Η ΙΔΙΚΗ ΜΑΣ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΦΑΛΟΥΝ, ΠΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΩ ΟΝΤΙ Η ΕΙΚΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΣΥΜΠΑΝΤΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ. ΕΙΜΕΘΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΙΑΚΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΟΛΛΑΠΛΩΝ ΣΥΜΠΑΝΤΩΝ. ΕΝΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ (Η ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΟΥ) ΥΠΑΡΧΟΥΝ ΣΥΜΠΑΝΤΑ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΓΕΝΑΣΘΑΙ (ΤΟ ΓΝΩΣΤΟΝ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΟΝ "ΤΑΪ ΤΣΙ", ΔΗΛ. ΑΙ 2 ΚΟΣΜΟΓΟΝΙΚΑΙ ΟΥΣΙΑΙ "ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ"-ΤΟ ΟΡΦΙΚΟΝ ΩΟΝ-ΠΡΩΤΟΣΥΜΠΑΝ) ΚΑΙ ΗΔΗ ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΗΜΕΝΑ ΕΝ ΚΙΝΗΣΕΙ (ΣΒΑΣΤΙΚΕΣ). ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΟΥ ΘΑ ΦΑΝΤΑΣΘΩΜΕΝ ΟΤΙ ΔΙΕΡΧΕΤΑΙ ΚΑΘΕΤΩΣ Ο ΑΞΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ (ΤΟ ΙΝΔΙΚΟΝ ΟΡΟΣ ΜΑΧΑΜΕΡΟΥ) ΚΑΙ ΟΛΟΣ Ο ΚΟΣΜΟΣ ΚΙΝΕΙΤΑΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΑΥΤΟΝ (Η ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΒΑΣΤΙΚΑ = ΤΟ ΣΥΜΒΟΛΟΝ ΤΟΥ "ΡΥΘΜΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ'' & ΤΗΣ ΚΙΝΗΣΕΩΣ ΑΥΤΟΥ).
The high cosmic meaning of the Falun (Law Wheel) in Falun Dafa, is explained hereby Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of these teachings.
The Falun revolves highly in infinity.
The buddha law possesses boundless power.
The law wheel revolves always and eternally.
This Falun Emblem is the miniature of the universe. It also has its own form of existence and process of evolution in all other dimensions; therefore, I call it a world.
This are the own words of the author of these webpage's
In order to correctly understand the profound meaning of these words, one must cultivate oneself within this teaching. It is not sufficient to only do the exercises and read the book once. Rather one should really study "Zhuan Falun" more often. Only then can one seize the profound meaning of these words correctly.
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The Law Wheel Design
Our Falun Dafa’s symbol is a Law Wheel. People with abilities can see that the Law Wheel is turning, and the same goes for our small Law Wheel pins—they’re turning too. We are guided in our cultivation by the nature of the universe, to be True, Good, and Endure. We practice according to the universe’s law of evolution, so what we cultivate is just enormous. In a sense, the Law Wheel design is the universe’s miniature. There’s a concept in the Buddhist system that the Ten-Directional World is itself a universe, having four sides and eight directions, or eight points, so it’s possible that some people can see that above and below it there’s a gong pillar, and that’s why when you count its top and bottom, you get a ten-directional world, which constitutes this universe. It represents the Buddhist summary of the universe.
Of course, there are countless galaxies in this universe, and our Milky Way is one of them. The whole universe is in motion, and all the galaxies in the whole universe are in motion, too, so the Tai-ji symbols in this design and the small srivatsa symbols, are also turning, the whole Law Wheel is turning, too, and the large symbol in the center is turning as well. So in a sense, it symbolizes our Milky Way, and at the same time, since we’re Buddhist, it has a Buddhist symbol in the center. That’s looking at it from the surface. All the different kinds of matter have forms of being in other dimensions, and in those other dimensions they have extremely rich, complex evolution processes and forms of being. This Law Wheel design is the universe’s miniature, and in all other dimensions it, too, has its forms of being and its evolution processes, so I call it a world.
When it’s turning clockwise the Law Wheel can automatically take in energy from the universe, and when it’s turning counterclockwise the Law Wheel can send out energy. Turning inward (clockwise), it saves oneself, turning outward (counterclockwise), it saves others. It is unique to our practice. Some people have asked, "We’re Buddhist, so why are there Tai-ji? Isn’t the Tai-ji a Daoist thing?" It’s because what we cultivate is huge — it’s just like we’re cultivating the whole universe. So think about it, everybody: there are two major systems in the universe, the Buddhist system and the Daoist system, and without either of them it wouldn’t make up a complete universe, you wouldn’t be able to call it a complete universe, so we include Daoist things here. Some people might say, "Hey, there’s more to it than just the Daoist system. What about Christianity, Confucianism, and all the other religions?" I can tell you this, when cultivation in Confucianism reaches extremely high levels it becomes Daoist, while a lot of Western religions are of a Buddhist nature when their cultivation reaches a high level, they’re one set of teachings in the Buddhist system. Those are the only two systems that are major.
