Cosmos Mandalas

Cosmic Mandala

Cosmic mandalas are the intricate dance of the sun, moon, and other planets around Mount Meru (the axis of the geocentric universe).

The Cosmic Mandala is encompassed by a flaming circle.

At the Centre is an Om mantra sometimes symbolizing a first movement, surrounded by rotating wind and sound of om mantra.

which condenses into so-called basic elements, representing the states of aggregation: Wind or Air stands for the gaseous state; Fire is usually depicted as a red triangle and stands for transformation; Water for liquid, represented by a half-circle or circle; Earth for solid matter, symbolized a yellow square or cube. The emerging forms of the elements are painted in the blue ring surrounding the Centre, in the lower sphere intimating the world-continents to be.
The blue Ether represents the all-pervading condition, the source of all elements filling the space of the Mandala.