SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST FLAG& MORE ANCIENT HISTORY

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CulturePeaceForever's webcam video January 26, 2010, 11:28 AM Several sources have taught the significance of the International Buddhist flag. This is the color significance of the colors of the flag.All the colors in this video symbolize the aura of Buddha after he became enlightened under the famous Bodhi Tree. The Color Blue it has been taught,shown brightly from the Buddha's hair and is symbolic of the spirit of Universal Compassions of all the sentient beings. Yellow,which also showed brightly or radiated from our Buddha's skin symbolized the Middle Way which is not extreme and which has taught balance and freedom of all mental obstructions or "freedom". Red,which also showed brightly from our Buddha's skin symbolzes the blessings we receive or attain from much practice of the Dharma(Of the Buddha's teachings.) The white color which showed brightly from the Buddha's teetch and bones teaches us,and symbolized the purity of our Buddha's teachngs and the freedom it helps bring us. Finally, The Orange which shows brightly from our Buddha's hands(his palms and lips) symbolized the steady Teachings(Dharma)of the buddha. All the colors together show the universal truth of our Buddha's teachings. All sentient beings are born with the potential for Buddhahood. Blue also means the idea of loving kindness and peace in Buddhist teachings. Yellow means the Middle Path(Madhyamika) or the absolute emptiness of form.. Red means achievement,wisdom,virtue,fortune,and dignity,(or the practicing wish of enlightment of all sentient beings.) White means purity,emancipation,and that our Buddha will always exist forever no matter how boundless space is. Orange means the basics of complete wisdom,strongness,and dignity. And all these colors together shows the one and only truth of the Buddha. We hope reading ancient history will bring more understanding of how the various countries & their cultures intertwined in Buddhism's earlier years,& for "the wish of enlightment of all sentient beings now,and into the future." DISCLAIMER: All websites are listed for education only.Please inform me first if you wish to have your website http: address removed.Thank you. SOURCES,COUNTRIES,or early,ancient Buddhism. It is said the International Buddhist flag might have existed in Dutugamunu's days. However,most sources state it was made in l880 by The American journalist,who was a Colonel named Henry Steele olcott also before who was a soldier and lawyer and who established a theosophical Society in New York. So in this video,I have found many websites about Sri Lanka histor too. DETAILS ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST FLAg IN MEMORY OF VIETNAMESE MONK,THICH QUANT DUC. http://sithiporn.com/articles/a-vietnamese-persecution-of-vietnamese-buddhism.php http://www.thuvienhoasen.org/qd-tuongniem-23.htm THICH QUANG DUC article by a person named Rollie Hicks. http://www.thuvienhoasen.org/qd-tuongniem-23.htm The Unforgettable Fire. http://www.porchlight.ca/~blackdog/duc.htm The Hierarchy of Vietnamese Buddhist Monks.http://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/rsv/rsv08.htm NAVY DEPARTMENT LIBRARY.Buddhism & Other Vietnamese Religions. http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/religions.htm The History of Gautama Buddha. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Gautama_Buddha HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN SRI LANKA. http://www.sinhalanet.com/concisemahavamsaweb.pdf CULTURE & HISTORY OF SRI LANKA,SRI LANKA. http://www.slembassy.se/culture.htm HOLY,HISTORY OF ELEPHANTS IN SRI LANKA. http://web.singnet.com.sg/~sidneys/flag.htm DUTUGAMUNU. http://timelines.ws/countries/SRILANKA.HTML KING ASHOKA.(Thank you to Geshe Michael Roach for his teachings about Ashoka,& to Cultural India.com. ) http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-history/ancient-india/ashoka.html HOW BUDDHISM ORIGINATED IN VIETNAM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Vietnam WHY VIETNAM WAS CALLED INDO CHINA-& VIETNAM BUDDHISM. http://www.buddhismtoday.com/english/vietnam/country/005-VietnameseBuddhism.htm VIETNAMESE BUDDHISM.IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION THE ASPECT OF BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY.By a person named, Hoang Thi Tho of Institute of Philosophy,vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. http://www.crvp.org/seminar/05-seminar/hoang.htm Religions And Policies Regarding Religion in Vietnam. mofa.gov.vn/en/ctc_quocte/ptklk/nr040819162124/.../download

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