Rubin Museum of Art
Mandalas: Mirrors of the Cosmos, Pathways to Enlightenment
Vajrayogini Mandala, Tibet; 18th century, Courtesy Rubin Museum of Art Reviewed by Bobbie Leigh Just as painted Russian icons are not intended to be solely artistic representations of saints, but objects of meditation and veneration, mandalas — at least for the initiated — are magic windows, pathways to the deepest