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The Vastu Purusha Mandala
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Nothing can work without rules. The entire solar system would go to pieces if there were even a momentary breach of the rules governing it.
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AHATMA GANDHI
Eastern religionsHinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Taoismall use mandalas as visual aids for meditation. Constructed on a complex grid of interlinking squares and circles, these spiritual diagrams represent an elaborately symbolic view of the universe. While the whole mandala is often in the shape of a circle, the celestial realm of the gods rests within an interior square, which is frequently called a palace or a temple. A manifestation of a deity, either wrathfulso that it can overcome evil and help a devotee focus on the right thoughts that guide one along the path to enlightenmentor benign, is normally prominent within the square. Some

 
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