Re: Buddhist Symbol
From JAMES PATRICK THROWER <jpt...@eos.ncsu.edu>
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· 12 Nov 1993 20:16 · View full thread
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In article <CGC...@unccsun.uncc.edu>, uncc.edu writes: >From no...@inmos.co.uk ('o-Dzin Tridral / Brian O'Donovan) >> >> >>Buddhist banners use both clockwise and anti-clockwise swastikas. >>I thought that the nazi swastika stood on a corner rather than on >>a 'flat'... >>Anyway, I remember being most surprised seeing swastikas in a >>Buddhist shrine room. Whatever it used to mean I'm sure it'll >>be a long time (if ever) before the swastika symbol can be >>'rehabilitated' from it's nazi associations. >> >> \ >> /\/ >> /\/ >> \ this looks truly awful, but you know what I mean ... >> >>All the best, > >That symbol in Buddhist means the Universe. > gee, it looks more like the milky way galaxy, not the whole universe. but their definition may have been different than the limited views that english represents.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,490d24efbc34abc9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-11-13 00:24:07 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Path: gmd.de!xlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news2.uunet.ca!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.bu.edu!taco!jpthrow From: jpt...@eos.ncsu.edu (JAMES PATRICK THROWER) Subject: Re: Buddhist Symbol Message-ID: <199...@ncsu.edu> Originator: jpt...@chow2.ece.ncsu.edu Sender: new...@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: jpt...@eos.ncsu.edu (JAMES PATRICK THROWER) Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos References: <CGC...@unccsun.uncc.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 20:16:15 GMT Lines: 29
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