Mandala

The word Mandala means circle and refers about a circular or square structure with a symbolic center, which was originally used in religious context. There are different possibilities to create a Mandala, one is to paint it or to built it with colored sand on the floor or on a table, the other one is to built a mandala in your mind. Mandalas bring positive energy and healing to the people, who see them. The Buddha introduced the mandalas. Every Mandala teaches his lesson and there are a lot of different mandalas and lessons.

In the beginning of mandala ceremony the lama call the Buddha and the monks perform dances in special dresses. Before they start to put the sand with metal funnels from the inside to the outside they draw the planed design on a wooden plate.

When the mandala is completed the monks pray for healing and good karma in a ceremony. Than a monk stars the destruction of the mandala to show that nothing in life lasts forever. After the entire ceremony the sand is put into an urn with water.