The swastika was a symbol of peace until Hitler stole it

He said: "The swastika goes back a long way, certainly before it became this symbol of evil."

"In the Chinese book of silk: you see comets and some of them are spinning in such a way that you actually get the swastika in the sky."

"Ancient peoples would have seen this and it became a sign of something. In the Indian culture, it became a sign of good luck and hope."

"The Nazis then turned it around. They physically reversed the swastika. Then it became a symbol of evil."

"That's really problematic because in our culture it's evil but you see it over in Asia and, of course, it's not."

"Should it be banned here? That's contextual. Obviously, it shouldn't be banned in a particular sort of temple. You might want to ban it at a political rally."

"What happened under the swastika will become ancient history. Only at the point will it fade and its original meaning might rise."

"In the context of the swastika and the flag, in the European context, we are decades, centuries away from it being shown without that connotation."

"In other parts of the world, it remains what it was: a peaceful symbol."

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[bidisharoy]

As a hindu, I have been seeing the swastika since my birth drawn in my house for holy purpose. I came to know Hitler when I studied history.

[flaminmongrel]

"in Indian culture it became a sign of good luck"

Mate, it was founded in the Indian culture the actual word swastika is of Sanskrit an ancient and still surviving Indian language.

[miket]

I am a Buddhist and I wear a gold Swastika pendant around my neck as a symbol of my faith and for good luck as well.

[AryanSingh-tvqx]

The word Swastika is a Sanskrit word which means" let the goodness come from all 4 directions" .Its a symbol of Great religion called Sanatan Dharma ( Hinduism)

[rabelrajput]

Swastik is Hindu religious sign 5000 bc old

[justapotato]

As a Hindu, some people were worried if I was a Nazi supporter since I had the swastika drawn on things around my house, not tilted, had dots in it, doesn't have anything to do with the Nazi twist. I had to explain it was a holy symbol for good luck every time it happens.

[rapidstudio]

Swastika itself is Sanskrit word anything else needed to prove that he stole it from Hindu religion!!

[rahulgm]

Oh, Still Every Home of Hindus and Buddhist will have this holy Swastika symbol.
For any new occasion we start by writing the swastika sign.

[AmanRajput-wkob]

In his whole life Hitler never call it a Swastik Hitler called it hooked Cross. After the world war the European change it in Swastik because who would hooked cross is the one of the symbol of Christianity. And if we read the oldest autobiography of Hitler before World War 2 there was not a single word about Swastik

[kumarmr]

Western schools should explain the real meaning of swastika rather creating more phobia for it .

[yoginchouhan]

We hindus use this symbol in every ritual.
Birt, marriage, Business etc
Swastika is second most important symbol after om 🕉

[valeska]

I am a Buddhist from Germany and let me tell you its not easy explaining to people what a Swastika is. They usually start debating why we should "take another symbol for luck then"

Its very difficult

[kalanchoe]

Stealing swastika has to be the worst form of cultural appropriation till date. Being an Indian living in continental Europe, I have to think many times if I can draw a swastik outside my door on special occasions / festivals. I end up drawing it inside our home to avoid racial discrimination ( which is already rife in that part of the world)

[tinanana]

I grew up in Europe and learned about the Nazi regime in school. When I first went to my parents homeland in Asia I was shocked on so many levels by how many of the symbols I saw there. (Also my uncle has a tattoo of it). But I then researched and found out that it has a very different meaning, also it has been used in Asia for a way longer time before the Nazis started using it.

[sumitsingh]

It is usually used in Temples, during "Havan"(kind of ritual), during festivals(esp. Diwali), at the time of wedding rituals, at the time when you buy some thing big (new) such as car, home, new shop etc.

[knowledgewallet]

From सु- (sú, “good, well”) + अस्ति (ásti-), a verbal abstract to the root of the verb "to be", svasti thus meaning "well-being" — and the diminutive suffix क (-ka); hence "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm". The word first appears in the Classical Sanskrit (in the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics).

[KDapple]

Swastika: exists

Hitler: It's free real estate

[YangD-]

The symbol of nazi is not swastika. Hitler named it hakenkreuz, which means "hook cross".
Also, hook cross was a common symbol in western world even before Hitler's father was born.

[hmongyai]

The devil will take something good and make it evil.

[davidkena]

swastika is an ancient religious symbol used by indo Aryans which is mentioned in vedic text..it then got assimilated into Buddhism from where Chinese and Japanese came to know about the meaning of it.