Lotus Tattoo Inspiration

For Buddhists, the lotus flower represents purity of body, mind, and spirit. In Buddhist art, the lotus is often depicted with 8 petals symbolizing the Eightfold Path, a core tenet of the Buddhist religion. In the Hindu religion, the lotus represents divine beauty and purity, while the unfolding of its leaves represents the expanding of the soul and spiritual awakening. Blue Lotus: A blue lotus symbolizes the spirit’s control over one’s physical senses or compulsions–mind over matter–which heightens one’s spirituality by overcoming temptations of the flesh. The blue lotus represents knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence. In art, the blue lotus is always shown as partially open, the center never showing, as a means of symbolizing that the growth of mind and spirit over body is never truly finished.