Mandala of Amoghapaca   This magic circle is meant to invoke the Bodhisattva. If used, which means to look upon it, there will be an actualization of another place which is a place of power. It should be noticed that in this particular painting is a complicated series of exploded and cut-away views. There are a series of shells, one within the other, akin to a sequence of skins. The outer one here is of fire. The next, of lotus petals. Then there is an architectural creation called a ch'orten which here is shown quartered and laid down akin to a blueprint. Within this opened form is also seen the split versions of an elaborate palace. The major square shape in the painting is that building's interior. Eight figures on lotus petals surround the Bodhisattva, representing other emanations, or sides of a split seed, which is seen in its entirety in the central figure. The point here is to try to put this all back together again into its other form while looking at the painting. Penetrating through the rings the center is attained. This is left to the viewer. This also would be an example of an unseen painting. Next
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