Today Buddhists call each other "lotus friends" and when talking among themselves "have lotus on their tongues" .... Among the believers there is in fact no distinguishing between the lotus and the water lily.
今天佛教信徒以「蓮友」相稱、交談時「口吐蓮花」… …，信仰生活中提到的蓮花，其實已經睡蓮、荷花不分。