Instruments used by Tibetan Buddhist monks to create "The Compassionate Sand Mandala for World Peace" wait to be used at the National Cathedral in Washington October 16, 2007. The monks are from the Dalai Lama's personal Namgyal Monastery, and created the sacred mandala to coincide with the Dalai Lama's visit to Washington. The mandala represents a Buddha's divine place of residence and its creation and destruction is to symbolize the Buddhist concept of the impermanence of things and the importance of non-attachment. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)