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Posted on March 16, 2007 @ 10:37 pm by massimo | Filed under: bangkok,blog,fashion,illustration,news,people,thailand,travel,wordpress

lotus buddhism aynaku illustration travel

The lotus plays a very important part in Thai life. It is the country’s most common flower and it can be found in ponds, swamps, small canals, roadside ditches, even in jars and on top of pillars in temples. Five kinds of lotus are mentioned in Thai literature. The flower’s rich symbolism has embellished Thai literature since ancient times. The lotus is associated with heavenly beings; white lotus particularly is a powerful Buddhist symbol: it symbolizes Bodhi, the state of total mental purity and spiritual perfection, and the pacification of our nature. It generally has eight petals corresponding to the Noble Eightfold Path of the Good Law. White lotus is the lotus found at the heart of the Garbhadhatu Mandala, being the womb or origin of the world…

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Beautiful painting and beautiful sentiment.

kate wrote on March 16, 2007 - 10:49 pm UTC

This is totally beautiful. The line, the color, the subject and your description make an impact of gentleness and grace.

GINGER PIXELS wrote on March 17, 2007 - 12:20 am UTC

This is gorgeous! I really love the composition. And I adore the lotus, it holds many treasures.

Get Zapped wrote on March 17, 2007 - 12:38 am UTC

This is delightful! Very beautiful.

Digital Scott wrote on March 17, 2007 - 1:18 am UTC

very pretty. i have some in a pond at home and love them!

willie wrote on March 17, 2007 - 3:05 pm UTC

nice compositional layout illo

michael dailey wrote on March 17, 2007 - 3:42 pm UTC

Beautiful! Great work.

Michelle Lana wrote on March 17, 2007 - 7:01 pm UTC

Fascinating post and really beautiful artwork on this! The colours and reflection make me smile inside!!!

valgalart wrote on March 17, 2007 - 7:53 pm UTC

Beautiful lotus, Massimo. Colors, composition and meaning are truly charming.

(I love to sit down as a lotus flower, and relax myself.)

Pati @-;– wrote on March 17, 2007 - 8:11 pm UTC

i like the composition and i have always adored the lotus plant.

isay wrote on March 17, 2007 - 8:31 pm UTC

wow, i envy your comp illustration skillZ

elizabeth wrote on March 21, 2007 - 7:50 pm UTC

This is very pleasant and appealling. What a continent of meanings ths flower could be. I have never seen any. You do not see many here, but still we have other flowers or even trees with symbolism.
Rgs

Fiestoforo wrote on March 23, 2007 - 8:41 pm UTC

backgrounds muy subtle

uvor wrote on May 1, 2007 - 10:02 pm UTC

Interesting enough, the lotus has extremely hydrophobic surfaces, which means water beads up, rolls off, and even collects dirt. It is a self cleaning flower! I think that may tie in with its symbolic purity.

Luke wrote on January 31, 2011 - 7:53 pm UTC

I lived in China for a quite a long time. These beautiful flowers are immensely popular there. You can easily find an abundance of them in ponds of almost every city, town or village. It’s called 荷花 héhuā, in Chinese. It even sounds beautiful.

William wrote on July 22, 2011 - 9:23 pm UTC

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