For the Egyptians, the flower represents the universe. In Hindu culture, it is said that gods and goddesses sat on lotus thrones. And a longstanding Buddhist story states that the Buddha appeared ...

A person emerges from a lantern flower during the Lotus Lantern Festival to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 20, 2023, in Seoul, South Korea. Buddhists gather under colorful ...

From the windows of her home next to the monastery, she awakes to a sight of the impeccably white brick and mortar Buddha sitting on a pink concrete lotus flower. Raised as a Presbyterian ...

Buddha’s birthday is a national holiday in South Korea. The highlight of the celebration in Seoul is the lotus lantern festival ... which means flower festival. On this day, a small “flower ...