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		<title>Mandalas from Plastic Bags</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently found a great article at Green Muze about an artist who creates mandalas from plastic bags. Born in New York City in 1960, Virginia Fleck began making artwork as a child.
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		<title>Mandala Screen Savers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The computer screen is something my eyeballs land on a great deal, and if you're like me, having the right images there makes for a much more pleasant daily experience. Bring the beauty of mandalas to your computer screen -- often a great place for placing meditative and soothing images. ]]></description>
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		<title>Mandala Starter Kit E-Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a mandala starter kit? It&#8217;s a set of tools to help you draw beautiful mandalas&#8230; even if you&#8217;ve never drawn a mandala before. You don&#8217;t need to already know how to draw. You don&#8217;t need artistic talent. You don&#8217;t need to struggle with a collection of instruments like compasses, straight-edges, stencils, or curve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Plans With Mandalas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Ali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Beth Ali First, we must answer the question: What is a Mandala? One dictionary definition of a mandala is “Any of various ritualistic geometric designs symbolic of the universe, used in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation.”  This definition may seem fairly simplistic but it is a good springboard to jump off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandala Sacred Geometry Designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Kahn The word mandala is of Hindu origin also used in Buddhist practice. In Tibetan Buddhism it has developed into sand mandala pattern. Mandala generally speaking is a term for any geometric symbol that represents the cosmic energy metaphysically or symbolically. Mandala is Sanskrit for circle, polygon, community, connection. Various forms of Mandala [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is A Medicine Wheel?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Ali</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Beth Ali A medicine wheel is a Native American sacred circle that represents the Universe and the balance of all creation. Like a mandala, it is a physical symbol of the Circle of Life and all our relationships. Despite their physical existence, there is a lot of mystery that surrounds the Medicine Wheel as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tibetan Sand Mandala Painting in Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great video that shows Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Mystical Arts of Tibet constructing a sand mandala at Saint John&#8217;s University. Here is a news report about monks building a sand mandala at Central College in Iowa.]]></description>
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		<title>The Building of a Sand Mandala</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2004, 2005 and 2007 I was able to witness and photograph the building of three different sand mandalas in the sanctuary of my home church by Tibetan Buddhist lamas (monks).  In this article I compile photos and observations made during those three different events.  The three constructed were &#8220;Buddha Akshobhya&#8221;or the Global Peace Mandala,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Circle The Word Mandala</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DelibCreate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.&#8221; Empedocles, 490-430 BC The word &#8220;mandala&#8221; comes originally from Sanskrit, the ancient classical language of India.  The literal translation into English is &#8220;circle&#8221;, and can refer to anything round. It was probably the Tibetan Buddhists who first [...]]]></description>
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