Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

AURVAITO-DIH, THE TUR

A symbol of the soul on the buddhic plane.

"At the age of twenty, abandoning worldly desires and laying hold of righteousness, Zoroaster departs from the house of his father and mother and wanders forth, openly enquiring :-' Who is most desirous of righteousness, and most wishful to nourish the poor? And they said, 'He who is the youngest son of Aurvaito-dih the Tur.' Zoroaster goes to 'that place,' and co-operates in serving the poor with food " (Zatsparam).-JACKSON, Zoroaster, p. 33.

When the cycle of the lower life is completed,-the lower self with its affections and lusts having been abandoned, then the mind or manasic principle is said to be detached, because the mind no longer cleaves to the desires. Liberation, therefore, having been obtained, the Soul, instead of being anxious to seek its own well-being, identifies itself with the Will of the Supreme, and enquires to what purpose it may be used. It requests that it may be the means of furthering the interests of the other souls that are struggling to reach enlightenment. It learns that the soul most ready for aid from the higher, is the soul which is learning to discipline itself through the adoption of principles by means of which ultimate attainment of liberation is possible. The Soul now reaches the stage of freedom from all the lower limitations, and is said to go to the place of Bliss on the buddhic plane, from whence it may inspire souls which are ready.

See Also

BIRDS (heaven)
DUGHDHOVA
FOOD
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY
POURUSHASPA
ZOROASTER