Andrew Pham‚ author of Catfish and Mandala‚ is on a journey of self-exploration. Family dysfunction‚ the illusions of the past‚ and the inability to move forward and find meaning to life when living between two cultures‚ are all catalysts’ for Pham return Vietnam. Contrary to being welcomed with open arms‚ Andrew is referred to as Viet-kieu when he is in Vietnam‚ a derogatory term meaning Vietnamese-American. Vietnamese people feel that the Viet-kieu abandoned everything about their culture when
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Maṇḍala is a Sanskrit word that means "circle". In the Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions their sacred art often takes a mandala form. The basic form of most Hindu and Buddhist mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the shape of a T.[1][2] These mandalas‚ concentric diagrams‚ have spiritual and ritual significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism.[3][4] The term is of Hindu origin and appears in the Rig Veda as the name of the sections of
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A mandala‚ or a diagram displaying a representation of the characteristics of a subject on one side and the other side describing its opposite‚ metaphorically symbolizes an object through various categories. Instead of writing to show who I am in the mandala‚ I drew pictures of sun words in the mandala to represent me‚ and on the other side‚ I depicted the opposite by drawing shadow words. Each object symbolizes a specific characteristic that all together define who I am. Symbolism is an important
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The American novelist Thomas Wolfe once wrote‚ "You can’t go home again". Andrew Pham proved that wrong. "Andrew X. Pham‚ who came to the United States when he was ten years old as a ’boat person‚’ returned to Vietnam 20 years later on an extended bike trip in order to understand better his cultural identity" (Pearl 208). Despite the fact that Pham‚ like so many others of his generation‚ were forced to flee Vietnam‚ somehow they never lost the sense of identity with the homeland they only remembered
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Before attending the construction of the mandala by the Tibetan monks from Drepung Loseling‚ it may good to know some background information about a mandala. To begin with‚ you may be asking what exactly a mandala is. As explained in an article‚ The San Mandala of Vajrabhairava by Daniel Cozort‚ “A mandala is a ‘circle’: the family circle of a deity and his or her emotions; the architectural circle of the deity’s mansion and grounds; and the cosmic circle of the universe itself”(Cozort 9). Geshe
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Tri Hata Karana‚ Tri Mandala ‚ Sanga Mandala‚ Tri Angga‚ Tri Loka‚ Asta Kosala Kosali and Arga Segara. Tri Hata Karana refers to the balance of three elements of life; human‚ nature‚ and gods. Tri Mandala and Sanga Mandala mean separation of space. Tri Angga is the concept used in diverse zones. Tri Loka can be explained as the spatial hierarchy‚ comprises “Utama” Gods‚ “Madya” human and “Nista” the devil. Whereas Asta Kosala Kosali is the guideline for the use symbols or units for architectural
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Character Mandala My Character Mandala is about Lily Owens from The Secret Life of Bees. throughout the story she can easily be represented by many color symbols. In the book she is know to lie to many characters and even considers herself to be good at it shown by this quote “The secret of a good lie is don’t overly explain‚ and throw in one good detail”. This represents the color yellow for dishonesty and deceit. Another color she represents is black which stands for things like mourning and
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Hello‚ I am Julie Merida Castillo and my mandala is mainly about the symbols that I hold dear to me. My mandala is very significant because it has the following symbols and it means a lot to me. The symbols are a Chinese symbol that says loyalty‚ two hands holding each other symbolizing trust‚ a heart for family‚ volleyball for sports‚ and music notes for music. Every symbol holds my life together‚ if you think about it. Trust is very important to me because if I did not have trust I would
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Coloring the Mandala was a lot of fun! I work with kids and I color these all the time with them. I also use to color these a lot when I was a child. It felt very relaxing. It was almost as if I was meditating. I allowed myself to completely forget about anything else I had to do and to just focus on coloring the mandala.I put on some music and just began coloring. It was very easy to do. Coloring and painting is something I really enjoy doing so having to color a mandala was more fun than it was
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My mandala represents everything in my life that I find important. Above all‚ I would consider individuality to be the most important. I represented this by placing a snowflake in the core of my mandala; this makes sense‚ because no two snowflakes are alike. Being unique is important to me‚ because I strongly believe in being true to yourself. The core of my mandala correlates with everything else‚ because all the symbols surrounding the center make up the person I am today. Another symbol shown
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