The lotus and the enlightened quality in every human being .VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

The lotus symbolizes equality among people. Every lotus sprout is capable of rising out of the mud, from the water and flowering with a fragrant aroma. As a human being, any human being has the ability to be free from defiled sensual pleasures, awakening austerities and attain enlightenment.

The universal nature of the universe produces many different species of animals and plants, but it is unknown when humans started observing and summarizing the characteristics of a flower, which in that flower has The jaw contains so many beautiful meanings. People have used the image of that flower as an example to symbolize and honor the great people, the noble qualities always present in life. that flower is ripe Lotus, a flower of enlightenment quality.

As a human being, any human being has the ability to be free from defiled sensual pleasures, awakening austerities and attain enlightenment.

According to Wikipedia Sen (scientific name: Nelumbo nucifera), is a perennial aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the genus lotus. In ancient times it was a common plant growing along the banks of the Nile in Egypt Ancient Egyptians revered the lotus and used it in rituals. From Egypt it was brought to Assyria and later widely cultivated throughout the regions of Persia, India and China.

Who is worthy of the quality of the Lotus?      

It is unknown when the Buddhist community used the lotus symbol to honor the greatness and the secular escape of the Buddha. But according to the research and explanation of Venerable Thich Thanh Tu, we can understand the following: “Why do every Buddhist temple worship Buddha sit on the lotus seat today? This is to symbolize His person. Because before he was Mr. Huang, He also contaminated umbrellas, like lotus germ still in the mud. When he passed the ordination, the lotus sprout came out of the mud, but he was still in the water. At the time of his sitting under a Bodhi tree and enlightenment, the lotus flower came out of the water full of fragrant fragrance.

The lotus symbolizes equality among people

The lotus symbolizes equality between people. Already a lotus sprout, any lotus sprout has the ability to rise from the mud, from the water and bloom a fragrant aroma. As a human being, any human being has the ability to be free from defiled sensual pleasures, awakening austerities and attain enlightenment. Buddhahood is not a single person, but of all who have the will to escape from the ceiling and have the determination to attain the path. Therefore, Buddhahood is called Supreme Enlightenment. Buddha also uses the image of a lotus to remind Buddhists, in the middle of the pollution, but cleverly overcome by his bright wisdom. "

The thought of the FRENCH FRENCH CHINESE again pairs up with the concept of "Necessity of beings to be Buddhahood" to every being whether it is sentient or involuntary, so each being has the virtue of the lotus.     

The thought of the Mahāvastu Sutta says that the pair of "Most Exalted Bodhisattva also has Buddha nature" So the characteristics of the lotus also exist in the sentient beings.     

Every lotus sprout is capable of rising out of the mud, from the water and flowering with a fragrant aroma.

The thought of the Pure Land to promote the Nine Heroes of the Lotus Flower is also in this sense. Why is the venerable solemn realm of the Buddhas countless wonders not to use any other image to symbolize but to use the image of a lotus. All sentient beings are supreme wisdom, up to the same cruelty, just need to have enough of the Happy Faith, which can be expected and the ranks of the Lotus-born Lotus Flower: "Lower births: If any sentient beings create five against, ten evil, doing all the unwholesome. This person is about to die, fortunate to meet good knowledge, use comforting words, tell the colors of the dharma, and then tell them to recite Buddha's name. This person became mindful of the mind and recited: Namo Amitabha Buddha had ten sentences and immediately excepted the crime of life and death for 80 lives and saw a golden lotus as big as a wheel right in front of him. " from the Buddha of Great Dictionary.

In the Dhammapada there is a passage:

“Like in the middle of a mess.

Throw away the lagoon shore.

That place lotus bloom.

Nice smell of good people

Also, between birth pants.

U unclean, infected, blind, mundane.

Disciple Right Understanding.

Shining with wisdom. "

(French verse 58-59)

Buddhahood is not a single person, but of all who have the will to escape from the ceiling and have the determination to attain the path.

According to the spirit of the syntax of the syntax, we can see that the disciple who is ordained with the awareness, is the "Super enlightened being" also deserves to be praised and honored by the quality of the lotus.

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh once wrote a book entitled Step by Step in Blooming Lotus. The content of the work revolves around 47 verses to practice and transform with many extremely rich meanings. But there is a remarkable point that anyone who has mindfulness, practice, and awareness is right where every step of the practitioner steps on the lotus, regardless of whoever it is. Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat, renunciants, kings or pagans ...

Buddhahood is called Supreme Enlightenment, is the enlightenment of no one on, no equal; Buddha also uses the lotus image to remind Buddhists, in the middle of the pollution, but cleverly overcome by his bright wisdom.

Bodhi tree is called Bo, Pipul or Aśvattha, Assattha (Pali). The word Aśvattha is Sanskrit; Śvaḥ means "tomorrow", this plant is said to be sacred by. Legend has it that Prince Siddhartha Gaitama sat in meditation under such a tree and attained enlightenment, becoming a Buddha. Thereby this tree named Bodhi, because Bodhi means enlightenment. If the Buddha sat under another tree such as Me, Banana, Mango ... then those trees become Bodhi trees.     

Therefore, do not bind any concept that the lotus is for the Buddha and the Bodhisattva, and Arhat or others must not use the lotus as a symbolic value. Because according to Trung Quan Luan "all things are fake". And the Kim Cang scriptures say, "The compounded things are illusory images." END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.16/3/2020.