Lotus Plant, copyright by Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Scientific name: Nelumbo nucifera.
A lotus plant grows in a pond. Lotus-roots are edible and nutritious. Have you ever seen them in an Asian food shop? Do you know how all parts of a lotus plant connect? I didn’t and I had to do some research to get the botanical facts right.
A lotus plant is a highly esteemed symbol in Buddhism as being one of the “Eight Auspicious Symbols” of this religion. The roots of a lotus flower extend into the mud, the stem grows up through the water and the flower blossoms above the surface.
For a Buddhist this living on 3 levels, in the mud, in water and air, signifies progress. The soul progresses from the mud (read: mess and materialism), through the world of water in which we live our daily life and experience our world, higher up to enlightenment in the ethereal world of air and light.
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