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金曜日, 9月 18, 2009

ひがんばな (彼岸花)

Its hard to memorize a botanical word when you dont know the plant in your native language. So I'm including pictures to help with the memorizing. Apparently (according to research) this is "red spider lilly" which wont help too much I guess since I dont know that plant. To help me remember, the 彼岸[ひがん] part is associated with Buddhism. I have the feeling I have uploaded or learned that part before because its the buddhist idea of 'nirvana'. Buddha said life is suffering, red streams look like blood, blood comes from suffering. Hope that helps memorize it!