Flower of Life

The Udumbara flower which according to Buddhist legend only blooms every 3,000 years was found in the home of a Chinese nun in Lushan Mountain, China.

The last time this flower blossomed foretold the coming of Buddha an enlightened teacher; this happened during the beginning of the First Temple built by Shlomo son of Dovid the beginning of the dynasty that would end with Moshiach–perhaps the flowering is a sign of another great luminary on the way to the earth.

It is explained in the Talmud–Book of Law how the seed must first rot before the plant can grow; the Cabala adds that the ground grows the plant and not the seed–the seed only directs the ground what to grow. The earth is woman, the seed is man.

Seeds are brought by the wind because in heaven the trees grow upside down making it easier to convey seeds to the earth; on earth everything grows up towards the light. The Midrash-Book of Metaphor explains that once growth is initiated a beam of starlight must touch the plant directing its growth.

Salvation is often described as Matzmiach Koran Yeshia/Horn of Salvation Sprouts. The plant that was found had 18 little white flowers; in Hebrew 18 is written utilizing two letters, Yud/10 and Chet 8 spelling Chai/Life.