223. 24 K Gold Buddha Mandala Thangka (Thanka). Free Brocade / Free Shipping.

Buddha Mandala In Tibetan Buddhist practice, mandalas represent the pure and sacred space consecrated by the power of a buddha or other deity. Through concentrated meditation on the mandala, a monk learns information about the deity that is conveyed in the art. Beyond this, he strives to “enter” the mandala, not only invoking the qualities of the deity, but internalizing them himself. A mandala is a representation of the cosmic, the universe, in a circular pattern which leads to a central point. As such, it is a symbol or wholeness, of beginning and end. In Buddha mandala, the circles represent levels of the cosmos, the levels may have gates, which lead into the center of the mandala. The mandala is used as an external expression to help find the universe within. Often, the mandala incorporates symbols or physical representations of the Buddha to show the transition of the spiritual journey. It’s conferred based on the symbolic mandala world in which the Buddha-figure, or a set of Buddha-figures lives – that’s the mandala of Shakyamuni Buddha. It’s their world that they live in, and it’s conferred on the basis of a representation of that world. And the mandala consists of what’s called a supporting mandala – that’s the palace and the environment – and the supported mandala, that’s the set of all the figures that live in it. It’s both. A deity system is not just one figure; there’s many of them in the mandala. On the basis of this painting then we impute and imagine a whole three-dimensional world. When they say, “Now you enter the mandala,” it’s not that now you become a two-dimensional being and you’re walking on this paper. We’re imagining a three-dimensional world – huge, enormous – and it’s just based on this drawing that it’s imputed. So, this is the type of mandala that we usually see, these paintings. Very many people have the mistaken notion that you visualize these two-dimensional designs. Nobody visualizes these two-dimensional designs, so everyone visualizes three-dimensional buildings on this two-dimensional picture. It’s merely like an architect’s blueprint for the building. If any of you are familiar with science, it’s a little bit like a hologram. For a hologram you have a two-dimensional film that contains all the information of a three-dimensional image, and if the light hits that film in a certain way, you get a three-dimensional hologram, just like that. Based on this two-dimensional film having all the information – like the measurements and so on, and the design of the three-dimensional building – then with your mind, you make a mental hologram of the universe. Then it’s quite clear that it’s like an illusion, and the vividness of this three-dimensional world. Size: Size without Brocade: 16 inches by 21 inches Shipping: We ship within 2 business day. DHL Shipping: 5 to 8 business days with tracking number. Insurance against loss. We do wholesale too. Our one and only priority in this business is to provide "Hassle free Customer Satisfaction". We have "Quality Products" with "Cheapest Price" in the market. Please contact us to resolve any issues. Contact us via email before leaving any negative or neutral comments. We promise you that we will resolve any issues. Please confirm the return address with us before returning the product.