Sunday 3 August 2014

南禅寺の蓮: Nanzenji Temple's Lotus


All lotuses have a spiritual meaning in Buddhism, but the pink lotus is for Buddhists the most spiritually important. Although I am not a Buddhist, I love visiting these beautiful flowers and can deeply feel their spiritual gift.
 
 
A fully open lotus flower is said to represent a fully spiritually open person.
 
 
 
An opening flower shows a person starting along their spiritual path and the closed flower shows someone who is so far spiritually closed.
 
 
 
The big beautiful leaves collect water and in the mornings this water looks so clear, fresh and cool. For me all the elements are present and potent. The plants growing both out of the ground and through water. The pink fire of the flowers and the breeze through the leaves and flowers. The lotuses are best viewed early in the morning; they will leave you spiritually refreshed and that wonderful feeling will last the whole day through.
 
 
 

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