So why are there two Tai-ji symbols that are red at the top and blue at the bottom, and two other ones that are red at the top and black at the bottom? The way that people usually think of the Tai-ji is that it’s made up of two kinds of matter, one black and one white, the qi of yin and yang. That understanding is a bit shallow. It has different manifestations in different dimensions. This is how its colors manifest at the highest level. The Dao as we know it is red at the top and black at the bottom, it takes on these colors. For example, we have some people whose Third Eyes are open, and they’ve discovered that what looks red to their eyes actually looks green in another dimension that’s only one level away. They find that the golden yellow color is actually purple in another dimension, that there’s that kind of contrast, since colors change in different dimensions. The Tai-ji with the red top and blue bottom belongs to the Original Great Dao, which includes the Qimen practices. The small symbols on the four sides are Buddhist, and they’re the same as the one in the center—they’re all Buddhist. The colors of this Law Wheel are quite bright, so we use it as Falun Dafa’s symbol.
The Law Wheel that we see with our Third Eye won’t necessarily have these colors. The background color might change, although its design doesn’t. When the Law Wheel that I place in your lower abdomen turns, what you see in your Third Eye might be red, violet, green, or clear. It goes from red to orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet — its background color changes constantly, so you might see other colors, but the colors and the pattern of the symbols and the Tai-ji inside the Law Wheel don’t change. We feel that the background color of this design looks nice, so we’ve kept them. People with abilities can penetrate beyond this dimension to see many, many things.
Some people have said, "This symbol looks like that thing Hitler had." I can tell you that this symbol doesn’t have anything to do with any social clashes. Some people say that if the corner tilted to this side it would be Hitler’s thing. That’s not an issue, since it turns both ways. This symbol was widely known in the world 2,500 years ago, it was back in Shakyamuni’s time that they got to know it. It’s only been a few decades since the time of Hitler and World War II, and he stole this symbol for his own use. But the color of his was different from ours, it was black, and what’s more, its corner pointed upward and it stood on its end, it was vertical. So that’s all I’ll say about the Law Wheel. We’ve only talked about how it looks on the surface.
So then what does this symbol represent for us Buddhists? Some people say it stands for good luck — that’s how ordinary people interpret it. I’ll tell you, the symbol marks a Buddha’s level, and only those who reach the level of a Buddha have it. Bodhisattvas and Arhats don’t have it, but Great Bodhisattvas, like the Four Great Bodhisattvas, all have it. We can tell that those Great Bodhisattvas have gone far beyond the levels of common Buddhas, they’re even higher than Tathagatas. The Buddhas beyond the level of Tathagata are so many they’re countless. Tathagatas have only one symbol, but when someone reaches the levels higher than Tathagata he’ll begin to have more symbols. At a level twice as high as Tathagata you have two symbols, and at even higher levels you have three, four, or five... and some will have so many their bodies will be covered in them. They’ll appear on the head, the shoulders, the knees, and when they get to be too many to fit, they’ll even appear on the palms, the fingers, the soles of the feet, the pads of the toes, and so on. As the level gets higher and higher, the number of symbols keeps rising, and that’s why the symbol indicates a Buddha’s level. The higher a Buddha’s level, the more symbols he has.
from Zhuan Falun
Li Hongzhi
founder of Falun Dafa
The usage of the Swastika in the Falun symbol of the Falun Dafa teachings
The Swastika is contained within the Falun Symbol five times. What its meaning is, can be read in the explanation "The Falun Emblem" here to the right.
The high cosmic meaning of the Falun (Law Wheel) in Falun Dafa, is explained hereby Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of these teachings.
The buddha law possesses boundless power.
The law wheel revolves always and eternally.
This Falun Emblem is the miniature of the universe. It also has its own form of existence and process of evolution in all other dimensions; therefore, I call it a world.
Li Hongzhi
This are the own words of the author of these webpage's
In order to correctly understand the profound meaning of these words, one must cultivate oneself within this teaching. It is not sufficient to only do the exercises and read the book once. Rather one should really study "Zhuan Falun" more often. Only then can one seize the profound meaning of these words correctly.
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The Law Wheel Design
Our Falun Dafa’s symbol is a Law Wheel. People with abilities can see that the Law Wheel is turning, and the same goes for our small Law Wheel pins—they’re turning too. We are guided in our cultivation by the nature of the universe, to be True, Good, and Endure. We practice according to the universe’s law of evolution, so what we cultivate is just enormous. In a sense, the Law Wheel design is the universe’s miniature. There’s a concept in the Buddhist system that the Ten-Directional World is itself a universe, having four sides and eight directions, or eight points, so it’s possible that some people can see that above and below it there’s a gong pillar, and that’s why when you count its top and bottom, you get a ten-directional world, which constitutes this universe. It represents the Buddhist summary of the universe.
