I have been noticing quite a bit of increasing chatter lately around the web from some Buddhists pushing a more "authentic" Indo-Buddhist tradition, which include the use of the word Aryan and the return of using the Swastika as a Buddhist symbol. It is no secret that these two concepts have their roots in deep ancient Indo-Hindu-Buddhist(among others) teachings, in an obviously extremely different context than what was adapted by the fascists in Europe after WW1, and continues to thrive here in the west today in the form of neo-nazis, skinheads and white power movements.

I'm not going to get into the philosophical arguments for "recapturing" these two authentic Buddhist symbols, more than to say JUST FUCKING STOP IT. Let the neo-Nazi's have it, let the right wing nut jobs have it, let it die. They are too far embedded into the conscience of this world as symbols of hate, violence and genocide to return them to some grand symbol of peace and understanding. Who cares about them, we can comes up with a different word and a different symbol, we don't need to dig up this ugly shit up to effectively transmit the teachings of any spirituality or religion. YAY for Hitler, he effectively destroyed two Buddhists traditions in the eyes of the world....LET IT THE FUCK GO.