Mandala

Turning around, I saw the destination of this climb: the altar, a place to spread happiness and pray for Tibetans. The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. In this bitter cold place with thin air, the color of plum blossoms and the sound of the altar complement each other. The wind chimes of the altar are the most beautiful sounds I have ever heard. Here I met the Tibetan brother again. He was turning the prayer barrel very seriously, round and round, praying devoutly for himself and his family at this New Year moment, so I joined them. Later, the brother also invited us to visit the inside of the altar. Because my mother is a believer of Han Buddhism, I was not sure if I could worship, so I politely declined. The way of turning at the beginning was wrong. I turned on the surface. In fact, I should turn the handle below. The old woman behind me perfectly demonstrated how to turn the Tibetan scripture barrel. The stone slabs here are also a place for Tibetans to repent. If they do something wrong, they come here to kneel down. On the hillside behind the altar, locals were burning weeds. When I set out this morning, I noticed that the Tibetan village was full of smoke. It must be a festival today so they had to light a fire. If you burn oranges like this to pollute the air in a plain city, you will be sent to jail. From the altar, you can overlook the back door of the Buddhist Academy.

Finally arrived at the mandala, I think there must be something unusual inside.

The so-called altar city is the red building on the outside, with a three-story altar on top. A few people came up here and there, not to visit, but to find the lama. I followed them in, and I saw them put down 5 yuan, and then put some millet and other things in the box. I asked the lama if I could visit it. He said he was going to chant sutras now, and it would take half an hour, but his attitude was a bit bad, so I left first.

I waited outside for half an hour, and then a middle-aged man in ordinary winter clothes came up to walk around the mandala. I went in and asked the lama again. He pointed and told me to go out and walk clockwise. I didn't understand, so I just walked over. In fact, I had already walked over. The lama wanted me to walk around the outermost part clockwise first. I went around to the front and asked the middle-aged man. I asked who the lama wanted me to come to? The doors were all locked. He said that since the lama said so, he should open the door for me. Then I saw the lama also walked around clockwise and opened the door for me. Then I walked clockwise to the mandala. Each floor was locked. I followed him clockwise to the stairs. In fact, I was a little disappointed when I entered the mandala hall. The Buddha statues and murals inside seemed to have just been made, and there was no antique feeling. I remember that the first floor was Tsongkhapa, the second floor was Padmasambhava, and the top floor should be Buddha Sakyamuni. As for the surrounding murals, they all have Buddhist meanings, which should be the life of Buddha and the main deities of Tibetan Buddhism. The old lama was outside the door, so I didn't take a photo, and I had to take off my shoes to go in. After I came down, the old lama smiled and nodded to me, and asked me to take my time to look. I took a serious look at him, and he looked like a very kind old man.

When I came out, the middle-aged man who was circumambulating the mandala was still circumambulating it. After nodding to me, he went downstairs and continued circumambulating the mountain.

On the highest mountain of the Seda Buddhist College, there is a magnificent building called "Mandala". The Sanskrit name of Mandala is "Mandala", which means a place for offering sacrifices according to the rituals of Tantric Buddhism. It is usually a place for people to turn the prayer wheel. The upper part is the place for turning the prayer wheel. It is said that if you have any disease, you can get better by turning it a hundred times here; the lower layer is the prayer wheel. After people's dry hands turn it, the golden cylinder leaves a long series of creaking sounds.

The mandala is located on the hillside of the Buddhist Academy. It is a very conspicuous building and is visited by all believers.

The bus terminal is the altar city, the night view is really beautiful

This is a sacred place, and you will feel awe when you come here.

The mandala is sacred and is where monks go to pray and do good deeds every day.

Photo taken at the Seda Dharma Assembly on May 23, 2015

The mandala looks solemn and splendid, with a dazzling golden roof and a huge gilded vase, highlighting the charming style of ancient Tibetan architecture.

The mandala is built on the highest mountain of the Buddhist Academy. It is a magnificent building and the largest mandala in the world. There are always devout believers who kowtow in the open space beside the mandala. The mandala has three floors. The first floor is a prayer corridor with a circle of prayer wheels. Ordinary believers can only pray on the 1st and 2nd floors. There are countless people praying here all the time. In their belief, if you can turn 10,800 times, it is a first-class blessing. If you can turn 1,080 times, it is equivalent to a second-class blessing. Even if you turn 108 times, you can get a third-class blessing.

