{"id":590,"date":"2013-04-25T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/04\/buddhist-sand-mandala-gets-attention-on-reddit.html"},"modified":"2014-07-29T09:53:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T14:53:35","slug":"buddhist-sand-mandala-gets-attention-on-reddit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/04\/buddhist-sand-mandala-gets-attention-on-reddit.html","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Sand Mandala Gets Attention on Reddit"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nqCYM_X4NoM\/UXmX2RXET_I\/AAAAAAAACbw\/3pS2-TadE40\/s1600\/mandala.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nqCYM_X4NoM\/UXmX2RXET_I\/AAAAAAAACbw\/3pS2-TadE40\/s400\/mandala.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Tibetan Buddhists can spend 7 to 10 days making an intricate sand mandala like the one above. The mandalas usually represent an imaginary palace that the monks think about during meditation. Once the monks complete the mandala, they destroy it, demonstrating that nothing is permanent and that attachments only lead to suffering. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/04\/25\/sand-mandala-viral-reddit-image-brings-buddhist-ideals-to-internets-front-page-photo_n_3155822.html?utm_hp_ref=religion&amp;ir=Religion#slide=304614\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Huffington Post<\/a> has a short story explaining how this\u00a0picture\u00a0of the mandala went viral after an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pics\/comments\/1d1n7q\/these_monks_at_my_college_have_been_working_on\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">original posting on Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They also have a\u00a0nice\u00a0slide show of mandalas around the world. You can learn more about how they make them\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/religion\/religions\/buddhism\/customs\/mandala.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">at this BBC Religion site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tibetan Buddhists can spend 7 to 10 days making an intricate sand mandala like the one above. The mandalas usually represent an imaginary palace that the monks think about during meditation. Once the monks complete the mandala, they destroy it, demonstrating that nothing is permanent and that attachments only lead to suffering. 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