> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > There is also a longstanding tradition that cannabis sativa is the > soma plant. No firm > > opinion here.
While evidence may be scant, there are some interesting parallels. It is prescribed that bhang be made with milk, and the result is definately very green tinted -- if I remember much from high school. And needs to be well strained. All reminicent of 9th mandala, though many other such concoctions could also fill this description. Far from the images of Cheech and Chong, Bhang is given the status of highest yagyas, is equated with shiva ["bhang is Shiva"] and is said to transform the drinker into Shiva. And it is associated with amrita -- canabis is said to sprouted when amrita fell from the heavens. Going beyond prejudgement and stone hippie jokes,, perhaps its all in the preparation. Some tidbits: The mere sight of bhang, cleanses from as much sin as a thousand horse-sacrifices or a thousand pilgrimages. In the ecstasy of bhang the spark of the Eternal in man turns into light the murkiness of matter or illusionand self is lost in the central soul-fire. No gem or jewel can touch in value bhang taken truly and reverently. He who drinks bhang drinks Shiva. He who drinks [bhang] wisely and according to rule,.. is Shiva. The soul in whom the spirit of bhang finds a home glides into the ocean of Being freed from the weary round of matter-blinded self. The Tibetans considered Cannabis sacred. A Mahayana Buddhist tradition maintains that during the six steps of asceticism leading to his enlightenment, Buddha lived on one Hemp seed a day. He is often depicted with "SOMA leaves" in his begging bowl and the mysterious god-narcotic SOMA has occasionally been identified with Hemp. Cannabis was also suggested, also based on Tibetan evidence. The Tibetan word for Cannabis is So.Ma.Ra.Dza., apparently a borrowing from the Sanskrit soma-raja "king Soma". for more see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/44279 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
