{"id":844,"date":"2022-02-22T02:02:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T02:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=844"},"modified":"2022-02-25T06:33:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T06:33:42","slug":"lotus-flower-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/lotus-flower-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/lotus_floawer-Religious-Symbols-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3425\" width=\"150\" height=\"144\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Spiritual enlightenment, rebirth, the universe, prosperity, and fertility are all represented by this symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In Buddhist, Hindu, and Egyptian traditions, the lotus blossom is a symbol. In the muck of rivers and ponds, the lotus flower blooms. It&#8217;s a lovely flower that closes at night and reopens in the morning, fresh and clean. This is why it is seen as a rebirth emblem. In Buddhism, rebirth is also linked to enlightenment. The Buddha is depicted as seated on a lotus flower. This is due to the numerous times he had to be reborn before attaining enlightenment. The lotus blossom was also seen as a sign of rebirth by the Egyptians. Tutakahaman&#8217;s entire body was covered in lotus blossoms. The Egyptians believed that a lotus blossom birthed the sun god from the primordial sea. The lotus is a Hindu symbol for prosperity, beauty, spirituality, and fertility. Brahma, the creator god, emerged from the navel of Lord Vishnu, the preserver god, as a lotus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiritual enlightenment, rebirth, the universe, prosperity, and fertility are all represented by this symbol. In Buddhist, Hindu, and Egyptian traditions, the lotus blossom is a symbol. In the muck of rivers and ponds, the lotus flower blooms. It&#8217;s a lovely flower that closes at night and reopens in the morning, fresh and clean. This is &#8230; <a title=\"Lotus Flower\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/lotus-flower-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on 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":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844"}],"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=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}