Mandala of Life

By UNUS MOLLA, MBA, PHF (TRF-USA)

Mandala is a geometric configuration of symbols.In various traditions ,mandalas may be employed for focussing attention of Practitioners and adepts as a spiritual guiding tool for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction.

Mandala is a diagram  thar remind us our relation to the infinite,the world that extends that both beyond and within our bodiesand minds.

Poetry erupts from nothingness,Verses blossoms mindfully alone.

The unification of poetry and photography are distinct art form which creates an impact on human mind and life. The ninetenth century photographer P H Emerson thought "The value of a picture is not proportionate to the trouble and espense it coststo obtain it,but to the poetry that it contains."

      'Visible Enlightment

      White moonlight in mid-night blue sky

The name of anthology-Mandala of life provides easy access to a space where mind meets the cosmic grace of understanding.The major focus of existentialist philosophy is on individual existence,free will and try to make a rational decision in irrational universe.

Poetry is so important as it helpsus to understand and apriciate the world around us..The poets have expressed their reflective thoughts in their unique and thoughtful poetry to connect the minds of all types of reader.Life.

 

Mandala of life is an anthology of poetry inthe theme of mundane,bliss and Nirvana.it consists of 80poetry on life written by eminent international poets across the world.All poems are unique and related to human life..With each poetry we have selected relevant meaningful pgotography and artwork.

We have included poets from all walks of life to make the poetry interesting and meaningful.

Mandala of life is to help transform ordinary mind into enlighted ones and to asssist with joyful and peaceful life.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: International Publishing Centre
• Release date: Nov 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393782414

UNUS MOLLA, MBA, PHF (TRF-USA)

Prof Unus Molla, Chief Editor-Culture World,  Paul Harris Fellow (TRF-USA) Global Corporate Leader,  Fortune500 Company Analyst,  Business Strategist, Leadership Coach & Change Maker,  Foreign Trade Consultant , Educationist , Project  Management Consultant, Living Legend Award Winner , Association &Membership with more than 200 International Organisations. Linked in:Prof Unus Molla,  Facebook :Unus Molla

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MANDALA OF LIFE

Anthology of Reflective Poetry

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CONTENTS  

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Mandala of Life    Anthology of Reflective Poetry

Editor’s Note  5

Introduction to ‘Mandala of Life’    7

International Poets  9

1.Ken McKeon  10

Hummingbird Sighting

Garden In July

Ice Plant

Morning Words in Plague Time 

2.Richard Ypenberg  20

The Gardener

Wind Speed 12

3.Kim LaRue   24

Haiku

4.Barbara Faulconer  26

Morning bike ride, oh yeah?

5.Penelope J Smith      28

Deep Blue

Particle Theory

6.Emmanuel Ojelade  30

Shangri-la

7.Debashish Haar  32

Escapism

Incompleteness

Cartography

Paradox

Synesthesia

Mandala of Life    Anthology of Reflective Poetry

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Indian Poets 

8.Sanjukta Dasgupta    42 

Mundane

Bliss

Nirvana

9.Sharmila Ray    48 

Mundane

Bliss

Nirvana

10.Jharna Sanyal     51

Under the Blazing Sun: Maitreya Buddha

Diskit Monastery Ladakh

Silence

Writing Flowers, Now

11.Ayaz Rasool Nazki     57

My coffin

Pebble in my palm

My Birds

Window Panes

One Day

12.Gopal Lahiri      63

Mundane Reveries

Bliss

Nirvana

13.Parmeet Jaggi     67

My Tomatoes were gone

Sprout of Love

Voices-Outside and Inside

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14.Sayan Mukerji     73

Mundane

Bliss

Liberation

15.Sabarna Roy      79

Time is Running Away

Childhood

Sandy’s Last Journey

16.Jayashree Bhattacherjee     85

Unity in Diversity

New Dawn

17.Sutanuka Ghosh Roy     89

Mandala of Life    Anthology of Reflective Poetry

Song

Ma

18.Amita Roy    92

Autumn Symphony

Enlightenment

Split Entity

19.Raja Chakraborty    98

The Frog

Untold: I sat on park bench

Paperboats

20.Joy Moitra    103

Haikus

21.Somrita Urmi Ganguly    105

College Street

Paperboats

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22.Inam Hussain Mullick    108

A Gymnast Disrobes the Universe

Gargantuan cloudeers in prismix sanctuaries...

The Copper Moon

23.Nabina Das    113

Gandhari’s Eyes

The Korobi Song

24.Ruma Chakraborty     118

Rites of Passage

25.Santasree Chaudhuri      121

Bardo

Kalachakra

Body of Buddha-Birth of Lotus Sutra

26. Unus Molla  129

The world of ‘Mandala’

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Mandala of Life    Anthology of Reflective Poetry

Editor’s  Note

A ‘Mandala’ ( In Sanskrit  ‘Maṇḍala’ means circle) is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction.

In religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Shintoism ,it is used as a map representing deities, or specially in the case of Shintoism, paradises,kami or actual shrines.

In New Age, the mandala is a diagram, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a time-microcosm of the universe, but it originally meant to represent wholeness and a model for the organizational structure of life itself, a cosmic diagram that shows the relation to the infinite and the world that extends beyond and within minds and bodies.

In this ‘Mandala of Life’-Anthology of Reflective Poetry consisting of Poems from International and National Poets .Our team have selected the meaningful poems on the theme of Mundane ,Bliss and Nirvana.

ANTHOLOGY of REFLECTIVE POETRY and PHOTOGRAPHY has been conceptualized and designed by Santasree Chaudhuri advisor Culture World International team.

She has curated Anthology connecting poetry and photography. The interdisciplinary unification of poems and photographs. Poetry and photography are distinct art forms in which images and text create an integrated and unified design as nineteenth century photographer P. H. Emerson thought

The value of a picture is not proportionate to the trouble and expense it costs to obtain it, but to the poetry that it contains.

The interdisciplinary unification of poems and photographs. Poetry and photography are distinct art forms in which images and text create an integrated and unified design. Mandala of life-Anthology of Reflective Poetry is an unique combonation of Poetry and Photography and artwork.

Poetry with photography combined represent a distinctive genre, about interesting interpretation and aesthetic effects.

Our heartfelt thanks to Santasree Chaudhuri –International Advisor Team Member and Advisor to Editorial Board of Culture World for her incredible and tireless support  for this anthology.

Our Special thanks to all the poets for the submission of their poems for this anthology.

A special thanks to Sanjaye Maurya –Eminent Artist for his beautiful and thought provoking cover page design of this anthology.

I hope all the readers across the world will love the poetry of ‘Mandala of Life’.

With Love ,Regards and lots of Happiness,

Unus Molla-Chief Editor-Culture World

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Introduction  to ‘Mandala of Life’

LOTUS MOON

Visible Enlightenment

White moonlight in mid-night blue sky

Untouched lotus in MANDALA  of LIFE.

MANDALA OF LIFE-An Anthology of reflective poetry .

CULTURE WORLD INITIATIVE

supported by International Culture Centre

According to Carl Jung Mandala symbolizes a safe refuge of inner reconciliation and wholeness. It is a synthesis of distinctive elements in a unified scheme representing the basic nature of existence. The word mandala is from Sanskrit. mean circle, a mandala is far more than a simple geometric diagram