What is the true meaning of Swastika?

Question

It is obvious that a lot of people out there don't know what it TRULY means. Swastika is different from Hitler's Hakenkreuz. Please read this and I hope it changes your views:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
2) http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa086.shtml

Answer 1

The swastika comes from the sanskrit word svastika meaning well being. it is sacred to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Odinism.
Most Indian temples, entrance of houses, weddings, festivals and celebrations are decorated with swastikas.The symbol has an ancient history in Europe, appearing on artifacts from pre-Christian European cultures.
In the Western world, the symbol experienced a resurgence following the archaeological work in the late nineteenth century of Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the symbol in the site of ancient Troy and associated it with the ancient migrations of Proto-Indo-Europeans ("Aryan" people).

The symbol is an ancient symbol with peaceful meanings but because someone with the audacity to use it as a symbol of currupted power, it now has a bad meaning to the western world.

Answer 2

Swastika True Meaning

Answer 3

Hitler first saw this symbol during his childhood. Back then he lived in a small village close to the Benedictine monastery at Lambach, Upper Austria. For a while he was a choirboy there and lived at the monastery during the winter of 1897-1898. There, chiseled into the wall above the spring grotto in the courtyard, was the date 1860 together with a swastika.
In his book 'The Upper Danube, the Fuehrer’s Home'
Robert Lenk writes:
“Choirboy Adolf Hitler saw the angular sign of the sun-wheel for the first time on the escutcheon of the archway of Lambach.” (P. 102)
In 1931 the results of excavations in Southern Asia were published. At Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa the remnants of a highly developed state culture were unearthed, a culture that was in bloom long before our Common Era. Symbols of religious nature were found, including some depictions of the swastika.
Archaeologist V. Gordon Childe states regarding these swastikas:
“The swastika and the cross, common on stamps and plaques, were religious or magical symbols as in Babylonia and Elam in the earliest prehistoric period.”—New Light on the Most Ancient East, by V. Gordon Childe, pp. 184, 185.

Answer 4

The swastika has been seen as a symbol for good luck by people in both ancient and modern times. A closer look at the etymology of this Sanskrit word, however, reveals a deeper meaning. When the Sanskrit scholar and spiritual teacher, P.R. Sarkar visited Germany in 1979 he gave the following interpretation of the word:

su - means "good"
asti - means "to be, to exist"
ik - means "what is in existence, and will continue to exist"
a - denotes feminine gender
So "Swastika" means a 'good existence' that is not to be destroyed and that remains in a good condition. He went on to say that its deeper meaning is permanent victory. In the context of the cultural origins of the swastika, this means the victory of dharma - the fundamental spiritual nature of humanity.
Sarkar explained that the swastika has both a positive and a negative expression:

Positive and negative swastikas
He then went on to warn those present not to use the negative swastika, explaining that it brings total annihilation, while the positive swastika brings total victory.

Answer 5

There are two swastikas in the world; the clockwise directional and counterclockwise directional, both of which have been around for thousands of years. The clockwise swastika was a sign of luck and good fortune, while the counterclockwise was a sign for bad luck.

Then Hitler comes along and flaunts the counterclockwise on the Nazi flag and completely RUINS the reputation that either swastika had. No reason that the symbol should suffer jsut because some d*ckhole misused it, imho.

Answer 6

The swastika (from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक svastika, from su "well", and asti "being", thus "good fortune" or "well-being") is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles in either left-facing (卍) or right-facing (卐) direction. The swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Odinism[1]. The Hindu version is often decorated with a dot in each quadrant.

However, in the Western world, it is most widely known and used as a symbol of Nazism (the Hakenkreuz, "hook-cross") and this political association has eclipsed its historical status as the fylfot.

I'd say that because of its connection with the Nazis, it means death to 6,000,000 innocents and world war.

Answer 7

Of course we Americans think of it as the 'sign' of Hitler---but indeed it goes back centuries and to several ethnic populations----- and has a Holy connection---I first was aware of it because of WW2 - and I saw some fabric in an antique patch work quilt and it was used to decorate fabric~~~ many meanings-- and mostly good-sad that it is connected to Hitlers' deeds- war and death.- Kinda like the Rebel flags' history--- :-(

Answer 8

The swastika is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Odinis. The Hindu version is often decorated with a dot in each quadrant.

Answer 9

People talk like they know everything. So you can never tell.
I read Hitler was a bum, but had a fiery way of speaking. And some Satanic individuals molded him into a leader.
The swastika is a Satanic symbol. The Wheel of Life symbol
turned backward, and slanted. Evil does things in "reverse".
It symbolized DEATH. Can anyone disagree that is what it
symbolized?

Answer 10

The swastika used to be a symbol of happiness and good luck. However, when Hitler used it is now seen as great evil, horror, and racism.