Vohu Manah — Good Mind, Right Thinking

Vohu Manah, the first of the six Amesha Spentas, is the Good Mind through which Zarathustra received his revelation from Ahura Mazda. In Yasna 30.1, it is Vohu Manah who conducts the prophet into the divine assembly, functioning as the faculty of spiritual discernment by which a mortal perceives Asha and freely chooses it over Druj. As protector of the animal creation (particularly the sacred cow, Geush Urvan), Vohu Manah governs the bond between righteous thought and compassionate stewardship in the material world. Among the Amesha Spentas, Vohu Manah stands first in the order of encounter, the gateway through which all further divine knowledge flows.

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