at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Rosidae
► Order Polygalales
► Family Malpighiaceae - Barbados Cherry family
► Genus Galphimia Cav. - Goldshower
Synonyms
≡ Thryallis glauca (Cav.) Kuntze
Common names
Gold shower (English)
Golden thryallis (English)
Rain of gold (English)
Shower of gold (English)
Slender goldshower (English)
Spray of gold (English)
Thriallis (English)
Description
Small mildly fragrant yellow star-shaped flower with five widely separated spatulate petals; borne in terminal racemes. A small to medium-sized shrub almost continually in bloom.
Honesty is the best protection.
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A peaceful heart is the best reward of honesty.
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Be sincere and honest and your mind will be at rest.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 14. - Words of the Mother
The indispensable basis of our Yoga is sincerity, honesty, unselfishness, disinterested consecration to the work to be done, nobility of character and straightforwardness. They who do not practise these elementary virtues are not Sri Aurobindo's disciples and have no place in the Ashram.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 13. - Words of the Mother
