Manji → Portuguese. Manji (Japanese for: (literally) "the character for eternality" 萬字), a mancala game, was invented on December 9, 2007, by Ralf Gering. He is a Religious Studies major who lives in Hain, Germany. The game is played in 25 pits which form a swastika (from Sanskrit "svástika" = lucky / auspicious object). In Buddhism, the left-facing swastika (Japanese: "omote manji" 表卍) is representing love and mercy, while the right-facing swastika ("ura manji" 裏卍) stands for strength and intelligence (the clarity of the diamond realm). Manji can be played using either swastika. The longest axis measures seven pits, the game can be started with seven different moves (symmetry taken into account) and the players need a total of 77 stones to play the game. Seven is the number of ascent and
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| - Manji → Portuguese. Manji (Japanese for: (literally) "the character for eternality" 萬字), a mancala game, was invented on December 9, 2007, by Ralf Gering. He is a Religious Studies major who lives in Hain, Germany. The game is played in 25 pits which form a swastika (from Sanskrit "svástika" = lucky / auspicious object). In Buddhism, the left-facing swastika (Japanese: "omote manji" 表卍) is representing love and mercy, while the right-facing swastika ("ura manji" 裏卍) stands for strength and intelligence (the clarity of the diamond realm). Manji can be played using either swastika. The longest axis measures seven pits, the game can be started with seven different moves (symmetry taken into account) and the players need a total of 77 stones to play the game. Seven is the number of ascent and
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| - Manji → Portuguese. Manji (Japanese for: (literally) "the character for eternality" 萬字), a mancala game, was invented on December 9, 2007, by Ralf Gering. He is a Religious Studies major who lives in Hain, Germany. The game is played in 25 pits which form a swastika (from Sanskrit "svástika" = lucky / auspicious object). In Buddhism, the left-facing swastika (Japanese: "omote manji" 表卍) is representing love and mercy, while the right-facing swastika ("ura manji" 裏卍) stands for strength and intelligence (the clarity of the diamond realm). Manji can be played using either swastika. The longest axis measures seven pits, the game can be started with seven different moves (symmetry taken into account) and the players need a total of 77 stones to play the game. Seven is the number of ascent and of ascending to the highest; attaining the center. The seven steps of Buddha symbolize the ascent of the seven cosmic stages transcending time and space. The seven-storied prasada at Borobudur is a sacred mountain and axis mundi, culminating in the transcendent North, reaching the realm of Buddha. The Manji board also has a large pit in the center called the "Buddha Field" ("Buddhaksetra"), the Pure Land produced by a Buddha's merit. Manji was designed exactly seven years after the inauguration of the World Buddhist University in Bangkok. The game is devoted to the Amitabha Buddha of the Pure Land School.
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