Tashi Delek, Minnesota!

Center for Art and Dance

This exhibition presents photos and videos depicting the public life of Tibetan Minnesotans, in conjunction with "Gateway to Himalayan Art" in the Flaten Art Museum.

Free

Gateway to Himalayan Art

Center for Art and Dance Flaten Museum

This exhibition at the Flaten Art Museum introduces the main forms, concepts, meanings, and religious traditions of Himalayan art with objects from the collection of the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art.

Free

Avalokiteśvara Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala

Center for Art and Dance Groot Gallery

From Tuesday, September 30 to Saturday, October 4, between 10 a.m.–5 p.m., four Buddhist monks from the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery in Minneapolis will assemble a sand mandala depicting Avalokiteśvara, the Buddha of Compassion, in Groot Gallery. Visitors are invited to observe the mandala’s creation from the ground level or the overlook on level […]

Free

Sand Mandala Consecration Ceremony

Center for Art and Dance Groot Gallery

All are invited to attend a 15-minute consecration ceremony as the monks of Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery offer prayers and rituals to purify and bless the site where they will create a sand mandala depicting Avalokiteśvara, the Buddha of Compassion. This event is presented in conjunction with the Flaten Art Museum's fall exhibition Gateway […]

Free

Sand Mandala Dissolution Ceremony

Center for Art and Dance Groot Gallery

From Tuesday, September 30, to Saturday, October 4, the monks of Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery will assemble a sand mandala depicting Avalokiteśvara, the Buddha of Compassion, in Groot Gallery. At the conclusion of the sand mandala's creation, all are invited to a dissolution ceremony and procession to the Cannon River. Guests are invited to […]

Free

Tibetan Medicine: Intersection of Ethics, Philosophy, and Healing

Regents 150

All are invited to a lecture with Tenzin Namdul, TMD, PhD, on the topic of Tibetan Medicine: Intersection of Ethics, Philosophy, and Healing. The lecture will take place in Regents Hall of Natural Science 150. Dr. Namdul is a University of Minnesota Assistant Professor and Director of the Tibetan Healing Initiative. This lecture is presented […]

Free