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Nazi Swastika backfires on UNP
In the very first attempt in a section of the rumour mill print media
OF unp, put up posters all over the city showing the Swastika. It was
a warning of the dangers of Nazi type fascism. Many of these swastika
posters were pasted directly below the face of the President on PA posters.
It was a build up to Ranil Wickremasinghe's calling the President "Hitler
Mathini" (Madam Hitler) on Thursday. But this swastika weapon boomeranged
very badly on those who organized it. What they had put up was not the
Nazi swastika, worn on the armband of Hitler and the Nazis, and the symbol
of the Nazi Party. It was the traditional Asian Swastika, which is symbol
of blessing in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions, and also believed by
Buddhists to be one of the many auspicious markings found on the sole
of the Buddha.
The swastika is a reverse-oriented Sanskrit-based [don't ask me precisereligion
or culture!] symbol of "God". No relation to Christian, unless
you swallow Hindu-based views and opt for a few years of study in India.
[The chances of his getting in some study in Egypt is barely more plausible.]
Definitely no relation to Judaic.
In Buddhism, a swastika represents resignation. In Jainism, it delineates
their seventh saint, and the four arms are also used to remind the worshiper
of the four possible places of rebirth; the animal or plant world, in
Hell, on Earth, or in the spirit world. To Hindus, the swastika with the
arms bent to the left is called the sathio or sauvastika, which symbolizes
night, magic, purity, and the destructive goddess Kali. In both Hinduism
and Jainism, the swastika or sathio is used to mark the opening pages
or their account books, thresholds, doors, and offerings.
The swastika was a symbol for the Aryan people, a name which, in Sanskrit
means "noble". The Aryans were a group of people who settled
in Iran and Northern India. They believed themselves to be a pure race,
superior to the other surrounding cultures. When the Germans looked for
a symbol, they looked for a symbol which represented the purity which
they believed they contained. The Nazis regarded themselves as "Aryans"
and tried to steal the accomplishments of these pre-historic people.
Related links
http://www.intelinet.org/swastika/swastika_intro.htm
http://www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1997/swastika.html
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