The small lotus cupule and lotus seeds are viewed as vast and boundless in Buddhism--much like people's inner nature which they must explore and know for themselves.
小小的蓮房、蓮子，在佛門弟子眼中，廣闊無邊，是人所探究，也是應認識的本心、佛性。蓮蓬上供蓮子居住的一格格蓮室，曾被喻為人體的竅門。佛陀講經，要人行菩薩道，渡自己，也要渡眾生，讓人人成佛。