MR2029 Dissolving the mandala

In the mountainous valley of Bumtang, in Bhutan, two Tibetan Lamas (Yangsi Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche) and a group of Bhutanese monks have gathered on a rock by the river at the end of a ceremony that has lasted nine days and nine nights without interruption. Having created the ritual mandala using colored powders, they are now preparing to scatter the powders in the river. By dissolving the mandala in this way they are symbolizing the ephemeral nature of all things. June 2006. Purchase online a professional quality photographic print, signed by the hand of Matthieu Ricard, buddhist monk, photographer and author. He has also been the French interpreter of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama since 1989. Some of the photographs in his collection are printed in limited edition, signed, numbered and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.