Buddhism homepage: June 2007

Lotus Flower

By a Huish Episcopi student

Hello and welcome to a website that is full of information on the lotus flower. There is a contents below to help you with your search. Enjoy my site and I hope you find what your looking for!

Buddhists believe that a lotus flower represents life as explained; It starts of at the bottom of a pond(our birth). Then it grows towards the light(our growth and fondness for love and attention). The flower sits on the surface (our life continuing) well held by its first roots, but able to move(the changing of many situations).

Contents

1. The meaning of the lotus flower

2. Expression of the Lotus flower

3. Effectiveness

4. Links and extra pictures

Meaning of the Lotus Flower

The lotus flower symbolises purity and divine birth. The different colour lotus flowers have specific meanings: for example, the red lotus signifies the qualities of the heart while the purple lotus is the mystic lotus.

The Lotus flower represents enlightenment(the path to take) of a human.

Buddhists believe that a lotus flower represents life as so. It starts of at the bottom of a pond(our birth). Then it grows towards the light(our growth and fondness for love and attention). The flower sits on the surface (our life continuing) well held by its first roots, but able to move(the changing of many situations).

Expression of the lotus flower

The lotus flower is one of the things the Buddists worship. There is also a festival for the Lotus flower which is held from the 28th of April to the 30th. Flowers are one of the three things given at time of worship(flowers, candles and incense). They may wilt and die but the joy comes from the general gift offering or as a shrine offering. They believe that the lotus flower was the first flower to bloom when the earth was created.

Below is a lotus shrine.

Effectiveness

I conclude after searching that the lotus flower has the effect of improving self-belief to Buddhists. It works for many Buddhists because it helps them through rough or messy situations. It is believed to give you a strong virtual force to help withstand hard times. It also represents good luck. The lotus flower has now become the National Flower.