Time really flies.
Wesak is upon us again. As usual we are all busy preparing and planning for event to celebrate this Auspicious Day. Like the year before, we will have a one month of event to mark this special day.
The following is our Wesak Programme:
Wesak is upon us again. As usual we are all busy preparing and planning for event to celebrate this Auspicious Day. Like the year before, we will have a one month of event to mark this special day.
The following is our Wesak Programme:
Please look at it, and we hope to see you all at the centre.
The highlight of the Wesak Celebration at SDC
This year we have managed to invite Geshe Konchok Tashi to Malaysia for Wesak, He would help us to construct a Sand Mandala.
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| Geshela and Monks arriving at SDC |
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| Geshela and Monks arriving at the centre |
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| the sand mandala in the process of being constructed. |
What is a sand mandala?
Sand mandalas are an ancient sacred form of Tibetan Buddhist art. It is a Sanskrit word meaning “circle” and at its deeper levels, a mandala represents the wholeness and harmony at the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist universe. In Tibetan, sand mandala is called Kulston Kyilkhor, which means “mandala of colored sand powder”
On a more abstract and perhaps a deeper level, every aspect of the mandala - its color, architectural pattern,deities, and so forth - represents the various qualities of the exalted body,speech and mind of a fully enlightened being.
There are five types of mandala
1. Sand
2. Painted
3. Three-dimensional
4. Visualized
5. Body.
The Purpose of a sand mandala
In Tibetan Buddhism, sand mandalas are used as a tool for consecrating the earth and its inhabitants.
In general, all mandalas have outer, inner and secret meanings. On the outer level, they represent the world in its divine form, on the inner level, they represent a map by which the ordinary human mind is transformed into an enlightened mind; and on the secret level they depict the primordially perfect balance of the subtle energies of the body and the clear light dimension of the mind.
The creation of a sand mandala is said to effect purification and healing on all three levels.
In Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism, it is said that wherever a sand mandala is created, all sentient beings and its surrounding environment are blessed and upon seeing the sand mandala , one is left with positive imprints
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