The White Lotus Society primarily refers to White Lotus, originally a Buddhist sect, later a secret society.
Fictional organizations very loosely based on the historical organization include:
- White Lotus Society, fictional organization in the video game Mortal Kombat
- Order of the White Lotus, fictional organization in the show Avatar: The Last Airbender
- The White Lotus Society, a fictional Triad holding secrets of the far past from the 2008 Anthony Horowitz novel Necropolis
Other meanings:
A modern Buddhist organization in the Tibetan Drikung Kagyu tradition, located in Rochester, NY, now renamed White Lotus Buddhist Center
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