On Saturday, December 2, 2023, as the visiting Gaden Shartse Monks complete their week of sand mandala building and Tibetan blessing rituals at the Seaside Center for Spiritual Living in Encinitas with a theme of loving kindness, friendship, compassion, and world peace, Cardiff author and filmmaker Sharon Janis will offer a “Mandala Sanctuary Celebration of Divine Music, Peace, and Generosity,” event at 6 p.m., during which she will present her one-hour documentary film, “Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage Who Walked Her Talk,” with a short discussion about “Peace Pilgrim’s Timeless Wisdom in Today’s World.” This FREE program will include Kirtan chanting and other devotional singing by Sharon, who is also known by the Sanskrit name “Kumuda,” and will end with the monks’ Tibetan Buddhist Blessing with their traditional instruments.