Naval Barracks Building Shaped Like Swastika

[pisshead]

i'm sure this is purely a coincidence and just an accident, i did however find it strange...

http://www.propagandamatrix.com/arti...kabuilding.htm

pisshead Reviewed by pisshead on 08-08-2005. Naval Barracks Building Shaped Like Swastika i'm sure this is purely a coincidence and just an accident, i did however find it strange... http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/july2005/220705swastikabuilding.htm Rating: 5

[ermitonto]

Yes, it's probably a coincidence, since it looks like a pretty neat building design actually. You have four separate little grassy areas each surrounded on three sides by walls. That gives you a lot of surface area for windows and good views to look at from them. You probably wouldn't even know it was a swastika from the ground. Also remember that the swastika is a very ancient symbol still used by, among others, Buddhists and Native Americans, for non-fascist reasons.

It's still kind of funny though.

[Psycho4Bud]

Found this article about the Swastika, I didn't realize the actual meaning behind the symbol! I really don't think thats what the pics about though!!!


Swastika is a Sanskrit word, su meaning "good, " asti meaning "to be " and ka, a suffix. It is translated as "good being, " "fortune, " literally "it is well " or "conducive to well-being." For Hindus, the swastika is a symbol of auspiciousness, prosperity and good fortune. It also represents the sun and the cycle of life. In Loving Ganesha, Satguru Sivaya Subramaniyaswami, founder of Hinduism Today, explains the significance of the swastika to Hindus: "The swastika's right-angled arms reflect the fact that the path toward our objectives is often not straight, but takes unexpected turns. They denote also the indirect way in which Divinity is reached--through intuition and not by intellect. Symbolically, the swastika's cross is said to represent God and creation. The four bent arms stand for the four human aims, called purushartha: righteousness, dharma; wealth, artha; love, kama; and liberation, moksha. This is a potent emblem of Sanatana Dharma, the eternal truth. It also represents the world wheel, eternally changing around a fixed center, God. The swastika is regarded as a symbol of the muladhara chakra, the center of consciousness at the base of the spine, and in some yoga schools with the manipura chakra at the navel, the center of the microcosmic sun (Surya). Hindus use the swastika to mark the opening pages of account books, thresholds, doors and offerings. No ceremony or sacrifice is considered complete without it, for it is believed to have the power to ward off misfortune and negative forces."

For the Jains, the swastika represents four types of birth which an embodied soul might attain. The swastika has been adopted as part of a single symbol to represent the Jain community. In the Buddhist tradition, the swastika symbolizes the feet or footprints of the Buddha. It is often used to mark the beginning of texts. Modern Tibetan Buddhists use it as a clothing decoration. In China and Japan, the swastika has been used to represent abundance, prosperity and long life.
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archive...swastika.shtml

[Fengzi]

Yeah, it kind of freaked me out the first time I went to a Buddhist temple in Asia and saw a statue of Buddha with a swastika on his chest. I wonder how many white supremecists know their beloved symbol of hatred is actually borrowed from, gulp, the Asians. LOL