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The dome at Radiance, Texas, located at the TM Ideal Village, was built in 1983 and is a smaller version of the Fairfield dome. It has been in continuous use as a meditation facility since that time. The Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge, is a 70 foot diameter section of a sphere. [image: Inline image 1] The current entry structure including the ‘little dome’, entry foyer, restrooms, etc. were completed in 1985 and inaugurated by a delegation from the international TM organization including Brahmachari Nandkishore, Dr. Bevan Morris, and Neil Patterson in October of that year. In the late Seventies, when Austin was still clinging to its small-town roots, a youthful group of visionaries decided it would be cool to box up their households and start a new community in the hills southwest of the city... Read more: 'Matter Over Mind' By Bob Curran and Amy Smith Austin Chronicle, September 21, 2001 http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2001-09-21/83033/ On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:41 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: R, The Texas Radiance community meditation hall? Here is that TM community hemispherical (yidam) form again.Did you ever hear Maharishi reflect about this form? Meditation, Saraswati, hemispherical.. [image: Inline image 2] ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Form Follows Faith: The Influence of Belief on the Architecture and Crafts of American Communal Societies OCTOBER 9-11, 2014 *Amana, Iowa* Deadline for Submission of Paper and Session Proposals: April 30, 2014 RW writes: Most of the TMers in Fairfield are aligned with the Yidam represented by the Patanjali Golden Dome, a Yantra based on Buddhist principles. So, let's review the principles of Buddhist edifice architecture: The Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Fairfield, IA (not to be confused with the Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Radience, TX) is a sort of Buddhist stupa or a hollow tope, surmounted by a kalasa, supported by the amalaka in which the akasha, symbolizing dimensionless space, is supported by the linga, with an eight-angled cintamani vajra, an 8-sided prototypic harmika with a rail, surrounding the hypaethral pavilion, constituting a veritible chaitya-garbha pradakshina with a nice fence around it! Everyone knows that a hemispherical shape for edifice architecture is favored by devotees of Tara and Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa [image: Inline image 1] Great Stupa at Sarnath, India ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: *Vedamerlin? I see in the FFL photos section the artwork for the Global Country emblem and flag. Also the tree of agriculture. Vedamerlin posted both. I'd like to be able to share them with some folks studying this kind of artwork but can't copy them out of the FFL photos section and people have to be FFL members to peek. Veda, can you send them in the body of an e-mail post to FFL so they can be seen by everyone? I would appreciate that and I think they would be appreciated by others if they could be seen.* *-Buck in the Dome* ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Anybody have an image of the Wish-yielding Tree from the brochure to look at? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: *the wish-yielding tree that symbolizes the effortless ability to fulfill desires from the level of Natural Law. On the cover of a textbook for the Ideal Girls School: The cover, designed by Heather Hartnett, depicts the Kalp Vriksha,* ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: *One lapel pin I'd like to have is the Global Country of World Peace pin, the one with the graphic of the rising sun with its Golden rays. A little bit before LB Shriver passed away he gave me his SRM lapel pin, the intricate one with the face of Guru Dev Brahmananda Saraswati embossed on it and the words “In God Consciousness Peace Energy Happiness Jai Guru Dev SRM . I wear it along with my National Network to Freedom pin on my Quaker vest lapel. I'd add the Global Country pin if I had one.* *-Buck* ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Zoar [Ohio] prospered for 80 years. A seven pointed star of Bethlehem was chosen as the emblem and the acorn from which the mighty oak grows was their symbol of strength. The emblem of the separatists, a huge star in red, white and yellow. Members wore similar emblems on their shoulders to distinguish themselves from strangers visiting the village. [The emblem was really cool and obviously had a lot of symbolism in it. I looked all around the gift shop and bookstore to try to buy one or get a picture or postcard and there was none to be had as I recently visited Zoar.] ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: SHAKER TREE OF LIFE
