"The lotus flower is troubled At the sun's resplendent light; With sunken head and sadly She dreamily waits for the night."

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If you come to Plum Village in the summertime, you see many lotus flowers. Without the mud the lotus flowers cannot grow. You cannot separate lotus flowers from the mud. It is the same with understanding and love. These are two kinds of flowers that grow on the ground of suffering

— Nhat Hanh