Flowers

Flowers they are the supreme source of joy in this world
concerning flowers they are exceedingly pure. They are rich with abundant qualities of design, color, fragrance, and soft touch.

By nature they are a supreme source of joy in this world. There is nothing that is improper, even if flowers are offered by the hands of a great king.

In the summer, flowers of distinctive designs and colors, redolent with all kinds of pleasing fragrance beyond measure grow in great abundance on trees,

fields, and lakes, covering this great earth. Even the most humble among us can collect them without fear of depletion.

Moreover, flowers are substances that are extremely pure, as they can be obtained without engaging in any evil deed.

They can be offered without any risk that we may feel miserly or regretful afterwards.

So the offering will be made with a pure mind at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end.

Even if a house is of inferior quality, if decorated with flowers, it will appear to be a bower.

It will become the source of a clear mind , as in a heavenly world. So flowers are one of the powerful offering materials.

A clear mind has many other qualities. The Lion of Speech says,

If you live in a house decorated with flowers, your mind will abide in calmness and attain spiritual fruit.

Even celestial beings consider flowers to be the most noble offering substance.

According to celestial beings offered flowers he attained enlightenment.

In the Pure Lands, too, flowers are valued as the most sacred substance for offering.