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BARHIS, SACRIFICIAL GRASS
A symbol of the life currents passing between the
buddhic and astral planes, relating to the desires and their
transmutations.
“At the beginning of the sacrifice the Advarya makes of a load of
Darbha, or sacred grass, which has been brought to the sacrificial
compound, seven bunches, each of which is tied together with a stalk
of grass, just as the Baresma (Barsom) of the Parsis." (Footnote.) -
J. EGGELING, S. B. of E., Vol. XLIV. p. 84.
"As large as the altar is, so large is the earth; and the plants are
represented by the barhis; so that he thereby furnishes the earth
with plants; and those plants are firmly established in this earth;
for this reason he spreads the barhis." - Sata. Bráh., I. 3, 3, 9.
The soul (altar) that has to be evolved from latency is commensurate
with the qualities of the lower nature (earth), for the desires
(plants) are the outgrowths of the buddhic life forces (barhis)
which furnish the lower nature with its qualities (plants), and
these qualities when transmuted raise the lower nature. Hence the
spiritual mind extends the scope of the buddhic energies.
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See Also
ADVARYA
BARSOM
BIRTH (SECOND)
BUCKLE
GIRDLE
KUSTI
PLANTS
TAMA-GUSHI
WOOD (HOLY)
YAGNA-PAVITA
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