Tricycle Daily Dharma June 7, 2013

The Lotus in the Mud Think of the wonderful teaching of the lotus in the mud: It grows from the muck below and blossoms as a beautiful, pristine flower above. All of us have our feet in the stinking mud, and yet there is an opportunity to offer our lives, however imperfect they are, to others. - Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, "Practice First"