Just yesterday I received seeds from a type of sacred lotus that were 3,000 years old.

The agency says in a statement that the sacred lotus is among the images chosen for a series of first-class stamps honoring the park service’s 100th anniversary.

Discussing how to “see” a plant, he looks at the sacred lotus, flowering above the mud.

The sacred lotus’s full genetic sequence was published May 10.

It decorates the roofs of the Buddhist monasteries in Thibet, and like the sacred lotus flower and the linga, both of which became emblems of Buddha, was derived from older faiths.