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The '''Eight Auspicious Symbols''' (Tib. ''bkra shis rtags bryad'') are:
The '''eight auspicious symbols''' (Skt. ''aṣṭamaṅgala''; Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྟགས་བརྒྱད་, ''tashi takgyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''bkra shis rtags brgyad'') are:


*1. The Most Precious Parasol, which protects from suffering, destructive emotions, illness, harm and obstacles.


*2. The Auspicious Golden Fishes which stand for fearlessness, freedom and liberation, as well as happiness, fertility and abundance.  
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===The Most Precious Parasol===
*(Skt. ''sitātapatra''; Tib, གདུགས་, Wyl. ''gdugs'')


*3. The Wish-fulfilling Vase of Treasure, an inexhaustible source of long life, wealth, and prosperity, which fulfils all one’s spiritual and material wishes.
Protects from suffering, [[destructive emotions]], illness, harm and obstacles.
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*4. The Exquisite Lotus Blossom, which stands for purity of mind and heart, and transformation, as well as compassion, and all perfect qualities.
===The Auspicious Golden Fishes===
*(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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[[Image:Conch1.JPG]]
===The Wish-fulfilling Vase of Treasure===
*5. The Conch Shell of Far Renown, which symbolizes the far-reaching melodious sound of the spiritual teachings.
*(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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*6. The Glorious Endless Knot which is the sign of interdependence, of how everything in the universe is interconnected.  
===The Exquisite Lotus Blossom===
*(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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*7. The Ever-Flying Banner of Victory which means victory over all disagreement, disharmony or obstacles, and the attainment of happiness, both temporary and ultimate.
===The Conch Shell of Far Renown===
*(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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*8. The All-powerful Wheel that symbolizes the teaching of Buddha, and is the source of spiritual values, wealth, love and liberation.  
===The Glorious Endless Knot===
*(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===
*(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===
*(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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==Further Reading==
*Dagyab Rinpoche, ''Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture'' (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995), '1. The Eight Symbols of Good Fortune'.
*Robert Beer, ''The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols'' (Boston: Shambhala, 2003), pages 1-15.
==Internal Links==
*[[བཀྲ་ཤིས་]], ''tashi'', auspicious
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Latest revision as of 07:11, 27 September 2023

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


The Most Precious Parasol

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

Protects from suffering, destructive emotions, illness, harm and obstacles.

The Auspicious Golden Fishes

  • (Skt. kanakamatsya; Tib. གསེར་ཉ་, Wyl. gser nya)

They stand for fearlessness, freedom and liberation, as well as happiness, fertility and abundance.

The Wish-fulfilling Vase of Treasure

  • (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.

The Exquisite Lotus Blossom

  • (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.

The Conch Shell of Far Renown

  • (Skt. śaṅkhavarta; Tib. དུང་དཀར་གཡས་འཁྱིལ་, Wyl. dung dkar g.yas 'khyil)

Symbolizes the far-reaching melodious sound of the spiritual teachings.

The Glorious Endless Knot

  • (Skt. śrīvatsya; Tib. དཔལ་བེའུ་, Wyl. dpal be'u)

The sign of interdependence, of how everything in the universe is interconnected.

The Ever-Flying Banner of Victory

  • (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.

The All-powerful Wheel

  • (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.

Further Reading

  • Dagyab Rinpoche, Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995), '1. The Eight Symbols of Good Fortune'.
  • Robert Beer, The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols (Boston: Shambhala, 2003), pages 1-15.

Internal Links

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