Angels gather as witnesses of first birth. "Let there be life," Theos proclaims. Incipient buds appear. Promise of Beauty forever. Life bursts forth. Flowers and weeds grow together. Weary gardeners tend the soil. Angels in silence weep when flowers fall. (My thoughts. On seeing the first buds after the rain. 14 July 2016)
(Dialogues in South Asian Traditions - Religion, Philosophy, Literature and History) Warren Lee Todd-The Ethics of Sankara and Santideva - A Selfless Response To An Illusory World-Routledge (2013)