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2007-09-27 01:51:07 · 3 answers · asked by ghtyjyum 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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The Buddhist flag is a modern creation it was jointly designed by Mr J.R. de Silva and Colonel Henry S. Olcott to mark the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon in 1880. It was accepted as the International Buddhist Flag by the 1952 World Buddhist Congress.

Colonel Olcott designed a flag from the six colours of the aura that he believed shone around the head of the Buddha after His Enlightenment.

The first five stripes of the flag are of five colours.

Blue: Universal Compassion
Yellow : The Middle Path
Red : Blessings
White : Purity and Liberation
Orange : Wisdom

The sixth colour is a conglomeration of the five, but for the design, it has been separated into its constituent colours.

The colonel's flag later came to symbolize the unity of Buddhists. Thereafter, it has been used worldwide and has been used in nearly 60 countries during Buddhist festive seasons, particularly during the Vesak celebrations.

Colonel Olcott was one of the greatest American Buddhists who dedicated his later life entirely to the people of Asia. He is known as the father of the Buddhist education movement since he initiated the establishment of close to 400 Buddhist schools and colleges in Sri Lanka.

2007-09-27 02:04:26 · answer #1 · answered by Kimberly A 6 · 1 0

The accomplice flag is an emblem of the treasonous and seditious act that quite a few U.S. states took against the Union. Why people who declare to be so patriotic prefer to hold to that's previous me. And btw, the accomplice flag grew to become into now not flown over South Carolina authorities homes till the mid-1960's - the peak of the trendy civil rights circulate.

2017-01-02 18:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Sorry.....

I was way too focused on the blank "I just took ecstacy" look on the poor guys face.

I could swear I bumped into him at an all night rave once long ago......

2007-09-27 01:54:50 · answer #3 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 0 2

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