The lotus personifies the main meaning of sannyas. A lotus grows in a lake, but the water does not touch it. The lotus symbolizes the very basis of your being: you live in this world, but you remain a witness. You remain in this world, but you are not part of it. You participate in it, but you are not part of it. You are in this world, but not of this world. When you become a silent and detached observer of life... it will rain white lotuses on you. The Great Master Osho uses the words of the most amazing of Buddhas, the creator of Zen Bodhidharma, to allow us to touch our own, no less amazing space.