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Offerings

Hosts choose from these offerings to build each stop — peacemaking education first; sand mandala, sacred arts, talks, and more among the options.

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Sample five-day program

One way hosts have combined offerings into a multi-day residency — shown for planning, not as a fixed package.

Becoming a peacemaker by cultivating inner peace

A sacred sand mandala residency for peace, justice, compassion, and healing community

In this example, a host community welcomes the monks for several days centered on a peace mandala. Through sand mandala creation, meditation, mantra recitation, teachings, dialogue, and a screening of Mission: Joy, participants explore how compassion, forgiveness, joy, nonviolence, and reconciliation become living practices of peace.

Programs are offered in a spirit of interfaith respect and welcome people of all faith traditions, spiritual backgrounds, and life experiences. The monks' offering is sacred art, contemplative practice, and a living prayer for peace — not entertainment.

Core program elements in this example

  • Sacred sand mandala creation

    Over several days, the monks create a traditional Tibetan sand mandala grain by grain — a teaching on patience, interdependence, impermanence, compassion, and peace. Guests are invited to observe quietly throughout the day.

  • Daily meditation and mantra recitation

    Each morning begins with mantra, prayers, and meditation. Guests sit with the monks in silence, reflection, and shared intention for peace.

  • Teachings on inner peace and peacemaking

    Teachings on cultivating inner peace through compassion, patience, forgiveness, loving-kindness, nonviolence, and wisdom — in accessible language for people of all backgrounds.

  • Peace circles and community dialogue

    Guided reflection circles explore how peace is practiced in families, neighborhoods, faith communities, social movements, and places of conflict.

  • Mission: Joy film gathering

    An optional evening screening of Mission: Joy, featuring His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, followed by a guided reflection on joy, forgiveness, and spiritual friendship.

  • Dissolution ceremony

    The completed mandala is dissolved as a teaching on impermanence and generosity. Guests receive a small bag of blessed sand; remaining sand may be carried to water, symbolizing the spreading of healing and peace.

Typical daily rhythm in this example

These times are illustrative. Hosts and the monks adapt hours to your venue, audience, and volunteers.

TimeWhat's happening
10:00–11:00 AMMantra recitation and meditation — guests welcome to sit with the monks
11:00 AM–1:00 PMSand mandala creation and public viewing
1:00–2:00 PMLunch break
2:00–5:00 PMSand mandala creation and drop-in meditation — come and go quietly
5:00–6:00 PMClosing prayers and mantras

Day-by-day outline

Evening gatherings vary by host. Expand any day for details.

Day 1 — Arrival and opening ceremony

Opening the sacred space for peace

The monks arrive and prepare the mandala space with help from the host team. In the evening, an opening ceremony introduces the monks, blesses the mandala space, and begins the mandala with prayer, chanting, and dedication for peace, justice, and healing.

  • Afternoon: room setup, altar, seating, and public viewing flow
  • 6:00–7:30 PM: opening ceremony with welcome, introductions, and dedication
Day 2 — Cultivating inner peace

The foundation for compassionate action

The daily mandala rhythm continues. In the evening, a teaching introduces inner peace as the ground for compassionate action — not withdrawal from the world, but the strength to remain present, loving, and courageous in the face of suffering.

  • 6:30–8:00 PM: teaching on cultivating inner peace with short guided meditation
Day 3 — Joy, forgiveness, and spiritual friendship

Mission: Joy film gathering

After the daily mandala rhythm, guests gather for a screening of Mission: Joy. A reflection circle follows, inviting participants to consider how joy and forgiveness support peace and how spiritual friendship teaches healing across division.

  • 6:30–8:30 PM: film screening
  • 8:30–9:00 PM: guided reflection circle
Day 4 — Healing division and becoming peacemakers

Peace circle and community dialogue

An evening peace circle invites reflection on how inner peace becomes visible in daily and public life — listening as an act of peace, compassion during disagreement, forgiveness without denying harm, and nonviolence as courage.

  • 6:30–8:00 PM: peace circle with small-group sharing and written intentions placed near the mandala
Day 5 — Completion and dissolution ceremony

Impermanence, blessing, and sending peace into the world

Guests gather for final viewing of the completed mandala. The dissolution ceremony teaches impermanence, non-attachment, and generosity. Blessed sand is shared with guests; remaining sand may be offered to flowing water.

  • 2:00–3:00 PM: final viewing of the completed mandala
  • 3:00–4:00 PM: mandala dissolution ceremony with distribution of blessed sand

Evening gatherings in this example

  • Opening night — Opening ceremony: a sacred mandala for peace
  • Day 2 — Teaching: cultivating inner peace
  • Day 3 — Mission: Joy screening and reflection
  • Day 4 — Peace circle: becoming peacemakers in family and community
  • Final day — Mandala dissolution ceremony

Optional additions

A host may add a gratitude gathering on departure morning, a small donor or sponsor tea before or after an evening program, or other elements that fit the community. None of these are required.

Peace begins within the heart — and from there, it moves into families, communities, movements for justice, and the world.

This program is an invitation to practice peace, not a cultural performance. When you host, you and the monks choose which elements to include and how long the residency runs.

Co-create an educational residency with the monks — your venue, your public, your team's participation.

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