I chose this white lotus for my facebook timeline background. I thought of a butterfly but it did not give me the right feel. I as looking for an angel but to my frustration the angel looked more like a bird. So I looked around for a flower. This came to my attention effortlessly...it looks good in my profile..maybe this is it...
only later that I looked for the symbolism of this flower.
Lotuses are symbols of purity and 'spontaneous' generation and hence symbolize divine birth. According
to the Lalitavistara, 'the spirit of the best of men is spotless, like the new lotus in the [muddy] water which
does not adhere to it', and, according to esoteric Buddhism, the heart of the beings is like an unopened lotus:
when the virtues of the Buddha develop therein the lotus blossoms. This is why the Buddha sits on a lotus
in bloom. In Tantrism, it is the symbol of the feminine principle. The lotuses are usually differentiated by
their colour and grouping, in three or five flowers, which may or may not be combined with leaves.
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White lotusThis symbolizes Bodhi, the state of total mental purity and spiritual perfection, and the
pacification of our nature. It generally has eight petals corresponding to the Noble Eightfold Path of the
Good Law. It is the lotus found at the heart of the Garbhadhatu Mandala, being the womb or embryo of the world. It is characteristic of the esoteric sects, and the lotus of the Buddhas |
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