On the ridge of the Buddhist Academy, there is a golden building, which is the mandala. You can also take good photos of the scenery around the mandala. Lamas, nuns and devout believers are circumambulating the mandala. Tourists also join in, circling one circle or two until the number of 108 is complete. I saw a car with a license plate of Tibetan A parked there in the parking lot before. The sacredness of Seda is also attracting Tibetan compatriots from afar to come for pilgrimage.

The golden altar is filled with believers from all over the world from morning till night. Their goal is to do 108 small turns, 1080 medium turns, and 10,800 large turns! There are also people who kowtow on the side.

The beauty of the mandala lies in the fact that you can only see its true appearance from the beginning to the end when you turn the last corner. From pitch black to suddenly magnificent and golden, the surprise it gives you far exceeds your imagination, like a sudden enlightenment when you are lost, that feeling is so wonderful.

As soon as I got off the bus, I heard the sound of chanting in Sanskrit coming from the other side of the mandala, so I curiously asked the young master if he was still chanting so late?

It turned out that it was during the Puxian Cloud Offering Dharma Assembly, one of the four major Dharma assemblies of the Buddhist Academy. The Dharma Assembly lasted for about a week, and the Sanskrit sutras were chanted all day long. The monks in the academy also stopped their studies. I was just teasing the young master about the holiday. The young master said that the lamas' daily studies were very tight, getting up at five in the morning and working until eleven or twelve at night, and studying non-stop during this period, with many different contents.

Mandala was originally an object of visualization in Tibetan Buddhism. To facilitate visualization, man-made image mandalas were created, such as thangka mandala and sand painting mandala.

The mandala in Seda, the pure land of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from all directions, is the only mandala in the world that can be circumambulated.

It is basically the highest point. The red houses under the blue sky and white clouds are really spectacular. In addition to tourists, there are devout Buddhist students here. My companions almost got tricked into converting to Buddhism when they went to the supermarket to buy water. I have to sigh that the power of faith is really strong.

The mandala is located at the top of the Buddhist Academy. The bus gets off next to the mandala. You can see many prayer wheels. The prayer wheels here must be turned from left to right.

I heard that the mandala houses the Vairocana Buddha, the supreme deity of the Tantric Buddhism and the fundamental Buddha of the Tantric world. So the external meaning of the mandala refers to the Pure Land Palace of the Buddha and Bodhisattva; the internal meaning refers to the pure state of the hearts of all living beings. When sitting in the mandala and basking in the sun, my heart is particularly peaceful.

The altar is divided into three layers. The first layer is the prayer corridor. Most of the people who turn the prayer wheel are Tibetans, including elderly people in their seventies and eighties, mothers carrying sleeping babies, children who can't even touch the prayer wheel, and young men. Men, women, young and old turn the prayer wheel regardless of day or night. People here only do one thing all day, that is, practice. It takes some strength to turn the prayer wheel. It takes at least three to five minutes to walk a circle. Tibetans walk very fast when turning the prayer wheel, and their hands are very strong. The prayer wheel turns whirring. Clothes, bags and hot water bottles are piled up at the wall below the prayer wheel. Some people turn the prayer wheel here for a whole day, from sunrise to sunset. When they are tired, they sit next to it to rest for a while, and then walk and turn again. This is the power of repetition and the power of faith.

Some people kowtowed around the prayer wheel in the snow, while others pushed wheelchairs around the prayer wheel with the bodies of their deceased relatives on them. Whether facing death or illness, everyone was calm. Their education level was generally low, and they did not have any profound principles, but they could always practice the survival trajectory of their ancestors through the simplest actions and words. Mission, faith, Buddhism, and nature are the core spirits that affect every Tibetan from birth to death.

I was on the second floor of the altar, and I met a little boy who was walking towards me. He was short, thin, and limping.

The upper part is where you turn the prayer wheel. It is said that if you have any disease, you can get better if you turn it a hundred times here. Every day, many people come here to pray devoutly. One, two, three, I don’t know how many times I need to repeat this action in my lifetime! One hundred thousand times for just one reincarnation! When it is late at night, there are still people turning the prayer wheel around the mandala. This is their lifelong pursuit, this is their dream.

There are many tourists with no manners. The scene that left a deep impression on me was: the people who were carrying the body bags and circumambulating the altar had to pass by all kinds of tourists who were eating instant noodles, taking photos, and flirting with each other... They had to pass by the crowds waiting in line for the bus while carrying such a heavy load... I felt that a sacred place was destroyed.

The thousands of red monks' houses that stretch from the top of the mountain to the valley are enough to make one stunned. Everywhere you look, you see red robes floating by, and in your ears, you hear the sound of chanting. A sense of solemnity and holiness suddenly surges in your heart.

