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The Vajra Nadi governs the urogenital organs. The practice of Vajroli Mudra activates the Vajra Nadi and improves the health of the urinary and reproductive system. The Vajra Nadi also influences the digestive system. It helps to improve digestion. Inside the Sushumna Nadi (the central energy channel or meridian), there are three nadis – The Vajra Nadi, The Chitrini Nadi, and the Brahma Nadi. Vajra Nadi is the outer channel among the three. Activating the Vajra Nadi sublimates the sexual energy. The energy raises up and reaches the brain improving clarity, splendor, intellectual ability, creativity, vigor, and health of the practitioner. Vajroli Mudra helps to preserve sexual fluids. One can remain sexually young even in old age. Monks and Brahmacharis can use this mudra to sublimate their sexual energy totally; while householders can use it to get control over ejaculation during sexual intercourse, thereby maintaining their sexual potency even in old age. If you sublimate your sexual energy completely, you become an Urdhvaretas. This gives great spiritual and physical benefits, including attainment of Siddhis or supernatural powers. Maintaining sexual potency prevents erectile dysfunction that effects most males after a certain age. Vajroli Mudra also prevents premature ejaculation in males. Sublimating… Read More

Generosity or giving — dana — this is one of the six perfections. This is a very important one — what this means is that one does not have any possessions which one would not give away. The perfection of giving is when one would give one’s very life to help another being. And yet — Prajna paramitam teaches that one will never come to harm…. So if one has Perfect Wisdom, one will never come to harm. — It has been written, the perfection of giving is that one doesn’t accumulate anything one wouldn’t give away. — For monks living in the forest, all of these things are experienced quite literally. — One does not have any possessions. . . and one lives meditating. — This is an aspect of Bodhisattva conduct. — This is one of the most important qualities because — the more that we give freely, the more our merit becomes; the more we do not give but remain stingy — the less our merit… To give Metta or knowledge, is more substantial than to give material items. Both fall under the category of generosity — — When giving is done with Prajna and other perfections;… Read More

In Nepal, Mandalas are generally found in the streets of Thamel in Kathmandu. There are a lot of Thanka Shops in Thamel area. We can also find them in the Art Schools, temples, museums and monasteries. Thangkas are painted in Art school like Changu Thangka Painting School. Changu Thangka painting school is situated in Bhaktapur. According to an artist at Changu Tangka School Saroj Moktan, Mandala is not only made by Buddhist monks, but it can be painted by anyone who has an interest in art and paintings. Mandalas are also found in Janaki Temple of Janakpur district. The mandalas made around the Janaki temple portrays the life of God Ram and Goddess Sita, and the story of Ayodhya. In the temples, the Mandals are made on the ground of Hinduism while in Monasteries, Goombas and Art School mandalas are made on the ground of Buddhism.

Here is the process of returning an item: Contact our team within seven days of receiving the product giving a call at +977 9810298783 or filling up the form at our website with clear information about details on return. Mandala paintings will be returned to the monks of the temple from where they are brought. Depending upon the arrival type the return policies are different. If the mandala arrived at you via UPS (United Parcel Service), you will be provided with a UPS Return Service label from our team. If it is via a freight carrier or blanket-wrap service, we will contact the carrier and let you know how much time will they take to retrieve the mandala. Note: You are responsible for the cost of return shipping. The painting to be returned should be repacked in the original form. The product cannot be damaged due to the packaging error in return, in that case, you will be responsible.

Sand Mandalas are the ancient form of Buddhist art. They are the temporary form of arts. The process of creating and then destroying the mandalas has a symbolic importance for monk practitioners. In Tibet the sand mandala is called Kuktson Kyilkhor, meaning “mandala of colored sand powder.” In Sanskrit, it describes “cosmogram”, or “world in harmony.” According to Tibetan culture, wherever a Sand Mandala is created, all sentient beings and the surrounding environment are blessed. There is outer, inner as well as the secret meaning of every mandala. On the outermost level they represent the world in its divine form; on the inner level, they represent a map with the help of which an ordinary human mind is transformed into an enlightened mind. On the secret level, they represent a perfect balance between body, mind and the soul. The creation of the sand painting is meant to purify and heal on all three levels. Unlike Painted mandalas, Sand mandalas are not permanent. They go into construction and destruction. Before the sand mandala is actually constructed, the place is prayed by monks who will make music, chant and recite prayers and mantras.