mandala
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A mandala is a geometric design, often circular or square, used in Buddhist art and practice that typically depicts spiritual figures and cosmic realms arranged in a structured pattern. Mandalas serve as visual representations of Buddhist cosmology and as meditation focuses to help practitioners deepen their spiritual understanding and practice.
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- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- Vajrayana
- Visualisation of Vajrayana teachings
- Mount Meru
- Wisdom and impermanence
- Five Buddhas
- Practice
- Offerings
- Theravada Buddhism
- Shingon Buddhism
- Nichiren Buddhism
- Pure Land Buddhism
- Bodhimandala
- Sand mandalas
- Western psychological interpretations
- In architecture
- In science
- In art
- In archaeology
- In politics
- In contemporary use
- Gallery
- See also
- Citations
- General sources
- Further reading
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A mandala (, ) is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction. In the Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Shinto it is used as a map representing deities, or especially in the case of Shinto, paradises, kami or actual shrines.