The Ritual of Mandala Offering Mandala offering symbolizes an offering of the entire universe and other priceless objects present within it to the Buddhas in order to accrue merit. Manda means the essence or midpoint and circumference and la means “taking hold of”. Thus, mandala refers to grasping the basis or essence for achieving all the magnificent qualities of the higher realms and the kingdom of Dharma, the sacred truths of cessation and the path. As per the Buddhist cosmology, the earth is considered flat with a giant mountain, Mount Meru in the middle, bordered by four major continents, each with two main and several minor sub-continents. There are incalculable of similar realms and we visualize offering all these worlds considering them as unpolluted lands and offered to the Buddhas and great enlightened beings. I would briefly explain the Thirty-Seven Point Mandala Offering as per Chögyal Pakpa Lodrö Gyaltsen. The simple copper plated mandal
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