A Parrot and a Lotus
A lotus is called paṅkaja in Sanskrit, which means “born from wet mud”. A saintly person who lives in a decrepit world is compared to a lotus because even as the lotus is born from the mud, and lives in it, it remains unaffected. A parrot, called śuka in Sanskrit, is known to repeat what it has heard, without modification.… Read More »A Parrot and a Lotus