Lotus implies

1. Many children and many grandchildren

The lotus pod contains a lot of lotus seeds, and the pronunciation of the lotus seed is the homonym of "Lianzi". There are many lotus seeds in a lotus pod. The ancients usually meant that the lotus seed was full of children and grandchildren.

II. Holiness

The lotus pod, like the lotus flower, has the symbolic meaning of holiness and purity, such as "coming out of the mud without being stained". Many Buddha statues are shaped with feet standing on the seats, and the petals of the lotus flower surround the lotus pod, which is beautiful and fine, and the lotus canopy is thick and simple, which is very consistent with the combination of solemn beauty and typical beauty that need to be embodied in the Buddhist image.

Third, flowers and fruits at the same time

The meaning of Lianpeng in Buddhism is flowers and fruits at the same time, it also means that cause is both fruit and cause. Lianpeng comes from mud, which means that Buddha is formed by all kinds of people, and if there are no sentient beings, he cannot become a Buddha after all.