Mandalas are found in many
traditions around the world as sacred circles. The Chinese Yin-yang symbol, the
Hindu Yantra symbol and the Native American Medicine wheel are good
examples. Tibetan Buddhist monks have a
tradition of making them as meditation mandalas with coloured sand and Rose
windows can be seen in Christian cathedrals too, within beautiful stained
glass. In natural surroundings ripples
on water, cobwebs, snowflakes and starfish are reminiscent of them. Then into the mysterious, as crop circles often
depict them. In a more mundane setting
they may be on dinner plates and other pieces of pottery.
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