Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Mandala : the perfect circle," organized and presented at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, from Aug. 14, 2009 through Jan. 11, 2010. Cf. colophon.
Updated and expanded translation of: Das Mandala : der Heilige Kreis im tantrischen Buddhismus. 1992.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-259) and index.
Contents
Approaching the mandala -- The center of the Buddhist Wheel of the Teaching : basic ideas -- Outer mandala : the cosmos -- Plates -- Inner mandala : the person -- The other mandala : the Tantric method -- The mandala and the West.