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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Lotus: "Primordial Purity of Body, Speech and Mind"...


















































Lovely Lotus at the Japanese and Chinese gardens at the magnificent Huntington Library...


"[edit] Lotus

lotus flower
The lotus flower (Sanskrit: Padma), representing 'primordial purity' (Tibetan: ka dag) of body, speech, and mind, floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire; represents the full blossoming of wholesome deeds in blissful liberation.[edit] Lotus"
Ashtamangala
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"You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!"

Sai Baba