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mphotographies (1976) 2008-05-28 20:15

I like the way you closed right in filling up the picture frame showing details of the subject. The imposing presence of the Buddha takes the viewer right up thus making a strong visual impact.

Very interesting ;)

I'm not familiar with symbols but there is something that interests me about the cross. I did some research and here it is.

Very interesting.

Jom

The swastika (from Sanskrit svástika स्वस्तिक ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing (卐) form or its mirrored left-facing (卍) form. The swastika can also be drawn as a traditional swastika, but with a second 90° bend in each arm. It is a widely-used religious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. In the 1920s, the swastika became a Nazi symbol in the Western world.*

The name "sauwastika" is sometimes given to the left-facing form of the swastika (卍)based on D'Alviella (1894), though the term is merely an alternate spelling of swastika. Indians of all faiths sometimes use the symbol in both orientations, mostly for symmetry. Buddhists outside India generally use the left-facing swastika rather than the right-facing swastika, although both can be used. Claims to the effect that the left-facing swastika has inauspicious or "evil" connotations are without substance, most likely based on the stigma of left handedness. In particular, the left-facing swastika is often carved in a see-through lattice in entrance doors of Buddhist temples in China. When exiting the temple, one sees the reverse side of this lattice on the same door, which looks like a right-facing swastika.*

"To avoid all evil
To do good.
To purify one's mind.
This is the teaching of all the Buddhas."
--Dhammapāda, XIV, 5

* Wikipedia