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✿ Lotus ✿
Everywhere in Asia can be found in small ponds or lakes or the lotus Lotus. From time immemorial, it is a symbol of purity and flourish.
His flawless flower is the product of mud and sludge -
out of the mud grows the lotus.
She needs the dirt of dead particles, eg of fish or frog waste - figuratively speaking: from our past (our family / ancestors, our culture) - it does not grow well on the soil. The older and dead / musty the mud, the better it grows. The lotus flower gives us courage to found our abysmal.
From the muddy ground of the lotus bud goes into the water and strives for light and heat.
When the Lotus has said "yes" to his roots in the mud, he gets a strong stem. The stem meanders move first through murky water, then by ever clearer water, he can in this case the water flows - the stalks growing in the unstable area of the water inside (water symbolizes emotions) and is thrown back and forth. He can because he has a solid ground of by being firmly rooted.
Next the light attracted strengthened in the waters of life, can the lotus bud pull up to the surface. There she develops her first green leaf and lies down for a while as a bud on the water until it is on a beautiful, warm sunny day decides to open up completely. Slowly it unfolds petal by petal and then swims in all its purity and beauty on the water surface.
Its petals have a pearl effect, i.e. it takes up no more dirt, even the dirt of a strong monsoon rolls off her.
Indian gods are often depicted sitting on a lotus flower as throne. So they also show that they have been through the mud, the mud and come through the shadows. The flower floating on the water of life, waves can not affect them, and rain and dirt are repelled by it.
The lotus flower represents the pure "self" - the immortal, unbeschmutzbare divine in us. It is important to bring this treasure to us in the light and to develop.
✿ The Symbol of Lotus ✿
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.
White lotus
This 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.
Red lotus
This symbolizes the original nature of the heart (hrdaya). It is the lotus of love, compassion, passion, activity and all the qualities of the heart. It is the lotus of Avalokitesvara.
Blue lotus
This is the symbol of the victory of the spirit over the senses, of intelligence and wisdom, of knowledge. It is always represented as a partially opened bud, and (unlike the red lotus) its centre is never seen. It is the lotus of Manjusri, and also one of the attributes of Prajnaparamita, the embodiment of the 'perfection of wisdom'.
Pink lotus
This is the supreme lotus, generally reserved for the highest deity, sometimes confused with the white lotus it is the lotus of the historical Buddha.
Purple lotus
This is the mystic lotus, represented only in images belonging to a few esoteric sects. The flowers may be in full bloom and reveal their heart, or in a bud. They may be supported by a simple stem, a triple stem (symbolizing the three divisions of Garbhadhatu: Vairocana, lotus and vajra), or a quintuple stem (symbolizing the Five Knowledges of Vajradhatu). The eight petals represent the Noble Eightfold Path and the eight principal acolyte deities of the central deity on the mandalas. The flowers may also be depicted presented in a cup or on a tray, as a symbol of homage.
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