ROOSTER

 

ROOSTER

 

Hearing a sound of a Rooster in early morning is like hearing the voice of Almighty itself.

 

Since antiquity the rooster has been and still is a sacred animal in most cultures and deeply embedded within various religious belief systems and religious worship.

 

According to Feng Shui, the Rooster is a symbol of good luck and prosperity. The powerful symbol of Rooster is also known to boost career fortune, help raise authority, and attract love and happiness.

 

Some Hindu Temples are dedicated exclusively to Roosters, whereby people donate / gift Roosters to these temples, as they are considered as the most pious and sacred birds. In Hindu mythology, the rooster is depicted as the “vahana” (vehicle) of the goddess Aditi / Bahuchara Mata, the mother of all gods, the creator and guardian of all life.

 

People may eat chicken, but one will hardly find someone eating a Rooster.

 

Even the Christians and Buddhists in Far east countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, etc. consider Rooster as very pious and sacred.

 

The rooster animal totem stands for pride, self-confidence, courage and aggression, as they will fight back with anyone, with whatever size of opponent it come accross. Also, the rooster spiritual meaning is courage and pride. The Romans knew this and took roosters and chickens with them into battle, not as food but as totem animals and good luck charms.

 

In the Zohar book of Jewish mysticism and collection of writings on the Torah written by first century Tannaic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi), tells of a celestial manifestation, which causes the crowing of the roosters; known also in the Talmud, is blessed be He who has given the cock intelligence and same is mentioned in Bible as well.

 

In Islam, the understanding of the divine spiritual endowment of the rooster within Islam, may be evidenced in the words of Muhammad of that Abrahamic religion in one of the six canonical hadith collections of Sunni Islam, stating that of "when you hear the crowing of cocks, ask for Almighty Blessings for they have seen an angel.

 

In Buddhism, the rooster symbolizes non-material desires and is one of the three animals, which accompanies man in the circle of birth and death. A living rooster or his image is used in funeral processions as a force to drive away evil spirits.

 

The term "Persian bird" was given to Rooster because of his great importance and his religious use among the Persians", but even long before that time, in Iran, during the Kianian Period, from about 2000 B.C. to about 700 B.C., “the cock was considered the most sacred".

 

During the epic of King Faredoon capturing the evil Zohak, the evil was tied up with heavy spiritual chains and every night when evil powers were at its peak, Zohak would lick the chain and chain would start melting, becoming thinner, but by the early dawn the sacred sound of Rooster will break that process and the chains would regain it's original form.

 

COURTSEY: WORSHIPCOSMETIC.COM