Eight auspicious symbols Page

The eight auspicious symbols (Skt. aṣṭamaṅgala; Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྟགས་བརྒྱད་, tashi takgyé, Wyl. bkra shis rtags brgyad) are:

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=The Most Precious Parasol

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*(Skt. sitātapatra; Tib, གདུགས་, Wyl. gdugs)

Protects from suffering, destructive emotions, illness, harm and obstacles.
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=The Auspicious Golden Fishes

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*(Skt. kanakamatsya; Tib. གསེར་ཉ་, Wyl. gser nya)
They stand for fearlessness, freedom and liberation, as well as happiness, fertility and abundance.
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=The Wish-fulfilling Vase of Treasure

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*(Skt. nidhighaṭa; Tib. བུམ་པ་, Wyl. bum pa)
An inexhaustible source of long life, wealth, and prosperity, which fulfils all one’s spiritual and material wishes.
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=The Exquisite Lotus Blossom

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*(Skt. padmakuñjara; Tib, པད་མ་, Wyl. pad ma))
Stands for purity of mind and heart, and transformation, as well as compassion, and all perfect qualities.
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=The Conch Shell of Far Renown

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*(Skt. śaṅkhavarta; Tib. དུང་དཀར་གཡས་འཁྱིལ་, Wyl. dung dkar g.yas 'khyil)
Symbolizes the far-reaching melodious sound of the spiritual teachings.
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=The Glorious Endless Knot

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*(Skt. śrīvatsya; Tib. དཔལ་བེའུ་, Wyl. dpal be'u)
The sign of interdependence, of how everything in the universe is interconnected.
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=The Ever-Flying Banner of Victory

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*(Skt. kundadhvaja; Tib. རྒྱལ་མཚན་,Wyl. rgyal mtshan)
Means victory over all disagreement, disharmony or obstacles, and the attainment of happiness, both temporary and ultimate.
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=The All-powerful Wheel

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*(Skt. suvarṅacakra; Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ་, Wyl. chos kyi 'khor lo)
Symbolizes the teaching of Buddha, and is the source of spiritual values, wealth, love and liberation.
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