{"id":12,"count":23,"description":"Siddharta Gautama began to spread his teachings of suffering, nirvana, and rebirth in India as early as the 4th or 6th century BCE. Siddharta himself refused to accept representations of himself and instead relied on a variety of symbols to convey his message. Many believe that the eight auspicious emblems of Buddhism reflect the treasures that God bestowed upon Buddha when he attained enlightenment.\r\n\r\nBecause their symbolic or representative nature was not fully articulated in early literature, it is unknown what role the picture played in Early Buddhism, despite the fact that many surviving images can be found. The stupa, Dharma wheel, and lotus flower are three of Buddhism's earliest and most well-known symbols. The dharma wheel, which is generally depicted as having eight spokes, can have a number of different meanings.\r\n\r\nIt was first used in a Buddhist setting on the Pillars of Ashoka in the 3rd century BC, and originally denoted solely royalty (a concept of the \"Monarch of the Wheel, or Chakravatin). The eight spokes of the Dharma wheel correspond to the Noble Eightfold Path, while the Dharma wheel itself refers to the historical process of teaching the buddhadharma. The lotus, too, has a variety of interpretations, but it frequently refers to the mind's essentially pure potential.\r\n\r\nThe Trisula, a sign that combines the lotus, the vajra diamond rod, and a symbolization of the three jewels, has been utilised since around the 2nd century BC (The Buddha, the dharma, the sangha). Buddhists and Hindus in India have long utilised the swastika as a good luck symbol. The Swastika is a Buddhist emblem that is frequently used in East Asia. Left or right-facing Swastikas might be used in this situation.","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/buddhist-symbols\/","name":"Buddhist Symbols","slug":"buddhist-symbols","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}