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 effect in Asia long before (reference to the lotus effect is found in the "Bhagavad Gita",) its mechanism was explained only in the early 1970s after the introduction of the scanning electron microscope. Studies were performed with leaves of "Tropaeolum" and lotus ("Nelumbo"). "The Lotus Effect" is a registered trademark of STO SE & CO. KGAA (US Registration No. 2613850). Lotus effect The lotus effect refers to self-cleaning properties that are a result of ultrahydrophobicity as exhibited by the leaves of "Nelumbo" or "lotus flower". Dirt particles are picked up by water droplets due to the micro- and nanoscopic architecture on