T?? l?t?s ?l?w??, ?ls? kn?wn ?s t?? s?c??? l?t?s ?? N?l?m?? n?ci????, ??l?s ? s??ci?l ?l?c? in m?n? c?lt???s ??? t? its ???? ?n? ?nc??ntin? ????t?. T?is ?x??isit? ????tic ?l?nt is ??v???? ??? its ??istin? ???????nc?, s?m??lizin? ???it? ?n? ?nli??t?nm?nt in v??i??s s?i?it??l t???iti?ns.
T?? l?t?s’s ????t? li?s in its ?ni??? ??ilit? t? ?m???? ???m t?? m???? w?t??s ?n? ?l?ss?m wit? ???? ?l???nc?. Its ??t?ls, ?n???lin? ???c???ll?, ?x??? ?n ???? ?? s???nit? ?n? ???c?. As it ?is?s ???v? t?? m??k? ???t?s, ?nt??c??? ?? t?? im???iti?s ??l?w, t?? l?t?s t??c??s ?s ?n ins?i?in? l?ss?n ????t ???it? ?n? t??nsc?n??nc?.
In B????ism, t?? l?t?s ?l?w?? ?????s?nts t?? j???n?? t?w???s s?i?it??l ?w?k?nin?. T?? ???wt? ?? t?? l?t?s ???m t?? m?? si?ni?i?s t?? ?sc?nt ???m m?t??i?lism t? ? st?t? ?? s?i?it??l ???it? ?n? ?nli??t?nm?nt. In Hin??ism, t?? l?t?s is ?ss?ci?t?? wit? v??i??s ??iti?s ?n? is ? s?m??l ?? ?ivin? ????t? ?n? s?i?it??l ???wt?.
T?? l?t?s is n?t ?nl? ? s?i?it??l s?m??l ??t ?ls? ? s???c? ?? ins?i??ti?n ??? ???ts, ??tists, ?n? n?t??? ?nt??si?sts. Its ??t?ls, ??n?in? in c?l??s ???m w?it? ?n? ?ink t? ?l?? ?n? ????l?, c??tiv?t? t?? ????t ?n? t?? s??l, invitin? c?nt?m?l?ti?n ?n? ??mi??ti?n.
In its ???? ?n? ?nt??c??? ???m, t?? l?t?s ?????s?nts t?? ??t?nti?l ??? ???it? ?n? ????t? wit?in ?ll ?? ?s, ??????l?ss ?? t?? c??ll?n??s ?n? im???iti?s w? m?? ?nc??nt?? in li??. It ??min?s ?s t??t, lik? t?? l?t?s, w? c?n ?is? ???v? ??v??sit? ?n? ?is?l?? ??? ?wn ?ni??? ?n? ???? ????t? t? t?? w??l?.
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