a little closer. It's neat knowing he's only 2 hours from here right now. :)

[rhonan]

When do they actually start making the mandela?

[liminal_space]

sorry for barging in, but....i was wondering the same thing myself! after lookin' around the site, it appears as if the fun begins tomorrow!

http://dalailama.emory.edu/events/index.html#mandala

i can hardly wait to watch!

[liminal_space]

thanks so much for sharing this information! i'm all atwitter. :)

Super long personal comment go!

[deleriumd]

I told my mother about this entire exchange and she got this really sad look in her eyes, I'm only 23, and before I was born she was a special education teacher and this was when Autism was pretty 'brand new' so to speak

Re: Super long personal comment go!

[glossolalia]

Thank you very much.

I am in the internal process of becoming a Buddhist, myself. I was a VERY BAD Buddhist today. Right speech, anyone? ;-)

Re: Super long personal comment go!

[deleriumd]

Ahh but you weren't really, while you did get angry, you did not actually go out and hurt anyone, and you've also learned that you have an area within you that can be worked on to achieve peace and serenity.

That and we are all human, and have not achieved enlightenment, to compare ourselves to his holiness and Gautma, Maitreya or Kuan Yin is a folly because we will always fail and become disenfranchised.

It takes a long time to let go of those feelings which make us quick to anger because they have such personal roots, and there is no shame in anger itself, so long as you control it and don't let it consume you or react upon it.