The Eight Auspicious Symbols. These sacred emblems—including the Parasol, Golden Fish, Conch Shell, Lotus, Banner of Victory, Vase, Dharma Wheel (Dharmachakra), and Eternal Knot—symbolize the ...

In his 2018 book titled “The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler’s Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate,” Nakagaki posits that Hitler referred to it as the hooked cross or ...

Lhasa is the sacred city of Buddhism, and two places in it have especial sanctity. One of them is the Great Cathedral, the true "Lhasa" or "home of the gods" in the city proper, ...

While the swastika continues to be a powerful and sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, its transformation into a tool of Nazi propaganda has forever altered its perception in the West.

When the Daily News contacted, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Ven Kudakathnoruwe Vineetha Thera said that the Buddhists perform the Bodhi ...

Korean Buddhist monks had searched for the “Sinjungdo,” a sacred painting, for nearly 35 years before finding it in the collection of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago.