jediknight2003
New Caney, TX
33, joined Jan. 2013
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http://m.theepochtimes.com/n3/725095-flower-said-to-bloom-once-in-3000-years-spotted-across-globe/
Flower Said to Bloom Once in 3,000 Years Spotted Across Globe
The udumbara flower is said in Buddhist legend to bloom only once every 3,000 years, the last time being before the birth of Buddha. Spotted again across the world in the past 20 years or so, some say the udumbara could herald the coming of a great sage or enlightened being.
This very tiny, fragrant flower rests atop a thin stem and is surprisingly resilient. People who’ve found the udumbara in recent years have reported keeping it for long periods of time without it decaying or withering, and even watching it spring back after being crushed.
It was first sighted on a Buddha statue in a South Korean temple in 1997. In 2010, Chinese state-run media surprisingly reported on sightings of the flower, calling it celestial. This is surprising, because the regime is officially atheist and would not usually suggest a great spiritual ruler could arrive on Earth. All articles on state-run media were removed shortly after they were published, but not before they spread across Chinese Internet networks.
The alleged udumbara flowers have been seen blossoming on Buddha statues. (Epoch Times)
The regime has since stated that the udumbara is an insect egg, the egg of a green lacewing. Though the lacewing eggs and the udumbara are similar in appearance, the eggs have been seen to wither and die shortly after hatching whereas the flowers are fragrant and long-lasting.
Udumbara is a word from the ancient Indian language, Sanskrit, meaning “an auspicious flower from heaven.”
According to Buddhist legend, its appearance heralds the arrival of the Holy King Who Turns the Wheel, rectifying the Dharma in the world. This King is said to accept anyone of any religious affiliation, offering salvation to all through compassion.
Volume 8 of the Buddhist scripture “Huilin Phonetics and Interpretation” states: “The udumbara flower is the product of propitious and supernatural phenomena; it is a celestial flower and does not exist in the mundane world. If a Tathagata or the King of the Golden Wheel appears in the human world, this flower will appear due to his great virtue and blessings.”
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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"said to bloom once in 3,000 years"
Th operative words are "said to" ---- how would anyone know since no one is alive today whom would have seen it bloom 3,000 years ago?
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mischiefmanaged
Bellevue, WA
47, joined Jul. 2010
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it's part of the fig family of trees. So the flower is within its fruit. Unless the fruit grows with some abnormality, causing it to be "open", you're not going to see it bloom. One of the oldest trees on the planet happens to be one of these fig trees- planted at a temple several hundred years before christ was born. Pretty sure in the last two thousand years someone would have noticed if it flowered. there's 2 out of 3 (thousand) years. Its flower blooming conundrum is often used in parables, provoking deep thinking etc.
thanks for the article. I got to look up something new and learn about it. hope it really is a good sign.
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