Flower, Lotus

LOTUS FLOWER -  The lotus flower symbolizes rising from a dark place into beauty and rebirth, as this is exactly how a lotus flower grows. Lotus flowers grow directly out of muddy and murky waters and produce beautiful white and pink blossoms.   Lotus flowers are often referred to in Buddhist studies and they are a symbol of strength among adversity.

Flowers often pick up religious and spiritual meanings because they rise from dirt and only show their beauty for a brief amount of time each year. The Lotus Flower is no different from the rest of the blooms used for decorating and religious ceremonies.  Few flowers are as important to Eastern cultures as the Lotus, and each culture ascribes a slightly different meaning to the flower.