Thanks for your reply. I would love to see pics of both, but especially a colour pic of the offering itself (mt meru, the four continents with their respective islands, etc...)
I understood that for Mandala Offering in ngondro you visualise the refuge 'tree', but ontop of a temple roof. and instead of the gurus being kinda bunched up together, they are all in one straight line. I'm not sure if this is the traditional visualisation for this practice, but just thought i'd mention it. Maybe others can clarify for us.
Quote from: rabten on November 21, 2010, 09:21:12 pmThanks for your reply. I would love to see pics of both, but especially a colour pic of the offering itself (mt meru, the four continents with their respective islands, etc...) I did a Google images search and came up with something from a website called "rigpawiki.org". Here is the link:htthttp://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Thirty-seven_Point_Mandala_OfferingThe field of merit is the same as the Refuge Tree I believe, but with more buddhas and bodhisattvas in the sky. I think.Anyway here is the Refuge Tree I use.http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://users.iafrica.com/b/bs/bscases/refugetree/images/ngondropainting.jpg&imgrefurl=http://users.iafrica.com/b/bs/bscases/refugetree/refugetree.htm&usg=__o2YgzCk-cpzeT5yG0JBNYHW3XiM=&h=1135&w=800&sz=262&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=zvzvP0vdjtPlzM:&tbnh=167&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DKarma%2BKagyu%2BRefuge%2BTree%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1227%26bih%3D647%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=433&vpy=65&dur=4273&hovh=268&hovw=188&tx=97&ty=121&ei=c__pTPvICZC8sQPSlu2xCw&oei=c__pTPvICZC8sQPSlu2xCw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0Actually I take it back. I don't use that one anymore in my practice. I use something much simpler with my own lama as the main figure. But that is the one used widely on shrines throughout the Karma Kamstang centers.