Mandalas (ROMANS FRANCAIS) (French Edition)

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Save to Collection Create your free account to use Collections Save and organize all the images you need for your projects with Collections. Share Collections to anyone by email or to other Shutterstock users. Where the flower lands assists in the determination of which tutelary deity the initiate should follow. Sand mandalas , as found in Tibetan Buddhism, are not practiced in Shingon Buddhism. Called the Gohonzon , it was originally inscribed by Nichiren , the founder of this branch of Japanese Buddhism , during the late 13th Century.

The Gohonzon is the primary object of veneration in some Nichiren schools and the only one in others, which consider it to be the supreme object of worship as the embodiment of the supreme Dharma and Nichiren's inner enlightenment. Mandalas have sometimes been used in Pure Land Buddhism to graphically represent Pure Lands , based on descriptions found in the Larger Sutra and the Contemplation Sutra.

The most famous mandala in Japan is the Taima mandala , dated to about CE. The Taima mandala is based on the Contemplation Sutra , but other similar mandalas have been made subsequently. Unlike mandalas used in Vajrayana Buddhism, it is not used as an object of meditation or for esoteric ritual. Instead, it provides a visual representation of the Pure Land texts, and is used as a teaching aid.

Also in Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, Shinran and his descendant, Rennyo , sought a way to create easily accessible objects of reverence for the lower-classes of Japanese society. This style of mandala is still used by some Jodo Shinshu Buddhists in home altars, or butsudan. One of several parallels between Eastern and Mesoamerican cultures, the Mayan civilization tended to present calendars in a mandala form.

The inclusion of the specific number could however relate to the 26, year cycle of the precession of the equinoxes. If so, this would indicate a remarkable awareness of these great cycles of time by this culture. Ultimately, the symbol was probably used for ritual purposes, and to measure the interval of a number of 9-month intervals like pregnancy, the cultivation time of some crops, and rituals that were performed at a day spacing each year, for example, spring and fall.

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Sometimes described as an authentic Mayan mandala, it is "inspired by" elements of the Tzolk'in wheel of time. The Sun Stone of the Aztec civilization was once believed to be their equivalent of a Tzolk'in calendar, but is now thought to be a ceremonial representation of the entire universe as seen by the Aztec religious class.

The earliest interpretations of the stone relate to its use as a calendar.

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Another aspect of the stone is its religious significance. One theory is that the face at the center of the stone represents Tonatiuh , the Aztec deity of the sun. It is for this reason that the stone became known as the "Sun Stone. Yet another characteristic of the stone is its possible geographic significance. The four points may relate to the four corners of the earth or the cardinal points.

The inner circles may express space as well as time. Lastly, there is the political aspect of the stone. It may have been intended to show Tenochtitlan as the center of the world and therefore, as the center of authority. He posits, for example, that 7 Monkey represents the significant day for the cult of a community within Tenochtitlan. His claim is further supported by the presence of Mexica ruler Moctezuma II 's name on the work. These elements ground the Stone's iconography in history rather than myth and the legitimacy of the state in the cosmos. Forms which are evocative of mandalas are prevalent in Christianity: The dromenon represents a journey from the outer world to the inner sacred centre where the Divine is found.

The Cosmati pavements , including that at Westminster Abbey , are geometric mandala-like mosaic designs from thirteenth century Italy.

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The Great Pavement at Westminster Abbey is believed to embody divine and cosmic geometries as the seat of enthronement of the monarchs of England. Similarly, many of the Illuminations of Hildegard von Bingen can be used as mandalas, as well as many of the images of esoteric Christianity , as in Christian Hermeticism , Christian Alchemy , and Rosicrucianism.

Alchemist, Mathematician and Astrologer John Dee developed a geometric symbol which he called the Sigillum Dei 'Seal of God' manifesting a universal geometric order which incorporated the names of the archangels , derived from earlier forms of the clavicula salomonis or key of Solomon.

The Layer Monument , an early 17th-century marble mural funerary monument at the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Maddermarket, Norwich , is a rare example of Christian iconography absorbing alchemical symbolism to create a mandala in Western funerary art. In Persian Islamic theosophy, each of us is a part of God.

We have been separated from our source like the rays of the sun and, we need to always keep in our mind that we have a divine light in us, which is the source of love. This light always shows us the right path to grow and find our way back to our source. Therefore, in Persian Shamseh motif which symbolizes the sun, there is a center which is the symbol of god or the source of energy. This small circle is surrounded by many other circles or polygons with the same center but in different sizes.

