Akash Mudra:
The Akash Mudra is seen all over Indian and Asian art and is known to be the hand position that centers your energy and nourishes your being. On top of a traditional Thai protection tattoo for travel, called and Sak Yant, and you are set for the day.
- Akash Mudra: The Akash Mudra is seen all over Indian and Asian art and is known to be the hand position that centers your energy and nourishes your being. On top of a traditional Thai protection tattoo for travel, called and Sak Yant, and you are set for the day.
- Black Lotus: The Lotus is seen as the ultimate symbol of the Path ot Enlightenment. It rises from the mud, through the tangle of pond weeds, to burst through the surface without a drop of water on it's petals. From that point it is forever blooming, with layer upon layer of petals revealing more unfolding aspects underneath.
- Breathe, it'll save your life: Breathe, baby, breathe... it'll save your life. Swear it. Give up breathing for a little bit and you'll see what we mean. Paying attention to the in and out of the breath can help keep your mind out of all sorts of troubles. When the going gets rough, just breathe, breathe, breathe.
- Chaos Dharma Wheel: The old punk rock Symbol of Chaos imposed upon the ancient Buddhist Wheel of Dharma... a visual interpretation of the seeming disorder of life being held together by the organizing aspect of the Dharma. Not too shabby.
- Construction of Dharma: The are so many ways to enlightenment, exampled by the many different styles of tradition in the Buddhist Way. But the underlying structure of the teaching is always the same: be a good person, don't hurt anybody, don't sweat the small stuff, and remember it's all small stuff. By making the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path a viable guideline for life you can't go wrong.
- Daruma: The Daruma is a Japanese folk item that is a depiction of Bodhidharma, the Patriarch of Chinese Zen. Supposedly you get yourself a Daruma, make a wish and draw in his right eye. When the wish comes true, you fill in the other one! In keeping with tradition, we made his eyes nice and big so you can use a marker to draw in his eyes in hopes your wish will come true!
- Dorje Wheel: The Dorje, or Vajra, is a Tibetan cermonial implement that symbolizes both the ability of a diamond to cut any substance but itself and the irresistable force of a thunderbolt. And when it is doubled, as in this badge, and then mixed with the Dharmacakra, how could ignorance stand a chance?
- Enso Wheel: The Enso is a Zen calligraphic image symbolizing enlightenment, elegance, entirety, and emptiness. It is the instantaneous moment of creativity and expression, and here we have it upon a Wheel of Dharma, or Dharmacakra, which symbolizes the Eight-Fold Path.
- Eyes of Om: Seen on every stupa in Nepal, the "Wisdom Eyes of the Buddha" see all. Overlapping an image of our favorite teacher, with the question mark looking curl dotted with an Om, this mixing of imagery can help one to remember their journey should always start with a look before the leap.
- Fudo Myo: Destroyer of Delusion, Protector of Buddhism, Snarer of Demons, Remover of Ignorance: Is there anything this popular Japanese deity can't be? When asked, folks think he could be a BuddhaBadge, too! And now he is.
- Karma and Chaos: Karmic orchestration and chaotic disordianism meeting in the middle...ain't it always the way? This arrangement can be seen as a delicate merging of an unstoppable force and an unmovable object.
- Karuna: Karuna is the Brahma Vihara of Compassion. By looking out into the world with a mind that knows there is suffering, you should make it your sworn duty to not turn a blind eye to anyone's problems, no matter how big or small. By actively reaching out and lending a helping hand, either by voluteering, donating, listening, or helping in any other way you can, you are practicing compassion.
- Om = MC Squared: Believe it or not, although hundreds of years apart, Einstein and the Buddha were cut from the same intellectual cloth. For real! Search the internet for Einstein and Buddha and you'll quickly see that all the greatest thinker in Dharma discerned of the Universe was proven relatively true by one of history's greatest minds in Physics!
- Merit Badge: Inspired by a Twitter conversation between the authors of Sweep the Dust, Push the Dirt and DigitalZendo, these two kind souls have been instrumental in one of the best months in BuddhaBadges history. We honor their belief and support with "The Merit Badge". If you get it, give it as a reward for a good deed. Don't keep it.
- Metta: Metta is the Brahma Vihara of Loving-Kindness. By practicing the four Brahma-Viharas, not only will this life be awesome, but your next will be too! By looking upon everyone you meet with a vibe of love and treating them with unconditional kindness, you are making the world a better place for everyone. Who could argue with that?
- OMtism: A Special Request Badge from our friend Jack at Sweep the Dust, Push the Dirt: These three little Buddhas with no mouths staring at a puzzle piece symbolize the repetition and quiet attention that can develop in girls and boys around age three with Autism. The puzzle piece represents the mystery of the disorder as well as the propensity for Autistic kids to favor puzzles due the game calling for solitary focus.
- Silver Chenrezig: Chenrezig is the Tibetan Buddhist patron Bodhisattva of Compassion. Also knows as Avalokiteshvara in Southeast Asia and Guan-Yin in China and Japan, he is one of our favorites as well since he swore to never enter Nirvana until he helped every other sentient being in the Universe reach Enlightenment first. What a guy!
- Sunbhala: A really wonderful teacher has come and gone for usand we're not speaking of THE TEACHERbut of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, guru of the amazing Shambhala Warrior Path of practice. In that lineage we learn of the Great Eastern Sun that never sets in any of us, and is always there to illuminate our awareness to the basic goodness that life has to offer.
- Om Mani: Om is the omnipotent, omnipresent sound of all manifest existence. It is said to be the first syllable uttered by the universe when it began and it's vibration still radiates today. Here, the Indian-derived symbol lays comfortably on a Bodhisattva's lap as he sits in Lotus and gazes into a Mani jewel.
- Buddhism Examiner Emily Breder has her Buddhabadges pinned to the lining of her purse, a daily reminder to constantly practice kindness and compassion. Post pcitures of your Buddhabadges on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/buddhabadges
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