The huge and magnificent altar is located on the highest mountain in the Buddhist Academy. It has three floors, and most people circumambulate on the 1st and 2nd floors. Every day, no matter morning or evening, there are people circumambulating here. The first level prays for 10,800 circles, the second level prays for 1,080 circles, and the third level prays for 108 circles.

It is usually a place for people to turn the prayer wheel. The upper part is the place for turning the prayer wheel. It is said that if you have any disease, you can get better if you turn the prayer wheel a hundred times here. The lower part is the prayer wheel. The golden wheel leaves a long creaking sound after people turn it with their dry hands.

The mandala is the world of Buddha. It has three floors. The first floor is a prayer corridor with a circle of prayer wheels. Most people circle the prayer wheels on the first and second floors. The more circles one turns, the more blessings one has.

Every day, no matter morning or evening, there are people walking in circles here. The first-class people pray for 10,800 circles, the second-class people pray for 1,080 circles, and the third-class people pray for 108 circles.

There are always devout believers prostrating themselves on the open space beside the mandala.

Following their footsteps and circumambulating the temple together, my heart gradually found peace. It was magical.

I saw many lamas and nuns, some of them were very young, but their eyes were full of peace, and I would occasionally smile when I looked them in the eye.

It is the highest point on the mountain, with three levels in total. People usually go around the first and second levels to pray for blessings. Before going up the mountain, the tour guide said that we must go here to pray for blessings, with an odd number of circles, the more circles the better. It took more than ten minutes to walk from the viewing platform, but I started to have a headache due to altitude sickness. I insisted on walking there, but I didn't have the energy to walk around the mandala.

The huge and magnificent mandala is located on the highest mountain in the Buddhist Academy.

In the morning, devout people turn the prayer wheels and worship in the altar. Perhaps we can still worship the altar once, turn the prayer wheels around the center of all the red houses and pray devoutly, so that our tired hearts can return to tranquility.

The magnificent building is called "Mandala" (transliteration). The Sanskrit name of Mandala is "Mandala", which means a place for offering sacrifices according to the rituals of Tantric Buddhism. It is usually a place for people to turn the prayer wheel. The upper part is the place for turning the prayer wheel. It is said that if you have any disease, you can get better by turning it a hundred times here; the lower layer is the prayer wheel. The golden cylinder leaves a long series of creaking sounds after people's dry hands turn it.

We climbed the highest peak of the Buddhist Academy, and next to it was the magnificent "mandala". The upper level of the mandala was the scripture hall and secret hall where the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were enshrined, and the lower level was 108 prayer wheels, where monks, Tibetans, and tourists were turning the prayer wheels.

On the highest mountain in the Buddhist Academy, there is a huge, magnificent mandala. The mandala has three floors, and people usually circumambulate on the first and second floors. The first floor is a prayer corridor with a circle of prayer wheels. Every day, no matter morning or evening, there are people who pray here. The first level prays for 10,800 circles, the second level prays for 1,080 circles, and the third level prays for 108 circles. On the open space beside the mandala, there are always devout believers who kowtow.

Buddhist College Mandala.

This is the highest point of the entire Buddhist Academy. In the prayer corridor, there is an endless stream of devout believers praying and praying. There are also believers who kowtow. They recite Buddhist scriptures with such firm eyes. Through their clear eyes, it seems that you can see lonely and pious souls. They circle around and around, and they have to circle 108, 1,080, or even 10,800 times. This is the power of faith.

It's worth coming, but you have to climb slowly and be careful of altitude sickness

Walking here, you will see bright colors, colorful clothes, sincere eyes, and pious people. For those who practice, this place is everything to them.

You can go and have a look, follow the lama and turn the prayer wheels clockwise. Try not to take photos or look around, otherwise you might see something inappropriate.

"Mandala" (transliteration). Its upper part is the place for turning the prayer wheel. It is said that if you have any disease, you can get better by turning it a hundred times here. Every day, many people come here to pray devoutly. At sunset, there are still devout people turning circles and kneeling, one, two, three... I don't know how many times they will repeat this action in their lifetime. The golden light reflected by the sun shining on the prayer wheel is reflected on the face of the practitioner...vicissitudes but tenacity

Every day, many lamas or nuns turn the prayer wheels, with sincere hearts and silent ups and downs.

