Photo of Pulsatilla lotus leaf

The meaning of Guanyin holding the lotus statue: a man and a woman holding the lotus Guanyin. Comparing the innocent boys and girls to the buds of the lotus, we can feel the desire to hold the lotus Guanyin with pure bodhicitta and look forward to the flowers.

Lotus is an aquatic plant, which likes relatively stable and calm shallow water, lakes, swamps and ponds, and is its suitable habitat. In addition, lotus has always been praised by the world for its character of emerging from mud without being stained.

China is rich in lotus varieties, with more than 200 traditional varieties and new varieties emerging constantly. The classification of lotus varieties is based on the historical evolution of artificial cultivation of lotus and the practice of cultivation and application. Among them, plant type is the first-class classification standard, double petals of flowers are the second-class classification standard, and color is the third-class classification standard.

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The origin of Guanyin holding lotus:

Holding a lotus flower, sitting on the lotus leaf are mostly good-looking girls. This method is to stand on the lotus seat and hold a lotus flower in both hands. Holding lotus Guanyin, holding a lotus with a stem, standing on the lotus leaf, representing the virgins in the thirty-three bodies. It originated from the incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva when she enlightened Hong Haier.

According to The Journey to the West, in The Journey to the West, Guanyin, who was holding a lotus flower, found a monk in the Tang Dynasty in the east, showed him the incarnation, and solved the sufferings of the Monkey King, pigs, Friar Sand and Bai. Let's go to the Western Heaven to learn from the scriptures. Today's India. Seeing the world all the way helped four people.

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