White lotus

White lotus can refer to:

Plants

• White waterlily, an aquatic flowering plant
  • Nymphaea alba, of Europe and North Africa
  • Nymphaea ampla, of North America and South America
  • Nymphaea lotus, of East Africa and Southeast Asia
  • Nymphaea nouchali, of South Asia, Southeast Asia and Northern Australia
  • Nymphaea odorata, of North America
  • Nymphaea pubescens, of South Asia and Southeast Asia

Buddhist sect

• White Lotus Societies, Buddhist sects which became an influential secret societies 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

• 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

See also

• Sacred lotus (disambiguation)
• Blue lotus (disambiguation)
• White waterlily (disambiguation)
• Egyptian water lily (disambiguation)
• The Nightingale and the Rose