Sand mandalas.(Tibetan painting)

New Life Journal | October 1, 2005| | Copyright

The first viewing of the construction of a Buddhist sand mandala can often generate many reactions. but common to them all seems to be a sense that one is viewing something special, a paradoxical process combining the simplest of materials and some of the most intricate hand-crafted artwork one can imagine. Yet for all of its intrinsic beauty and harmony--and mandalas can assuredly be appreciated at this level alone---these works are also symbols of the highest aspirations of spiritual development for Buddhists seeking to escape the dualistic bonds of the (delusional) reality ...

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