{"id":230,"date":"2022-02-19T08:15:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T08:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=230"},"modified":"2022-02-24T00:54:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:54:07","slug":"the-lotus-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-lotus-flower\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lotus Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/the-lotus-Buddhist-Symbol.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2730\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The lotus flower has been used in numerous Buddhist teachings to convey the fundamental nature of all humanity. The lotus plant&#8217;s roots are buried deep in the mud, but it nevertheless grows above the murky water and blooms into a lovely, sweet-smelling flower. The lotus can be compared to how we rise above our trials and tribulations to achieve enlightenment, beauty, and clarity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Buddhism, different colored lotus plants represent different things. White symbolizes spiritual and mental purity, pink symbolizes the traditional Buddha, purple symbolizes mysticism, crimson symbolizes love and compassion, and blue symbolizes wisdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lotus flower has been used in numerous Buddhist teachings to convey the fundamental nature of all humanity. The lotus plant&#8217;s roots are buried deep in the mud, but it nevertheless grows above the murky water and blooms into a lovely, sweet-smelling flower. The lotus can be compared to how we rise above our trials &#8230; <a title=\"The Lotus Flower\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-lotus-flower\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Lotus Flower\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2731,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions\/2731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}