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Buddhist symbolism. Lotus motif from Sanchi complex. An "Indra Post" at Sanchi. Buddhist symbolism is the use of symbols (Sanskrit: pratīka) to represent certain aspects of the Buddha 's Dharma (teaching). Early Buddhist symbols which remain important today include the Dharma wheel, the Indian lotus, the three jewels and the Bodhi tree.
Some Buddha statues also depict the related Dharmachakra Mudrā, a hand sign depicting the turning of the Dharma wheel. A very similar wheel symbol also appears in the flag of the Romani people, hinting to their nomadic history. In non-Buddhist cultural contexts, an eight-spoked wheel resembles a traditional ship's wheel.
Bhavachakra, "wheel of life," [a] consists of the words bhava and chakra. bhava (भव) means "being, worldly existence, becoming, birth, being, production, origin". [web 1] In Buddhism, bhava denotes the continuity of becoming (reincarnating) in one of the realms of existence, in the samsaric context of rebirth, life and the maturation ...
The Three Jewels are the first and the Three Roots are the second set of three Tibetan Buddhist refuge formulations, the Outer, Inner and Secret forms of the Three Jewels. The 'Outer' form is the 'Triple Gem' (Sanskrit: triratna), the 'Inner' is the Three Roots and the 'Secret' form is the 'Three Bodies' or trikāya of a Buddha. These are: [1]
e. The Buddhist flag alongside Dharmachakra flags (Thai Buddhist flag) and Thai flags in Wat Hiranyawat [th], Thailand. The Buddhist flag is a flag designed in the late 19th century as a universal symbol of Buddhism. [1] The flag's six vertical bands represent the five colors of the aura which Buddhists believe emanated from the body of the ...
The Buddhist texts contrast samma with its opposite miccha. [21] The Noble Eightfold Path, in the Buddhist traditions, is the direct means to nirvana and brings a release from the cycle of life and death in the realms of samsara. [24] [25]
Buddha footprint at entrance of the Seema Malaka temple. Buddha's footprints (Sanskrit: Buddhapada) are Buddhist icons shaped like an imprint of Gautama Buddha 's foot or both feet. There are two forms: natural, as found in stone or rock, and those made artificially. [1]: 301 Many of the "natural" ones are acknowledged not to be genuine ...
In Buddhist art and culture, the Urna (ūrṇā, ūrṇākeśa or ūrṇākośa [1][2] (Pāli uṇṇa), and known as 白毫; báiháo in Chinese) is a spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark. [2][3] As set out in the Lakkhana Sutta or 'Discourse on Marks', the ūrṇā is the thirty-first physical ...