Cultural fusion
The Art of the Healing Buddha:
During the fall of 1998 the 5th grade students at Pocantico Hills School worked with Miss Ruth Weyland and Mrs. Terry Hongell to create a children guide to an exhibit of Tibetan Art. The children studied about Tibet and about Buddhism in order to understand more about the art works in the exhibit, “The Art of the Healing Buddha.”
We began by studying about Tibet, its people and its history. We studied about meditation and made Mandala’s. A Mandala is used in Hinduism and Buddhism. “A mandala is a source of meditation that the Tibetans use to show your soul and trying to get to the center or to show the universe and everything that is in it.”
On the outside there is lake of blood from people trying to get to the center. Then there is lighting for the people who crossed the Blood Lake. Then is the hunted gold mine. Most people run out of the hunted gold mine because they were scared. The explosives, they sense motion, then they explode. The temple is guarded by four guards at each entrance. Once inside the temple you try to find what you need. Something to drink…. PEPSI!
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