For the mandala beliefs, we had to include Brahman, Multiple Gods, Karma, Samsara and Dharma.

Everything is a part of Brahman and Brahman has no beginning or ending. Each of the Multiple Gods represents a power or quality of Brahman. Brahma creates it, Vishnu preserves it, and Shiva destroys it; just like how Brahman creates, destroys it, and recreates the universe. Lamps are light (good) ruling over darkness (bad), which represents Ramas triumph against evil. Karma explains the importance of living according to Dharma. You are rewarded or punished for either your good or bad actions. The social class that you are in represents what you did in your past life. Samsara is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. If you are part of Samsara, you will know pain and death; which is why people travel to sacred places so they can get off the cycle of Samsara sooner. Dharma is your sacred duty to your caste. If you are a servant, you have to be the best you can be, and maybe in the next lifetime, you will get a higher caste. Dharma requires you have to be non-violent. On my Mandala of Hindu Beliefs, I put Brahman next to Multiple Gods on the right. Everything is part of Brahman, including Multiple Gods, and they create, destroy, and recreate things. On the right of Multiple Gods is Karma. You are rewarded for the good and punished for the bad with Karma, and the lamps are good against the evil with Multiple Gods. On the right of Karma is Samsara; because Samsara is the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth and Karma represents what caste you are in in your next life. Dharma is after Samsara because Dharma is very similar to Karma. Dharma is your sacred duty and you have to stay in your caste for your lifetime, and Samsara is also rebirth into the next lifetime. After Dharma is Brahman again, because everything is a part of Brahman, and Dharma also has four stages of life: student, householder (parent), grandparent, and becoming spiritual. All of these are a part of Brahman. They are all connected to each other.