Complete Guide to the Flower Language and Symbolic Meanings of the Lotus and the Sacred Lotus

In Buddhism, it is regarded as a symbol of the Western Pure Land and a place where souls are nurtured. Buddha figures are often placed upon the lotus, so the Buddha's seat is also called the lotus throne. Poets through the ages have praised the lotus for emerging unstained from the mud, for being pure and elegant in the clear ripples, and for being hollow within and straight without; they liken the lotus to a gentleman and ascribe to it a sacred purity.