What is a Mandala?
The word “Mandala“ (language: Sanskrit) means: “What encircles a center.“
It is a symbolic circular structure with a center – a two-dimensional, abstract description. Originally the Mandala was used in a religious purpose (Re-ligio = reconnection with the source).
The abstraction of a Mandala leads to a deeper mental concentration and has an effect on the subconscious. Certain parts of the psyche are touched and stimulated through colour and form.
“Attachement to the ego“ (in Buddhism, the cause of all suffering) is considered to diminish while considering the symbolic abstraction.
Mandalas are common in Hinduism, in Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism, but are also found in Native American cultures. An orbital symbolism shows up as well in African cultures, old Nordic cultures and several other indigenous, shamanic traditions.
What is a Mandala?
The word “Mandala“ (language: Sanskrit) means: “What encircles a center.“
It is a symbolic circular structure with a center – a two-dimensional, abstract description. Originally the Mandala was used in a religious purpose (Re-ligio = reconnection with the source).
The abstraction of a Mandala leads to a deeper mental concentration and has an effect on the subconscious. Certain parts of the psyche are touched and stimulated through colour and form.
“Attachement to the ego“ (in Buddhism, the cause of all suffering) is considered to diminish while considering the symbolic abstraction.Mandalas are common in Hinduism, in Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism, but are also found in Native American cultures. An orbital symbolism shows up as well in African cultures, old Nordic cultures and several other indigenous, shamanic traditions.
Story of the Developement of these Mandalas
During meditation pictures showed up in my mind’s eye which resembled the form of Mandalas.
In the beginning my only wish was to collect and externalize these inner pictures in order to remember them. Before this time, I wasn’t aware of the “Art of Mandala“ and I never planned to draw such designs.
Quite unusally, the technique of drawing was different than my normal drawing style. Therefore, now and then, my drawing was accompanied by a feeling that this artwork was not being created by myself alone... Even it perhaps sounds strange to some of you, I would like to thank the “Spiritual World“ for its teaching, support and assistance in this place.
More and more of those inner pictures arose inside me during meditation on different themes, and I tried to transport them from the inside to the outside as accurately as possible.