Like Water Doesn't Stick to a Lotus Leaf | Buddhist Simile for Non Attachment | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Channel: Dhamma Talks at Dhammagiri
Date: 2023-11-05

Two female retreatants have plucked some Lotus flowers from our lotus pond, and offered it to the Buddha at our shrine.

Ajahn Dhammasiha uses the opportunity to talk about the symbolism of the lotus in Buddhism.

Like the lotus originates in the mud at the bottom of the pond, and then gradually grows up through the water until it raises above the surface of the water, and blossoms in the sunshine; 
so our mind can soar above this world with all it's problems and impurities, and blossom in the experience of awakening.

Like the lotus is beautiful and fragrant and clean, even if it's growing in a muddy pond; 
so our mind is pure and unsullied by this world once it's releases in the eperience of Nibbāna.

Like water doesn't stick to a lotus leaf, but rolls of without even wetting the leaf; 
so we train our mind to let go of all kinds of irritations, frustrations, painful feelings, and liking & disliking. We just let it all roll off our mind, without 'soaking' in.

Ajahn also uses the lotus in front of him to demonstrated the water repellent quality, though it's not that visible in the video. We plan to do a 'Short' video with close-up of a water drop on a lotus leaf in the future.




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