The Eight Auspicious Symbols are one of the most common, yet very popular in the Vajrayana Buddhism or Tibetan Buddhism and culture for over thousands of years.
The Eight Auspicious Symbols are traditionally offered to Lama, teachers during long life ceremonies and are used in various forms of ritual art. It is believed that each of the Tibetan symbols represents one aspect of the Buddha’s teachings and when appearing all together their powers are multiplied.
In this fascinating study,the Eight Auspicious Symbols are as follows:-
1. Right-Coiled White Conch Shell
2. Precious Parasol
3. Victory Banner
4. Golden Fishes
5. Dharma Wheel
6. Endless Knot
7. Lotus Flower
8. Treasure Vase
These eight symbols of good fortune represent the offerings made by the Gods, and Brahma to Shakyamuni Buddha immediately after he attained enlightenment.
What do the eight symbols of Buddhism mean?
In Buddhism, these eight symbols of good fortune represent the offerings made by the gods to Shakyamuni Buddha immediately.
What does the treasure vase symbolise in Buddhism?
The treasure vase (Sanskrit: Nidhana kumbha; Tibetan: bumpa) represents "an inexhaustible source of long life, wealth, and prosperity, which fulfils all one's spiritual and material wishes."
The treasure vase, metaphorically, is the vase of inexhaustible treasures, which represents health, longevity, wealth, and wisdom and emphasises the symbolic meaning of wealth and abundance. In Tibetan Buddhist paintings, the treasure vase is portrayed as a fat vase with a short but slim neck.
The Vase of Inexhaustible Treasures is also known as "The Treasure Chest." It symbolises the spiritual abundance of the Buddha. No matter how much of Buddha's treasure he gave away, the amount of treasure in his chest never diminished. Despite the fact that Buddha's teachings have been disseminated to billions of people over the ages, his love and wisdom will never dim.
The great treasure vase, as described in the Buddhist mandala offering, is shaped from gold and studded with an assembly of precious gems. A silk scarf from the god realm is tied around its neck, and its top is sealed with a wish-granting tree. The roots of this tree pervade the contained waters of longevity, amazingly creating all manner of treasures.
Sealed treasure vases may be placed or buried at sacred geomantic locations, such as mountain passes, pilgrimage sites, springs, rivers, and oceans. Here, their function is both to spread profusion to the milieu and to mollify the indigenous spirits who stand in these places. Besides the iconography of the Eight Auspicious Symbols, Treasure Vases filled with saffron water are found near the shrine offerings in a Tibetan Buddhist temple.
Veneration to you with your head like a protecting parasol,
with eyes like the precious golden fishes
With a neck like a precious, adorned vase of good fortune,
With speech like a right-turning Dharma shell,
With a mind infinite with wisdom like the never-ending knot,
With a tongue open like the auspicious pink lotus,
With a body proclaiming triumph over the attacking armies of Mara,
with feet that tread the path of Dharma like the auspicious wheel. 
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For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen
May it arise and not decrease.
But increase further and further.
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