Lama Batyr talks about mandala offerings to Green Tara, a deity that symbolizes emptiness. He says that the mandala (a Buddhist pattern) represents the universe and that Meru Mount is the axis of the world. The borders of the mandala symbolize a chain of iron mountains. There are also an ocean and four continents on this pattern (humans live on the south continent). Offerings to Green Tara is made with rice that symbolizes precious stones. There are two levels of offerings – the inner and outer ones. Afterwards, Batyr reads a mantra.If an offering is performed correctly, it helps to cleanse negative karma accrued by people from their previous lives and to obtain more merit. Such offerings, Batyr contends, should be performed every morning.