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Swami Rama, an contemporary Indian sage who established the Himalayan Institute in the USA, loved the cactus plant and had a huge collection in India and, then, a developed smaller collection in the United States. One day he was asked, "why do you enjoy cactus so much?" He replied: “I am in the habit of tending those who are full of thorns and are discarded by everybody. It gives me great joy when I see them blossom.”