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About Mandalas

Mandala is a Sanskrit word for "sacred circle." All cultures use mandalas - circular images - to convey the universal concepts that life is a cycle, that all things are one, and that the universe within and the universe without are reflections of each other.

Mandala images are evident in sh'viti (Kabbalistic meditative tools in the Jewish tradition), the rose windows of Christianity, the medicine wheel of Native American cultures, the yin-yang, the labyrinth, and, of course, the well-known Buddhist sand mandalas. Mandalas are powerful universal icons that portray a deep sense of oneness.

Mandalas are all around us. Spiderwebs, flowers, ladybugs, snails, tortoise shells, geodes, and hurricanes are examples of naturally occurring mandalas.

We play with mandalas: baseballs, basketballs, soccer balls, volleyballs, beach balls; dartboards and archery targets; ferris wheels and carousels.

We eat mandalas: pizzas, bagels, donuts. Cut open an orange, apple, or a cabbage, and you'll find a mandala.

We tell time with mandalas, and we chart our existence with mandalas. The galaxies, nebulae, and planets are mandalas; we live on a mandala called Mother Earth.

Mandalas permeate our lives on all levels. They remind us that really we are all one.