(1)
The Buddhist wheel of dharma symbolizes the universal law. This key to liberation shows
the dynamic balancing of the 3-fold spiral, positive, negative, and equilibrium.
(2)
This painting by Eiki Kano hangs in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan. The human soul
to the Japanese is three interlocking spirals.
(3)
A drawing of the same tripartite aspects of life uniting in an equilibrium in the centre.
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Lama Govinda has summarized the 8-fold path to samadhi as being a balance of will,
sensuality and wisdom, the 3 aspects of life.
(5)
The yin-yang symbol is itself the third principle that of equilibrium, formed by the dynamic
balance of the opposing two-fold principle. It is surrounded by the eight trigrams, like the
eight spokes of the dharma wheel.