The Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism

by Martin Brauen, Peter Nebel (Photographer), Doro Rothlisberger (Photographer)

Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1997, and featuring a foreword by the Dalai Lama, a lavish study of a Tibetan Buddhist initiation ritual includes diagrams, photographs, and visual representations of the mandala principle. Reprint.

Genres: Religion, Buddhism, Nonfiction, Art

151 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Marsha Altman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is definitely the closest you're gonna get to a clear explanation of the Kalachakra mandala in English. Even the author admits that he doesn't fully understand it and it's always mildly incomprehensible at best, but there are a lot of charts and graphs and he really gives it his best. Discussion of other mandalas, mostly Tibetan, as well.