Mandala : the architecture of enlightenment / Denise Patry Leidy and Robert A.F. Thurman.

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... co-organized by the Asia Society Galleries and Tibet House, Asia Society Galleries, New York, September 24, 1997-January 4, 1998"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (page 171) and index.

Foreword / Vishakha N. Desai and Robert A.F. Thurman -- Introduction / Denise Patry Leidy and Robert A.F. Thurman -- Place and Process: Mandala Imagery in the Buddhist Art of Asia / Denise Patry Leidy -- Catalogue of the Exhibition / Denise Patry Leidy and Robert A.F. Thurman. Space and Sanctity in Buddhist Art. Pure Lands and Other Perfected Worlds. Diversity in Mandalas from Nepal and Tibet. Regional Variations: Mandalas from Southeast and East Asia -- Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment / Robert A.F. Thurman -- App. A. Kalachakra Mandalas -- App. B. Selected Writings