Please join us in welcoming the Drepung Monks back to Telluride. They will be opening the 40th anniversary festival with a special meditation on love & peace open to all festivarians as they begin the creation of a large mandala sand painting. The Drepung Monks powerful presence will be woven throughout all 4 days of the festival’s tapestry culminating in a profound main stage set on Sunday morning…
Learn more about the Drepung Monks at http://www.mysticalartsoftibet.org
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Awesome…thanks!!
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This is a nice surprise! I was a huge fan of their set last time and loved getting to watch them create their Mandala. Very good work, guys!
Great call and way to go on doing the right thing, Planet Bluegrass!
Cool! I definitely want to see these guys, and I’ve always wanted to see one of those sand paintings. I’ll miss having a gospel set, but maybe I can get up to the Mtn. Village to confess my multitude of sins at early church at St. Michael’s (assuming I didn’t consume too much crunchy frog and yucca the night before - ha!) and make it back down to the festival in time to see the Monks do their thing. Best of both worlds! 
:thumbsup Sweet, thanks Planet Bluegrass! :cheers
I am so excited for this!! I was so inspired the last time they were here! It was such an amazing experience having them woven into the 4 days. Can. Not. Wait!!
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Thank you, Planet Bluegrass. Sunday morning is back to Excellent :medal
I posted this over on FB but I’m just so happy about your decision over there I wanted to share here too.
The river ceremony during the monks last visit was one of the most wonderful experiences I’ve ever had in Telluride, and that’s saying a lot because there have been so very many over the last twenty years. As I stood 20 feet downstream meditating on the idea of all the love and intention for peace they poured into that mandala so carefully over the course of days being poured by plastic cup (sacred even in the profane) to spread to all the world through the waters of the San Miguel and beyond is awesome, powerful and lasting. The winds lifting prayer flags and taking the same message everywhere to everyone is the same concept. I have always felt like we are all, as individuals, doing a similar thing when we bring back all the goodness of those days together and add them to the vibrations of our lives all over this country and even world. I simply cannot imagine a more appropriate response to the ugliness of hate. Planet people, thank you. You are incredible!
Yes! What Kym said!
One of my all time favorite sights was one of the monks joining a hacky sack circle and the ecstatic welcome he received. That’s the spirit right there.
Great decision, PB. Keeping Michelle would have been ugly and disrespectful, and the monks’ vibe is a polar opposite to that. I loved the monks weekend long involvement in the festival in 2010, and even got the chance to meet them on the Monday after festival at a gas station a few hours out of Telluride - they are great people. I’m very excited for this year’s festival.
Excellent news…well done PB!
One of the most memorable experiences I had was when they offered the Mandala to the river. This will once again be powerful! Thanks PB.
:thumbsup :thumbsup Yes, Thank you for making my day. This is great news. I cant wait to see them again. :thumbsup :thumbsup
Nicely played, PB. A time for reflection on Sunday morning has been wonderfully restored :medal