Symbols on the Buddha's feet

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bodhiye
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Symbols on the Buddha's feet

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I am looking at representations of the Buddha's feet. Some have the Dharma wheel whereas others are having as many as 108 auspicious signs on them. In which Sutras or texts can I find the meanings of the symbols on the Buddha's footprints?

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Re: Symbols on the Buddha's feet

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One of the 32 Signs of a Great Man.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_ ... the_Buddha
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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Re: Symbols on the Buddha's feet

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Queequeg wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:16 pm One of the 32 Signs of a Great Man.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_ ... the_Buddha
Thank you.
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