Zelda for Nintendo has a game map which is the shape of a reversed swastika. The symbol itself is tainted by the nazi regime....the symbol goes way back before the nazi regime used it.
A Swastika found on YUGIO cards!! oh no!!
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I still can't get over it. St.Large , Lard missed the entire point of the thread!
Swastika and Manji are not even the same symbol.
"Manji" is actually the name of the symbol that I posted that was black. I still wonder if some North Americans actually have visual recognition skills? How could a symbol which looks different than the Swastika be tainted by the Nazi regime? This symbol dates back to the begining of Buddhism.
Do you understand why it is offensive to insult such a symbol which has sacred meaning!
PLEASE UNDERSTAND ! 4 arms = the 4 nobel truths, quare shaped to represent stability (harmony) in the world. Key ideas of Buddhism.
Swastika and Manji are not even the same symbol.
"Manji" is actually the name of the symbol that I posted that was black. I still wonder if some North Americans actually have visual recognition skills? How could a symbol which looks different than the Swastika be tainted by the Nazi regime? This symbol dates back to the begining of Buddhism.
Do you understand why it is offensive to insult such a symbol which has sacred meaning!
PLEASE UNDERSTAND ! 4 arms = the 4 nobel truths, quare shaped to represent stability (harmony) in the world. Key ideas of Buddhism.
And you please understand that the symbol dates back far further than the known existance of Buddhism. And it is believed that they, the early buddhists, applied the same strategy as did the early christians. They wanted to strenghten their position, they saw some local symbol, they gave it their own meaning in the hope that those people shall forget the initial meaning. Buddhism of course has the 4 truth conception, but it could be fitted to any simbol with 4 visable properties and it was.
You have to admit that the difference is miniscule for someone wihtout background information.
That is true, I will repost my previous definiton:
me said:
One thing missing a Swastika is tilted on axis so that the shape is a diamond. "on end"
Manji is not a swastika, therefore a flyflot is also not a swastika! No Avatar this symbol is the most perfect example for 4 directions/ nobel truths. We Buddhists are not going to change it either. Thank you.
Manji is not a swastika, therefore a flyflot is also not a swastika! No Avatar this symbol is the most perfect example for 4 directions/ nobel truths. We Buddhists are not going to change it either. Thank you.
Hideki Matsumoto said:
No, a swastika is a cross with right angled arms, no matter in which directions it points or how it is tilted.
Yes, the swastika was always displayes in a certain way by the Nazis. They took a swastika in a certain colouring and angle, but it is still a swastika.
Also, they used it as their flag, so it always had to look the same, you would not take the American flag and put the stars on the bottom right and colour the stripes green and pink, do you?
Also, they used it as their flag, so it always had to look the same, you would not take the American flag and put the stars on the bottom right and colour the stripes green and pink, do you?
Yes, they should. In fact, looking through the laws here in Germany, I think I have to correct myself. It seems possible that the display of a swastika is allowed, only nazi symbolica is forbidden. But I would not count on the people to see the difference.
Perhaps the nazi swastika should have an own term...
Perhaps the nazi swastika should have an own term...
Haven't heard that. Though I don't think you can really ''misuse'' any sign, certain uses/meanings may be more obnoxious than others though. The upright cross for example, was used variously as a sign of love, growth and more through the centuries. Then it got co-opted by the Christians as a symbol for torturing some guy.
Be Happy...!
This postcard, copyright 1907 by E. Phillips, a U.S. card publisher, speaks for the universally high regard in which the swastika was held as a good luck token before use by the Nazis corrupted its meaning.
From:
The Swastika
See Also:
Wikepedia's Entry on the Swastika
heh... "four L's"...
This postcard, copyright 1907 by E. Phillips, a U.S. card publisher, speaks for the universally high regard in which the swastika was held as a good luck token before use by the Nazis corrupted its meaning.
From:
The Swastika
See Also:
Wikepedia's Entry on the Swastika
heh... "four L's"...
Wow, that postcard does look weird, in the light of 20th Century events. In fact the swastika as seen in that postcard is reminiscent of how it was depicted in British Propaganda, as indications of nazi influence, ie not tilted and frequently red in colour.
The only really correct Nazi swastika is in black, "facing" left to right (so that it looks like two crossed 'S's, not two crossed '2's), angled at 45 degrees and (and this is what everybody forgets) on a white circle within a red rectangle. Apparently it was designed that way by Hitler himself, which leads one to say that whatever you might say about the most evil man that ever lived, he was one hell of a brand designer!
The only really correct Nazi swastika is in black, "facing" left to right (so that it looks like two crossed 'S's, not two crossed '2's), angled at 45 degrees and (and this is what everybody forgets) on a white circle within a red rectangle. Apparently it was designed that way by Hitler himself, which leads one to say that whatever you might say about the most evil man that ever lived, he was one hell of a brand designer!
Well, I see lots of S's, below which are E's and mirrored E's. Then on the right there is the swastika which basically looks like an X with its bars extended at right angles.Avatar said:here is an ancient balt belt ("Lielvārdes josta"), has the same significance as hindu holy scriptures have to them. now, what do you see there?
ancient balts knew nothing of buddhism, but we have some identical names of those in sanskrit
So I see the word SEX. Maybe that's just me, then......