The truth about Udumbara flowers named after the Buddhist.

Public opinion was stirred on a flower is called "Udumbara" blooms on a brass bell in temple Trang Kenh (Haiphong) or on the glass door of a house in Phu Yen ... So where is the legendary flower new year 3000 bloom once.

In view of Buddhism, Udumbara flowers bloom only when there is the appearance of the Buddha or of position Kim Lun Wang / cakkavatti

On the Buddhist perspective

Sino-Vietnamese dictionary clearly Buddhist Udumbara, the Sanskrit is Udumbara, China is O-talk services, complete call is priority-dam-bowl-la, O-la-radio tent, O-talk-bowl -la, Uat-talk, Pros-talk-bowl flower, called Dam flowers, flowers marines translation means (auspicious sacred), Switzerland flowers application (app is an auspicious flower), flowers initialisation.

"Udumbara tree do not fall fruits, grown in places such as the Himalayas, Plateau De-can and water-lan ... Building higher Stems staff (on vi.wikipedia.org, 1 rod (市 丈, zhang ) = 3.33 m) leaves two things: a smooth, flat things, a kind of rough, both of approximately 4.5 inches (1 inch / privation (市 寸, cun) = 3.33 cm), acuteness.

Bisexual flowers are very small, tightly grows in deep concave sepals often mistaken for a tree should not blossom. United ranked as holding hands or as thumb, a dozen roses in clusters, edible but not tasty ".

Even in the book Nghia Huyen Ung Music, Vol 21 Udumbara description: "The leaves of this flower like pear leaves and fruit as big as a fist, sweetness, flowers but few appear".

And in doing Kannakatthala No. 90 of the Majjhima, when King Pasenadi Kosala reply, the Buddha mentions Udumbara tree (tree Udumbara) as follows:

"Sire, I say there is no difference in terms of liberation for liberation. For example, someone who brought firewood from trees Saka and kindle the fire, the fire will appear. And someone brought trees Sala dry wood from the trees and kindled a fire, the fire will appear. Then someone brought firewood from trees Udumbara tree (fig tree? - annotation of HT. Thich Minh Chau) and kindled a fire, the fire will appear.

Great King think of the trees used to kindle the fire, separate but in the middle of the fire with the fire, between the color with the color, the light with their light has not individually?

Observed with the naked eye, seeing flowering tree with a height of about 80 mm, bell-shaped flowers, white many fields, there are subtle, such as silk-piece body, arranged themselves in the direction of light, some flowers have ovary swells ; observed with a magnifying glass can see there are many properties to confirm that this is a species of plant, flower shaped like tiny bells, body in white silk flowers ...

Some people think this is weird trees Udumbara flower, sacred flowers, bring good luck blossoms once every 3,000 years of Buddhism.

So what is the flowers blooming one time 3,000 years.

The appearance of the Buddha or of position Kim Lun Wang / cakkavatti is a rare event, referred to as the Udumbara rarely breaking out which of the Four Twelve Chapter says: "Born to Life with Buddha is difficult - the Buddha's birth directly nan ".

Meanwhile en.wikipedia.org specify Udumbara website (Udumbara tree), scientific name is Ficus racemosa (syn. Ficus glomerata Roxb.), Belongs to Mulberry (Moraceae), commonly known as Cluster Fig trees or tree Goolar (Gular) fig, Vietnam called fig / fig tree, originating from Australia, Southeast Asia, and India.

According to this website, Ficus racemosa trees items related to Buddhism wrote: "The trees, flowers and fruits of figs are known as Udumbara (Sanskrit, Pali; Devanagari:  उडुम्बर  news or Udumbara flowers blossom talks) in Buddhism ... "

specify the trees, flowers and fruits of figs are known as Udumbara or Udumbara flowers

Outside the Empire like a flower, grow bristling inside the tiny petals are closed and back, round, plump, looks like this fruit. Growing flowers, shells from blue turns crimson, ripe and fall very quickly so folk have a saying "as sung loss".

When the flowers bloom, a sweet seductive aroma emanating from the small hole on the top of the left makes the tiny insect enthusiast, seeks squeeze into the nectar and spoiled offspring born grandchildren, forgot the entrance road.

Until the ripe fruit falls to the ground, startling new burst them fly away. Therefore, as we often see fig surgery sometimes there are countless insects hovered around that makes people surprised. 

According to folk notions, figs are a symbol of plenty, good. So, in fruit tray used to worship ancestors, Buddhas from Vietnam often have figs. 

Does the arrival of five fruits figs in lucid of Vietnam is derived from the legendary Udumbara flower of Buddhist? 

"From these comparisons Buddhist documents and information in the press about the flowers," Udumbara "is found in Haiphong, Phu Yen and several countries around the world in recent years, can confirm this just a strange flower, not Udumbara ", Thich Minh Tri acknowledged.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA BUDDHA.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.13/12/2016.