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: MUM and the Tree of Knowledge
R, The Texas Radiance community meditation hall? Here is that TM community hemispherical (yidam) form again.Did you ever hear Maharishi reflect about this form? Meditation, Saraswati, hemispherical.. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote: Form Follows Faith: The Influence of Belief on the Architecture and Crafts of American Communal Societies OCTOBER 9-11, 2014 Amana, Iowa Deadline for Submission of Paper and Session Proposals: April 30, 2014 RW writes: Most of the TMers in Fairfield are aligned with the Yidam represented by the Patanjali Golden Dome, a Yantra based on Buddhist principles. So, let's review the principles of Buddhist edifice architecture: The Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Fairfield, IA (not to be confused with the Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Radience, TX) is a sort of Buddhist stupa or a hollow tope, surmounted by a kalasa, supported by the amalaka in which the akasha, symbolizing dimensionless space, is supported by the linga, with an eight-angled cintamani vajra, an 8-sided prototypic harmika with a rail, surrounding the hypaethral pavilion, constituting a veritible chaitya-garbha pradakshina with a nice fence around it! Everyone knows that a hemispherical shape for edifice architecture is favored by devotees of Tara and Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa Great Stupa at Sarnath, India ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Vedamerlin? I see in the FFL photos section the artwork for the Global Country emblem and flag. Also the tree of agriculture. Vedamerlin posted both. I'd like to be able to share them with some folks studying this kind of artwork but can't copy them out of the FFL photos section and people have to be FFL members to peek. Veda, can you send them in the body of an e-mail post to FFL so they can be seen by everyone? I would appreciate that and I think they would be appreciated by others if they could be seen. -Buck in the Dome ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Anybody have an image of the Wish-yielding Tree from the brochure to look at? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: the wish-yielding tree that symbolizes the effortless ability to fulfill desires from the level of Natural Law. On the cover of a textbook for the Ideal Girls School: The cover, designed by Heather Hartnett, depicts the Kalp Vriksha, ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: One lapel pin I'd like to have is the Global Country of World Peace pin, the one with the graphic of the rising sun with its Golden rays. A little bit before LB Shriver passed away he gave me his SRM lapel pin, the intricate one with the face of Guru Dev Brahmananda Saraswati embossed on it and the words “In God Consciousness Peace Energy Happiness Jai Guru Dev SRM . I wear it along with my National Network to Freedom pin on my Quaker vest lapel. I'd add the Global Country pin if I had one. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Zoar [Ohio] prospered for 80 years. A seven pointed star of Bethlehem was chosen as the emblem and the acorn from which the mighty oak grows was their symbol of strength. The emblem of the separatists, a huge star in red, white and yellow. Members wore similar emblems on their shoulders to distinguish themselves from strangers visiting the village. [The emblem was really cool and obviously had a lot of symbolism in it. I looked all around the gift shop and bookstore to try to buy one or get a picture or postcard and there was none to be had as I recently visited Zoar.] ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: SHAKER TREE OF LIFE This Shaker drawing, known as the Tree of Life, is the most famous of the all Shaker gift drawings. To the Shakers, fruit-bearing trees represented the unspoiled loveliness of the Garden of Eden. It was painted at Hancock Shaker Village in 1854. This is a limited edition serigraph (silk screen print) of the original. It is framed under glass in a solid cherry wood frame. Frame is finished with hand-rubbed oil and wax. Framed size is 26 wide x 21 high. Ready to hang. Made in USA. City of Peace Monday July, 3rd 1854. I received a draft of a beautiful Tree pencil'd on a large sheet of paper bearing ripe fruit. I saw it plainly; it looked very singular and curious to me. I have since learned that this tree grows in the Spirit Land. Afterwards the spirit shew'd me plainly the branches, leaves and fruit, painted or drawn upon paper. The leaves were check'd or cross'd and the same colors you see here. I entreated Mother Ann to tell me the name of this tree: which she did Oct. 1st 4th hour P.M. by moving the hand of
