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===Symbols=== The main symbol of the practice is the {{transliteration|zh|Falun}} ([[Dharma]] wheel, or {{transliteration|sa|[[Dharmacakra]]}} in [[Sanskrit]]). In Buddhism, the {{transliteration|sa|Dharmacakra}} represents the completeness of the doctrine. To "turn the wheel of dharma" ({{transliteration|zh|Zhuan Falun}}) means to preach the Buddhist doctrine, and is the title of Falun Gong's main text.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Penny |first=Benjamin |date=March 2005 |title=The Falun Gong, Buddhism and “Buddhist qigong” |journal=[[Asian Studies Review]] |language=en |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=35–46 |doi=10.1080/10357820500139513 |issn=1035-7823}}</ref> Despite the invocation of Buddhist language and symbols, the law wheel as understood in Falun Gong has distinct connotations, and is held to represent the universe.<ref name="Bruseker" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=February 2026}} It is conceptualized by an emblem consisting of one large and four small (counter-clockwise) [[swastika]] symbols, representing the Buddha, and four small [[Taiji (philosophy)|Taiji]] (yin-yang) symbols of the Daoist tradition.<ref name="Bruseker">George Bruseker, "Falun Gong: A Modern Chinese Folk Buddhist Movement in Crisis", 26 April 2000.</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=February 2026}}
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