One division of them labels each garbha-dhatu, in which many things become one, or a vajra-dhatu, which reverses the process. A common type is surrounded by four layers: the ring of fire, the girdle of diamonds, the circle of graveyards, and the lotus leaves. Often found in tanka paintings, a stone one forms a stupa at Borobudur, where one can walk the path from its outside inward that represents the cosmic cycle. For 10 points, the Sanskrit for "circle" names what often
One division of them labels each garbha-dhatu, in which many things become one, or a vajra-dhatu, which reverses the process. A common type is surrounded by four layers: the ring of fire, the girdle of diamonds, the circle of graveyards, and the lotus leaves. Often found in tanka paintings, a stone one forms a stupa at Borobudur, where one can walk the path from its outside inward that represents the cosmic cycle. For 10 points, the Sanskrit for "circle" names what often-impermanent construct used to contemplate the universe in Buddhism?
One division of them labels each garbha-dhatu, in which many things become one, or a vajra-dhatu, which reverses the process.
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