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COW, MILCH
A symbol of the buddhic nature in its aspect productive of the higher emotions which it confers upon the lower self.
"For this earth is, as it were, a milch cow she yields to men all their desires; and the milch cow is a mother, and this earth is, as it were, a mother: she bears (or sustains) men." - Sata. Brâh., V. 3, 1, 4.
This is a comparison between the functionings of the two natures,-lower and higher. As the lower nature (earth) produces the desires and all exterior attractions for the benefit of the mind (men); so the higher nature (cow) produces the interior qualities of wisdom and love (milk and butter) for the benefit of the mind. The lower nature is the first to produce the means for the manifestation of mind in the evolutionary cycle.
"And king Suddhodana gave to the brahmans for his son's (Buddha's) welfare, cows full of milk, with no traces of infirmity, golden-horned, and with strong, healthy calves to the full number of one hundred thousand." - Buddha-Karita, Bk. I. 89.
This refers to the involution of the soul (Buddha) at an early period. The gift of the "cows" signifies the conferring of the intuitive perception of spiritual things, which is to enable the soul to rise. The "brahmans are the higher mental forms through which the spiritual nature is apprehended. The “no traces of infirmity" is an allusion to the perfect conception of the Truth inplanted within the soul through the process of involution. "Golden horns are a symbol of zeal and love of the true. The myriad "calves represent the inexhaustible treasures of the Spirit, produced by buddhi (cow).
"The religion of the Hindû detaches him from this earth; therefore, even now, the cow-symbol is one of the grandest and most philosophical among all others in its inner meaning."
"In Esoteric Philosophy the Cow is the symbol of Creative Nature, and the Bull (her calf) the Spirit which vivifies her, or the Holy Spirit.' " - H. P. BLAVATSKY, Secret Doctrine, pp. 436, 493.
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See Also
BRAHMAN PRIESTS
BUDDHA
CALF
CALVES (Myriad)
EARTH
GOLD
GOLDEN AGE
INVOLUTION
LINEN GARMENT
MILK
SUDDHODANA
UDDER, VACH
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