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Message:: [QUOTE="krispy, post: 657948, member: 19065"]Quite true! Also all should understand that this symbol is still widely and in uninterrupted use today throughout Asia as it always has appeared in/on Buddhist and Shinto temples and shrines. It is used as a symbol on maps to indicate the location of temples and shrines. Search Google maps (link to <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ise+shrine+japan&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.838189,84.902344&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ise+shrine+japan&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.838189,84.902344&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13" rel="nofollow">Ise Jingu</a> shrine in Japan) and you will find them even there. Here's a short background if anyone is curious to know more about Buddhist use:<a href="http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/swastika.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/swastika.htm" rel="nofollow"> The Swastika and Buddhism</a>[/QUOTE]