Art professor Chiang Hsun offers this view of India, the land where Buddhism originated: The civilization of a tropical nation is like a lush tropical plant, thriving in the humid and hot air. Indian civilization displays all of the languorous charm of a tropical plant.
美學教授蔣勳對佛教源起的印度，有這樣的看法：作為一個熱帶地區國家，其文明正如繁密而多姿的植物，在潮濕而炎熱的空氣中，展現熱帶植物特有的慵懶與嫵媚。