The Lotus Sutra recounts: "As the Buddha preached, the heavens rained Daturas." Daoist tradition also tells of…
The Lotus Sutra recounts: "As the Buddha preached, the heavens rained Daturas." Daoist tradition also tells of a Star Envoy of the Northern Dipper who holds this flower, hence its divine name. The term Mandala comes from the Sanskrit for "mixed color." Its leaf shape resembles an eggplant. In The Book of Flowers, Yao Bosheng calls it the Unwelcomed Guest.