The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (932 page)

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Ha
sa
.
Wild goose (the bar-headed goose), which migrates to India from Central Asia. Its purity of colour and gracefulness in flight led to its becoming a symbol, in the
Upani
ads
, of the unity at the heart of all manifestation, e.g. one spirit in the midst of the world. It is also the vehicle (
v
hana
) of
Brahm
.
Ha
sa
.
Indian
mantra
, often repeated,
so’ham
, ‘He am I’ (while
breathing
in),
ham
a
, ‘I am He’ (while breathing out). It expresses the unity of the devotee with God.
amza b. ‘Al
b. A
mad
.

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