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"Hail to the Jewel in
the Lotus"
The Lotus earrings are
engraved with the symbol of the lotus flower. The Lotus flower is a symbol of the sun,
of creation and rebirth, because at night the flower closes and sinks
underwater and at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one
creation myth, it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery
chaos in the beginning of time.
In the East, the lotus flower
is viewed as a symbol of spiritual unfoldment.
The lotus has its roots in earthly mud, but as it grows upward in
aspiration toward the light, its petals open out into a beautiful
flower. Om Mani Padme Hum, meaning,
"Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus"
is the sacred mantra of the Tibetans.
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