Nudge - Week 7 - Larger Sutra Mandala

Week 7

Larger Sutra Mandala

Compared with the Taima Mandala, very little has been known about the Larger Sutra Mandala. The original painting, modelled on the Taima Mandala, was presumably made in the middle of the Edo period, i.e., the 18th century. Then its wood-block prints were produced and distributed in limited circulation. Those prints were painted in yellow-gold and brilliant colors, and explanatory notes painted in gold on strips of black paper were pasted on the relevant scenes of the mandala.

Larger Sutra Mandala  - Here is your link to the Amida Net website run by my teacher Rev. Hisao Inagaki (Zuio).

This website is a study guide to the three Pure Land Mandalas.  One can find great inspiration in the beautiful artwork that is meant to convey the Pure Land Teachings.

Some of the many features of the Larger Sutra Mandala are:

Jewelled ground (ch. 20, 21)

Jewelled pond (ch. 16)

Jewelled trees (ch. 14)

Dance and music (ch. 10, 27)

Use these features for your creative "nudge" for week 7.  Be inspired by the images, the message it conveys to you and the feeling you experience while looking closely a the painting. Now take that experience and transfer that to your own journal.  If someone found your journal years from now, what message would you want it to convey?  What lesson would you want it to teach?  What inspires you, will inspire others!   Namu Amida Butsu.