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Sipay Khorlo: The Wheel of Life

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Genre:   |  Director: Liz Smith
Length: 8 min  |  Country of Origin: USA

Lobsang Samten, formerly a Buddhist monk, practices the meticulous art of Tibetan sand painting as he visits Helena, Montana, to create an intricate mandala called the Sipay Khorlo or the Wheel of Life.

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