at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Asterales
► Family Asteraceae [= Compositae] - Aster family
► Genus Tagetes L. - Marigold
Synonyms
Tagetes corymbosa
(=) Tagetes lunulata Ortega
Tagetes remotiflora
Tagetes signata
Tagetes tenuifolia
Common names
French marigold (English)
Studentenblume (German)
Amapola amarilla (Spanish)
Copetes (Spanish)
Copetillo (Spanish)
Description
Small compact double compositae flowers with convoluted petals, in shades of yellow, orange and rust; borne singly or in few-flowered clusters. A low bushy annual.
at the book: Flowers, their spiritual significance / Edited by Vijay. Published by Sri Aurobindo Society.- Pondicherry: Aurobindo Ashram Press, 1988.- ISBN 81-7060-028-6
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Asterales
► Family Asteraceae [= Compositae] - Aster family
Synonyms
Common names
African marigold (English)
Aztec marigold (English)
Big marigold (English)
Marigold (English)
Saffron marigold (English)
Oeillet (French)
Oeillet d'Inde (French)
Tagète (French)
Tagète rose d'Inde (French)
Studentenblume (German)
Maravilha (Portuguese)
Бархатцы (Russian)
Flor de muerto (Spanish)
Gendha (India (Hindi))
Sthula Pushpam (India (Sanskrit))
Sendigai Poo (India (Tamil))
Tuluka Samandhi (India (Tamil))
Description
Medium to large compact double compositae flowers with convoluted petals, in cream white and shades of yellow, orange and rust; borne singly or in few-flowered clusters. An annual or perennial herb with strongly aromatic leaves.
To be plastic towards the Divine means not to oppose Him with the rigidity of preconceived ideas and fixed principles. And this requires a great strength, for the more you are plastic to the divine will, the more you come in conflict with the human wills that are not in contact with the divine will.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 14. - Words of the Mother
That which can easily change its form is "plastic". Figuratively, it is suppleness, a capacity of adaptation to circumstances and necessities. When I ask you to be plastic in relation to the Divine, I mean not to resist the Divine with the rigidity of preconceived ideas and fixed principles.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 4. - Questions And Answers (1950-51)
The physical being and physical consciousness must be very plastic to be able to lend themselves to all the necessary changes, so as to be of one kind one day and another the next, and so on.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 4. - Questions And Answers (1950-51)
