Cleavers

Galium aparine
Cleavers is an annual plant found in moist or grassy places and along river banks and fences in Canada, the eastern half of the U.S., and the Pacific Coast. A slender taproot produces the weak, square, procumbent or climbing, prickly stem that grows 2-6 feet in length. The rough, oblong-lanceo-late-to-aimost-linear leaves occur in whorls of six to eight around the stem. The small, white or greenish-white flowers appear from May to September. The plant exudes a strong, honey-like odor and is best gathered in July.

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Sages, Saints and Avatars

reprinted with permission from CosmicHarmony.com

The Nature of Avatars

When goodness grows weak,
When evil increases,
I make myself a body.

In every age I come back
To deliver the holy,
To destroy the sin of the sinner
To establish righteousness

(Bhagavad Gita)

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Sages, Saints and Avatars

reprinted with permission from CosmicHarmony.com

The Nature of Avatars

When goodness grows weak,
When evil increases,
I make myself a body.

In every age I come back
To deliver the holy,
To destroy the sin of the sinner
To establish righteousness

(Bhagavad Gita)

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