A Parrot and a Lotus
A lotus is called Paṅkaja in Sanskrit, which means “born from wet mud”. A saintly person in a decrepit world is compared to a lotus because even as the lotus lives in the mud, it remains unaffected by it. A parrot, called Śuka in Sanskrit, repeats what it has heard, without modification. A saintly person transmits the knowledge he has… Read More »A Parrot and a Lotus