If you climb to the top of the Buddhist Academy, you can see the mandala. The roof is like it has been gilded. Many people are circling around it. There is also a mother and daughter who are prostrating themselves. It is very sacred, but you can only take pictures from the outside. The mandala is divided into two levels. Going up to the second level, you can see many lamas in red robes circumambulating the sutras. Most of the Buddha statues are facing outwards, so you can't take pictures.

The altar looked good at night, but other places were dimly lit. I was looking forward to the night view of Seda. But I was most disappointed.

Mandala is a place in Seda Rongming Buddhist College

The highest point of the Buddhist Academy, you can have a panoramic view of the Buddhist Academy, it is worth going.

On the highest peak of the Buddhist Academy, there is a magnificent building called "Mandala". Its upper part is the place for turning the prayer wheel. It is said that if you have any disease, you can get better by turning it a hundred times here; the lower layer is the prayer wheel. The golden cylinder leaves a long series of creaking sounds after people's dry hands turn it.

It is worth visiting the top of the mountain of Sertar Buddhist College. Locals and lamas are circumambulating the altar, offering incense and oil, turning prayer wheels, and even prostrating. You can feel the piety of Tibetan Buddhists up close. There is a small shop on the top of the mountain. The prices are very reasonable. Coke costs 3 yuan a bottle.

On the highest mountain in the Buddhist Academy, there is a magnificent building called "Mandala" (transliteration). Its upper part is the place for turning the prayer wheel. It is said that if you have any disease, you can get better by turning it a hundred times here. Every day, many people come here to pray devoutly. One, two, three, I don’t know how many times I need to repeat this action in my lifetime! One hundred thousand times for just one reincarnation! When it is already late at night, there are still people turning the prayer wheel around the mandala. This is their lifelong pursuit, this is their dream!

It is a scenic spot worth seeing in the college. In the evening, many monks come to chant prayers.

The locals walked around in circles, while tourists mostly walked around randomly. I just went there to take pictures.

If you go to the mandala, remember to turn it three times. A lama told me this.

If you believe this, it's okay to turn the prayer wheel, it doesn't feel like anything special.

The function of the altar is more to pray for blessings. Before the body is transported to the sky burial platform, it will be circled around the altar several times. Tibetan people often go to turn the prayer wheel and recite scriptures.

Many people saw us walking all the way and asked why we didn’t take a bus up the mountain. At that time, it was because we missed a bus. But as we walked, we felt so lucky to have come up. It was tiring, but the scenery was so beautiful! Look, there is another large area of ​​red houses over there! Just walking up like this, you can see more scenery than taking a bus, and then you reach the steps and walk all the way to the mandala. The mandala is the highest point of the Buddhist Academy, close to 4,000 meters above sea level. There are many lamas, nuns, Tibetans, and tourists here. The whole layer of the mandala is full of prayer wheels. When you run your fingers across the prayer wheels, the rotating six-syllable mantra is chanted all the time. The devout people turn around and around, and the prayer wheels are constantly chanted...

The altitude sickness was very severe. I kowtowed several times, but in the end I couldn't walk around the mandala. It was a bit regrettable.

The mandala is at the highest point of the Buddhist college. Pious people come here every day to turn the prayer wheel tirelessly and devoutly worship the Buddha.

The mandala is above the Buddhist College and on the west side of Larong Hotel. It is a place for prayer.

In the morning, monks started to circumambulate the altar and kowtow here. The lights were very beautiful at night.

When you come here, you must walk clockwise. Don't play around here and be careful about your words and actions.

It is a very sacred place. Walk around the prayer wheels on the first floor three times and make a wish silently.

It looks very nice at night, it looks like an amusement park, with a carousel, haha, and there are prayer wheels below

Practitioners who circumambulate the temple and make pilgrimages, as well as ordinary people, will be infected by their devout faith.

The mandala is located next to Larung Gar Hotel on the top of the Sertar Buddhist Academy, and is also the most magnificent place in the academy. It is said that circling the mandala 100 times can eliminate diseases.

The mandala is located at the highest point of the Buddhist Academy. It takes about 2 minutes to reach the mandala from Larung Gar Hotel. Many believers will pray around the mandala by turning the prayer wheels clockwise. There is a small path next to it leading to the sacred mountain. The prayer flags are the best spot to take pictures of the sunrise and sunset stars. Because it was under renovation when I went there, the outer part of the mandala was relatively dirty and messy, and I only walked around the first floor a few times. At night, the lights of the mandala echoed with the lights of the entire Buddhist Academy, which was still very beautiful.

In Buddhism, the mandala is the place where Buddha lives and the center of the world. The mandala of Seda has a prayer path on the bottom floor, gods and Buddhas on the second floor, and a small inconspicuous staircase leading up to the third floor. On the top are sculptures of demons being subdued. You can also take panoramic photos of Seda.

