What is the sign found on the chest of many Buddha statues?
A Sauvastika sign is usually seen on the chest of Buddhas statues. It is an ancient auspicious sign used over 3,000 years ago in ancient Persia, Greece, India etc. with the symbolic meaning of universality and the power to overcome evil. The arms of the Buddhist Sauvastika point in a counterclockwise direction and the sign is always in an upright + position. It is NOT related to the Nazi sign of Hitler who made use of it, reversed its direction, tilted it in an X position and named it Swastika.
