modern mandala

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[taken in KLCC, november 2001]

mandalas are traditionally painstakingly drizzled sand paintings done by buddhist or hinduist monks, they are often symbolic for the universe and serve to concentrate the meditative mind onto the fullness and symmetry of the creation.

THIS mandala was in the middle of a busy shopping mall, surrounded by tourists and spectators, carefully guarded by security personell - and the only meditation possible was about the prizes for all the special offers in the shop windows.