Personal Mandala "A Permanent Abode of Enlightened Beings"

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Personal Mandala"A Permanent Abode of
Enlightened Beings"

• AP Literature - Matteson

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What is a Mandala, you ask?

• Mandala any of various geometric designs
  (usually circular) symbolizing the universe used
  chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to
  meditation 

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Temporary Sand Mandala

• Tibetan monks create impermanent mandalas as an
  act of meditation. When theyve completed the
  mandala, they sweep it up and release the sand
  into a moving body of water to spread the
  mandalas blessings.

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• Chenrezig Sand Mandala created at the House of
  Commons of the United Kingdom on the occasion of
  the Dalai Lama's visit in May 2008

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Personal Mandalas
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What is a Personal Mandala?

• In the West, mandala is used to refer to the
  "personal world" in which one lives, the various
  elements of the mandala or the activities and
  interests in which one engages, the most
  important being at the centre of the mandala and
  the least important at the periphery. Depicting
  one's personal mandala in pictorial form can give
  one a good indication of the state of one's
  personal or spiritual life.

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Your Assignment

• You will create your own personal mandala. You
  may use any artistic medium you wish, but the
  overall effect must resemble the examples Ive
  shown you today. The basic idea of the personal
  mandala is that at the center of your circle is a
  symbolic representation of what is most important
  to you. Then, generally, in concentric circles,
  radiating from the center will be the other
  elements of your life, ranging in importance from
  most to least as each circle stretches farther
  and farther from your center.
• You will be given a note card on which you will
  explain your mandala. It will be attached to
  your final product and hung on my wall. We will
  present our mandalas Friday, and I will only be
  able to give you part of class Wednesday to work
  on these.

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A few more examples
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