Sprouting lotuses with every step The meanings ascribed to lotuses in Buddhism are like the ripples spreading from where a thrown rock pierces the surface of a lake: the ecological metaphors for religious doctrine just keep growing.
蓮花有了佛意，如投石入湖般激起漣漪，生態上的解釋被不斷擴大；許多生態行為也被牽連進來。