Lotus glows beneath the dirt. If we plant it in the dry land to avoid the pollution, the lotus must have been dead.

荷花出污泥而不染，若为怕污染而种在旱地上，它早就枯死了。

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A flowered world, a grass heaven, a bodhi, an earth Tathagata, a side pure land, as soon as smiles a fatality of this world, as soon as reads one pure, the heart resembles the lotus flower to start.

一花一世界，一草一天堂，一叶一菩提，一土一如来，一方一净土，一笑一尘缘，一念一清净，心似莲花开。

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The lotus grows unsullied from mud. If one had planted it on dry land to avoid dirty mud, it would have long withered away.

荷花出污泥而不染，若为怕污染而种在旱地上，它早就枯死了。

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Wines made in the Okanagan - British Columbia's wine region - include those produced by Blasted Church, Dirty Laundry, Forbidden Fruit and, appropriately, Lotus Land wineries.

BBC: Vancouver: Land of the lotus-eaters

It is likely because of this emphasis on the simpler, slower pleasures of life that Vancouver is known to the rest of Canada as the "land of the lotus-eaters".

BBC: Vancouver: Land of the lotus-eaters

Alas, the land of the lotus-eaters remains a myth.

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