"Just as one plunges into the water to pluck a lotus growing in a pond,
the ascetic who has completely severed all worldly desires
abandons both this life and the next—
like a snake shedding its old skin."
— Sutta Nipāta, Chapter 1: The Chapter of the Serpent, Verse 2


The yellow rose symbolizes jealousy.

Jealousy exposes the ugliness hidden within the heart, bringing an unbearable sense of humiliation.

When we examine the emotions that torment us, jealousy appears in various forms, surfacing from different corners of our minds.

Like the woman in this painting, we too wish to release jealousy with ease—letting it slip away, carried by the wind.