Blossom like a flower

Mahasaraswati’s Perfection in Works
It is not satisfied with makeshift.

Rondeletia odorata
Small bright orange or deep pink salverform flowers with a limb divided into six rounded lobes and a conspicuous yellow central ring; borne in cymes. A small loosely branched shrub.


Psychological Perfection
There is not one psychological perfection but five. They are sincerity, faith, devotion, aspiration and surrender.
(Extract from a talk by the Mother)

Plumeria rubra
Frangipani, Temple tree, Nosegay, West Indian jasmine, Pagoda tree
Medium-sized fragrant five-petalled flowers borne in large terminal clusters on small to medium-sized trees with stiff leathery leaves, thick weak branches and milky sap.
Psychological perfection is the general significance given for all Plumerias and also for two specific flowers

1. Predominantly yellow flower with a white edge
2. Very fragrant white flower with five rounded petals and a large yellow centre.

Psychological Perfection on the way to Fulfilment
The state of those who take up the Yoga seriously.

Plumeria rubra
Frangipani, Temple tree, Nosegay, West Indian jasmine, Pagoda tree
Medium-sized fragrant five-pettaled multicoloured flower, predominantly deep rose to purplish red often shaded with deep yellow to orange. A small tree with broad stiff obovate leaves.


Psychological Perfection in Matter
The first step towards transformation.

Plumeria rubra
Frangipani, Temple tree, Nosegay, West Indian jasmine, Pagoda tree
Medium-sized fragrant predominantly white flower edged with rose pink, with a rose pink band on the back of each petal and a tiny deep yellow centre. A small tree with broad stiff obovate leaves.


Integral Psychological Perfection
One of the conditions indispensable for transformation.

Plumeria obtusa
Frangipani, Temple tree, Nosegay, West Indian jasmine, Pagoda tree
Large fragrant white flower with five long slender widely separated petals and a small yellow centre; borne in large terminal clusters, a shrub with large stiff oblong leaves.


Supramentalised Psychological Perfection
A psychological perfection aspiring to be Divinised.

Michelia champaca
Champaca, Fragrant champaca
Medium-sized highly fragrant flower with twelve separated pointed petals of cream yellow to golden orange; borne singly among the leaves. A tall handsome evergreen tree.


Thirst for Perfection
Constant and manifold aspiration.

Beloperone guttata
Shrimp plant, Mexican shrimp plant. Shrimp bush, False hop
Small white flattened tubular two-lipped flowers spotted with purple on the lower lip emerging from broad showy russet or greenish-yellow bracts; in drooping terminal spikes. An evergreen subshrub with weak stems.


The Vital’s Possibility of Perfection
The day the vital will be converted it will have much to give.

Gladiolus (Acidanthera bicolor)
Peacock orchid
Fragrant medium-sized white flower with six graceful pointed petals, the lower three petals marked with a triangular maroon spot at the base; borne in loose spikes. A rhizomatous perennial herb with sword-shaped leaves.