Mandala Dissolution Ceremony PART 1/3

This is the first part of the tibetan buddhist ceremony involving the dissolution of the sand Mandala (tib. Kilkhor) of "Avalokiteshvara", the compassionate aspect of enlightenment. This simple -rather touching- ceremony was held in Bologna on the 6th of January 2009 by three venerable monks from the monastery of Gaden Jangtse (Kamataka - South India) with the personal blessings of Gyalwa Rinpoche Yeshe Norbu, the Dalai Lama.

A sand Mandala is a symbolic map of the entire universe, viewed through the eyes of an enlightened being (in this case, the Yidam or meditational deity "Avalokiteshvara").
By meditating upon this drawing, the practitioner can gradually transform his view of the universe into the one portrayed in the Mandala, becoming enlightened himself in the aspect of Avalokiteshvara.

In this portion of the ceremony you can clearly hear the long Mantra of Avalokiteshvara:
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA NAMAH ARYA JNANA SAGARA VAIROCHANA VYUHA RAJAYA TATHAGATAYA ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA NAMAH SARVA TATHAGATEBHYAH ARHADBHYAH SAMYAK SAM BUDDHEBHYAH NAMAH ARYA AVALOKITESVARAYA BODHISATTVAYA MAHASATTVAYA MAHAKARUNIKAYA TADYATHA OM DHARA DHARA DHIRI DHIRI DHURU DHURU ITTI VATTE CHALE CHALE PRACHALE PRACHALE KUSUME KUSUME VARE ILI MILI CITI JVALAM APANAYE SVAHA!

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