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Pictured is an antique oriental plate on display in Hue, Vietnam. In the center is a single red lotus flower. In Buddhism the red lotus flower refers to compassion and love. The lotus flower grows in murky water, and it is this environment that gives forth the flower’s first and most literal meaning: rising and blooming above the murk to achieve enlightenment. Smaller blooms surround the center in two concentric circles.