User talk:Lilybillow/Mandala

Hey there! After our conversation today, I thought of a couple of resources that might be useful. All of these are available via the library digitally, or are open access on external websites.

One additional place to find some start info could be here: Matthew T. Kapstein, Tibetan Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). Mandalas are mentioned several times (not necessarily sand mandalas), but the religious background could be useful.

In addition to the Rubin Museum of Art, check out also the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Collection Database for mandala and the Timeline of Art History.

A colleague suggested this book: Alex Wayman, The Buddhist Tantras: Light on Indo-Tibetan Esotericism (New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1990).

For sand mandalas specifically, this looks like a good resource in English: Barry Bryant, The wheel of time sand mandala: visual scripture of Tibetan Buddhism (San Francisco: Harper, 1992).

There is a 26-minute documentary from 2002 about the production of sand mandalas titled “Sand painting: sacred art of Tibet.” You have access to this via Temple Libraries (sign in using your ID).

For the architecture section, it might help to include a few concrete examples. The ones that I can think of are Borobudur on Java and the stupa (the famous one is the Great Stupa at Sanchi).

There's a short entry on Borobudur here.

Hope these help. Good luck! Josephrkopta (talk) 21:26, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi there– I've just left an instructor review for you on your proposed modification. You can find it here: User:Lilybillow/Mandala/Josephrkopta_Peer_Review Well done! Josephrkopta (talk) 12:25, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Review of your page!
Hi Lily! Great start! I added a review for you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lilybillow/Mandala/Artylearner_Peer_Review - Caroline Artylearner (talk) 19:42, 15 July 2021 (UTC)Artylearner

Greetings! Here is the review for you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lilybillow/Mandala/Yayun_Zheng_Peer_Review

--Yayun Zheng (talk) 02:52, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

In Architecture
Buddhist architecture often applied mandala as the blueprint or plan to design Buddhist structures, including temple complex and stupas.[citation needed] A notable example of mandala in architecture is the 9th century Borobudur in Central Java, Indonesia. It is built as a large stupa surrounded by smaller ones arranged on terraces formed as a stepped pyramid, and when viewed from above, takes the form of a giant tantric Buddhist mandala, simultaneously representing the Buddhist cosmology and the nature of mind.[39] Other temples from the same period that also have mandala plans include Sewu, Plaosan and Prambanan. Similar mandala designs are also observable in Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.

The great stupa is another example of mandalas in architecture is the Great stupa in Sanchi, India. It is a large hemispherical dome surrounded by stone railing with a shrine in the center. the stupa is supposed to represent the cosmos. this stupa holds Buddhist relics, some of the earliest relics were portions of the buddha's ashes.