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Hinduism employs the art of symbolism with amazing effect. No religion is so replete with symbols as this ancient religion. hinduism.about.com/ Pashupati is the Horned God of the Indus Valley, of the great Harappan city culture that developed from a village culture approximately 6000 years ago, in northern India and what is now Pakistan. realmagick.com/articles/93/1493.html ![]() Om Symbol To a yogi, no symbol is more powerful than the syllable OM, as witnessed by these words from the Mandukya Up-anishad: "OM: this eternal word is all; what was, what is and what shall be." www.sivananda.org/teachings/philosophy/om.html Prayer Wheels: Tibetan Spiritual Technology Tibetan prayer wheels (called Mani wheels by the Tibetans) are devices for spreading spiritual blessings and well being. www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/prayer-wheel.htm Tantra - The Art of Philosophy Discusses the tantric imagery, in which deities are geometrically represented as Yantras, the concepts of kundalini, chakras depicting the human body and other tantric iconographic images. tantra.exoticindiaart.com/ |