![]() Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery (Bright Hill Temple) is the other temple with swastika symbols located at Bright Hill Road in yellow and red. It holds great importance in the Buddhist tradition and thus, this symbol can be found on almost all the Buddhist sites including the temples. Buddhist Swastika is more often viewed as a sign of infinity, affluence, abundance and long life. The swastika symbols also often been used to mark the beginning of all the Buddhist texts. Buddhists have actually borrowed the swastika symbol from the Hindus. The image of Lord Buddha depicts swastika on each of the toes of his feet. Swastika symbol is also the first of the 65 auspicious symbols on the footprint of the Buddha. It is also said to contain the whole mind of the Buddha and can often be found imprinted on the chest, feet or palms of Buddha images. In Buddhism, the swastika symbol signifies auspiciousness and good fortune as well as the footprint of the Buddha and Buddha’s heart. Swastika is derived from Sanskrit word Savstika, “su” meaning “good”, “asti” meaning “to be” (well-being, good fortune, and “ka” as a suffix. Early archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the ancient civilisation as well as in the art of the Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Celts, Native Americans, and Persians as well as specifically in Hinduisms, Jainism and Buddhism as a sacred symbol of good luck. The swastika symbol (卐) is a cross with four arms of equal length with the ends of each arm bent at right angle in right facing form or mirrored left facing form (卍). It has notably been outlawed in Germany after the Second World War, if used as a symbol of Nazism, as well as many allied countries including Singapore. Many of us reading the history or story of Second World War in Europe would remember the atrocities committed by the Nazi party of Germany on the Jews – the infamous holocaust tragic event of ethnic cleansing in Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Austria.Īs a result, the swastika symbol was strongly associated with Nazism and the related ideologies such as fascism and white supremacy. ![]() ![]() We are all too familiar with the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany during World War II. The swastika symbol associated with the Nazis party is a common mistaken notion of many of us. ![]()
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