Udumbara Flowers Blossom Only Once Every Three Thousand Years - What Does Their Blossoming Today Tell Us? (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) Legends hold that Udumbara flowers blossom only once
every three thousand years. Remarkably, they have been seen blossoming in recent
years, bringing the legend to life for many in various regions of the world, to
the great delight and surprise of the thousands who have seen them. Udumbara blossoms were first recently seen in South Korea in 1997. The
flowers were subsequently found in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Northern
California, New York, and Texas. What does the blossoming of Udumbara flowers
mean? Udumbara flowers found in Mr. Lin's Houston, Texas home Udumbara flowers found on the face of a Bodhisattva statue in
the Sumi Zen Temple in Suncheon, South Korea. Buddhist Sutras Reveal A Heavenly Secret According to the Buddhist sutras, the Sanskrit word "Udumbara"
means "an auspicious flower from heaven." Volume 8 of the Buddhist
scripture Huilin Phonetics and Interpretation says, "Udumbara is the
product of ominous and supernatural phenomena; it is a celestial flower and does
not exist in the mundane world. If a Tathagata or King of the Golden Wheel
appears in the human world, these flowers will manifest due to their great
virtue and blessings." So, based on Buddhist sutras, the blossoming of Udumbara flowers signals that
the Holy King Who Turns the Wheel has come to the human world. In other words,
Buddha Sakyamuni had long ago foretold people the heavenly secret that Udumbara
flowers would bloom when the Holy King Who Turns the Wheel spreads his Law to
save people. According to Buddhist scriptures, the Holy King Who Turns the Wheel, like a
Buddha, embodies 32 manifestations and seven treasures. He is an ideal king who
rules the world by turning the Wheel that rectifies the Dharma through justice
instead of by force. Regardless of one's religious affiliation - Buddhism,
Christianity or any other - anyone who offers compassion to people will have the
opportunity to meet the Holy King Who Turns the Wheel. Sukhavativyuha Sutra (or The Sutra on the Buddha of Eternal Life) recorded
that "people will discover Udumbara flowers to be an prophetic sign."
The blossoming of Udumbara flowers, a rare event that happens only once in three
thousand years, is a prophetic symbol. Celestial Phenomena Alert PeopleSince 1992, Mr. Li Hongzhi, who with his
teachings of Falun Dafa and the principles of
"Truth-Compassion-Tolerance," has made it possible for more than one
hundred million people to cultivate themselves, to become better people, to free
themselves from the torments of illness, and to walk the path of returning to
their true selves. Udumbara flowers have blossomed following the dissemination of Falun Dafa,
which has reached people in over eighty countries worldwide. The Chinese Communist regime-controlled news media in China have for the
first time reported the blossoming of Udumbara flowers. The Communist regime
seems to thereby silently admit the truth of the Buddhist scriptures, and
acknowledge the existence of Buddha. This is contradictory to what the they have
propagated about "superstition" and "atheism." However, the regime has become quite fearful since learning of the discovery
of Udumbara flowers on the mailbox of Falun Gong practitioner Shen Zhaohui in
Dehui City, Jilin Province. Communist officials ordered that Shen's home be
ransacked and Shen arrested. The regime's fear is related to its bloody tyranny
of dozens of years and its persecution of Falun Gong. In June 2006, a gigantic stone that had split into two pieces was found in
Pingtang County, Guizhou Province. The right surface of the stone showed six
gigantic Chinese characters spelling, "Zhong Guo Gong Chan Dang Wang"
(meaning, "Chinese Communist Party Perishes"). This stone is thus
called Characters-Embedded Stone, which was determined by experts to have formed
270 million years ago. It had tumbled down a mountain and cracked open five
hundred years ago; it could not possibly made by man. Ever since the CCP's
inception of the persecution of Falun Gong, the CCP doomed itself to collapse.
The Characters-Embedded Stone is simply the verdict of the gods regarding the
CCP. The blossoming of Udumbara flowers signals one of the various celestial
changes. Looking back at history, people might discover that many prophecies are
related to today's Fa-rectification. For example, a book of prophecies book
called Notes Left by Ge An (Gyeokamyurok), by Mr. Nan Shigu (Nam Sa-go, also
called Ge An,1509~1571), came to people's knowledge in 1986 in South Korea. This
is a book relating fantastic miracles. The book describes that the "Lord of
All Heavenly Kings," namely, the Holy King Who Turns the Wheel (people also
call him Buddha Maitreya, or the Great Sage), would come to the human world to
spread a great law. In the Plum Blossom Poem, Mr. Shao Yong of the Southern Song Dynasty revealed
important heavenly secrets about the opening of the gates of heavens; gods and
Buddhas making oaths to come to the earth with Lord Buddha; the spread of Dafa,
and the renewal of the cosmos. The Back Pushing Diagrams prophecy by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang
Inscription Prophecy in Tang Dynasty, the Pancake Song prophecy as well as the
prophecy of "Stone Tablet Inscription in Taibai Mountain of Shaanxi
Province" by Liu Bowen during the Ming Dynasty, and other prophecies -
all of these tell a similar story. The Book of Revelations in the Christian Bible foretells that the "Lord
of Lords" will rise from the East. Another prophetic text is that by
Nostradamus in his "Centuries." Mayan prophecies and Hopi prophecies allude to the same coming of great
events. The devastation of the South Asia Tsunami at the end of 2004, as well as
tears or blood falling from holy statues around the world - these phenomena also
warn people of the coming of great changes. All prophecies are important
heavenly secrets that exist for the Fa rectification. Follow Heaven's Will and Stay Far Away From Evil On November 18, 2004, The Epoch Times newspaper began publishing a series of
editorial articles entitled the Nine Commentaries on the Communist
Party, revealing the tyrannical and bloody history of the CCP's rule
- its crimes against the nation and against humanity, and the persecution of
Falun Gong practitioners. The Epoch Times published a solemn statement and compassionately told the
Chinese people that the heavens will eliminate the CCP, that people should break
away from the evil CCP, erase the Mark of the Beast [which refer to oaths people
made when they joined the CCP and its affiliated organizations], get away from
the catastrophe, and rescue themselves. The Epoch Times has urged people to make
the "three withdrawals" (withdrawing from the Communist Party, the
Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneer). The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party has prompted more than
twenty-seven million Chinese people to bravely publish their withdrawal
statements on an Epoch Times' website that was specifically established for
people's withdrawal from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. By acting
this way, these people have been in accord with the heavenly wil, followed the
advice of the gods, erased the mark of the beast, stayed far away from the evil,
saved themselves, and walked toward new futures. Falun Dafa is flourishing around the world; a great and fortunate thing for
mankind; and reason for Udumbara flowers to blossom once again! October 14, 2007
Chinese version available at
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