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ing the Mandala of Com- passion to life through his meditative and breathtak- ing artistic process. “Man- dalas are healing for an individual’s body, speech, mind and the environ- ment,” Losang explains. The Mandala of Compas- sion features the Buddha of Compassion whose name, Chenrezig, means unconditional love to all beings. “In response to mes- sages, acts and policies of hatred and greed in our contemporary world -- messages, acts and poli- cies that endanger indi- viduals, families and communities,” explains Toni Shapiro-Phim, the Folklore Project’s Director of Programs, “the Phila- delphia Folklore Project requested that Losang cre- ate this particular design. The nurturing of compas- sion is one potent way to counter these assaults on dignity and safety.” Losang Samten is an artist, a teacher of medita- tion and spiritual director of the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia. He escaped from Tibet in 1959 to Nepal, along with his father, mother, and sister. He eventually settled in Dharamsala, India, where he studied at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, and, later, at Namgyal Monas- tery. At the monastery, he earned a Master’s Degree in Philosophy and Debate, became a scholar of Sutra and Tantra, and also stud- ied mandala-making. A mandala is an intri- cate diagram of the uni- verse or cosmos, in sacred terms. Buddhists and Hin- dus in South and South- east Asia built temples as mandalas. Tibetan man- dalas have been popular since around the 12th cen- tury, and the small-scale painted ones were espe- cially loved for individual meditation. Some were painted on temple walls, while most were done on scrolls. Over the centuries, Tibetan monks created different mandalas with complex iconography, each with a different pur- pose, such as for healing, or to emphasize compas- sion, and so on. On Friday, April 27th, Losang will preside over a dismantling ceremony during which the man- dala he so meticulously


and beautifully created is ritually swept into a glass vase, and then transported to a body of water, where the sand is returned to nature. Please join Losang for this partic- ipatory event.


Losang Samten in Residence


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lore Project has, for more than a quarter of a cen- tury, been sustaining vital and diverse living cultural heritage in communi- ties in our region through collaborative projects, research, documentation and education.


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Funding for this pro- gram comes from The National Endowment for the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Phila- delphia Cultural Fund, The Samuel Fels Fund, Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and individ- ual Philadelphia Folklore Project members.


ence of his wife’s family, which immigrated to the United States from South Korea, as dual inspira- tions for entering public service. “We witnessed first- hand what somebody can accomplish if they work hard, they persevere, and if they get lucky,” Curry said of his mother. He painted a picture of a government that has not been as effective in help- ing struggling citizens as it had been in the past. Roebuck touted his incumbency as a major asset for the district. In a legislature dominated by Republicans, Roebuck has discovered a valuable alternative currency in Harrisburg: seniority. “It took me, I think, two terms to even get on the Education committee,” he said. “I’ve tried to bring about equity in education, and I’ve built alliances across party lines.” Jenkins posed a ques- tion to all of the candi- dates about the possibility of passing gun regula- tions in Harrisburg. Settles answered by


sharing her deeply per- sonal experience with guns. “My son was mur- dered by people who had illegal guns,” she said. Settles supports gun


control legislation and lamented the widespread accessibility of weapons, many of which are pur- chased illegally.


on regulations that have widespread support. These include closing background check loop- holes and attacking straw purchases of weapons. This strategy, he pre- dicted, would compel gun-friendly legislators to make difficult choices. “You need to make people take unreasonable positions and hold them to it,” said Curry. Meanwhile, Roebuck touted his “zero” rat- ing from the NRA and expressed his own sup- port for restrictions on gun purchases. However, he highlighted the diffi- culty of getting any sort of measure passed in Harrisburg.


pro-gun. Some Republi- cans are anti-gun. It cuts across both parties,” Roe-


continued on page 8 “Many Democrats are Curry wants to focus


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