Bowls of Beauty

Every day when we go to the Mandir there is a beautiful arrangement of flowers in the bowl in front of the door to the Mandir. Seeing the mandala each day is a wonderful surprise and one of my favorite moments of the day.

"Earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson



"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."
- Iris Murdoch



"The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers."
- Basho



"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."
- Walt Whitman



"When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."
- Chinese Proverb