White lotus
Appearance
White lotus can refer to:
Plants
[edit]- White waterlily, an aquatic flowering plant
- Nymphaea alba, of Europe and North Africa
- Nymphaea lotus, of East Africa and Southeast Asia
- Nymphaea nouchali, of South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia
- Nymphaea pubescens, of South Asia and Southeast Asia
Buddhist sect
[edit]- White Lotus, a Buddhist sect which became an influential secret society in imperial China
- Red Turban Rebellion, a 1351–1368 rebellion that overthrew the Yuan dynasty
- White Lotus Rebellion, a 1794–1804 rebellion during the Qing dynasty
Other uses
[edit]- White Lotus (album), a 2011 album by the American post-hardcore band Eyes Set to Kill
- Ganglamedo, also translated as White lotus, a 2006 Chinese musical film
- The White Lotus, an American TV series
- White Lotus, a 1965 novel by John Hersey
- White Lotus Foundation, a yoga organization