MANDALA
mandala (noun)
pronounced man·da·la (mŭn'də-lə)
1) Chi; Center.
2) Magic diagram.
3) Inner mystical states, Zen, Nirvana.
4) Directly translated, mandala means
the "Palace of God".
5) Sacred pattern symbolizing harmony, totality, the universe.
6) The word comes from the sanskrit & means sacred circle, symbolizing the womb of creation.
7) Symbol of innate harmony and perfection of Being, representing the effort to reunify the self.
8) Artistic representation of the cosmos, a focus for meditation.
9) Representation of a universe with a deity's palace at the center.
10) A point of concentration in Tantric Buddhism.
11) Circular diagram or sacred circle which represents the unfolding of the cosmos.
12) A microcosm of the universe from the standpoint of man.
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