I was surfing the net as usual and this picture above catch my eyes for a second and I kept looking not in the clothes of the monk but on the color which is odd in a good way don’t get me wrong .I got curious to know the reason behind the orange color of the Buddhist monks clothes or robe in particular.
The search led me into so many articles and to sum it up for you guys, the saffron to be more accurate which is the only color was available back then going back to 25 centuries to the time of Buddha Buddha, they used tubers, bark, flowers, leaves and spices such as turmeric or saffron to dye with the cloth after They should be boiled in water for a long time to get the dun dye., and I found that the color changes from a country to another and also a stage in the process of becoming a monk around Asia.
The color itself is closest to daylight which symbolize the flame that radiates light and has the highest value in Buddhism and was chosen by Gautam Buddha Buddha as a symbol of his humility and separation from the materialist society, it thus signifies simplicity, renunciation, desirelessness, and humility. It is the color of earth, thus a symbol of rootedness and the equanimity of the earth. Furthermore, it’s a symbol of peace, untouched by evil, as well as the symbol of divinity.
I may said a little less of what I should say about the significance behind the robe’s color but I want it to be short and clear for you guys and may be in the future I go in depth looking for more, last but not least I would like to share with you a video I enjoyed watching on YouTube, see you soon.
