No Lotus, No Mud

Familiar Thich Nhat Hanh quote:
"No Mud, No Lotus"

But also TNH:
~No Lotus, No Mud~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=schlgVvKoDk&t=228s
3 minutes 48 seconds into this 9-minute TNH video on non-duality 2020.xx 

GS: Google AI generated image of lotus rotting back ito the lotus pond Mud.