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a universe drawn in circles, then swept away to prove nothing lasts
means A geometric, usually circular design that represents the cosmos or a sacred whole, used as a focus for meditation in Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
from From Sanskrit maṇḍala, meaning simply 'circle' or 'disc.' The word carried into Buddhist and Hindu ritual as the name for these cosmos-in-a-circle diagrams, and traveled into English through scholars of Indian religion. The root sense is humble — a ring — but the practice piled the whole universe inside it.
- sand version
- Monks destroy days of work in minutes deliberately
- name origin
- Sanskrit for circle, simply and literally
- jung's take
- He saw them as maps of the psyche
- in the body
- Found in flowers, snowflakes, and eye irises
- meditation tool
- Tracing the center quiets a restless mind
rangoli — colorful powder mandalas created during diwali festivals across india, made fresh daily and destroyed as ritual
sand mandala — intricate buddhist mandalas created by tibetan monks over weeks, then ceremonially swept away
borobudur — 8th-century buddhist temple in java, indonesia, built as a giant mandala visible from above