Monks to create, destroy mandala at museum

One of the most popular events at the Birmingham Museum of Art returns Sunday when Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery create a sand mandala painting in view of the public.

Monks to create, destroy mandala at museum

The Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery will create and destroy a sand mandala to symbolize the impermanence of being in a weeklong ceremony at the Birmingham Museum of Art.

Prominent Asia rights “champion” dies

The cause of human rights in Asia has lost a “champion” activist in Mike Jendrzejczyk, who colleagues left an unfillable “void” after his death at the age of 53. Human Rights Watch, his employer for 13 years

Switzerland pledges to work with the US

The government says it is ready to work closely with the United States on a whole range of international issues despite tensions raised by the war in Iraq. A senior foreign ministry official on a visit to Washington stressed Switzerland’s