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Blue Padma Services Inc. is a Buddhist not-for-profit registered charity. ABN:74204865157
All profits go to providing our service. If you would like to know more about B.P.S. Inc.
please contact us. Click here for information about Ven. Thubten Tenzin, our founder, We
are based in Australia, however if you are not in Australia and would like any of our free
giveaways or Understanding Buddhism please don't hesitate to contact us.

From Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism
by Lama Govinda

The lotus is a symbol of spiritual unfoldment, of the holy, the pure. The Buddha-legend reports that when the newly born infant
Siddartha, who later became the Buddha, touched the ground and made His first seven steps, seven lotus-blossoms grew up from
the earth. Thus, each step of the Bodhisattva is an act of spiritual unfoldment. Meditating Buddhas are represented as sitting on
lotus-flowers, and the unfoldment of spiritual vision in meditation is symbolized b y the fully-opening lotus-blossom, whose
centre and whose petals carry the images, attributes or mantras of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, according to their relative
position and mutual relationship.
The original meaning of this symbolism may be seen from the following simile: Just as the lotus grows up from the darkness of
the mud to the surface of the water, opening its blossom only after it has raised itself beyond the surface, and remaining
unsullied from both earth and water, which nourished it - in the same way the mind, born in the human body, unfolds its true
qualities ('petals') after it has raised itself beyond the turbid floods of passions and ignorance, and transforms the dark powers of
the depths into the radiantly pure nectar of Enlightenment-conciousness (Bodhicitta), the incomparable jewel (mani) in the
lotus-blossom (padma). Thus the saint grows beyond the world and surpasses it.

We all have the inner strength and capacity to help ourselves and be well and happy.
The commitment of Blue Padma Services Inc. is to help human beings who have destructive emotions to heal those destructive
emotions in an alternative manner. Instead of seeking and hiding behind mind altering substances such as prescription and other
drugs, our alternative method is to review our lives—to try to understand the reasons why. We aim to heal destructive emotional
states such as anger, depression, grief, guilt and fear with this process. The responsible aim of Blue Padma Services, in its
alternative technique, is to encourage us not to hide behind, but to confront these destructive emotions with courage. To survive
and participate in our lives, we need to have skills, and all the skills come from the mind. So, that's where we begin, with our
mind, working with our mind, easing our mind and developing a peaceful mind.

Blue Padma Services and our affiliates are constantly striving to provide the best service for
sentient beings. Part of our endevour, is our effort to offer products that are of the highest
quality and are as follows:

Environmentally safe,

Safe for humans and other living beings,

Free from animal products or products that harm animals and other living beings,

Fairly traded or locally sourced

and
most of all, ETHICAL!

Examples of our efforts: The soy candles we use in our packs are free from pesticides and other harmful chemicals, and they
contain very little aluminium so as to save the world from more landfill! The packaging on our candles is made from
biodegradeable cellophane.
For more examples, please contact us!