The mandala can be made ​​from precious stones, flowers, dry rice, colored stones or sand color. Where the sand, usually generated from the crushing of stones and is considered the most effective material because the material you require ingenious skill to create the mandala is the cost excellent detail. Because each grain of sand is loaded by the blessing of the whole process should probably sand mandala represents a huge repository of mental energy. Generally speaking, it is easy to get out of the sand mandala is placed in the square base molding. The entire content of it was limited in a large circle, which would be connected to form layers of concentric circles or squares on each class will have different symbol. Depending on the characteristics of each mandala will have its own unique icons. * Mandala has four ports surrounded by a square wall. Ports usually are interesting gatekeepers. The directions are indicated by separate colors. * The center is a large lotus with eight wings go about eight main directions. Each lotus can symbolize a household Buddhist meditation. It is possible that the Sanskrit words or syllables. Or only four North East South West is a Buddhist symbol. * Ring or ring in the center of the image of the Buddha image or symbol of the Buddha * The belt or outer circle, there may be many different belt such as: 1. Largest outer belt is usually found in 5 colors: Blue, white, red, yellow, and green are the elements of wisdom fire (Fire of wisdom), this belt also called typhoon belt Great Guard (Great Protective Cicrle). 2. Belt into the next round is called nowhere belt element contains a diamond fence interlocking gold panicles. 3. Tuesday from outer belt count to be called Belt Cemetery from the rings into the air and fire ring component, have documents that are 8 kinds of symbolic grave for eight states of consciousness that practitioners have to overcome, including a sense of eye, ear, billion, tongue, body, mind, ego, and sense of establishment. 4. Belt lotus symbolizes prayer. Many mandala without this ring of lotus petals but instead may be a component of the belt, belt land element is set to knit with other icons. The symbols are woven into a variety of settings such as the French wheel, the alphabet Sanskrit seed syllables, lions 8 foot drag vehicle with two Buddhist households, ... * The symbols icons some of them may be: - Diamond: Solid tank can not be broken, the light and radiate all the colors symbolizes the nature of the mind; -  Bell : The same material so, the symbol for the No - not the open borders make room for wisdom; - Diamonds panicle is a male character, a symbol of great compassion, bring awareness capability is not damaged. This icon can be derived from the Indian god of thunder, then turn into diamonds; -  French Wheel : symbolizes the Eightfold Path are: Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right network, the chief effort, mindfulness, and right concentration; - Lotus: symbolizes the Buddhist teachings, or dharma, is rooted in the big muddy but cleared toward the light and do not muddy turbid. Type the details of a port (East) and the wall of the mandala palace. Depending on the topic, each mandala may have details such as symbols of the mandala structure of such compassion. Color Meanings: If the shape and geometry are separate speeches, the colors also have meaning in the mandala. In a conventional mandala, the corners of the Palace of the mandala is divided into triangles should form a triangle with a color in five colors: white, yellow, red, green and dark blue. Each color refers to a position in the Buddha, meaning far more than 5 colors related to five human illusions. The illusions of this impeded the true nature of us, but through the practice, they can be transformed into the wisdom of the five Buddhas correspond, in particular: * White - Great Japanese Buddha (Vairocana) : The delusion of ignorance becomes the wisdom of reality; * Gold - Buddhist Bao Sinh (Ratnasambhava): Illusion of fame becomes the wisdom of one body; * Red - A-Di-Da Buddha (Amitabha) : The delusion of attachment becomes the wisdom of understanding; * Green - No No Buddhist Achievement (Amoghasiddhi): The delusion of jealousy becomes the wisdom of accomplishment. * Blue - A Buddhist Buddhist or Real Animal (Akshobhya): The delusion of anger becomes the mirror like wisdom. The icons from the mandala: mandala content rich in symbols related to many aspects of Buddhism and the traditional. Part of that sacred art to convey the teachings of the Buddha by Tibetan lamas. In addition to the meaning stated in the above we also see: Ring of Fire outermost symbol of a process the (mind) that he should be able to transform into the sacred area inside. The fire burned ignorance. The next ring diamond panicle characteristics (or thunder) represents the impossibility decomposition and clear. Following are eight types of grave are eight kinds of consciousness of their human bondage in samsara. Round Shower Activity (if there are usually 64 wings) represents rebirth. The structure is square palace residence of the Buddha's Household. The four ports can have different meanings such as: Four ideas of infinite kindness, compassion, sympathy and let go; four main directions of the square is the palace of the household Buddha images for each direction east-west North and South Center. Each qualified household Buddhist effort to overcome various sin as ignorance, hatred, greed. The center of the mandala is a Buddhist image of the household is usually placed on the heart. This focus represents the seed or the center of the universe has no size. In order to show characteristics of impermanence, after several days, creating sand mandala will be swept back and clean up often in the Tibetan tradition is brought down to the river or the sea to attach them to pray for the living water.


In addition, a sacred sand that is split for people to attend worship and destroy the mandala. This Cat is sometimes placed on top of the current account, put in a coffin before burial or cremation sites, with faith that he will soon going to be reborn. Before a lama may be allowed to participate in building a mandala, he must learn in a long time about the art and philosophy. All Tibetan lamas are required to learn how to build the mandala as part of the training. Learning process involves two layers of text to remembering names, lengths, and position of the baseline used to determine the basic structure of the mandala as well as the technical manual for paint and sprayed the sand. These documents however no description of each line and also does not specify every detail of the mandala, but rather it is used as a guidance note to complete the mandala form. The contents of the mandala is based on a special prayer. The implementation of the mandala must be practiced repeatedly to build it under the guidance of the experienced lamas. In case of the Dalai Lama, in particular Namgyal monastery, the period of this study lasted three years. The process of building the mandala will require patience to work for several days, sometimes weeks. During the process, each teacher received enough support to provide color in the sand when you take the responsibility to continue to work on the detailed framework has drawn on his part. The work must be carried out extremely carefully and pay attention. Once underway, the Lama is actually conveyed the teachings of the Buddha. Since the mandala contains the instruction of the Buddha to reach enlightenment, to purity of motives and to perfect their work to allow those who venerate the blessed life beneficial effects.

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