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"Lalita's
Garden" Sri Yantra
(acrylic on canvas 36"
x 36" embellished with
crystals, dimensional paint and gold leaf)
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This
magnificent Sri Yantra is the culmination of over 13 years of
Tantric mandala painting by the artist. Every year since 1995, I have
created a work celebrating "Yab Yum"
(literally father mother), the ancient Tibetan Tantric
Buddhist symbol of enlightenment and the sacred union of our
inner masculine and feminine principles.
In "Lalita's Garden",
the divine is represented by the most powerful of all Tantric yantras
believed to be over five thousand years old. The five triangles
pointing down are the feminine; the four triangles pointing up
are the masculine. They intersect in the center at
"bindu" (the seed of the entire universe). In bindu, Shiva and Shakti remain diagrammatically
in eternal sacred union. My
style is contemporary and beyond iconography or religion,
but each mandala is done in a manner as devoted and
painstaking as my cultural orientation will allow. For me,
mandala painting is a deep meditation and has been a self-healing path
traveled over a decade. Each image has been a milestone in my
soul's evolution and, because of the mandala's unique powers,
is both a blessing and a beautiful visual piece for all those
who find inspiration in spiritual art.
The Symbolism of
the Sri Yantra
The Sri Yantra is a magnificent representation in a complex and
intricate geometric pattern of the cosmic magnetic fields. The
word yantra in the Tantric tradition refers to the Goddess or Devi
in her linear or geometrical form. A five thousand year old
Tantric symbol of India, it is the most auspicious of all yantras,
the most perfect and the most complete. It is the abode and form
pattern of the Goddess Lalita and represents the union of
Shiva-Shakti (male and female elements) in macrocosmic and
microcosmic aspects, in the cosmos and in the individual. The very
presence of the Sri Yantra creates positive vibrations in the
space it is placed, bringing positive changes. "Lalita"
is the shortened form of Lalitai-ambrika, meaning the Playful
One. Her play consists of creation, sustentation and dissolution of
the universe and also the lifting of devotees from Samsara (cycles
of birth and death). She is the Universal Spiritual Energy and at
one with the Supreme Being. The
word Sri (Shree or Shri) is another aspect or representation of the
Divine Mother also known as Lalita, Tripursundari or Lakshmi. This
beautiful geometrical form is used and worshipped to attract
prosperity, happiness, success in worldly affairs and general good
fortune and abundance.
Since
a yantra is enlivened by the recitation of a mantra, below is a mantra for a
short celebration or puja honoring the Great Goddess!
Om Aim Hreem Shreem Sri Lalita Tripurasundari Padukam Poojayami
Namah
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