Comments on: Photo Moment in Taiwan: Wacky Buddhist Abode http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/ Destinations, Lifestyles, and Cultures in Asia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: globetrotteri http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1466 globetrotteri Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:18:13 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1466 M! Your first comment for me! I'm so excited about your new photography blog. What a way to start out! We weren't allowed to climb up. I was dying to. Maybe when you and Sarah come over, we'll take you there and we can do some sort of ninja by night kinda deal. ;-) M!

Your first comment for me! I’m so excited about your new photography blog. What a way to start out! We weren’t allowed to climb up. I was dying to. Maybe when you and Sarah come over, we’ll take you there and we can do some sort of ninja by night kinda deal. ;-)

]]> By: globetrotteri http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1471 globetrotteri Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:16:04 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1471 Thanks Fili! Thanks Fili!

]]> By: globetrotteri http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1468 globetrotteri Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:15:47 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1468 K, Thanks for your comments. I'm always glad to see you here! I hope you're right. Not as many people know as you would think though. Most people assume negative connotations with the swastika. K,

Thanks for your comments. I’m always glad to see you here! I hope you’re right. Not as many people know as you would think though. Most people assume negative connotations with the swastika.

]]> By: antithesisphotography http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1469 antithesisphotography Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:40:09 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1469 i remember the first time i saw a non nazi swastika. i was about 6 and watching a sweet kung fu flick. everything seemed normal until the last fight scene. they all got down and did their thing in front of a 10ft golden swastika. i was confused because indiana jones and the raiders of the last ark had taught me this was a symbol with naughty connotations. oh to be 6 again. ps. i have come back to your blog three days in a row to check this pic. i want to climb those stairs and see what characters call it home. m. i remember the first time i saw a non nazi swastika. i was about 6 and watching a sweet kung fu flick. everything seemed normal until the last fight scene. they all got down and did their thing in front of a 10ft golden swastika. i was confused because indiana jones and the raiders of the last ark had taught me this was a symbol with naughty connotations. oh to be 6 again.

ps. i have come back to your blog three days in a row to check this pic. i want to climb those stairs and see what characters call it home.

m.

]]> By: filination http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1460 filination Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:20:00 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1460 Oh wow, that's a special one :O Oh wow, that’s a special one :O

]]> By: oceanofstupidity http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1461 oceanofstupidity Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:53:46 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1461 Generation of my grandfathers and parrents who remember the II World War always will associate the swastika with events of those years. It is inevitable. But I think new generations will have different relation to this symbol. Today a lot of people know that Buddhism and Hinduism have connection with the swastika. *** I like your pictures. You have nice shots. Generation of my grandfathers and parrents who remember the II World War always will associate the swastika with events of those years. It is inevitable. But I think new generations will have different relation to this symbol. Today a lot of people know that Buddhism and Hinduism have connection with the swastika.
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I like your pictures. You have nice shots.

]]> By: cfimages http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1463 cfimages Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:47:44 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1463 I don't have any photos of the school. I always went past it going somewhere else and saw it from bus and taxi windows. I don’t have any photos of the school. I always went past it going somewhere else and saw it from bus and taxi windows.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1464 Jeffrey Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:33:45 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1464 Another cool posting and photo! Hope you are feeling better these days. Another cool posting and photo!

Hope you are feeling better these days.

]]> By: globetrotteri http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1470 globetrotteri Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:51:42 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1470 Hi Craig, Thanks for the addition information. Do you have some photos on your site of the school in Kathmandu? I'd love to see them. Hi Craig,

Thanks for the addition information. Do you have some photos on your site of the school in Kathmandu? I’d love to see them.

]]> By: cfimages http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1462 cfimages Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:30:03 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/2008/03/02/photo-moment-in-taiwan-wacky-buddhist-abode/#comment-1462 Technically, if it faces left, like the one in your photo, it's called a <b>sauwastika</b>. Outside India, Buddhists have generally stopped using the right-facing swastika because of it's connotations with WW2. If you see a right-facing swastika on a Buddhist temple, it means the temple predates WW2, if it's left facing only, the temple was built/rebuilt in the past 60 years. In Kathmandu, Nepal, there's a school that has a swastika and Star of David on its outside walls. The swastika to represent good fortune and the Star of David to represent knowledge. You can often see groups of young Israeli tourists there taking photos of the two together. Technically, if it faces left, like the one in your photo, it’s called a sauwastika. Outside India, Buddhists have generally stopped using the right-facing swastika because of it’s connotations with WW2. If you see a right-facing swastika on a Buddhist temple, it means the temple predates WW2, if it’s left facing only, the temple was built/rebuilt in the past 60 years.

In Kathmandu, Nepal, there’s a school that has a swastika and Star of David on its outside walls. The swastika to represent good fortune and the Star of David to represent knowledge. You can often see groups of young Israeli tourists there taking photos of the two together.

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