-- a member of the chatrik family -- she touches the feet of her husband lord when she greets him in the morning. Pea{censored}s are symbol of compassion, detachment and spiritual craving in the Bhuddist tradition. In the Vedantic tradition pea{censored}s pulled the chariot of Lord Krishna. ਪੀਤ ਬਸਨ ਕੁੰਦ ਦਸਨ ਪ੍ਰਿਆ ਸਹਿਤ ਕੰਠ ਮਾਲ ਮੁਕਟੁ ਸੀਸਿ ਮੋਰ ਪੰਖ ਚਾਹਿ ਜੀਉ ॥peeth basan kundh dhasan pria sehith kanth maal mukatt sees mor pankh chaahi jeeo ||As Krishna, You wear yellow robes, with teeth like jasmine flowers; You dwell with Your lovers, with Your mala around Your neck, and You joyfully adorn Your head with the crown of pea{censored} feathers.From the web:"The pea{censored}'s beautiful and distinctive colouring is said to be a gift from the god, Indra. One day the King of Gods was doing battle with Ravana, the Demon King. The pea{censored}, which in those days resembled his plain brown hen, took pity on Indra and raised its tail to form a blind or screen behind which Indra could hide himself. As a reward for this act o
![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)
