A Lotus Grows in the Mud she calls her "Gifts". This spiritual quote, which led to the title of the book, Hawn received from the Venerable Thupten Ngodrup. He is the Nechung Oracle of the Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling Monastery in Dharamsala, India. "The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. ... The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. ... Whether we
Lotus pedunculatus at the end of the flower bud. The peak flowering period in the United Kingdom is June and July. "Lotus pedunculatus" occurs in a wide range of neutral, damp, open habitats, including certain fen-meadow plant associations such as "Juncus subnodulosus"-"Cirsium palustre" fen-meadow habitat. "Lotus pedunculatus" is also a host plant for ovipositioning of the wood white butterfly, "Leptidea sinapis." Lotus pedunculatus Lotus pedunculatus (formerly Lotus uliginosus), the big trefoil, greater bird's-foot-trefoil or marsh bird's-foot trefoil, is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae). It is a herbaceous perennial growing throughout Europe in damp, open locations. As one common name suggests,