Click on the
picture above for a larger viewTibetan Buddhists make use of a particular set of eight
auspicious symbols, called Ashtamangala, or Eight Auspicious Symbols, in
household and public art. (In Sanskrit "ashta" is 'eight' and "mangala" is
'auspicious')
The lotus flower is one of the "Ashtamangala." The lotus
represents purity of body, speech, and mind, floating above the muddy waters of
attachment and desire...the White Lotus especially so.
Buddhism is a dharmic, non-theistic religion, which is also a
philosophy and a system of psychology. Buddhism is also known, in Sanskrit or
Pali (the main ancient languages of Buddhists), as Buddha Dharma, which
means the "teachings of the Awakened One."
Siddhārtha
Gautama
is the key
figure in Buddhism.
He was a spiritual teacher from ancient
India and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is universally
recognized by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age. The time of his birth
and death are uncertain; most modern historians date his lifetime from 563 BC to
483 BC.
In Buddhism,
'a Buddha' is any being who has become fully awakened (enlightened), has
permanently overcome desire or craving, aversion, and delusion, or ignorance,
and has achieved complete liberation from suffering.
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