Mandala Dissolution and Cosmic Cycles

Summary

The practice of dissolving sand mandalas after retreats—returning the colored sand to the earth—serves as a metaphor and literal representation of universal cycles of constant destruction and recreation.

Episodes (1)

EP.1196Sep 12, 2025

Buddhism's Astral Mandalas Discover the Cosmic Silence

Episode 359 explores Buddhist mandalas as cosmic astral places where deities and guardians are invoked through elaborate meditations, examining how the mandala's creation and dissolution mirrors universal cycles of destruction and recreation.

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Classification

Canon Statuscanonical

Categorycosmology