Buddhist Theocracy

Buddhist Theocracy
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."
Basic Information
Alignments	AuthUnity Culturally Right Environmentalists Religious Theocracies
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Anti-Abortion Anti-Alcohol Anti-Caste Anti-Drug Hindu Theocracy Pacifism
Influenced	Buddhist Anarchism Buddhist Socialism Burmese Socialism (Partly) Chinese Theocracy Death Worship Esoteric Fascism State Shinto Ho Chi Minh Thought Deep Ecology
Ideological Information
Notable Theorists	Siddhartha Gautama (563 BCE-483 BCE) Empress Regnant Wu Zetian (624-705, Wuzhou Dynasty) Dalai Lama (1935-)
Character Information
Song	Gyallu

Buddhist Theocracy is a authoritarian centre, culturally variable ideology. Buddhism originated in India, based on the teachings, of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as Gautama Buddha. A Buddha is one who is said to be awake to the truth of life. The core of Buddhists beliefs are centered on the four noble truths, the noble eight-fold path and the five precepts.

Stylistic Notes

Buddhist Theocracy is typically calm and "zen", often seen meditating. This can be shown by either the ball floating, generic chi symbols around the ball, or closed eyes. Artists are encouraged to use the standard Buddhism stereotypes.

Beliefs

Four noble Truths

The Buddha's first and most important teachings are the Four Noble Truths.

1. Life often—in fact almost always—involves suffering.
2. The reason for this suffering is that we want things to be a certain way.
3. The way to cure suffering is to rise above this desire.
4. The way to rise above desire is to follow the Noble Eight fold Path, practices which help us change our minds and understanding .

Noble Eight-fold Path

The Buddha told people to follow a special way of life called the Noble Eightfold Path if they want to understand the Four Noble Truths. These are:

1. Appropriate views. Know and understand the Four Noble Truths
2. Appropriate thought. Turn your mind away from the world and towards the Dharma
3. Appropriate speech. Tell the truth, don't gossip, and don't talk badly about others
4. Appropriate conduct. Don't commit evil acts, like killing, stealing, or living an unclean life
5. Appropriate livelihood. Earn your money in a way that doesn't harm anyone
6. Appropriate effort. Work to make your mind more good and less evil
7. Appropriate mindfulness. Remember the Dharma and apply it all the time
8. Appropriate meditation. Practice meditation as a way of understanding reality

Five precepts

Buddhists are encouraged to follow five precepts, or guidelines. The Buddha taught that killing, stealing, having sex in a harmful way, and lying are not signs of skill.

1. I will not hurt a person or animal that is alive.
2. I will not take something if it was not given to me.
3. I will not engage in sexual misconduct.
4. I will not lie or say things that hurt people.
5. I will not take intoxicants, like alcohol or drugs, causing heedlessness

Variants

Jainist Theocracy

TBA

How to Draw

International Buddhist Flag version

Flag of Buddhist Theocracy

The flag of Buddhist Theocracy is based on the International Buddhist flag, and there's variants of this flag depending on the region.

1. Draw a ball.
2. In six segments, split vertically along the ball, fill in the following colors from left to right:
   • Blue, yellow, red, white and orange ( International)
   • Green, yellow, red, white and purple ( Japan, known as Goshikimaku)
   • Blue, yellow, red, white and pink ( Myanmar)
   • Blue, yellow, red, white and lime green ( Laos)
   • Blue, yellow, red, white and maroon ( Tibet)
   • Blue, yellow, red, white and purple ( Nepal)
3. In the sixth segment, use the same colors horizontally from top to bottom in five segments.
4. Draw the eyes closed in a flat line and you're done!
5. Optional: If shading, you can draw the shadow disconnected from the body to represent floating.

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Blue	#0000ff	0, 0, 255
	Yellow	#ffff00	255, 255, 0
	Red	#ff0000	255, 0, 0
	White	#ffffff	255, 255, 255
	Orange	#ff7a00	255, 122, 0

Thai Buddhist Flag version (Thong Dhammacak ธงธรรมจักร)

Flag of Buddhist Theocracy

Theravāda Buddhists in Thailand opt the usage of a yellow flag with a red dhammacakka; it is sometimes paired with the international Buddhist flag.

1. Draw a ball.
2. Fill it with yellow.
3. Draw a red Dhammacakka (Wheel of Dharma) on the middle.
4. Draw the eyes closed in a flat line and you're done!
5. Optional: If shading, you can draw the shadow disconnected from the body to represent floating.

Korean Buddhist Swastika flag

1. Draw a ball.
2. Draw a red swastika (卍 - not to be mistaken with the swastika of National Socialism).
3. Draw the eyes closed in a flat line and you're done!

Relationships

Friends

• Chinese Theocracy - Fellow lover of spirituality and peace.
• Sikh Theocracy - We're both very peaceful and dislike vedas.
• Buddhist Anarchism - Not really a fan of the anarchism, but other than that we're still good friends.
• Buddhist Socialism - My socialist friend who rejects the materialism a lot his brothers hold.

Frenemies

• Death Worship - That Boy Ain’t Right.
• Hindu Theocracy - Your theology is similar to mine, but your authoritarian caste system is extremely problematic. Also, you helped kick me out of India.
• Christian Theocracy - I do really appreciate Jesus' peacefulness. Aside from that, not really a fan.

Enemies

• Pol Potism - Oh... oh no.
• Maoism - Stop persecuting me and stealing my land!
• Islamic Theocracy - Did you seriously have to help kick me out of India like that?
• State Atheism - Quit arresting and mocking people who don't buy into your pure materialist mindset.
• National Socialism - Thanks to you, I can't use the swastika anymore without people thinking of you're ideology of pure hatred.
• Esoteric Fascism - Stop stealing my artifacts you fascist scum!

Gallery

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  u/jxj101 Source

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  Alt design

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  Jainist Theocracy (alt)