Students learn about Buddhism through sand mandalas

By Danielle Alio, Office of Communications on Oct. 27, 2014, noon
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In conjunction with the Dalai Lama's visit to Princeton this fall, students in Princeton's Forbes College have been learning about Tibetan Buddhism through sand mandalas. 

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