jay's going to like this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swdtg5YLx_Q

but we arnt..measured..by..our past
its about the fruit..[would more be dead..if he hadnt sought peace

the more standard..report/from..pbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnGeMBNS9ZA

how to..sort..the myth..from..the man?

now his name means respect*.

A mandala is...
http://www.mandalaproject.org/What/Main.html
An integrated structure
organized around a
unifying center
Longchenpa

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=indian+mandala+meanings

http://www.artof4elements.com/entry/105/mandala-meaning
Mandala usually has an image
that inspires the Spiritual Growth and self development.

http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/mandala/
The word mandala itself is derived from the root manda, which means essence, to which the suffix la, meaning container, has been added. Thus, one obvious connotation of mandala is that it is a container of essence.

http://www.whats-your-sign.com/animal-totems.html

As an image, a mandala may symbolize both the mind and the body of the Buddha. In esoteric Buddhism the principle in the mandala is the presence of the Buddha in it, but images of deities are not necessary. They may be presented either as a wheel, a tree, or a jewel, or in any other symbolic manifestation.
http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/IndiaUnit/CreatingMandalaHinduBeliefs.html

http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/advanced/tantra/level1_getting_started/explanation_meaning_mandala_munich_/transcript.html

Now there’s a difference between a symbol and a representation – some mandalas are symbols and some are representations – so let me point that out. A symbol is something that the meaning of it is obvious to anybody who encounters it. You don’t really have to be told what it means,

who..is nelson/mandela..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YTikApRTko

“with our matches and our necklaces we will liberate this country”
-- Winnie Mandela

Nothing like burning people with petrol soaked tyres to earn you some respect, eh?

I guess if you were white living in South Africa
you would not have had the problems of - unarmed
black South Africans being massacred by police
forces. I imagine that being black and living under the conditions
of apartheid would have turned any peace-loving black man into
eventually seeing that protests and peaceful demonstrations
were not achieving much at all. Turning to violence would
have been a natural progression. And this would
end up of course with imprisonment.
Yet 27 years spent in jail - saw Mandela come out
of prison - not seeking revenge - but a multi-racial
democracy where both black and white could co-exist.
Forgiveness not revenge, was the order of the day.

Nelson Mandela was given the Nobel Peace Prize
and his leadership of the anti-apartheid movement and
stewardship of the new South Africa became an inspiration around
the world.

Mandela was known throughout South Africa as "Tata Madiba,"
an expression drawn from his Tribal name and also meaning -
"Father." This was how he was known to a generation of
South Africans who lived throughout the peaceful
transition from apartheid to multi-racial democracy.
This is how he shall be remembered by many.

Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord
And let perpetual light shine on him
May he rest in peace, Amen.

The world has lost one of the great leaders of the 20th century.
R.I.P Nelson Mandela.

Graham in all honesty this man and Gandhi by far are my view of the two greatest men.
In my life time in my opinion.
JFK death saw me grieving .
Nelsons was not unexpected but the reason I am late tonight in posting.Gandhi too left me in pain.
Vale the greatman

Nelson Mandela — 'You will achieve more in this world
through acts of mercy..than you will through acts of retribution.'

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." — Nelson Mandela (Long Walk to Freedom)

*Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfil themselves."

THE FAMOUS SPEECH THAT NELSON MANDELA NEVER GAVE...
http://gnosticwarrior.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/nelson-mandela.jpg

"...Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.*..

It is our light,
not our darkness..that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves,..Who am I to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
http://www.searchquotes.com/sof/images/picture_quotes/61448_20130307_070806_image.jpg

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking..
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.


We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest..the glory of God/that is within us.

It's not just in some of us;..it's in everyone.
And as we let..our own light shine,..we unconsciously give other people permission..to do the same.

As we are liberated..from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."


This passage is commonly mis-attributed
to Nelson Mandela's 1994 Inaugural Address.

It actually comes from the book 'A Return To Love'
(1992) by Marianne Williamson

You must do the things..you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Descend down into thine own heart
and there read what thou art and what thou shalt be ~Jemima Wilkinson