{"id":2195,"date":"2017-12-21T21:43:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T03:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:56:01","slug":"tibetan-mandalas-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/tibetan-mandalas-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan Mandalas (88)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2199\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/tibetan-mandalas-88\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2199\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2199\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach.jpg\" alt=\"Sand Mandala of World Peace by monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drepung Gomang Monastery, <em>Mandala of World Peace<\/em>, Miller Beach, Indiana, September 21, 2014. Photo by Lucas Livingston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tibetan Buddhist Mandalas (88, Ancient Art Podcast)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lP5fJhQ2DII?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2195 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/tibetan-mandalas-88\/img_2982\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2982-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sand Mandala of World Peace by monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/tibetan-mandalas-88\/img_2986\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2986-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sand Mandala of World Peace by monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/tibetan-mandalas-88\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sand Mandala of World Peace by monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/88-tibetan-mandala-miller-beach.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2199'>\n\t\t\t\tDrepung Gomang Monastery, <em>Mandala of World Peace<\/em>, Miller Beach, Indiana, September 21, 2014. Photo by Lucas Livingston.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Drepung Gomang Monastery<br \/>\n<em>Mandala of World Peace<\/em><br \/>\nSeptember 21, 2014<br \/>\nMiller Beach, Indiana<br \/>\nPhoto by Lucas Livingston, <a href=\"http:\/\/ancientartpodcast.org\/88\">ancientartpodcast.org\/88<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2206\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/tibetan-mandalas-88\/kalachakra-mandala-arija-large\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kalachakra-Mandala-arija-large-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Architectural model of the Kalachakra mandala\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kalachakra-Mandala-arija-large-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kalachakra-Mandala-arija-large-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kalachakra-Mandala-arija-large-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kalachakra-Mandala-arija-large.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arjia Rinpoche, <em>Architectural Model of the Kalachakra Mandala<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/researchdtmack.com\/mandalas.html\">researchdtmack.com\/mandalas.html<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2207\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/tibetan-mandalas-88\/151-1996-mandala\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/151.1996-Mandala-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"Tibetan Mandala\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/151.1996-Mandala-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/151.1996-Mandala-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/151.1996-Mandala-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/151.1996-Mandala.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tibetan Mandala, James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection in the Art Institute of Chicago (151.1996)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tibet<br \/>\n<em>Mandala<\/em><br \/>\n18th\/19th century<br \/>\nOpaque watercolor and gold on cotton and wood<br \/>\n35.2 x 35.2 x 5.4 cm<br \/>\nThe James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (151.1996)<br \/>\nFrom Pal, Pratapaditya, <u>A Collecting Odyssey<\/u>, 1997, fig. 210.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2208\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/tibetan-mandalas-88\/150-1996-mandala-yantra\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/150.1996-mandala-yantra-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"Tibetan Mandala\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/150.1996-mandala-yantra-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/150.1996-mandala-yantra-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/150.1996-mandala-yantra-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientartpodcast.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/150.1996-mandala-yantra.jpg 772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tibetan Mandala, James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection in the Art Institute of Chicago (150.1996)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tibet<br \/>\n<em>Mandala<\/em><br \/>\n18th\/19th century<br \/>\nOpaque watercolor and gold on wood<br \/>\n26.7 x 26.7 x 12.8 cm (10 1\/2 x 10 1\/2 x 5 in)<br \/>\nThe James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection (150.1996)<\/p>\n<p>Gallery label: Mandala, literally meaning &#8220;circle,&#8221; is a diagram of the spiritual universe that is used as a meditational device. The circle encloses a sacred area, into which the devotee enters via meditation. The only figures shown in this abstract mandala are the demons who inhabit the charnel ground within the circle of flames. The central hexagon is a yantra (a meditation device) that symbolizes the combination of masculine and feminine aspects, shown as two overlapping triangles. Their union induces cosmic harmony. 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