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Topic: Buddhist symbols

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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Most admires:

The Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Carl Jung

Personality:

Spiritual, Devout

Religion(s):

Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist

Favorite book(s):

"The Art of Happiness" by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
The Karma Sutra
"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Favorite religious figure(s):

Siddhartha Gautama

Favorite great leader(s):

Akbar the Great

Favorite destination(s):

India, Asia, Thailand

Favorite political figure(s):

Mohandas Gandhi, Indira Gandhi

Favorite quote(s):

"I'm sorry my Karma ran over your Dogma."
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." - last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)

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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk

They are inscribed with Buddhist prayer mantras, the eight auspicious symbols from Tibetan Buddhism, the Buddhas eyes, and and other figures & symbols from the Buddhist faith.
Used as aids in meditation by both Hindus and Buddhists, mandalas are geometric arrangements of esoteric symbols or symbolic representations of the abodes of various deities.
Shrines in the Buddhist and Shambhala traditions serve as symbols or reminders of the wakefulness, clarity, and unobstructed brilliance of mind that is inherent in every one of us.

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