Originally published by Gretchen Rubin on LinkedIn: Buddhism has 8 “Auspicious Symbols.” What Are Your Symbols? I love numbered lists. My 12 Personal Commandments. My 8 Splendid Truths. The 10 ...

As the wind chime clappers, fish- shaped gongs (``moktak'') are symbols to inspire constant diligence and alertness. Moktak is a hollow, wooden percussion instrument used to mark the rhythm of ...

Mandalas are Buddhist devotional images often deemed a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe. Mandalas come in many forms. Often they are painted on scrolls and taken with travelers over long ...

The swastika in Japan – which usually points counterclockwise, the reverse of the Nazi symbol – has been used for centuries in Buddhist decorations and to denote Buddhist temples on maps.

READING BUDDHIST ART: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols Meher McArthur, . . Thames & Hudson, $31.95 (216pp) ISBN 978-0-500-51089-6 ...

For Hindu, Buddhist and Jain believers, the angular emblem in the center of Nazi flags is not their swastika. The ancient symbol of good fortune, peace and protection from evil that is their ...

Hitler’s version has an “X” at its center, while the Buddhist version—called manji in Japanese—has a plus sign. “Hitler never actually called this particular symbol a swastika,” he said.