Of course, there are countless galaxies in this universe, and our Milky Way is one of them. The whole universe is in motion, and all the galaxies in the whole universe are in motion, too, so the Tai-ji symbols in this design and the small srivatsa symbols, are also turning, the whole Law Wheel is turning, too, and the large symbol in the center is turning as well. So in a sense, it symbolizes our Milky Way, and at the same time, since we’re Buddhist, it has a Buddhist symbol in the center. That’s looking at it from the surface. All the different kinds of matter have forms of being in other dimensions, and in those other dimensions they have extremely rich, complex evolution processes and forms of being. This Law Wheel design is the universe’s miniature, and in all other dimensions it, too, has its forms of being and its evolution processes, so I call it a world.
When it’s turning clockwise the Law Wheel can automatically take in energy from the universe, and when it’s turning counterclockwise the Law Wheel can send out energy. Turning inward (clockwise), it saves oneself, turning outward (counterclockwise), it saves others. It is unique to our practice. Some people have asked, "We’re Buddhist, so why are there Tai-ji? Isn’t the Tai-ji a Daoist thing?" It’s because what we cultivate is huge — it’s just like we’re cultivating the whole universe. So think about it, everybody: there are two major systems in the universe, the Buddhist system and the Daoist system, and without either of them it wouldn’t make up a complete universe, you wouldn’t be able to call it a complete universe, so we include Daoist things here. Some people might say, "Hey, there’s more to it than just the Daoist system. What about Christianity, Confucianism, and all the other religions?" I can tell you this, when cultivation in Confucianism reaches extremely high levels it becomes Daoist, while a lot of Western religions are of a Buddhist nature when their cultivation reaches a high level, they’re one set of teachings in the Buddhist system. Those are the only two systems that are major.
So why are there two Tai-ji symbols that are red at the top and blue at the bottom, and two other ones that are red at the top and black at the bottom? The way that people usually think of the Tai-ji is that it’s made up of two kinds of matter, one black and one white, the qi of yin and yang. That understanding is a bit shallow. It has different manifestations in different dimensions. This is how its colors manifest at the highest level. The Dao as we know it is red at the top and black at the bottom, it takes on these colors. For example, we have some people whose Third Eyes are open, and they’ve discovered that what looks red to their eyes actually looks green in another dimension that’s only one level away. They find that the golden yellow color is actually purple in another dimension, that there’s that kind of contrast, since colors change in different dimensions. The Tai-ji with the red top and blue bottom belongs to the Original Great Dao, which includes the Qimen practices. The small symbols on the four sides are Buddhist, and they’re the same as the one in the center—they’re all Buddhist. The colors of this Law Wheel are quite bright, so we use it as Falun Dafa’s symbol.
The Law Wheel that we see with our Third Eye won’t necessarily have these colors. The background color might change, although its design doesn’t. When the Law Wheel that I place in your lower abdomen turns, what you see in your Third Eye might be red, violet, green, or clear. It goes from red to orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet — its background color changes constantly, so you might see other colors, but the colors and the pattern of the symbols and the Tai-ji inside the Law Wheel don’t change. We feel that the background color of this design looks nice, so we’ve kept them. People with abilities can penetrate beyond this dimension to see many, many things.
Some people have said, "This symbol looks like that thing Hitler had." I can tell you that this symbol doesn’t have anything to do with any social clashes. Some people say that if the corner tilted to this side it would be Hitler’s thing. That’s not an issue, since it turns both ways. This symbol was widely known in the world 2,500 years ago, it was back in Shakyamuni’s time that they got to know it. It’s only been a few decades since the time of Hitler and World War II, and he stole this symbol for his own use. But the color of his was different from ours, it was black, and what’s more, its corner pointed upward and it stood on its end, it was vertical. So that’s all I’ll say about the Law Wheel. We’ve only talked about how it looks on the surface.
So then what does this symbol represent for us Buddhists? Some people say it stands for good luck — that’s how ordinary people interpret it. I’ll tell you, the symbol marks a Buddha’s level, and only those who reach the level of a Buddha have it. Bodhisattvas and Arhats don’t have it, but Great Bodhisattvas, like the Four Great Bodhisattvas, all have it. We can tell that those Great Bodhisattvas have gone far beyond the levels of common Buddhas, they’re even higher than Tathagatas. The Buddhas beyond the level of Tathagata are so many they’re countless. Tathagatas have only one symbol, but when someone reaches the levels higher than Tathagata he’ll begin to have more symbols. At a level twice as high as Tathagata you have two symbols, and at even higher levels you have three, four, or five... and some will have so many their bodies will be covered in them. They’ll appear on the head, the shoulders, the knees, and when they get to be too many to fit, they’ll even appear on the palms, the fingers, the soles of the feet, the pads of the toes, and so on. As the level gets higher and higher, the number of symbols keeps rising, and that’s why the symbol indicates a Buddha’s level. The higher a Buddha’s level, the more symbols he has.
from Zhuan Falun
Li Hongzhi
founder of Falun Dafa
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