“The lotus is a favorite Buddhist symbol. After all, it grows in the mud of materialism or suffering, but blooms pristinely above the water’s surface, symbolizing the achievement of purity or enlightenment.” For mere on the amazing lotus: http://shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=33213
“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world” —Buddha
pink lotus, about to bloom
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lotus beauty
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Ancient Lotus
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Water Lily from the pond.
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White lotus flower - IMG_9894-1-800 (von Bahman Farzad)
Pink Lotus
Lotus Pond
Water Queen
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lotus.. beauty rising from the mud.
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Thai lotus art
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by chizuru-bis
pink lotus
LOTUS ~ the lotus stands for purity, spontaneity and Divine beauty.
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LOTUS FLOWERS represent INFINITY because they both seed and bloom at the same time.
