Lotus is in close relationship with Buddhism "lotus" is the symbol of the "Buddha", so to speak.

When we entered the BuddhismtempleWhen, can see the image of lotus everywhere.Ursa sakyamuni Buddha, the Buddha seated on a lotus throne, good-natured, lotus eyes droop;Referred to as the "three west st" amitabha, the first and great mercy kwan-yin, are also sitting in the lotus.The rest of the bodhisattva, hand holding a lotus, lotus feet, or lotus gestures, or on the earth who spilled the lotus (such as love.God temple walls, sunk panel, railings, zhang, table wai, sachets, worship, and sculpture, the lotus pattern in the drawing or sewing a variety.Visible lotus how close relationship with Buddhism.

The lotus and the close relationship of Buddhism, but also in the buddhist will be many beautiful holy things, to lotus metaphors, represented by the lotus.In Buddhism story, the Buddha sakyamuni's mother, with a pair of beautiful clear eyes of lotus.Buddha was born, the palace YuYuan in eight kinds of phase, a phase, one of the main pool is suddenly grow as large as the wheels of the white lotus flower.When the Buddha was born, on his tongue root emit thousand golden, every golden light into a white lotus, chiba, every sat a dish of lotus foot cross, heart up small bodhisattva.

Buddhist lotus as yu's words, it is countless.Buddha called "lotus", or "lotus";Knot crosslegged slumped posture, namely, legs crossed, with both feet on the relative lap, foot heart upward position, is called the lotus potential;Buddhism propaganda western elysium, compared to don't dye the pure lotus realm, therefore calls "lotus state";The amitabha sutra describes the western heaven's situation is: "merit bliss land have shippo pool, eight water...Lotus pool as big as the wheels."So called Buddha "lotus";Buddhist temple known as the "lotus"."Brake" is Sanskrit, namely the western pure land, in the lotus to place, therefore calls "lotus brake";Practitioners say "lotus", metaphor in lotus, such as in the mother's womb;Buddha eyes known as the "lotus", in order to violet flowers metaphor Buddha eyes good wonderful;In eight of the heart lotus leaves is called "lotus palace", lotus of the heart;The Buddha's hand is called "lotus hand";The vow and said "lotus quit";Buddhist monks and nuns of the saffron "lotus clothing, clean without impurity of;Of the five wise wisdom of observation is called "the wisdom of the lotus";"Say good at saying is "tongue born lotus";"To" asceticism and le curtilage born lotus ";Buddhist scriptures "tip the lotus sutra referred to as the fahua sutra, rests on a lotus metaphors, symbols teachings pure elegant;Eastern jin shen donglin temple master founded the earliest buddhist association referred to as the "lotus club";Pure land Buddhism advocated in practice to achieve lotus pure land of the west, so it is also called "LianZong".Anyhow, lotus has close and Buddhism, the buddhist represented in many places are lotus, can say he is the Buddha, Buddha is the lotus.

Why so admired lotus Buddhism?The two main reasons: first, Buddhism came from India, Indian local climate is hot.Lotus in full bloom in the summer, bring cool and enjoy the beauty.People for such a beautiful flower blooming when the summer heat, loves nature, so in India's literary works, especially the folk wisdom of folk literature works, the lotus is a symbol of beauty, kindness, purity, tolerance., this kind of story is very much, deep impact, such as the story of lotus prince, will be moral, kind, honest, adherence to the king for ten method (alms, maintain, generous, honest, kind, self-control, jealous anger, avoid is killed, tolerant and magnanimous) good national flower compared to lotus.Said the story of king of lotus lotus king, in order to save the people of the famine, he jumped into the Ganges, into a big red fish, tell people to cut his meat, born again after he cut the meat, so stick to the twelve years, he USES his own meat to feed the people across the country, through for a dozen years of famine.The story of "the mother deer lotus lady", said Mrs Mother deer lotus with each step, a beautiful lotus feet appear immediately after, she was under a viviparous five hundred young men, all is handsome strong man, all is protect our country's hero, so Mrs Mother deer lotus is the symbol of can have more beautiful male.

