There is also a more codified association. And not only are certain syllables identified with specific body parts, the syllables in general are associated with the meditative process. 16 And so the association with the body in meditation occurs on several different levels. This makes the connection between the practitioner, the practice and the deity all the stronger. We see here two examples of Green Tara mandalas.
Mandala is an important part of the ritual and as well as part of meditation in general.
The visualized mandala may be offered up to the deity. The practitioner continues to visualize and construct the body mandala and to array the deities in it. It is, again, we see, the incoroporation of the body, which brings mandala and meditation directly in contact with the practitioner, allowing him to have contact with the deities and to self-generate as one himself. Dharmapala Centre - School of Thangka Painting. From the beginning, Tara seems to have been linked to body.