Mandalas grace Grace Cathedral

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Lama Thogme, one of four Tibetan monks working on a sand ... Mike Kepka / The Chronicle

Lama Thogme, one of four Tibetan monks working on a sand mandala at Grace Cathedral, adds a detail to his fleeting masterpiece, which will be swept away just days after completion.

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Lama Thogme, one of four Tibetan monks working on a sand mandala at Grace Cathedral, adds a detail to his fleeting masterpiece, which will be swept away just days after completion.
Lama Thogme (center) with his fellow monks leads a prayer for peace at the cathedral.
Bakari Ziegler, 13, left, from Northern Lights school in Oakland, gets a lesson in making a mandala with colored sand from Lama Thogme.
Colored sand.
Lama Gelong Kelsang Rinpoche and Lama Lhundrup are part of a group of four Tibetan monks working on a sand mandala at Grace Cathedral.
A group of four Tibetan monks, Lama Dorje, Lama Thogme, Lama Gelong Kelsang Rinpoche and Lama Lhundrup work on a sand mandala at Grace Cathedral.
Joshua Kaniaru, 13, joins other students from Northern Light School who are learning how to create a mandala.
Lama Gelong Kelsang Rinpoche and Lama Thogme share grapes and tea during an afternoon break.

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