EAU CLAIRE — Geshe Tsewang said that every part of the sand mandala has some sort of symbolism.
This is true even for their Green Tara Sand Mandala that Tsewang and several other Tibetan monks have worked throughout the week to create in the Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Business Education Center.
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