Buddhist art

[Mainframeguy]

I was in IRC and this came up - thought I would share it, it's quite something when you think about it.

 

[Khayman]

hope no one sneezes

 

[Xie]

hope no one sneezes

If you look in this section they brush it all off

 

[Khayman]

If you look in this section they brush it all off

Yeah, it says they planned to d it at the beginning of the article also
the monks will dismantle the mandala and deposit the sand in a body of water. This process symbolizes the transience of life and the ideal of nonattachment to the material world.
Its obvious when you think about

 

[Electronic Punk]

thats awesome.

 

[NerdUprising]

that is beautiful - a few years ago, when this was done, rather than disrupting it themselves, they had a group of children come in and do it, to symbolize the fleetingness of life and the need for younger generations to destroy the dogmas of the old

stuff like that makes me happy

 

[Xie]

Yeah, it says they planned to d it at the beginning of the article

Well as a /. reader I didn't RTFA .. just looked at the pretty pictures and posted

 

[chaos945]

Very cool, here is the beginning of the article.

 

[NetRyder]

Hehe wow...I just took a class on Buddhism this quarter! Those things are called mandalas. Our Professor showed us a whole bunch of pictures of these. Really beautiful stuff, and painstakingly time consuming.

 

[Henyman]

dam thats good