What does the lotus stand for?

1, noble and clean: the branches of lotus are straight, its fragrance is slight, and its flowers are flying high, which all represent its pride. It grows in a pond full of mud, but there is no trace of dirt on its branches and flowers, which just represents such qualities as nobility and cleanliness, which means that we can't choose our own origins, but we can decide our own destiny and future!

2. Integrity: The officialdom is filled with smoke, and there are many corrupt officials and few honest officials. People who live in officialdom rarely live in vain, always with a bit of official turbidity. Honest and upright officials are like lotus flowers, "Mud emerges without dye, and mud emerges without dye". Therefore, when we visited an upright official in ancient times, we would bring a "violet" to show the giver's respect for the upright official.

3. Sacred: Lotus is a platform for all Buddhists, and Buddhism is a place for meditation, and there is no room for any superfluous ideas. Lotus is the sacred flower of Buddhism, so it has sacred meaning.

Extended data

Lotus, which appears from the soil but is not dyed, is the main Buddhist symbol of purity and extinction. It represents the heyday of all activities, which are carried out to completely avoid the mistake of falling into reincarnation. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas or lotus thrones sitting or standing symbolize their sacred origin. Buddha and Bodhisattva are imagined to be flawless, perfect and absolutely pure in body, language and mind. Buddhas and bodhisattvas appear in samsara, but they are never polluted by unclean things, and they are blocked by spirit and soul.

Many great civilizations in the world, from Egypt to India, regard the lotus as a sacred symbol and have widely integrated it into their own art and architecture. Lotus flowers bloom and fall with the sun. In ancient Egypt, it was believed that the sun rose from the eastern lotus at dawn and fell into the western lotus at sunset.

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