Above the portrait, the yellow brick road continues under an arc, and leads toward the three sacred mountains of Tibet, symbolic of enlightenment.
Other sacred images from the Coat of Arms of Tibet, and seen on the semi-circular area, include the sun, the moon, and the eight-spoked Dharmachakra, which represents the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism.
Coat of Arms of Tibet
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The predominant colors of the quilt are also the colors of the flag of Tibet: Red, blue, green and yellow with white.
The flag of Tibet
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Dorothy and her friends must travel through the compassionate heart of the Dalai Lama to continue their journey up to the sacred mountains. And who do we see illuminating their way? A goddess figure whose essence is archetypally related to the White Tara: Glinda the Good Witch.
Glinda, the goddess-avatar, reminds Dorothy -- and us -- that the power we seek is not outside of us, for as she says, we have "had the power all along, my dear."
Just under the Dharmachakra wheel, a tiny wooden "sign" inscribed with the words, "Home, Sweet Home" is sewn to the yellow path.
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