优婵蓓雅Udumbara，印度梵文意为“灵瑞、瑞应”，又名“灵瑞花、祥贵花”。
据记载：优婵蓓雅Udumbara花每三千年一开，花形浑圆，犹如满月，花茎细如金丝，白色夜开，芳香极美，远远看去，雪白的花朵像是卷了千堆雪，有瑞祥之气缭绕，令观者受福。
Theword“Udumbara”isancientSanskritforenlightenmentandawakening.InIndiaitwasgiventonameaspecialvarietyofCalendulawhichwasrecordedintheancientIndianreligiousandphilosophicalbookoftheBrahma-Sutra.AncientIndiadescribedthespecificvarietytoblossomonlyevery3000years,featuringafulllunarshapeflower,goldenbrancheswithdistinguishedfragrance.Theblossomedfieldwascoveredwithsnowlikeflowerpedalsandwasblessedwithpeacefulandsoothingatmospherethatpurifiesone’smindandawakesone’soulandconscious.
1.Introduction历史和传奇
1.1IntributeandmemoryoftheFounder:勋爵的传奇
VictorHope,2ndMarquessofLinlithgow
Lifeandfamily
HopewasbornatHopetounHouse,SouthQueensferry,Linlithgowshire,Scotland,on24September1887.HewastheeldersonofJohnAdrianLouisHope,7thEarlofHopetoun,afterwards1stMarquessofLinlithgow,andHerseyEverleigh-de-Moleyns,CountessofHopetounandlaterMarchionessofLinlithgow,daughterofthefourthBaronVentry.[1]HisgodmotherwasQueenVictoria.[2]
HewaseducatedatEtonCollegeandon29February1908succeededhisfatheras2ndMarquessofLinlithgow.
Career
LinlithgowservedasanofficerontheWesternFrontduringtheFirstWorldWar,endingthewarwiththerankofColonel.HecommandedofabattalionoftheRoyalScots.HewasmentionedindispatchesandappointedanOfficeroftheOrderoftheBritishEmpire.
HeservedaschairmanoftheMedicalResearchCouncilandofthegoverningbodyoftheImperialCollegeLondon.LinlithgowwasalsochairmanofthecommitteeonthedistributionandpricesofagriculturalproduceandpresidentoftheEdinburghandEastofScotlandCollegeofAgricultureuntil1933.Inthelate1920shewasChairmanoftheRoyalCommissiononAgricultureinIndiaandinthe1930softheselectcommitteeonIndianconstitutionalreform.