#12 WHAT'S A LOTUS?

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WHAT'S A LOTUS? HELLO GUYS ITS ME AGAIN AND IT WILL BE MY LAST BLOG AND I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MAGNIFICENT LOOKING FLOWER I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT GIVES ME THE LOOK OF MESMERIZE AND CURIOSITY OF WHATS A LOTUS REALLY IS AND IS THERE ANY MEANING ABOUT THIS QUESTION IN MY MIND.

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NELUMBO NUCIFERA, ALSO KNOWN AS INDIAN LOTUS, SACRED LOTUS, BEAN OF INDIA, EGYPTIAN BEAN OR SIMPLY LOTUS, IS ONE OF TWO EXTANT SPECIES OF AQUATIC PLANT IN THE FAMILY NELUMBONACEAE. IT IS OFTEN COLLOQUIALLY CALLED A WATER LILY. UNDER FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES THE SEEDS OF THIS AQUATIC PERENNIAL MAY REMAIN VIABLE FOR MANY YEARS, WITH THE OLDEST RECORDED LOTUS GERMINATION BEING FROM THAT OF SEEDS 1,300 YEARS OLD RECOVERED FROM A DRY LAKEBED IN NORTHEASTERN CHINA.

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FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ALL PARTS OF THE PLANT IS USED TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF PURPOSE FOR EXAMPLE THE FLOWER ITSELF IS USED AS ASIAN TEA I DON'T KNOW WHATS THE PURPOSE YOU KNOW ASIANS THEY LOVE EATING DRINKING THIS KINDS OF STUFFS AS MEDICINAL PURPOSE SO MAINLY ITS PURPOSE IS MEDICINAL YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF ITS USES THERE IS TONS OF IT IN THE INTERNET.

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NOW LETS TALK ABOUT THE FLOWER'S MEANING A LOT FLOWERS HAVE DIFFERENT MEANING BEHIND THOSE BEAUTIFUL,WEIRD,EXTRAVAGANT INNOCENT LOOKS THEY HAVE LETS SEE WITH THE LOTUS.

LOTUS FLOWER MEANING IS DIFFERENT BETWEEN CULTURES, THOUGH IN FACT THEY SHARE MANY SIMILARITIES. BY THE EGYPTIAN THIS PLANT IS KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH REBIRTH. THIS IS A CONSEQUENCE OF IT SUPPOSEDLY RETRACTING INTO THE WATER AT THE NIGHT, AND EMERGING A FRESH IN THE SUN THE NEXT DAY (SEE THE INTRODUCTION FOR HOW A LOTUS PLANT ACTUALLY COMES INTO BLOOM). THE EGYPTIANS THEREFORE ASSOCIATED THE LOTUS FLOWER WITH THE SUN WHICH ALSO DISAPPEARED IN THE NIGHT, ONLY TO RE-EMERGE IN THE MORNING. THEREFORE THE LOTUS CAME TO SYMBOLIZE THE SUN AND THE CREATION. IN MANY HIEROGLYPHICS WORKS THE LOTUS IS DEPICTED AS EMERGING FROM NUN (THE PRIMORDIAL WATER) BEARING THE SUN GOD.

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AS BUDDHISM STEMS FROM A DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD TO EGYPTOLOGY, THERE ARE MANY MORE COLORS OF LOTUS TO BE SEEN. SO IT IS NOT TOO SURPRISING THAT THE MANY DIFFERENT COLORS HAVE COME TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH  DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF BUDDHISM. THE MAIN SYMBOLISM OF THE LOTUS FLOWER AND THEIR MEANINGS ARE GIVEN HERE.

1.   BLUE LOTUS: THE BLUE LOTUS FLOWER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A VICTORY OF THE SPIRIT OVER THAT OF WISDOM, INTELLIGENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. IF YOU GET TO SEE IT A BLUE LOTUS IN BUDDHIST ART YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IT IS ALWAYS DEPICTED AS BEING PARTIALLY OPEN AND THE CENTRE IS NEVER OBSERVED.

2.   WHITE LOTUS FLOWER: THIS COLOR LOTUS IS KNOWN TO SYMBOLIZE BODHI (BEING AWAKENED), AND REPRESENTS A STATE OF MENTAL PURITY, AND THAT OF SPIRITUAL PERFECTION; IT IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE PACIFICATION OF ONE’S NATURE. THIS LOTUS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE WOMB OF THE WORLD.

3.   PURPLE LOTUS: KNOWN TO BE MYSTIC AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH ESOTERIC SECTS. IT CAN BE SHOWN DEPICTED AS EITHER AN OPEN FLOWER OR AS A BUD. THE EIGHT PETALS OF THE PURPLE LOTUS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH; ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA. FOLLOWING THIS PATH IS THOUGHT TO LEAD TO SELF AWAKENING, AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE NOBLE TRUTHS.

4.   PINK LOTUS FLOWER: THIS IS THE SUPREME LOTUS AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE TRUE LOTUS OF BUDDHA.

RED LOTUS: THIS IS RELATED TO THE HEART, AND THE LOTUS FLOWER MEANING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OF LOVE AND COMPASSION.

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FOR ME THE MEANING OF BUDDHISM HAS THE BEST 

MEANING DUE TO ITS SPECIFICATION OF ITS COLORS. 

AND THERE IS A NUMBER OF ITS COLOR SO EACH 

COLOR HAS DIFFERENT MEANING TRY READING SOME 

AND BE MESMERIZE ABOUT ITS MEANING SO THATS IT 

FOR ME THANKS FOR READING FOR MY LAST BLOG 

HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME WITH ME GODBLESS 

AND

 

HAVE A NICE DAY BYE BYE SAYONARA ANNYEONG.

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