âThe spiritual heart of Chinatown and an enduring institution.â. Reviewed August 19, 2009. Tin How Temple (å¤©åå¤å») ranks as one of the oldest Chinese temples in North America, dating back to the 1850's, when early immigrants from Guangdong province in China arrived to seek their fortune on America's Gold Mountain.
The lotus flower represents one symbol of fortune in Buddhism. It grows in muddy water, and it is this environment that gives forth the flowerâs first and most literal meaning: rising and blooming above the murk to achieve enlightenment. The second meaning, which is related to the first is purification.â¦] my interpretation of why Buddhists use the lotus flower as a symbol for enlightenment. The common interpretation is the lotus represents a purity that grows from the mud; you might have a shitty, hard life, but [â¦]. [â¦] The lotus is a symbol of perseverance.
Tweet. The Lotus, the national flower of India, is a symbol of supreme reality. Hindu religion and mythology portray goddess Saraswathi, the muse of learning, as being seated on a lotus flower.To the Indian psyche, the lotus is more than a flower â it represents both beauty and non-attachment.There is a saying that although it grows in mud, it smells of myrrh.indu religion and mythology portray goddess Saraswathi, the muse of learning, as being seated on a lotus flower. To the Indian psyche, the lotus is more than a flower â it represents both beauty and non-attachment.