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BUDDHA, MARKS OF THE 

Symbolic of powers inherent in the Soul through involution.

"Thus the great seer Asita beheld the king's son (Buddha) with wonder, his feet marked with a wheel, his fingers and toes webbed, with a circle of hair between his eyebrows, and signs of vigour like an elephant." - Buddha-Karita, Bk. I. 65.

So it is the primordial lower self (Asita) beholds the offspring of the Highest with wonder, that is, with instinctive rather than rational appreciation of Truth. The "feet" are symbols of obedience, which tread the cycle of life as the path to peace. The "fingers and toes webbed " signify the, as yet, fettered organs of action. The urna," or "circle of hair" is a symbol of spiritual truth. "Signs of vigour" symbolise the powers which are to yield the results of effort which accrue on the buddhic plane.  

See Also

ASITA
BODHISATVAS
CIRCLE (hair)
FEET
FOOTPRINTS OF BUDDHA
 MARKS OF JESUS
URNA