Every day, thousands of devout believers come to turn the prayer wheels. Their hurried footsteps are not the hustle and bustle of the city, but the perseverance of their hearts.

The altar of Seda, where lamas, jyoms and many Tibetans come to worship early in the morning

Watching the lamas studying is a profound shock

Go to the altar and turn the prayer wheel, listen to the lamas chanting silently, and watch the devout Tibetans worship. Suddenly, I felt a sense of holiness and faith. And the prayer wheel should be turned clockwise, and the number of circles should be odd, so that the wish will come true.

Turn the altar to atone for sins. A must-see at Larung Valley Wuming College

The scenery of Seda is indeed nice, with red houses everywhere, which is quite artistic, but the conditions are a little difficult.

It is very spectacular, with an endless stream of devout people turning the prayer wheel.

It is really good to circumambulate the altar every day

The deepest impression of the mandala was when I returned to Larung Gar Hotel with my friends after watching the stars at midnight. When we passed by the mandala, there were still devout people worshipping it.

At the top of the mountain, next to Larung Gar Hotel, is the magnificent mandala of the Buddhist Academy. The mandala has three floors. The mandala means Mandala in Sanskrit, and is also translated as Mandala. The mandala originated from the Indian Tantric Buddhism and is the place where the Tantric deities and their followers gather. The Sanskrit meaning of mandala is circle, and the Tibetan meaning is center and edge. The external meaning of mandala refers to the Pure Land Palace of the Buddha and Bodhisattva. Many people turn the prayer wheel here every day, and many devout believers kowtow in the open space next to it. It is very beautiful to see the night view of the Buddhist Academy near the mandala at night.

Put down the bag and take a rest at the Mandala, which is the highest point of the Buddhist Academy, a magnificent place. The Mandala is divided into two parts, the lower part, with a circle of prayer wheels evenly arranged in the lower part, golden and engraved with Tibetan scriptures. The base of the prayer wheels is a dark red cross wooden frame, which has been turned by too many people and has become shiny black, soaked with the traces of time that cannot be washed away. Some prayer wheels are sluggish when they turn, making a creaking sound. There is a row of wooden boards in the open space in front of the Mandala, as if countless believers are bowing and worshipping here. Leaning on the railing, I can finally overlook the Buddhist Academy quietly. Seda Buddhist Academy, whether because of its scenery or faith, is a place that I "must go once" for me. Because I have seen countless times in other people's photos and Weibo: Under the blue sky, between the green grass, there are tens of thousands of endless red houses and endless red clothes, like stars surrounding the moon, surrounding several magnificent palaces, they are sleeping peacefully in the clear blue sky, and the backs of the mountains are like an embrace... I said to myself, today I came to truly feel the shock you brought me, despite the hardships along the way, I still came here to see you. In order to enter this pure world far away from the mundane world, the Buddha.

The mandala is majestic and magnificent, and it is a holy place in the hearts of monks and nuns. Monks, nuns and tourists walk through it silently with a pious heart, chanting the six-syllable mantra, and turning the prayer wheels slowly to wash away worldly thoughts.

The mandala has three floors. The first floor is a prayer wheel, and the second floor has many rooms. I walked around the second floor, and it was said that tourists are not allowed to go up to the third floor.

I turned the sutras in Tancheng and calmed myself down. The altar was even more beautiful at night.

On the highest mountain in the Buddhist Academy, there is a huge, magnificent building called the mandala. The mandala has three floors, and people usually circumambulate on the first and second floors. The first floor is a prayer corridor with a circle of prayer wheels. Every day, no matter morning or evening, there are people turning the prayer wheels here. The first-class prayer wheel is 10,800 circles, the second-class prayer wheel is 1,080 circles, and the third-class prayer wheel is 108 circles. However, most tourists just turn one circle and leave. There are always devout believers who kowtow on the open space beside the mandala. The Academy even placed wooden boards on the first-floor platform for people to kowtow.

This place can be said to be the highest point of the Buddhist Academy. Every day, there are devout people coming to worship. Even if you are not a Buddhist, you will experience the greatness of faith.

Mandala is a must-see place. It is worth going and worth going again.

There are many little lamas. When you come here early in the morning, you can see the lamas studying and having morning tea. It feels like an ordinary school, but it is more unique.

This is the place with the best view of the entire Buddhist Academy. There are many lamas praying here. The Buddhist Academy is particularly beautiful under the sunset.