Maggasekha Robe Colors

Ive been contemplating a variety of things related to Maggasekha and one thing ive thought of for a while is robe color. Ive chosen Burgundy and maroon as the main monastic robe colors for Maggasekha.

There is a reason for these colors. they symbolizing what Maggasekha is, a fusion of old and new. Brown for the original color of monks robes, symbolizing early Buddhism, and red, symbolizing the Americas, as you find red in the flags of many nations here.

Burgundy adds a little blue, which makes two colors in the American flag ( and if the cloth starts white like the Thais do it…).

Maggasekha respects the traditions from the Theravada countries, and also recognizes that in a new country, things change and therefore Buddhism must change.

its important to find a fusion of that. Ive seen westerners who want to throw the baby out with the bath water, and born buddhist people who dont want anything to change in a new country. I get both perspectives, but I also feel both are wrong.

Maggasekha, and the chosen robe colors, is an attempt to meld the old and the new together, so Buddhism can flourish in a new place and set roots for centuries to come.