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Mandalas

Mandalas. What is a Mandala?. The word "mandala" is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit meaning "circle." Where do we see circles? What do circles represent?. Circle Representation : The circle appears in ALL aspects of life.

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Mandalas

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  1. Mandalas

  2. What is a Mandala? • The word "mandala" is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit meaning "circle." • Where do we see circles? • What do circles represent?

  3. Circle Representation: • The circle appears in ALL aspects of life. • Circles represent wholeness, harmony, and transformation. • It reminds us of our relation to the infinite. • It can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of ALL life. • “Circle of Life” -Lion King

  4. “Make new friends but keep the old, One is silver and the other’s gold, A circle’s round, It has no end, That’s how long I want to be your friend.” It also describes the concept or idea of circles of friends, family, and community. Mexican Sculpture “Circle of Friends”

  5. Mandala in Science • It is a pattern found in nature and is seen in biology, geology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy. • Atoms • Cells • Snail Shell • Flowers, • Rings found in tree trunks • Milky Way • Inner/ Outer Space • ...all reflect the primal mandala pattern. • Wherever a center is found radiating outward and inward, there is wholeness--a mandala.

  6. MandalainMath Circumference of Circle = PI x diameter Area of Circle: = PI r2 Radius: A straight line that runs from the center of a circle out to the edge Diameter: A straight line that runs through the center of a circle, dividing it in half Pattern: A repetitive design that shows a visual beat

  7. Cross-Cultural Pattern 1 • The Native Americans created • “medicine wheels” to create a • sacred space. • Archeologists hypothesise these probably had religious and astronomical significance.

  8. Cross-Cultural Pattern 2 20 12 The Infamous Myan Calendar http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2220-nasa-crushes-2012-mayan-apocalypse-myths.html

  9. Cross-Cultural Pattern 3 Rose Window depicting Adam & Eve at Notre Dame Cathedral Celtic Cross Found in Christianity: Celtic Cross, Rosary, Halo, Crown of Thorns, Rose Windows

  10. Cross-Cultural Pattern 4 Bora Ring- Australia Aboriginal male rite of passage where boys become men.

  11. Cross-Cultural Pattern 5 Stonehenge Sacred Burial & Sacrificial Grounds

  12. Tibetan Spiritual Art Form Cross-Cultural Pattern 6

  13. Types of Symmetry Symmetrical: same on both sides Asymmetrical: different on each side Radial: same all-around Symmetrical Asymmetrical Radial

  14. More Mandala Examples

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