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This is Kohel, also called Kokil. The male is darker than the female. She spends her nights separated from her mate, and all night they cry to one another across the river banks. G ਕੋਕਿਲ ਹੋਵਾ ਅੰਬਿ ਬਸਾ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਬਦ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ kokil hovaa anb basaa sehaj sabadh beechaar || If I were to become a cuckoo, living in a mango tree, I would still contemplate the Word of the Shabad.
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The house crow. In the Punjab, these crows sit in groups on the rooftops of village houses. Although a familiar sight in the villages, in Gurbani, the crow is the symbol of spiritual doubt. And Guruji often compares the crow to those spiritually lost who wander from one deserted house to another. Guru Nanak said, ਕਿਆ ਹੰਸੁ ਕਿਆ ਬਗੁਲਾ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥ kiaa hans kiaa bagulaa jaa ko nadhar karaee || Which is the swan, and which is the crane? It is only by His Glance of Grace. ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਕਾਗਹੁ ਹੰਸੁ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੨॥ jo this bhaavai naanakaa kaagahu hans karaee ||2|| Whoever is pleasing to Him, O Nanak, is transformed from a crow into a swan. ||2|| And from Sant Kabir, ਉਰ ਨ ਭੀਜੈ ਪਗੁ ਨਾ ਖਿਸੈ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸਨ ਕੀ ਆਸਾ ॥੧॥ our n bheejai pag naa khisai har dharasan kee aasaa ||1|| Her heart is not happy, but she does not retrace her steps, in hopes of seeing the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. ||1|| ਉਡਹੁ ਨ ਕਾਗਾ ਕਾਰੇ ॥ ouddahu n kaagaa kaarae || So fly away, black crow,
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![ਜਉ ਤੁਮ ਗਿਰਿਵਰ ਤਉ ਹਮ ਮੋਰਾ ॥
jo thum girivar tho ham moraa ||
If You are the mountain, Lord, then I am the pea{censored}.
In Sikhi, the pea{censored} symbolizes the soul's craving for the Lord. In Shinto pea{censored}s symbolize compassion. I found this on the web, related to the Buddhist tradition:
"The association of this jewel-tone bird with its sun-like fan of a tail evocative of the Wheel of Dharma -- the Buddha's teachings, its connection to the ideas of immortality and compassion, and the unification of views or opposites, as well as the correspondence with the Garden which is the Pure Land, demonstrate in Mahayana Buddhism the archetypical nature of the relationship between the pea{censored} and Amitabha.
'In the depiction of this Buddha of Eternal Light, he is seated under a tree; we see its flowers and leaves peeking through the pavilion. Tenga Rinpoche says, " . . . birds, in particular, have strong desire and craving, so, as a symbol of craving transformed into discriminating wisdom, Amitabha's throne is supported by pea{censored}s."
'There are actually eight pea{censored}s that support his throne, one at each corner of the base. They stand for the idea that no matter the misdeeds committed during one's lifetime[s], rebirth is possible in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Great Bliss that is the Western Paradise of Opameh [Tibetan for Amitabha]. Any and all evil-doing is eventually absorbed."](/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/44-03cb7d37342f1de0e886f9d81251705a.jpg?1549336069)
ਜਉ ਤੁਮ ਗਿਰਿਵਰ ਤਉ ਹਮ ਮੋਰਾ ॥ jo thum girivar tho ham moraa || If You are the mountain, Lord, then I am the pea{censored}. In Sikhi, the pea{censored} symbolizes the soul's craving for the Lord. In Shinto pea{censored}s symbolize compassion. I found this on the web, related to the Buddhist tradition: "The association of this jewel-tone bird with its sun-like fan of a tail evocative of the Wheel of Dharma -- the Buddha's teachings, its connection to the ideas of immortality and compassion, and the unification of views or opposites, as well as the correspondence with the Garden which is the Pure Land, demonstrate in Mahayana Buddhism the archetypical nature of the relationship between the pea{censored} and Amitabha. 'In the depiction of this Buddha of Eternal Light, he is seated under a tree; we see its flowers and leaves peeking through the pavilion. Tenga Rinpoche says, " . . . birds, in particular, have strong desire and craving, so, as a symbol of craving transformed into discriminating wisdom, Amitabha's throne is supported by pea{censored}s." 'There are actually eight pea{censored}s that support his throne, one at each corner of the base. They stand for the idea that no matter the misdeeds committed during one's lifetime[s], rebirth is possible in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Great Bliss that is the Western Paradise of Opameh [Tibetan for Amitabha]. Any and all evil-doing is eventually absorbed."
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