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What is this symbol the Unalome mean? In Buddhism, a person has to go through many struggles and suffering throughout their lives to get mature, wise and enlightened. Not only in just one lifetime, mind you, they believe in reincarnation, too. Buddhists believe that to reach the ultimate state of enlightenment, which is called nirvana, one has to go through many cycles of death and rebirth (called samsara) during which they will experience immense suffering. Only after that, they can quench ‘the three fires’ that are greed, aversion and ignorance and become enlightened. But how does it relate to the unalome symbol? In parallel with this core tenet of the faith, in Buddhism, the unalome represents the path a person has to take in order to achieve clarity of mind and enlightenment. The symbol starts with a spiral at the bottom. This spiral represents the start of one’s journey to enlightenment and fears, doubts and weaknesses one might have at this stage. There is a secondary meaning be