I In Buddhist symbolism the lotus is symbolic of purity of the body, speech, and mind as while rooted in the mud, its flowers blossom on long stalks as if floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire. It is also symbolic of detachment as drops of water easily slide off its petals.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 2, 2018, at 4:35 PM, list <l...@bartneck.de> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am working on some research about the various editions of Pirsig’s books > and I was wondering if anybody would know what flower/plant is depicted on > several of the covers. I would suspect that it somehow relates to the > philosophical ideas. > > Any ideas? > > Thank you, > Christoph > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
