1986 Kilkhor Mandalas of Mahayana Buddhism |
1986 Kilkhor Mandalas of Mahayana Buddhism 25-chetrum Bhutan MNH
Text: 25-chetrum Bhutan
Condition: MNH
Title: Mandala
Face value: 25 Ch
Country/area: Bhutan
Year: 1986
Set: 1986
Mandala's
Stamp number in set: 6
Basic colour: Multi-coloured
Usage:
Franking
Type: Stamp
Theme: Art
Stamp subject: Kilkhor Mandalas of Mahayana Buddhism
Michel number:
Stanley Gibbons number:
Perforation: K 13¼
Watermark: Without watermark
Luminescence: None
Printing: Offset
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The Sand Mandala (Tibetan: དཀྱིལ་འཁོར།; kilkhor) is a Tibetan Buddhist
tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored
sand. A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed
and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the
Buddhist doctrinal belief in the transitory nature of material life.
Materials and construction
Historically, the mandala was not created
with natural, dyed sand, but granules of crushed coloured stone. In modern times,
plain white stones are ground down and dyed with opaque inks to achieve the
same effect. Before laying down the sand, the monks assigned to the project
will draw the geometric measurements associated with the mandala. The sand
granules are then applied using small tubes, funnels, and scrapers, until the
desired pattern over-top is achieved. Sand mandalas traditionally take several
weeks to build, due to the large amount of work involved in laying down the
sand in such intricate detail. It is common that a team of monks will work
together on the project, creating one section of the diagram at a time, working
from the center outwards.
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