Essays on Mandala

The Great Stupa is a famed Buddhist monument that resides in Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India. The textbook shows that it consists of a hemispheric dome made of rubble, dirt, and stone. Also, it is a mandala (meaning circle). On the top center, is a small...

Catfish and Mandala: A Two Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam was a very well written, insightful narrative by Vietnamese-American author Andrew “An” X. Pham. His stories consist of first hand accounts of life in Vietnam as a young boy, leaving Vietnam...

The “Yamataka Mandala,” made in 1991 in Tibet by the Monks of the Gyuto Tantric University, with its complex symbols and combination of primary colors expressing the principles of wisdom and compassion, played an important part in Buddhist culture. The Yamataka Mandala piece is mostly...