The Buddhist flag is a modern flag jointly designed by J.R. de Silva and Colonel Henry S. Olcott to mark the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon in 1880. The five colors of the flag represent the six colors of the aura that came from Buddha when he attained Enlightenment. The first blue stripe stands for Loving kindness, peace and universal compassion. The second stripe, yellow, represents the Middle Path. The third stripe, red, stands for the blessings of practice. The fourth strips, white, stands for purity and liberation. The fifth stripe, orange, represents wisdom (also known as The Buddha's techings). The sixth vertical stripe, on the fly end of the flag, is made up of a combination of rectangular bands of the five other colours, and represents a compound of the other five colours in the aura's spectrum. This compound colour is referred to as Pabbhassara ('essence of light'). The World Buddhist Congress accepted this flag as the International Buddhist flag in 1952.