बौद्ध ध्वज

बौद्ध ध्वज

बीजिंग (चीन) में लहराता हुआ बौद्ध ध्वज।

बौद्ध ध्वज या पंचशील ध्वज यह ध्वज बौद्ध धर्म के प्रतीक एवं बौद्धों के सार्वभौमिक प्रतिनिधित्व के लिए 19 वीं सदी में बनाया गया है। यह दुनिया भर में बौद्धों द्वारा प्रयोग किया जाता है।

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Nan Tien Temple, Wollongong, ऑस्ट्रेलिया में लहराता हुआ बौद्ध ध्वज

The flag was originally designed in 1885 by the Colombo Committee, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The committee consisted 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), Charles A. de Silva, Peter De Abrew, William De Abrew (father of Peter), H. William Fernando, N. S. Fernando and Carolis Pujitha Gunawardena (secretary).

It was first hoisted in public on Vesak day, 28 May 1885 at the Dipaduttamarama, Kotahena, by Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera. This was the first Vesak public holiday under British rule.

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott, an American journalist, founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, felt that its long streaming shape made it inconvenient for general use. He therefore suggested modifying it so that it was the size and shape of national flags.

In 1889 the modified flag was introduced to Japan by Anagarika Dharmapala and Olcott—who presented it to Emperor Meiji—and subsequently to Burma.

At the 1952 World Fellowship of Buddhists, the flag of Buddhists was adopted as the International Buddhist Flag.

रंग

The six vertical bands of the flag represent the six colors of the aura which Buddhists believe emanated from the body of the Buddha when he attained Enlightenment:

Blue (Nīla): Loving kindness, peace and universal compassion

Yellow (Pīta): The Middle Path – avoiding extremes, emptiness

Red (Lohita): The blessings of practice – achievement, wisdom, virtue, fortune and dignity

White (Odāta): The purity of Dharma – leading to liberation, outside of time or space

Orange (Manjesta): The Buddha's teachings – wisdom

The sixth vertical band, on the fly, is made up of a combination of rectangular bands of the five other colours, and represents a compound of the other five colours in the aura's spectrum. This compound colour is referred to as Pabbhassara ('essence of light').

Variants

The variant Japanese flag in Kyoto.

The Dharmacakra flag, symbol of Buddhism in Thailand.

The nonsectarian Buddhist flag is flown over the temples of many different schools. However, some choose to change the colors of the flag to emphasize their own teachings.

• In Japan, there is a traditional Buddhist flag (五色幕—goshikimaku) which has different colors but is sometimes merged with the design of the international flag to represent international cooperation. The five colors of the Japanese Buddhist flag represent the Five Wisdom Buddhas, or alternately the colors of the Buddha's hair.^{[उद्धरण चाहिए]}
• The Japanese Jōdo Shinshū replaces the orange stripe with pink.
• In Tibet, the colours of the stripes represent the different colours of Buddhist robes united in one banner. Tibetan monastic robes are maroon, so the orange stripes in the original design are often replaced with maroon.
• Tibetan Buddhists in Nepal replace the orange stripes with plum stripes.
• Theravada Buddhists in Myanmar replace orange with pink, the color of the robe of the country's bhikkhunis.
• Theravada Buddhists in Thailand opt the usage of a yellow flag with a red dharmacakra; it is sometimes paired with the international Buddhist flag.
• Soka Gakkai uses a tricolor of blue, yellow, and red.

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  Jōdo Shinshū's flag
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  Tibetan Buddhist flag
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  Burmese Buddhist flag
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  Nepalese Buddhist flag
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  Japanese Buddhist flag "goshikimaku" (五色幕)
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  A common variant with the dharmachakra
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  Flag of Soka Gakkai
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  Thai Buddhist flag (The dhammacakka flag, Thong Dhammacak ธงธรรมจักร)
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  Flag of Dalit Buddhist movement in India.
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  Korean Buddhist swastika flag
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  Karma Kagyu flag (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa's "dream flag")

बाहरी कडिया

Buddhism प्रवेशद्वार

• Buddhist flag at Flags of the World
• General Buddhist symbols