![Nuns from Jangchub Choeling Nunnery in Mundgod, South India, begin the creation of the Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala at the Peter J. Gomes Chapel in Lewiston, Maine, as part of the Jangchub Jamtse Tour, on June 24, 2024. The mandala is part of the Jangchub Jamtse Tour and aims to generate positive energy and mend physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental ailments.The event is open to the public until June 28, 2024. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)](https://www.bates.edu/news/wp-content/blogs.dir/174/files/2024/06/4x6_-400x267.webp)
In Gomes Chapel, a Buddhist healing ritual grows, one grain o…
Created in Gomes Chapel this week by Tibetan nuns, the colorful, exquisite sand mandala will be dissolved into Lake Andrews, but its healing energy will remain.
Context A residential college needs a modern, well-functioning, comfortable place where students can connect
Concepts The new facility will incorporate a “servery” that clusters nine themed stations into a sort of critical mass of temptation
Facts and features Architect, location, features
Visualizations Envisioning the new Dining Commons
Slide show: Upstairs, downstairs Before moving ahead, Bates took a look at the culture of Bates dining
Video: ‘Commons: Where Bates Connects’ Dining Services currently dishes up 4,000 meals a day in Commons and caters another 5,000 events annually. Clearly, as Dean of Students Tedd Goundie says, “Bates people have a great affinity for gathering and being with each other”
The new dining Commons opens, Feb. 25, 2008 About 1,000 Bates people put the new dining Commons to the test over dinner on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008