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: MUM and the Tree of Knowledge
Form Follows Faith: The Influence of Belief on the Architecture and Crafts of American Communal Societies OCTOBER 9-11, 2014 Amana, Iowa Deadline for Submission of Paper and Session Proposals: April 30, 2014 RW writes: Most of the TMers in Fairfield are aligned with the Yidam represented by the Patanjali Golden Dome, a Yantra based on Buddhist principles. So, let's review the principles of Buddhist edifice architecture: The Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Fairfield, IA (not to be confused with the Maharishi Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge at Radience, TX) is a sort of Buddhist stupa or a hollow tope, surmounted by a kalasa, supported by the amalaka in which the akasha, symbolizing dimensionless space, is supported by the linga, with an eight-angled cintamani vajra, an 8-sided prototypic harmika with a rail, surrounding the hypaethral pavilion, constituting a veritible chaitya-garbha pradakshina with a nice fence around it! Everyone knows that a hemispherical shape for edifice architecture is favored by devotees of Tara and Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of Knowledge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa Great Stupa at Sarnath, India ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: Vedamerlin? I see in the FFL photos section the artwork for the Global Country emblem and flag. Also the tree of agriculture. Vedamerlin posted both. I'd like to be able to share them with some folks studying this kind of artwork but can't copy them out of the FFL photos section and people have to be FFL members to peek. Veda, can you send them in the body of an e-mail post to FFL so they can be seen by everyone? I would appreciate that and I think they would be appreciated by others if they could be seen. -Buck in the Dome ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Anybody have an image of the Wish-yielding Tree from the brochure to look at? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: the wish-yielding tree that symbolizes the effortless ability to fulfill desires from the level of Natural Law. On the cover of a textbook for the Ideal Girls School: The cover, designed by Heather Hartnett, depicts the Kalp Vriksha, ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: One lapel pin I'd like to have is the Global Country of World Peace pin, the one with the graphic of the rising sun with its Golden rays. A little bit before LB Shriver passed away he gave me his SRM lapel pin, the intricate one with the face of Guru Dev Brahmananda Saraswati embossed on it and the words “In God Consciousness Peace Energy Happiness Jai Guru Dev SRM . I wear it along with my National Network to Freedom pin on my Quaker vest lapel. I'd add the Global Country pin if I had one. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Zoar [Ohio] prospered for 80 years. A seven pointed star of Bethlehem was chosen as the emblem and the acorn from which the mighty oak grows was their symbol of strength. The emblem of the separatists, a huge star in red, white and yellow. Members wore similar emblems on their shoulders to distinguish themselves from strangers visiting the village. [The emblem was really cool and obviously had a lot of symbolism in it. I looked all around the gift shop and bookstore to try to buy one or get a picture or postcard and there was none to be had as I recently visited Zoar.] ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: SHAKER TREE OF LIFE This Shaker drawing, known as the Tree of Life, is the most famous of the all Shaker gift drawings. To the Shakers, fruit-bearing trees represented the unspoiled loveliness of the Garden of Eden. It was painted at Hancock Shaker Village in 1854. This is a limited edition serigraph (silk screen print) of the original. It is framed under glass in a solid cherry wood frame. Frame is finished with hand-rubbed oil and wax. Framed size is 26 wide x 21 high. Ready to hang. Made in USA. City of Peace Monday July, 3rd 1854. I received a draft of a beautiful Tree pencil'd on a large sheet of paper bearing ripe fruit. I saw it plainly; it looked very singular and curious to me. I have since learned that this tree grows in the Spirit Land. Afterwards the spirit shew'd me plainly the branches, leaves and fruit, painted or drawn upon paper. The leaves were check'd or cross'd and the same colors you see here. I entreated Mother Ann to tell me the name of this tree: which she did Oct. 1st 4th hour P.M. by moving the hand of a medium to write twice over Your Tree is the Tree of Life. Seen and painted by, Hannah Cohoon. This Shaker drawing is known as the Tree of Life. Each Shaker spirit drawing was preceded by a heavenly vision which was transferred to paper in meticulous detail. The Tree of