Lotus Necklace | Symbol of Purity & Resilience

The lotus root grows in the mud at the bottom of a pond. The stem extends upward through the water. The flower surfaces and opens in the air above the water line, clean, untouched by the mud and silt below. The Buddhist tradition identified this as the image of the enlightened mind: rooted in the conditions of existence, moving through the medium of experience, flowering above it without leaving it. The lotus does not escape the mud. It transforms its relationship to the mud — and the mud becomes the precondition of the flower rather than its contamination.

The resilience the lotus represents is not toughness. It is the specific quality of a thing that maintains its nature regardless of the medium it moves through. The flower that surfaces clean is not impervious to the water. It has simply remained what it is throughout.

925 sterling silver base. Available in White Gold Plated, Yellow Gold Plated, and Rose Gold Plated finishes. Suspended on a matching chain.