Prabashvara on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Prabhashvara is the
/ref> The actual
Prabhashvara is the color
Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are assoc ...
of the aura of Gautama Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lu ...
.The Buddhist Channel (D.C. Ranatunga, Sunday Times), April 29, 20/ref> The actual
spectrum
A spectrum (plural ''spectra'' or ''spectrums'') is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary, without gaps, across a continuum. The word was first used scientifically in optics to describe the rainbow of colors ...
of his aura consists of five colors:
Pāli:
* ''nīla'' ( sapphire blue)
* ''pīta'' (golden yellow
Gold, also called golden, is a color tone resembling the gold chemical element.
The web color ''gold'' is sometimes referred to as ''golden'' to distinguish it from the color ''metallic gold''. The use of ''gold'' as a color term in traditi ...
)
* ''lohitaka'' ( crimson)
* ''odāta'' (white
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White o ...
)
* ''mañjeṭṭha'' ( scarlet)
The mixture of those five colors is believed to be Prabhashvara but it is depicted as separate strips of the five colors.
The flag was originally designed in 1885 by the Colombo Committee, in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).More than thousands years after Buddha's "parinirvana" to represent the Buddhism as a religion.the prabhashvara means pure or nothingness which cannot be explained in normal languages but there is no other way to convey the massage. Due to This reason the Buddha's massage has been misinterpreted in books and by monks.But Buddha never preach a religion it was a vision that cannot see with normal eyes. The best example for prabhasvara is infant who's mind is pure and empty with no data from external world until he start collecting information from out side world which will start after three months from birth when he turns face down. After that his prabhasvara chitta will be full of impurities with all false data.
Upakkele upalkilittang.
See also
*Buddhist flag
The Buddhist flag is a flag designed in the late 19th century as a universal symbol of Buddhism. It is used by Buddhists throughout the world.
History
The flag was originally designed in 1885 by the Colombo Committee, in Colombo, Ceylon (''no ...
*Five Pure Lights
The Five Pure Lights () is an essential teaching in the Dzogchen tradition of Bon and Tibetan Buddhism. For the deluded, matter seems to appear. This is due to non-recognition of the five lights. Matter includes the ''mahābhūta'' or classical ...
*Parinirvana
In Buddhism, ''parinirvana'' (Sanskrit: '; Pali: ') is commonly used to refer to nirvana-after-death, which occurs upon the death of someone who has attained ''nirvana'' during their lifetime. It implies a release from '' '', karma and rebirth a ...
*Rainbow body
In Dzogchen, rainbow body
(, Jalü or Jalus) is a level of realization. This may or may not be accompanied by the 'rainbow body phenomenon'. The rainbow body phenomenon is pre-Buddhist in origin, and is a topic which has been treated fairly serio ...
References
Gautama Buddha Color {{colour-stub