Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Kusha Aasan This hand woven mat of Kusha grass is used as a ritual seat and finds mention in as far back as the Vedas, and the Bhagavad Gita (ch. 6). Kusha grass is considered purifying, and rings woven of it are sometimes worn in worship to keep the hands ritually pure. It is also a remarkable insulator, both physically and metaphysically and hence most suitable for meditation and japa . Religious texts state that by doing Japa without sitting on an Asana (a seat), one attains no fruit.Kusha, whose name signifies sharp in the sense of acute, is the root for the Sanskrit word for "expert," kosala. That is because the edges of the long leaves that grow in pairs along the tall stems are very sharp, so like the sword it is a symbol for discernment or "discriminating wisdom". /dispProduct.php?prodId=2874 & PHPSESSID=4cc502e9564f2b001e6b81c891c09400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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