Ciao,
Visiterò la Germania a marzo e di solito viaggio con alcune cose che il mio monastero mi ha dato. Naturalmente, essendo buddisti, distribuiscono cose che hanno simboli buddisti.
Qual è il consenso generale sul viaggiare con questi simboli? Nello specifico quello famoso usato nel 1930. Ecco un’immagine come riferimento per una delle cose che di solito porto con me nel mio libro.
Non ho mai ricevuto commenti in merito in America. Penso che sia perché è piccolo e non puoi vederlo davvero se non lo guardi attentamente. La maggior parte delle persone che se ne accorgono sanno che sono buddista, tuttavia vorrei sapere se i tedeschi reagiranno diversamente. Ma ad un certo punto voglio vivere in Germania.
Grazie a tutti per il vostro aiuto.
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di SirWoolo
9 commenti
If you look visibly non-european you should be good. If you look like a random ass white guy, you will be judged.
I would just assume that the average Joe that will be close enough to recognize it will not instantly attack you and instead use their brain to draw conclusions from your (presumably) asian looks
I think it’s prohibited even if you wear it for religious reasons. It’s not fair, but the law is the law.
Yes, I mean that. It’s not just frowned upon, but legally prohibited to show, unless it’s for purposes of education. You may get in legal trouble if you wear it openly.
It’s a matter of context, most people won’t have a problem with it. On the other hand, people distributing [this pics](https://maniac-attack.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Durchgestrichenes-Hakenkreuz1-Button-1.jpg) had a long and hard legal fight to make clear they do not fall under §86a StGB…
If I were you, I wouldn’t let assholes steal my symbols!
If it’s obviously religious I wouldn’t mind – I might notice that if you look like a monk, but maybe not if you’re a normal guy carrying a book with that thing on it.
I usually consider all Nazi symbolism intentional, no matter how secret or hidden it is.
The swastika is banned in Germany as a National Socialist symbol, no matter how small.
Technically speaking this symbol is forbidden in Germany. But it is rather obvious part of a religious/spiritual object, so I would be surprised if you get any problems at all. To be safe I would not carry it openly and on any more obvious or bigger places. Most people in Germany know that the Nazis stole the Symbol, but there are always some, who didn’t get the memo.
I hate to say it, but if you want to be absolutely sure, you could fit a small cloth baggy over it. Or wrap some cord around that one pearl
I honestly wouldn’t worry to much if it has significance to you and you feel more comfortable with it on you. A lot of people here vastly overestimate how much attention such a small stone would get.
If you want to be really careful not to give the wrong impression to anyone or break the letter of the law, don’t wear it. But if you do wear it I’d bet a lot that no one even notices it and even if they do it wouldn’t be hard to just tell them a bit about it’s significance to you.
You’d need to run into someone very observant who already dislikes you a lot for it to cause you any real trouble.
It is no problem. This is obviously a buddhist medallion everyone can see it and everybody knows that Buddhism uses the Swastika too.
Don’t worry about it, only the biggest idiots could mistake it as a nazi symbol, you are fine!