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The mandala is a diagrammatic representation, used by Tibetans and Jains for concentration, usually featuring a square enclosing a circle. Each side of the square has an opening. At the centre of the circle is a figure which is the important part of the picture and to which attention must find its way through the openings and put to rest there, until the deeper mind is reached.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 5 : Visualizations, Symbols > # 32