Thursday, 26. May 2005
How’d He Do That?

Mentalist Marc Salem explains his talent for 'mindreading'. With video.

How does he do it? Salem promises that he’s not getting any help from hidden cameras or spies in the audience, and he offers $100,000 to anyone who can prove otherwise. His tricks are mind-blowing. Some of them are magic; others make you believe he actually can read your mind.

How'd He Do That? by CBS News

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"What I do isn't psychic. What I do isn't supernatural. It has absolutely no relation whatsoever to those other realms, whether or not they even exist." Marc Salem
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Tibetan Mandalas - Tibetische Mandalas

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Mandala is Sanskrit for circle, polygon, community, connection.
The Mandala is a symbol of man or woman in the world, a support for the meditating person.
The mandala is often illustrated as a palace with four gates, facing the four corners of the Earth.
The Mandala shown here is connected with the Buddha Vajrasattva, who symbolises the original crystalline purity.
In the centre is a lotus blossom with eight petals, resting on a bed of jewels.

In the next place are the walls of the palace with gates towards the four corners of the earth. The gates are guarded by four angry doorkeepers.
Before the meditating person arrives at the gates, she must, however, pass the four outer circles: the purifying fire of wisdom, the vajra circle, the circle with the eight tombs, the lotus circle.

An overview and glossary of mandala components: Exploring the Mandala by Jytte Hansen, Albertslund, Denmark. (English)

Another excellent overview: What is a Mandala by the Mandala Project. Check also the Mandala Gallery. (English)

Representations of the spiritual embodiment of the Buddha are dkyil khor, or mandalas. The word dkyil khor means "center-circumference," and describes both the essential geometric structure and ritual significance of mandalas. Mandala: Buddhist Tantric Diagrams by Patrick A. George. (English)

The collection featured 14 fine Tibetan paintings of mandalas dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries, from Rossi & Rossi, London. While six of the paintings in the exhibition are now in private collections, seven are still available for purchase.

Tibetan Painted Mandalas:
Text of the catalogue and Early Tibetan Mandalas: The Rossi Collection.

Images from the Creation of the Kalachakra - Sand - Mandala by Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

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Mandala and Temple Sacred Architecture in Tibet - Photographs by John Milton Lundquist.

Der tibetische Buddhismus setzt in einer Intensität wie keine andere Form des Buddhismus und wie kaum eine andere Religion bildliche Darstellungen zur Vermittlung tiefster religiöser Wahrheiten ein. Die Figuren und Malereien geben jedoch das, was sie darstellen sollen, nur andeutungsweise wieder. Sie sind nur Aspekte des Absoluten und Spiegelungen, nicht jedoch das Absolute selbst in seiner ganzen Pracht und Wonne.

Mandalas von TibetFocus. (German)

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Ein Mandala ist auf den ersten Blick leicht zu erkennen, denn es handelt sich um die Darstellung eines Kreises, der fast das gesamte Rollbild ausfüllt. Ein Thangka mit einer "Mandala"-Darstellung (Sanskrit für "Kreis", tibetisch: "dKyil 'khor" dient ausschließlich der Meditation. D.h. das Bild dient als Vorlage für eine bestimmte Visualisierung, die in der Meditation realisiert werden soll.

Struktur des Mandalas von Dharmapala Thangka Centre - School of Thangka Painting. (German)

Die Mandala-Darbringung - aus dem Tibetischen von Christof Spitz. (German)

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