For related articles, scroll down or click here. Many Americans may know Germany's national poet of freedom, Friedrich Schiller, only through the musical setting of a part of his most famous poem, the âOde to Joy,â as the choral finale of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
The main symbolism of the lotus flower and their meanings are given here. 1  Blue Lotus: The blue lotus flower is associated with a victory of the spirit over that of wisdom, intelligence and knowledge.
The Meaning of the Lotus Flower in Buddhism. 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.