The various Buddhist images of the lotus appear to help people live according to the Buddhist ways, and now the lotus has virtually become a symbol for Buddhism in art and appears in many Buddhist ceremonies.
只是，佛家是為幫助修行而出現各式蓮花圖案，以之代表佛號、或在儀式中使用，若因此執著於佛號，反而失卻修行本意。