The eight auspicious symbols (Skt. aṣṭamaṅgala; Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྟགས་བརྒྱད་, tashi takgyé, Wyl. bkra shis rtags brgyad) are:

__TOC__ {]] | cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" | Parasol1.JPG ]] | Tib, གདུགས་, Wyl. ''gdugs'') Protects from suffering, [[destructive emotions, illness, harm and obstacles. ]] | - | Fish1.JPG ]] | Tib. གསེར་ཉ་, Wyl. ''gser nya'') They stand for fearlessness, freedom and liberation, as well as happiness, fertility and abundance. | - | Vase1.JPG ]] | Tib. བུམ་པ་, Wyl. ''bum pa'') An inexhaustible source of long life, wealth, and prosperity, which fulfils all one’s spiritual and material wishes. | - | Lotus1.JPG ]] | Tib, པད་མ་, Wyl. ''pad ma'')) Stands for purity of mind and heart, and transformation, as well as compassion, and all perfect qualities. | - | Conch1.JPG ]] | Tib. དུང་དཀར་གཡས་འཁྱིལ་, Wyl. ''dung dkar g.yas 'khyil'') Symbolizes the far-reaching melodious sound of the spiritual teachings. | - | Knot1.JPG ]] | Tib. དཔལ་བེའུ་, Wyl. ''dpal be'u'') The sign of interdependence, of how everything in the universe is interconnected. | - | Umbrella1.JPG ]] | Tib. རྒྱལ་མཚན་,Wyl. ''rgyal mtshan'') Means victory over all disagreement, disharmony or obstacles, and the attainment of happiness, both temporary and ultimate. | - | Wheel1.JPG ]] | Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ་, Wyl. ''chos kyi 'khor lo'') Symbolizes the teaching of Buddha, and is the source of spiritual values, wealth, love and liberation. | Shambhala, 2003), pages 1-15. ==Internal Links== * [[བཀྲ་ཤིས་, tashi, auspicious

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