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| The Bodhi Tree - Oracle Of the Trees |
The card represents a great stone statue of the Buddha, seated cross-legged withhis hands in his lap, meditating under a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa).
Buddha is represented while sitting on a gigantic lotus flower, a symbol of purity,enlightenment, and spiritual rebirth.
The Ficus religiosa is a plant from the Moraceae family, indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, common in China and Indochina. It is a semi-evergreen plant whose leaves fall in the dry season.
