Carved Lotus
June 29th 2010 Posted at Antiques
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Carved Lotus
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Symbolisy of the Five Peatled Lotus?
Last night while meditating, I found myself facing a door of dark wood, carved with a five peatled lotus. I know about the connection between the four, eight, sixteen ect. lotus and the Chakras, but I've never heard of a five peatled lotus. The door was the entry to my subconscious, and behind it I met one of my past selves. I would like to know the symbolism behind it, because I feel it would shed light on my current self. Advice on where to look for more info would be appreciated as well.
The white lotus flower is used in Buddhism and theosophy to convey the idea of purity and divine birth. According to occult philosophy, the heart of man is like an unopened lotus; when one embraces the virtues of Buddha, then the heart opens like the lotus–clean and beautiful. This is why various pictures of the Buddha show him sitting on an opened lotus flower.
Various attributes are given to different colored lotus flowers. Within Buddhism, the red lotus represents love and compassion, the blue wisdom and knowledge, the purple lotus is mystical in nature, and the pink lotus is reserved for the highest divine being.
The lotus is also seen as an ancient Egyptian symbol, appearing with royalty and Egyptian gods. Legend has it that Ra, the supreme deity of the Egyptian pantheon, first appeared on the Nile river as beautiful child resting on a huge blue lotus flower.
As an occult symbol, the lotus flower can be found in Buddhist and theosophical circles. This includes temples, publications, New Age catalogs, and various eastern art work.
The sacred Lotus flower, Nelumbo nucifera.
Padmaasana – lotus posture in hatha yoga
Padma lochani - the lotus eyed one
Lotus – the flower is sacred to the Hindus and is interwoven into the Hindu way of life from the Vedic times to the modern age.
It represents beauty, purity, fertility and youth.
Bhagawad Gita says that man must emulate the lotus’s way - the water on a lotus leaf just rolls away.
Thus, man should work without attachments, dedication his actions to the almighty – says the Gita
The beautiful white Lotus arises out of muddy waters – in the same manner should man rise above the sins of his mundane existence . . .
For Buddhists – Lotus symbolizes the most glorious state of man.
Lotus has been venerated throughout the ages. . . Goddess Saraswathi sits on a white lotus.
The Hindu scriptures say that the Atman [soul] dwells in the lotus within the heart.
Sant Kabir – the 15th century singer-poet says
Do not go to the garden of flowers
My friend, Go not there –
In your body is the garden of flowers-
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus-
and there gaze on the infinite beauty
The leaves are coated with a film – upon which water forms beautiful ready-to-roll-off glittering droplets.
Lotus comes in different colours – namely white, red, blue, pink and purple.
The flower rising above the leaves, appear one at a time. Each flower lasts for just 2 to 5 days only and darkens soon after.
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Carved Lotus
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