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Lobsang Gyaltsan (left) and Tenzin Thumb, monks from the Namgyal Monastery in New York, work on the Buddhist mandala for compassion they've spent the last month creating at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. The mandala will be dismantled in a special ceremony Thursday at noon. Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery celebrates Buddhist tradition with mandala dismantling ore than one mil- Mlion prayers will ascend into nature this Thursday during a spe- cial ceremony at the Cana- dian Clay and Glass Gallery. Durihg the noon-hour public event. a sand man- iiii'ibrrdrku'y) l,. ilj'ijjiltiNi,i) BY ANDREA BAILEY _fhrtv_ticl_e, SmjL I - fall show Oct. 29 - Oct. 30 at Bingemans 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm Tickets: $4 adult admission. children 12 and under free For two days. talented Canadian Artisans. Artists, Craftspeople, and Guilds will be displaying, demonstrating and selling their unique products THE RECORD dala - seen as a visual prayer and a symbolic uni- verse by Buddhists - that monks from the Namgyal Monastery in New York have spent more than one month creating. will be dismantled. "According to the End Mist culture, nothing is per- manent. Everything is in transition," said Virginia ARTS FOCUS "So when the mandala is complete, it's destroyed. giv- ing the sand to the four ele- ments and spreading the prayers all over the world." Eichhorn, the gallery's cura- tor, "With the mandala. every grain of sand contains a prayer. The project is part of the gallery's current exhibit Wheel of Time - Historical and Contemporary Bud- dhist Art and Artifacts, which runs now through Jan. 8. 2006. "The project started about four years ago," Eich- horn said, "lt's our way to continue reaching out to dif- ferent groups in the FINE AUTOMOBILE BODY AND PAINT Meticutous Restoration Original Paint mishes Unsurpassed Coision Repair nu! ALI-"I NC. 15 Centennial Dr. Kitchener Mercedes Benz Dealer Authorized Specializing In BMW PORSCHE JAGUAR MHEH MHEH Come home h, us ovary Wadi-“day whmtiRfirtiriiimcrE 578-2052 "We did that with two other exhibits this year - one on fairy tales for chil- dren and another on the First Nations - and we're now hoping to reach out to those who are involved with the Buddhist culture, as well as those who aren't familiar with it but want to find community. EXTENDED HOURS RN YOUR [UNVENIEIKE "mutiny t FIiday iht 27, 28 Ihmho Sunday, tht. 23 t (In 30, I2 noonVSpm 321 Weber St. N. Mon. "tit. Open mum-5pm We CARRY WIGS. Accessomss. MASKS. "new & DECORATIONS TOO? (lower level of Mr Srereo) out more." Eichhorn said the exhibi- tion features pieces of Bud- dhist customs from the 15th and 16th centuries. as well as artwork that was recently created for this event. "Traditions from cen- turies ago are still relevant Continued on page 13 ANDIEA BALE? PHOTO