Hinduism also teaches that within each person is the spirit of the sacred lotus. Flower power! We now associate mistletoe with the magic of Christmas, but its symbolism dates back to the days of ...
“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...