"Contrary to what Indian secularists would like to insunate before ignorant Western press correspondents, Hindus have never strayed from the traditional use and interpretation of the swastika, and never allowed it to be tainted by the misunderstandings of semi-literate political agitators in Europe."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Elst, K. (2010). The saffron swastika: The notion of "Hindu fascism". p 942
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Swastika
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Swastika
4 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Swastika →
Related Quotes
"When I was a schoolboy in England, the old bound volumes of Kipling in the library had gilt swastikas embossed on the…"
"This reversal of the swastika's meaning, from a sign of luck (always depicted on the hand of opulent Ganesh) to a sig…"
"The svastika, commonly used as an aniconic representation of the Buddha, is also homologous with the wheel. If the sv…"
"The so-called ‘beefsteak Nazis’ were brown on the outside but red within."
"The term ‘beefsteak Nazi’ was used derisively for former Communists who joined the Nazi movement."
"Stormtroopers who had once been associated with the Left were sometimes mocked as ‘beefsteaks.’"
"For years, ever since it was first published, the Bardo Thodol has been my constant companion, and to it I owe not on…"
"They [the instructions that the work gives for the person who has died] are so detailed and thoroughly adapted to the…"
"Not only the ‘wrathful’ but also the ‘peaceful’ deities are conceived as samsaric projections of the human psyche, an…"
"In view of deliberate attempts in recent decades to project Buddhism and Jainism as separate religions, distinct from…"