Buddhist (Tibetan/Vajrayana)
Mandala
In Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, the mandala ("circle" in Sanskrit) is a diagram of the universe and a map of true reality used as a focus for meditation; sand mandalas, created and then ritually dismantled, symbolize the impermanence of all phenomena.
Citation
Behrendt, Kurt. "Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024.
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