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The Buddhist flag is a flag designed to symbolise Buddhism. It was in designed in 1880 by Colonel Henry Steele Olcott, an American journalist. It was first hoisted in 1885 in Sri Lanka and is a symbol of faith and peace.
The five colours of the flag represent the colours of the aura that emanated from the body of the Buddha when he attained Enlightenment:
| Blue: Loving kindness, peace and universal compassion |
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| Yellow: The Middle Path - avoiding extremes, emptiness |
| Red: The blessings of practice - achievement, wisdom, virtue, fortune and dignity |
| White: The purity of Dharma - leading to liberation, outside of time or space |
| Orange: The Buddha's teachings - wisdom |
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