Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 6-minute teaching, Ven Thubten Dondrub demonstrates the hands-on practice of constructing a mandala offering, a foundational ritual in Tibetan Buddhist practice. Working methodically from the base outward, he guides viewers through placing grains or sand in concentric rings, establishing the cardinal directions and intermediate directions with specific deity placements, building successive layers with traditional terms, and completing the structure with a final top piece. The instruction is practical and accessible, suited for newcomers encountering the mandala practice for the first time.
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File: 06 2013 05 22 Mandala.mp3
Teacher: Ven Thubten Dondrub
Collection: Public and Sunday Talks (Ven Thubten Dondrub)
Date: 2013-05-22
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Words: ~231
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So then we’re ready. No Balanjer, Jandramin Yang. Ludang, Lupag, Now again in the four corners four directions cardinal directions. Rimboche Rewa Pazamge, Shing, Dajerubar, Mamupaiilotog. Now again in the four directions cardinal directions: Now for the first time we do in the intermediate directions.
Next ring. Again, we start in the cardinal directions. And now again intermediate directions metogma duvuma, nunselma, drejama and then the third ring left and right Nimandaoa then Rinpoche dog far away in the in the north furthest away right over here and then three heaps in the middle then put the top on then you again take another handful and then hold the mandala Yes. Yeah. That’s it.
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