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- Title
Science in culture: Heaven in grains of sand.
- Authors
Kemp, Martin
- Abstract
The article focuses on the issues concerning the mysteries of the Tibetan mandalas. According to the author, Western religious art from the time of ancient Greece has relied on the representation of the human figure. An initiative is led jointly by an artist Victoria Vesna and a nanoscientist James Gimzewski in which they have collaborated with monks from the Ghaden Lhopa Khangsten Monastery in India to research a Chakrasamvara mandala. It is called the wheel of great bliss, which it encircles the palatial residence of the deity Heruka Chakrasamvara and places particular emphasis on the female ideal of wisdom.
- Subjects
MANDALA; RELIGIOUS art; BUDDHISM &; science; BUDDHISM &; art; ART &; science; HINDU monasteries; MONKS; VESNA, Victoria; GIMZEWSKI, James
- Publication
Nature, 2007, Vol 449, Issue 7159, p146
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/449146a