THE MANIFESTATION OF LOTUS IN POEMS OF SOHRAB SEPEHRI

As a contemporary poet, Sohrab Sepehri has influenced a wide range of poems. He is a representative for a new era. He fearlessly represents the domination and influences of religions in his poems. The reason of emersion of different religions is to meet and satisfy the spiritual needs of man in their own ways. Based on the religious beliefs of each person, he or she- in deep sense- can put beauty on his or her mind. There are numerous researches which has been conducted about Sohrab Sepehri and among them we can mention "the other Sohrab" by Ziyaodin Torabi which is quite a valuable piece in this relation. However, the emphasis on this paper is the influence of Buddhism on Sohrabʹs poetry and we cannot see a considerable research on this topic except a brief reference in the book of "Sohrabʹs utopia" by Mohsen Maghami. analyzing the foundation of Buddhism through the symbol of Lotus is the aim of this research. The Strong presence of eastern thought and footsteps of live religions in the works of this modernist invite us to have more and extensive research in this issue.