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GOLD PLATE (CIRCULAR)

A symbol of the sun which is a symbol of the Supreme Self the centre and source of all things.

"He (the Sacrificer) hangs a gold plate round his neck, and wears it, for that gold plate is the truth. Now that truth is the same as yonder sun. For gold is light, and the sun is the light; gold is immortality, and he is immortality." - Sata. Bráh., VI. 7, 1, 1-2.

The incarnate Self is related to the Supreme Self through the purified emotions (neck). The Supreme Self is the Divine Reality, the centre of all. The Divine Wisdom (gold) imparts Truth (light), and the Supreme Self is the eternal Truth.

"Indra and Agni are the same as these two, to wit, the gold plate and the gold man: Indra is the gold plate, and Agni the man." - Ibid., X. 4, 1, 6.

See Also

AGNI (Fire God)
CIRCLE
GOLD MAN
INCARNATION
INDRA
LIGHT
NECK
SACRIFICER
SELF (supreme)
SUN