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Buddhism

classof56

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12. This is interesting. Explains something I've wondered about since childhood.

Reply to byeya (Reply #11)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 08:23 PM

Oct 2012

When I was quite young, a few years after WWII, my family relocated from the Pacific Northwest to New Mexico. The house we rented had a woven rug with a swastika (something familiar during the war years), which I recall gave me chills. The town we lived in was not far from pueblos, so I am thinking that was the source of the rug and the symbol. Appreciate your message--a light bulb moment for this now-elderly lady!

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American Pueblo Indians occasionally used the reverse swastika as a decorative byeya Oct 2012 #11

This is interesting. Explains something I've wondered about since childhood. classof56 Oct 2012 #12

Buddha statue: Possibly fake, still from space ellisonz Oct 2012 #14

very interesting - thanks for posting geckosfeet Oct 2012 #15