Sand Mandala - Yamantaka Mandala - Day 11, Part 3
Day 11 of creation of the Yamantaka sand Mandala - dissolution ceremony.
Day 11, part 3:
Gen Lama gathers sand from the doors of the palace at each of the cardinal directions, to open the mandala before its transformation.
Gen Lama gathers sand from the doors of the palace at each of the cardinal directions, to open the mandala before its transformation.
Pinches of sand are placed in a ritual metal bowl.
Gen Lama drags his vajra through the mandala and cuts the lines of energy through the four cardinal directions and along the diagonals of the mandala.
With the lines of energy broken, Gen Lama and one of the monks sweep the sand mandala toward the centre of the table.
Gen Lama and one of the monks sweep the sand mandala toward the centre of the table.
Tantric instruments carried and used by the monks - the drilbu dorje-handled bell and the vajra or dorje - represent Wisdom and Compassion.
The monks circumambulate the mandala table, playing cymbals, drum and dung-chen (long trumpet) and lead the audience out to Bondi beach for the ritual dissolution/transformation of the mandala sands.
Carrying the auspicious container of sand, now clad in the same costume of brocade, wig and crown that the monks sometimes use for chanting, the monks circumambulate the mandala table and lead the crowd out to Bondi beach.
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By Renée Cosgrove, January 7, 2009 @ 8:13 pm
Hello from Montreal, Canada.
Thanks for your intro to Lion-faced Dakini (that’s how I got to your site). May I permit myself to point out that what you show here (thanks, nice images) IS NOT A YAMANTAKA MANDALA, BUT A GUHYAGARBA MANDALA (the earliest and most basic mandala, from around 700-800 C.E.). However, like Yamantaka’s, it can be used for a high level of practice.
Benzra guru pema siddhi hum.
By Leo Golan, January 8, 2009 @ 12:27 pm
@Renée Cosgrove
Hello Renée,
thank you for your comment!
Actually, I think these guys know their business, huh? http://www.gyuto.va.com.au/pdf/bondi2_2008.pdf
Well, maybe they in their tradition use the same image for Yamantaka which you in your tradition use for Guhyagarba…
Wish you all the best!