Currently on display at the Rubin Museum of Art are eight mandalas. As you ascend the 2nd to 4th floors, you meet:
Mandala of Guhyasamaja
Mandala of Chandra
Mandala of Amoghapasha
Naga Mandala Assembly
Guhyasamaja Manjuvajra Mandala
Medicine Buddha Mandala
Lotus Mandala of Hevajra (3-dimensional)
Mandala of Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Mandala of Chandra
Let’s analyse these in terms of their rotational mandala classifiers. For example, the Lotus Mandala and the Mandala of Chandra are built around the submandala <8>, while the others use <4>. What other common submandalas and features do they have? What are the differences between them?
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ra088218 // Mar 5th 2013 at 12:03 am
. Madala has a spiritual meaning in Buddhism. It is regarded as place of peace separated from the impure world. Mandala consists of circles with center point, and square. In the Rubin Museum we saw different types of Mandala. One of the Mandala was Chandra which has a square and four circle with big mandala in the center, surrounded by many other mandalas in each circle. The main colors are red, green, and yellow