These circles are the light rays of the sun which symbolize every god's creature. Every creature tends to reach God, so the purpose of life is to reach back the source of energy which is mentioned as pure love in some references. Some of us are closer to our origin, while some of us have a long journey to reach it. As in Shamseh, some circles are smaller, therefore, closer to the center.

Shamseh motif was wildly applied during Safavid time in Iran. Safavid was one of the most important ruling dynasties of Iran in art, architecture, astrology, philosophy, and theosophy. An extraordinary example of Shamseh motif would be the tiling of the ceiling of Sheik Lotfollah mosque in Isfahan. Persian "Shamseh" motif painted on a copper plate. The art of hand painting and enameling is called "Meenakari" in Farsi. According to art therapist and mental health counselor Susanne F. Fincher, we owe the re-introduction of mandalas into modern Western thought to Carl Jung , the Swiss analytical psychologist.

In his pioneering exploration of the unconscious through his own art making, Jung observed the motif of the circle spontaneously appearing. The circle drawings reflected his inner state at that moment. Familiarity with the philosophical writings of India prompted Jung to adopt the word "mandala" to describe these circle drawings he and his patients made. In his autobiography, Jung wrote:. I sketched every morning in a notebook a small circular drawing, Only gradually did I discover what the mandala really is: Jung recognized that the urge to make mandalas emerges during moments of intense personal growth.

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Their appearance indicates a profound re-balancing process is underway in the psyche. The result of the process is a more complex and better integrated personality. The mandala serves a conservative purpose—namely, to restore a previously existing order. But it also serves the creative purpose of giving expression and form to something that does not yet exist, something new and unique. The process is that of the ascending spiral, which grows upward while simultaneously returning again and again to the same point.

Creating mandalas helps stabilize, integrate, and re-order inner life. According to the psychologist David Fontana , its symbolic nature can help one "to access progressively deeper levels of the unconscious, ultimately assisting the meditator to experience a mystical sense of oneness with the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises.

One of the most intense archaeological discoveries in recent years that could redefine the history of eastern thought and tradition of mandala is the discovery of five giant mandalas in the valley of Manipur made with Google Earth imagery. Located in the paddy field in the west of Imphal , the capital of Manipur, the Maklang geoglyph is perhaps the world's largest mandala built entirely of mud. The whole paddy field, locally known as Bihu Loukon , is now protected and announced as historical monument and site by the government of Manipur in the same year.

It covers a total area of around , The discovery of other five giant mandalas in the valley of Manipur is also made with Google Earth. The five giant mandalas, viz. Buddhist architecture often applied mandala as the blueprint or plan to design Buddhist structures, including temple complex and stupas. A notable example of mandala in architecture is the 9th century Borobudur in Central Java, Indonesia. It is built as a large stupa surrounded by smaller ones arranged on terraces formed as a stepped pyramid , and when viewed from above, takes the form of a giant tantric Buddhist mandala, simultaneously representing the Buddhist cosmology and the nature of mind.

The similar mandala plan design are also observable in Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.

Circular diagrams are often used in phylogenetics , especially for the graphical representation of phylogenetic relationships. Evolutionary trees often encompass numerous species that are conveniently shown on a circular tree, with images of the species shown on the periphery of a tree. Such diagrams have been called phylogenetic mandalas.

Mandalas can be found in early Buddhist art from the 14th and 15th centuries. Fashion designer Mandali Mendrilla designed an interactive art installation called Mandala of Desires Blue Lotus Wish Tree made in peace silk and eco friendly textile ink, displayed at the China Art Museum in Shanghai in November The pattern of the dress was based on the Goloka Yantra mandala, shaped as a lotus with eight petals.

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Visitors were invited to place a wish on the sculpture dress, which will be taken to India and offered to a genuine living Wish Tree. A diagramic drawing of the Sri Yantra , showing the outside square, with four T-shaped gates, and the central circle. Vishnu Mandala Traditionally found in Nepal. Painted 19th century Tibetan mandala of the Naropa tradition, Vajrayogini stands in the center of two crossed red triangles, Rubin Museum of Art. Mandala of the Six Chakravartins. Jain picture of Mahavira. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For other uses, see Mandala disambiguation.