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Letter "L" » lotus flower
«Do not go to the garden of flowers!O friend! go not there;In your body is the garden of flowers.Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.»
«O God, my mind is fascinated with Thy lotus feet as the bumble-bee with the flower; night and day I thirst for them.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
| Keywords:
bee, bumble, Bumbles, Bumble Bee, fascinated, lotus, lotus flower, Night and Day, thirst
«As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world»
«To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.»
«Prays Nanak, please hear my prayer, You are the pool, and You are the soul-swan. You are the lotus flower of the day and You are the water-lily of the night. You Yourself behold them, and blossom forth in bliss.»
«The defect of the body which leads to sin is the mud puddle, and this mind is the frog, which does not appreciate the lotus flower at all.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
| Keywords:
defect, lotus, lotus flower, mud, mud puddle, puddle, puddles
«The mind is totally attached to Maya; the mortal has forgotten his fear of old age and death. Gazing upon his family, he blossoms forth like the lotus flower; the deceitful person watches and covets the homes of others.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
| Keywords:
blossoms, blossom forth, covets, deceitful, gazing, lotus, lotus flower, watches
«The honey in the flower or lotus does not crave for bees; they do not plead with the bees to come. Since they have tasted the sweetness, they themselves search for the flowers and rush in. They come because of the attachment between themselves and sweetness. So, too, is the relationship between the woman who knows the limits and the respect she evokes.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(Spiritual leader)
| Keywords:
attachment, bees, crave, craved, evoke, evoked, evokes, evoking, flower, flowers, honey, limits, lotus, lotus flower, plead, pleaded, pleading, pleads, relationship, rush, rush out, search, sweetness, tasted, The Flowers
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