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Buddhism: Symbols and Icons

Buddhism: Symbols and Icons. Buddha Images. Description: Appears standing Seated in lotus position or reclining Dressed as monk with left shoulder covered and his right shoulder bare Not always fat Significance: Need to represent Buddha. Mudras. Description: Hand gestures

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Buddhism: Symbols and Icons

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  1. Buddhism: Symbols and Icons

  2. Buddha Images

  3. Description: Appears standing Seated in lotus position or reclining Dressed as monk with left shoulder covered and his right shoulder bare Not always fat Significance: Need to represent Buddha

  4. Mudras

  5. Description: • Hand gestures • Appear in images of Hindu deities • Significance: • Can tell someone's state of mind by looking at their stance or gestures

  6. Stupa

  7. Description: Domed-shaped mounds that were built to house the relics of the Buddha or other holy figures Decorated with paintings or cravings illustrating life of Buddha Significance: Every Buddhist temple has one Monks and lay people walk around them 3 times when making their devotion A pilgrimage to a stupa and the construction of small stupas are considered merit-gaining activities by some Buddhists

  8. The Lotus Flower

  9. Significance: • Buddha had a vision of the human race as a bed of lotus flowers • All people have the ability to develop their potential and rise from an undesirable life

  10. Buddhapada

  11. Description: Representations of Buddha's foot-prints Craved in stone and feature signs of the Buddha Buddha figures and sacred wheels, on the soles The toes are the same length Significance: Buddha's presence, as they are believed to be the imprints where the Buddha actually touched the ground the Buddha's absence now that he has entered nirvana, and thus are a reminder of the Buddhist ideal of nonattachment.

  12. The Wheel of Life

  13. Description: • Visual representation of samara or endless cycle of uncontrolled rebirths • Significance: • The Wheel of Life is held up to us as a mirror by Yama, the god of death, who sends to human beings the messengers of approaching old-age, sickness and death. • This famous symbolic picture traditionally can be found at the entrances of Buddhist temples

  14. Mandala

  15. Description: • Sand Mandala • Exercise of meditation and prayer • Limits of physical space Significance: • Centre of the universe in which a fully awakened being abides • Recite chants and prayers before it is swept up and placed into a stream or body of water • Impermanence of the world

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