Mandalas in connection with Vastu
Mandala, meaning a circle or a spiritual diagram, is a symbolic diagram representing the universe or a cosmos. It is a form of repetitive pattern in the shape of a circle. It denotes the cycles of time or cycle of life. Creation has always happened in cycles. Vedic scriptures think of time as a circular concept, and calls it yugas, while in the modern times, we call them - eras. The basic form of Mandala consists of square with four gates, containing a circle with a central inner point or bindu. The bindu is the symbol of the universe in the unmanifested state. It is the seed from which the universe manifests. The most familiar Mandala that we come across is of the Vastu Purusha Mandala. The Vastu Purusha Mandala is a play of two contrasting forces of Purusha and Prakriti. The energy fields that are a constant (Purush)and the activities that happen in their periphery, (Prakriti) that are the variables. Purush is the static. The variables that you can make ...