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REAL HAPPINESS The cyan colour emblem of Real Happiness has an outline of Buddha in meditation with aloha of lotus supported by its name. The lotus refers to purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty and the colour cyan denotes sky, hope and spring, peace, tranquillity, calmness, relaxation and emotional balance.

SIKKIM PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY The emblem of Sikkim Professional University (SPU) has a golden orchid, which is a symbol of the State of Sikkim which  represents elegance, refinement, innocence, grace and endurance. A motif of Teaching Buddha is placed over the orchid and all these are placed on a gold edged shield, which houses its acronym ‘SP’ and ‘University’. The name of the university and its motto ‘An Abode of Knowledge’ written in sans serif bold font are placed on its right. All of these are hosed in a blue rectangular panel. The shield denotes protection, courage, heritage, authority and bravery; the colour gold represents wealth, prosperity, power, prestige and achievement and the colour blue denotes serenity, calmness, trust, spirituality, calmness, wisdom, freedom, openness, intelligence and loyalty.

SANCHI UNIVERSITY OF BUDDHIST-INDIC STUDIES On September 21, 2012 the then President of Sri Lanka Mahindra Rajapaksa laid the foundation stone of the Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies (SUBIS) together with the former Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigme Yoser Thinley on a hillock near Sanchi. The crest of the university in earthy colours of brown and green has a Bodhi or peepal tree with Gautama Buddha sitting beneath covered by a historical arch with a crest. At the bottom of the emblem the motto of the university in Sanskrit ‘एष धर्मः सनातनः’(Subhashitani Slokas 7) ‘The Eternal Truth’ is written. The Bodhi or peepal tree is a powerful symbol in Buddhism as it represents a human being's capacity to attain enlightenment and find the joy and peace of Nirvana. The arch represents the stupas of Sanchi which is one of the important Buddhist and heritage sites. The colour brown symbolises earthiness, simplicity, stability, humility, warmth, reliability, endurance, time

SIDDHARTH UNIVERSITY Situated in the abode of lord Buddha, Siddharth University was established as a State University, in June 2015, at Kapilvastu, Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. The emblem of the university has a meditating Buddha seated on a lotus with a halo around his head representing meditative wisdom, knowledge, spirituality and enlightenment. It is ensconced in a yellow circular border on which the name of the university and the place is written in Devanagari and English. These are standing on a pink lotus, which symbolises purity, knowledge, aesthetics and learning. The emblem is topped by a red banner on which its motto Sanskrit ‘अत्तदीपो भव’ meaning ‘Enlighten Inner Light’ is written.

SWASTIKA (স্বস্তিক ) The swastika (in Bengali স্বস্তিক) is an important Bengali Hindu symbol used for every religious and auspicious ceremony. All religious items and spaces are sanctified with this symbol, which is traced using the middle finger and smearing red sindoor (red vermilion) paste. House entrances and doorways are decorated with this symbol and every space and item consecrated with this symbol for weddings, festivals and ceremonies. The symbol relates with the invocation of Shakti (the female energy). Jains have considered them to be one of the eight auspicious or 'Mangal' signs. Swastika has also been accepted as an auspicious sign by Buddhists. It was one of the auspicious signs that were seen on the palm of Buddha's hand after his birth. The 'Basudhara' that is painted on the wall of the house at the time of marriage in the Bengali Hindu Reform is also a modified or regional form of a kind of swastika symbol. This basudhara is pa

TRIRATNA The Triratna is a Buddhist symbol, thought to visually represent the Three Jewels of Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Sangha. The Triratna symbol is composed of: A lotus flower within a circle, a diamond rod or vajra and an ananda-chakra. A trident or trisula, with three branches, representing the threefold jewels of Buddhism. On representations of the footprint of the Buddha, the Triratna is usually also surmounted by the Dhamma wheel. The Triratna can be found on frieze sculptures at Sanchi as the symbol crowning a flag standard (2nd century BCE), as a symbol of the Buddha installed on the Buddha's throne (2nd century BCE), as the crowning decorative symbol on the later gates at the stupa in Sanchi (2nd century CE), or very often on the Buddha footprint (starting from the 1st century CE). https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Triratna https://symbolsarchive.com/triratna-symbol-history-meaning/

DHARMA CHAKRA This ‘Dharma Chakra’ or ‘Wheel of the Law’ is depicted in the in the Sarnath Lion Capital made by the third century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. The ‘chakra’ or wheel intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. It is this wheel which appears in the India’s national flag. The Dharma Chakra represents ‘dharma’, the Buddha’s teaching of the path of enlightenment. It is one of the oldest known Buddhist symbols found in Indian art, appearing with the first surviving post-Harappan Indian iconography. The wheel with twenty-four spokes represents the Twelve Laws of Dependent Origination and the Twelve Laws of Dependent Termination. These spokes were thought to represent twenty-four states of India, which were present when India was formed. The Dharma Chakra is one of the eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism.