Mandala on the Yampa 2015

The Drepung Loseling monks on the loose in Steamboat Springs
The Drepung Loseling monks on the loose in Steamboat Springs.

 

About the 2015 Mandala: Green Tara

Final 2015 Mandala by George Fargo
Photo by George Fargo
The Drepung Loseling monks' Green Tara mandala in Library Hall, completed and destroyed on August 2, 2015.

The specific mandala that the monks created for Steamboat Springs in 2015 signified Green Tara. Green Tara is called upon for protection, health, happiness, wisdom, abundance and success for one’s life. Tara is the active principle of compassion, capable of bringing to fruition all activities, mundane or otherwise, that bring benefit to others as well as the principle female manifestation of enlightenment.