Friday, March 7, 2008

Swastika

The first time i saw swastika sign [(from Sanskrit svástika स्वस्तिक ) : either or
]
, was in a buddhist temple, when i was really really young.

later, after i studied history and learned about Nazi, I encountered this sign again. I felt rather 'sad' that such a religious sign was very controversial due to its historical background.

Anyway, a friend sent me a photo sometime ago:



It's drawn by a kid (not sure how old is he/she.) ; but i do hope that he drew this because of religious influences (such as hinduism, buddhism, etc.) but not of Nazi :S


2 comments:

Edward said...

Maybe Buddhism is associated with Nazi? :P

peiwen said...

i think the kid just draw it for fun, didnt mean anything in particular.