"Beautifully handcrafted, delicate, and nicely designed lotus on this ring with Heart Sutra engraved inside and can be adjusted easily. highly recommended." Sharon- Customer
Lotus is symbolic of purity of the body, speech, and mind as while rooted in the mud, its flowers blossom on long stalks as if floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire. It is also symbolic of detachment as drops of water easily slide off its petals.
The Heart Sūtra (Sanskrit Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya or 心經 Xīnjīng) is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Its Sanskrit title, Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya, can be translated as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom". The Heart Sūtra is often cited as the best-known and most popular Buddhist scripture. It is especially popular in East Asia and is highly respected by Tibetan Buddhism.
In Buddhism, the Lotus flower is known as the “flower of heaven”. It is said that it stands for four essential virtues,
which are loveliness, softness, scent and purity.
The Lotus is symbolic of purity of the body, speech and mind as while rooted in the mud.
Its flowers blossom on long stalks as if floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire.
It is also symbolic of detachment as drops of water easily slide off its petals. Buddhists also consider the petals to depict the opening of the heart.
The flower represents our ability to come from a place of suffering into the light, much like the lotus,
whose roots start in the muddy earth and rise up through the water to the light of the sun.
