What does swastika mean? VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH. What does swastika mean? The swastika is one of the 32 good signs of the Buddha. This is a manifestation of the merit of the Buddha. The reason it appears in the chest of the Buddha is to express the meaning of the Buddha's complete enlightenment. In the center of the chest is a symbol of the Middle Way... Question: Why is there a swastika in front of the chest of Shakyamuni Buddha? And what is the meaning of the swastika? And do not understand why the swastika sometimes has a right rotation, sometimes a left rotation? Answer: The swastika is one of the 32 good signs of the Buddha. This is a manifestation of the merit of the Buddha. The reason it appears in the chest of the Buddha is to express the meaning of the Buddha's complete enlightenment. In the center of the chest is the symbol of the Middle Way, not stuck on either side, beyond the opposite. As for its meaning, according to Hue Quang Buddhist Dictionary, it means auspicious hai van or auspicious auspicious. As for the direction of rotation on the right and the left is not the same, according to the Hue Quang Buddhist Dictionary explains as follows: "The swastika, (please draw the swastika with the upper direction rotated to the left here) is the sign of the swastika. sign of auspiciousness in ancient India. In addition to India, Persia, Greece all have this insignia, usually considered to represent the sun, lightning, fire, and flowing water. In ancient India, Buddhism, Brahminism, Jainism all used this word. At first, the Indians believed that this insignia was the twisted hair on the chest of Brahma, the low-ranking monk (Sanskrit: Visnu), the iron-turned sand noa (Sanskrit: Krsna) and generally considered this a sign of good healthy, pure, full. In Buddhism, the swastika (upper direction turns to the left) is an auspicious sign in front of the chest of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas of the Ten Grounds, later gradually becoming a sign representing Buddhism. There are many theories about the swastika. Regarding the Chinese translation of the swastika, Kumarajiva and Huyen Trang translate as the word "Germany", and Mr. Bodhi Luu Chi translates it as the swastika, representing the meaning of full merit. And in Tong Cao Tang Story 3, it is said that if the swastika (the upper direction rotates to the left) is translated as ten thousand, it is not translating the meaning but translating the sound. But the sound of the word Srivatsalaksana was not originally included in the sutras. It was not until 639 that Vo Tac Thien coined this word, pronounced it ten thousand and thought that this word meant the gathering place of all good things. But the swastika (upper left) is inherently a symbol, not a letter. The reason why it is always read that thousands of characters are one-sided is due to custom, mainly because of a mistake when translating from Sanskrit to Chinese. Because of the Sanskrit word Laksana, the sound translation is Lac slaying, meaning generals; on the other hand, the Sanskrit word aksara translates as slaying evil, means self. Perhaps the two sounds Laksana and aksara are so similar that their meanings are confused. According to this, the swastika (upper left side) should be read as a general, (ten thousand generals) in accordance with the original meaning of the Sanskrit word. Since ancient times, the swastika has had 2 different cases of turning to the left and to the right. In Hinduism, the majority uses the swastika (the direction rotates to the left) to represent the male deity and the swastika (the direction rotates to the right) to represent the female deity. As for Buddhism, there is an ancient tower still in the garden of Loc wild, the letters on the tower are all swastikas, (with the direction to the right) this tower is an architectural object of the reign of King Asoka, built to commemorate where the Buddha entered samadhi in the past. In Tibet, Lamaists often use the swastika (which rotates to the left) and Buddhists use the swastika (also rotates to the left). In China, for generations, people have used both methods. Hue Lam Yin Nghia and Goryeo Dai Tibetan Sutra both advocate the swastika (the direction rotates to the left), the Japanese Tripitaka also imitates and uses the swastika (the direction rotates to the right), but there are 3 versions of the Tripitaka. During the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, all used the swastika (the direction rotated to the right), the division of words rotated to the left and the right mainly due to different positions. There are many places in the Sutra that say "turn to the right", the white hairs between the two eyebrows are also flexible and rotate to the right, just like when paying respects to the Buddha, the Bodhisattva also has to circumambulate to the right, so the word “turning to the right” has become a certain thesis, but in the end, whether the swastika is rotated to the right or rotated to the left is still a source of controversy. If we put the swastika in front of us, looking at the swastika from our position, turning to the right will turn into a swastika (the direction rotates to the right); but if you say according to the word itself, the swastika (the direction of rotation to the right) is suitable for the direction of rotation to the right.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/1/2022.