- Snow Mountain The white snow Mountain in the center depicts Tibet, Land of Snow surrounded by mountain
- Yellow Sun The sun represents equal enjoyment of freedom, spiritual happiness and prosperity by all
- 6 Red rays against blue sky The six red rays against blue sky represents the six origin tribes of Tibet people( Se,Mu,Dong,Tong,Dru and Ra)
- Two Snow Lions The pair of Snow lions symbolize the accomplishment of a unified spiritual and secular life
- Three Jewel(on top) The raised jewel symbolize the Tibet's reverence for the three precious gems: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
- Two colored Jewel(Norbu gyakil) The two colored swirling jewel held between the two lions represents the people’s guarding and cherishing of the self discipline of correct ethical behavior, principally represented by the practices of the ten exalted virtues and the 16 humane modes of conduct.
- Yellow boundaries The adornment with a yellow border symbolizes that the teachings of the Buddha, which are like pure, refined gold and unbounded in space and time, are flourishing and spreading. The border-less represents Tibet's openness to non-Buddhist thought.
Monday, August 17, 2015
7" Symbolism" Of The Tibetan National Flag
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