The relationship between the lotus flower and Buddhism is very close, it can be said that the "lotus flower" is the "Buddha" symbol. Lotus and Buddhism's close relationship, but also manifested in Buddhism will be many beautiful and holy things, to the lotus as a metaphor, to the lotus as a representative! 1, Shakyamuni founded Buddhism to compassion, universalizing all sentient beings. In order to promote Buddhism, so that the masses can understand and accept the teachings of Buddhism to cater to the public's love of the lotus mentality, the lotus metaphor Buddha, so that Buddhism can quickly spread, a wide range of believers. 2、Buddhism has a "flower to see the Buddha nature", the flower here refers to the lotus, that is, the lotus wisdom and realm. When a person has the lotus state of mind, the Buddha nature appears. Buddhism asks people not to be disturbed and influenced by the evil filth (i.e., the devil) of the world, and, like the lotus flower, to be in the filthy earthly world without being polluted by it, and to maintain their own cleanliness and purity. The best way to express this ideology is to use the lotus flower. 3, related to the characteristics of the lotus flower. Lotus, is a perennial aquatic plants and flowers, although she is not as elegant as peony, not as proud as chrysanthemums, but her "out of the mud and not stained" and meet the summer sun and the characteristics of the bloom has won the supreme worship of Buddhism.