Buddhist swastika and Nazi swastika

 

Buddhist swastika and Nazi swastika

 

 

Agudengba and Lacuo came to a post station in Tibet along the Yunnan-Tibet Tea Horse Road. The owner of the inn who received them, Sinval, was an Indian. But to Agudengba's surprise, Sinval claimed that he was an Aryan. descendants.

There is a thangka hanging on the wall of the inn. The Buddha in the thangka has a "swastika" logo on the chest, which represents Buddhism and also means that the owner of the inn, Sinval, is a Buddhist.

Sinval versus Agudumba and Latso:

This "swastika" logo is actually a word, but many people don't know that this logo is actually a word. The pronunciation of the character "卍" is the same as that of the character "万". When pronounced as "wan", it has the meaning of auspiciousness and happiness.

"Swastika" was not originally a word, but a symbol of Buddhism. It was first introduced to Tibet from India. At that time, because of the advocating for Buddhism, it was defined as a word. Before that, this word had no pronunciation. Wu Zetian formulated the pronunciation for it, and the pronunciation was Wanziyin, which means good luck and virtue.

In early Han Buddhism, there were two ways of writing this character: "卍" and "卐". Many people will always mistake these two words for the same word if they don't look carefully. In fact, the two words have the same pronunciation, but they later express different meanings. These two symbols just use a clone technique.

When Buddhism was first introduced to China from ancient India, the symbol actually looked like this: swastika, which meant auspiciousness. Therefore, many people who decide to devote themselves to Buddhism also decide to escape into Buddhism and devote themselves to practice in order to protect themselves and their families’ health and good fortune.

Buddhism has always used the word "swastika", but if we go to Tibet, we can also see "swastika" on the windows of every house, on the walls outside, and even in their cars. This sign is on the iron plate on the car. "Swastika" in Tibet means auspiciousness, luck, and auspiciousness, so every family has one.

If you carefully observe the characters "卍" and "卐", these two characters are opposite. The two patterns are very easy to confuse, one is swastika and the other is swastika.

In fact, this pattern consisting of a cross and four extended lines has already existed in the early stages of human civilization. There is no significant difference in meaning between the left and right directions of rotation. In September 1985, archaeologists discovered three ancient rock paintings in Ritu County, Ali, Tibet. Among them, the rock face No. 1 of the Renmudong Rock Painting in Risong District shows a grand scene of killing and sacrificing. In addition to the sacrifices - - In addition to 125 sheep heads and 10 clay pots, there are also paintings of horses, fish, moon, sun, male and female genitals, etc. Among the two dancing figures wearing bird-head-shaped masks, there is a swastika. On rock face No. 13 at the same location, vessels decorated with swastika symbols on their abdomens are mixed with animal patterns such as deer, leopards, and yaks. On the rock face No. 1 of Chasanke Rock Painting in Doma District, the swastika symbol appears on the right side of a big tree, surrounded by the moon, the sun and many small dots.

In fact, the characters "卍" and "卐" are derived from the totems of the Aryans. It was only after the Aryans occupied India that it became a symbol of Buddha in India. The totems of the Aryans were also injected into the Western Regions of ancient China. It cannot be generally said that the word "Swastika" was first introduced to Tibet from India.

Sinval said:

Because Hitler later used the word "swastika", the meaning of the word "swastika" changed.

Looking back at the history of World War II, as the symbol of German fascism, the "swastika" often appeared on the Nazi flag, and even Hitler often wore an armband with this symbol. But many people who are familiar with Buddhist culture know that the fascist symbol "Swastika" is very similar to the "Swastika" in Buddhism.

In fact, historically the "swastika" symbol on the German fascist Nazi party emblem has nothing to do with the Buddhist "swastika".

The full name of the Nazi Party is the German National Socialist Workers' Party. The Chinese meaning is "National Socialist Party". In German, the prefixes for "state" and "society" are both "s". Hitler staggered and overlapped these two prefixes to form the shape of "swastika".

Sinval added:

In fact, there is a significant difference between the Buddhist "swastika" and the Nazi party emblem "swastika": Buddhism uses gold, while the Nazi party uses black.

The two patterns "卐" and "卍" are very easy to confuse. One is swastika and the other is swastika. The former was notorious as the symbol of the German Nazis during World War II, while the latter is commonly seen in temple ritual objects and is called the swastika pattern by the Chinese. . One is evil and the other is good, one is bad and the other is good. The right-hand and left-hand crosses have completely different meanings.

Sinval sang a "Swastika Song":

 

Swastika and swastika are two words,

The direction of rotation is divided into left and right,

There is no difference in meaning expression,

Pray for good luck and good luck.

 

Swastika and swastika are two words,

Human beings have existed since early times,

The source is Aryan,

I just want the world to be auspicious.

 

The swastika temple is a dharma vessel,

Buddhists call it the Ten Thousand Character Pattern;

See the German Nazi flag,

Infamous as hell.

 

Swastika is one evil and one good,

Swastika means one is good and one is bad.

The cross fold line rotates left and right,

The meanings are so different.