The Mandala cover

The Mandala

by Martin Brauen

Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1997, and featuring a foreword by the Dalai Lama, a lavish study of a Tibetan Buddhist initiation ritual includes diagrams, photographs, and visual representations of the mandala principle. Reprint.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?