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Encyclopedia > Buddhist flag
Buddhist flag
Buddhist flag

The Buddhist flag is a flag designed to symbolise Buddhism. It was designed in 1880 by the Colombo Committee, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, composed of Ven. Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera (chairman), Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera, Don Carolis Hewavitharana (father of Anagarika Dharmapala), Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (maternal grandfather of Anagarika Dharmapala), William de Abrew, Charles A. de Silva, Peter de Abrew, H. William Fernando, N. S. Fernando and Carolis Pujitha Gunawardena (secretary). Image File history File links Flag_of_Buddhism. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Buddhism. ... A statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha in Tawang Gompa, India. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: , District Colombo District Government  - Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) Area  - City 37. ... The title of Venerable is the title given to ordained Buddhist monks or nuns. ... Anagarika Dharmapala (1864 - 1933) was born David Hewavitarne in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ...


Colonel Henry Steele Olcott, an American journalist founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, later made suggestions for modifying it, which were adopted. It was first hoisted in 1885 in Sri Lanka and is a symbol of faith and peace. Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, is well-known as the first prominent person of Western descent to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. ... The Theosophical Society was the organization formed to advance the spiritual doctrines and altruistic living known as Theosophy. ...


Colors

The five colours of the flag represent the colours of the aura that emanated from the body of the Buddha when he attained Enlightenment: Siddhartha and Gautama redirect here. ... Bodhi (बोधि) is the Pāli and Sanskrit word for the awakened or knowing consciousness of a fully liberated yogi, generally translated into English as enlightenment. It is an abstract noun formed from the verbal root budh (to awake, become aware, notice, know or understand), corresponding to the verbs bujjhati (P...

Blue: Loving kindness, peace and universal compassion
Yellow: The Middle Path - avoiding extremes, emptiness
Red: The blessings of practice - achievement, wisdom, virtue, fortune and dignity
White: The purity of Dharma - leading to liberation, outside of time or space
Orange: The Buddha's teachings - wisdom

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Buddhist flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (189 words)
The Buddhist flag is a flag designed to symbolise Buddhism.
It was first hoisted in 1885 in Sri Lanka and is a symbol of faith and peace.
The five colours of the flag represent the colours of the aura that emanated from the body of the Buddha when he attained Enlightenment:
Buddhism (2527 words)
The Buddhist flag, first hoisted in 1885 in Sri Lanka, is a symbol of faith and peace used throughout the world to represent the Buddhist faith.
His flag acheived that: it became the emblem of the international Buddhist movement and is flown today worldwide in Buddhist buildings and at Buddhist celebrations.
The flags are dark green pennants with a red border and a white eye in the middle - I guess to symbolize the awakening.
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