Jean Varenne on the Reactions to Julius Evola on Buddhism || From ‘Introduction’ to The Doctrine of Awakening
“Let us leave modern men to their ‘truths’ and let us only be concerned about one thing: to keep standing amid a world of ruins.” JULIUS EVOLA And let us […]
The Four Modes of Birth in The Secret Doctrine and the Abhidharmakosa of Buddhism
A NEW, YET UNKNOWN MYTHOLOGY AND CREATION ACCOUNT The Four Modes of Birth described in Indian and Persian Zoroastrian lore, and its meaning in The Secret Doctrine (1888) Parallel Evolutionary […]
Kalachakra and Theosophy: The Sources of the Book of Dzyan and Kiu-te in The Secret Doctrine and Tantras
The Secret Doctrine Connection to the Kalachakra Revised and Edited 12-6-2022 “These facts take us well beyond the realm of probability. Blavatsky indeed had esoteric northern Buddhist sources” (David Reigle) […]
Edward Heneage Dering’s “Esoteric Buddhism: The New Gospel of Atheism”
Edward Heneage Dering’s 29 page critique of theosophist A.P. Sinnett’s Esoteric Buddhism, The Occult World, and the Letters in The New Gospel of Atheism” (1887). This work can be compared […]
Russian Philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and Charles J. Ryan: ‘H.P.B. did not invent the Tibetan Brotherhood and Chelas’
RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHER Vladimir Solovyov and THEOSOPHIST Charles J. Ryan say ‘H.P.B. did not invent the Tibetan Brotherhood and Disciples’ Besides Dr. Wernekke of Germany, the casebook of encounters with the […]
Angulimala: Forgiveness and Redemption in Buddhism
SIDDHARTHA MEETS AND REFORMS A SERIAL KILLER, Aṅgulimāla Angulimala, is the story of Angulimala, a murderer who becomes an arahant (Pali. “one who is worthy” or perfected person), and this […]
From the Holy Text of Tibetan Buddhism: Sixty Songs of Milarepa
Milarepa on the inner teachings of the Dharma, invites his patrons toward the Path of cultivation. Songs 8-9, 11-13. Milarepa’s resolutions and facing somber truths about the world. Songs 7-8, […]
Talbot Mundy’s “The Nine Unknown” Men of Ashoka, the Maurya Clan, and its Connection to Theosophy
Talbot Mundy’s “The Nine Unknown” Secret Society of King Asoka In 1923, Talbot Mundy, of the British police wrote a fiction novel called The Nine Unknown, about a secret society founded by […]
Tirthankaras: Growth in the Wisdom of all Beings
A doctrine (Buddha-nature) in Buddhism teaches that all man possesses the germ of wisdom (Buddha) in them, which is the non-conceptual nature of space (dhātu) and the purity of the nature of mind. The idea, that […]
Inspiring Buddhist Truths: All Beings have the Buddha Nature
No matter, what is happening in the world, remember the dignity of every human being; and feel the pains and sorrow of man, as in relation to your own. Remember, […]
Siddhartha Gautama in Kalama Sutta: ‘Do not believe on faith…’
Believe nothing on faith alone, or on authority. “Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through […]
The American Minervan 