Thursday, January 12, 2012

Buddhism flag

 
The flag separated into sex ratio with different colors symbolize in vertical which the last one separated into five rows in different colors.It has blue, yellow, red, white, and orange. This is the flag depicted on the Flag Chart published by Shipmate and by the Flag Research Center. William Grimes-Wyatt 22 Jan 1996.

Meaning of the flag:
1. Blue: signifying the concept of loving kindness and peace in Buddhism.
2. Yellow: signifying the Middle Path, that is, the complet absence of from and emptiness.
3. Red: signifying achievement, wisdom, virtue, fortune and dignity.
4. White: signifying purity, emancipation, that the Dharma(ធម្ម)​ will always exist regardless of time or space.
5. Orange: the essence of Buddhism which is full of wisdom, strength and dignity.
6. The combination of these five colors symbolizes that it is the one and only truth.

Buddhist flag accepted as the international Buddhist flag by the 1952 World Buddhist Congress.

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