The lotus grows in the mud, but produces beautiful flowers without being stained by the mud. From this, it represents the ideal of living a pure life in the earthy world full of stupidities and sufferings.
The blossoming of a lotus flower from a bud can be likened to the process of awakening from delusion and attaining enlightenment. In particular, in the scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism, the flower seat of lotus, on which the Buddha and Bodhisattva sit, symbolizes the state of profound spiritual enlightenment.
The appearance of the lotus flower, with its stem growing straight out of muddy water and blossoming nobly under the bright sunlight, symbolizes the way of entering into nirvana.
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