Mandala
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title:
Mandala
text:
A mandala is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction. In the Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Shinto it is used as a map representing deities, or especially in the case of Shinto, paradises, kami or actual shrines.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala
date created:
2002-09-11T20:04:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T06:41:57Z
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