Sakyamuni founded Buddhism, advocates the abolition of ancient India hierarchical system, implements the caste equality, merciful, purdue beings.In order to carry forward the dharma, the general public can understand and accept the buddhist doctrine, in colloquial preaching.And cater to public oi-lin psychology, the lotus YuFo, make Buddhism spread quickly and widely devotees.

Buddhism in lotus YuFo reason is also the main reason on the other hand, because the lotus character and features in conformity with the buddhist doctrine.Buddhism is emphatically to disengagement suffering of religious life, life will be seen as pain, want people to be able to out of its misery, the relief way is: this side holds (life) - ferry dhi (learning Buddha dharma) - other side pure land (bliss).From the earth to the net, from the evil to be good, from the profane to the Buddha.It and lotus grows in the filth and free from vulgarity, not dyed by sludge, finally the incomparably delicious flowers.

One of the important principles of Buddhism, it is love of Bosch.Giving all have life with compassion.Compassion, refers to the hope and relief of suffering, to help others achieve happiness.Kindness is want them to be happy, CiXing is to help others to be happy;Compassion is the hope others to relieve pain, sorrow is to help others to relieve pain.Buddhist requirements for life, regardless of good and evil, both human and animal, should be to compassion.To all sorts of evil, to tolerate and forgive, use the compassion to help them, influence them, make them to be good, be kind and bear good fruit.But refrain from collaboration, in the foul on earth and not for its pollution, keep clean qingfen.Used to express the thought idea is the best but the lotus.

Lotus born in sludge is a life in the world of dust turbidity, together in this natural and din, filth suffer many evil things, Buddhism says these evil forces as the "magic".Buddhism asked people not to be the world evil filthy (magic), intrusion and impact.Lotus "rising above the sinful", cleanliness of flowers, it is the best symbol of buddhist scriptures often will therefore sex than Buddha nature."The great non-deluded 8226; interpretation of the primary ZhongHu, jackfruit under" said: "such as lotus, from the sludge, the color is fresh, the source is not clean.""Medallion from 42" said: "for samana, I in the turbid, inchoate bigotries when such as lotus, pollution."So to save the world brahman Kings is sitting on a golden clever monastery flower born.Shakyamuni Buddha, amitabha, avalokitesvara is sitting on a lotus flower, or hand holding a lotus, said Buddha is from the earth and clean don't dye.

People who want to do it from the dust of pollution level, is not an easy thing, need to very high consciousness and concentration, which requires practice and keeping precept, development of Buddha nature, eliminate ones.Buddha enhanced can resist the magic of the interference, also can drop a Buddha, can free birth, aging, illness, and death.This sounds very xuan, religious significance is very thick, is really just a stature of higher level.All things prudent, searches, nature to see everything, no longer greed, intimidation, anxiety, infatuation, anger, in spiritual nature to get rid of the plight, become relaxed and happy.So Buddhism the lotus flower, represents a kind of wisdom, the so-called "enlightenment".Boundless life of rail said: "it is a bodhisattva (guan Yin bodhisattva) as thinking, all sentient beings in the body, with the consciousness lotus flower, clean the world not dyed."The telling images. 6 "Bai Bao mouth copy" cloud: "the theory of common heart is like the lotus, saint heart like open lotus...Ask: 'why beings mind Pi lotus?"Answer:" "cache" cloud: lotus in my own, have net bodhicitta of pure theory, understand this, though the six four living death the mud flow, the but don't dye not scale, is the name of the lotus.Concept of "" thin 12" cloud: "lotus don't view more flowers?"This also is interested in, such as the lotus flower in the sludge, birth place even evil, and lotus body clean, good color, to the scale.Ordinary become true, although a variety of different three poison of unlimited, also the lotus deep samadhi, the grapes are born among them, the Buddha is equal big hui light also."

Buddhism has "flower see buddha-nature", the lotus flower namely here, also is the wisdom and state of the lotus.People have state of mind, there is the Buddha nature.: (wen jun and)