Tag: Esoteric Buddhism
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“The Great Master’s Letter”: Theosophy and the Future of Religion
The Maha-chohan letter, or “The Great Master’s Letter” is about the ‘Truth’ of Divine Enlightenment and the real mission and cause of Theosophy. The letter explains the view on the role of Theosophy in aiding a revival or revolution. Chohan means “lord,” “chief,” or “master.” It comes from the word chos (doctrine, law, teaching) and khan (abbot).‘’…
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Han Solo ‘It’s All True’ Scene in Force Awakens
The force philosophy in Star Wars is pure Theosophy. See The Force and Its Sides in Star Wars and Theosophy and The Young Indiana Jones meets Jiddu Krishnamurti in “Journey of Radiance” directed by George Lucas: Rey & Finn learn about the force and world of the jedi — “Han Solo: This map’s not complete. It’s just…
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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 Mauryan Emperor Asoka (c. 268 to 232 BCE) after his conversion to Buddhism. The secret society preserved the ancient science of India. Koot Hoomi and Morya…
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Before the Conversion: Helena Blavatsky on Shakyamuni Buddha and Buddhism
The nineteenth-century saw its first public Western converts to Buddhism, or this is how it is usually defined in books. Although Helena P. Blavatsky cannot be described as a “Western convert,” H.P.B. and Henry S. Olcott, an American lawyer who worked on U.S. President Lincoln’s assassination case, were the two leading movers of the Theosophical…
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The Hammer of Creation in the Mysteries: Thor, Swastika, and Fohat
The Solarwheel and Fohat “The Svastica is found heading the religious symbols of every old nation.” (H.P. Blavatsky) THE 卐 IN THE CIRCLE BY STUDYING THEOSOPHY AND HISTORY, THE REAL MEANING BEHIND THE SWASTIKA can be elaborated upon in the sense it is meant to be, as opposed to outlooks you might acquire from perspectives…
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Theosophy in Star Wars: The Force, Its Sides and the “Two Paths”
TWO CENTRAL CONCEPTS IN STAR WARS AND THEOSOPHY: THE FORCE AND THE TWO PATHS There is no coincidence to the fact, there are similarities between Star Wars and Theosophy. The former is a fictional universe, but the latter is an actual high philosophical collection of teachings and ethical codes. In no other school of thought…
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Pseudo-Theosophy and Pseudo-Messiahs: Imitations of Theosophy
Helena Blavatsky is sometimes referred to as the “Mother of the New Age” movement. This is not only untrue, but also not the compliment those that argue this to define her legacy seem to think it is. It can be strongly demonstrated that H.P. Blavatsky would have critiqued the New Age movement more harshly than…
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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 mankind could become a whole race of Buddhas, or Tīrthaṅkaras (world-conquerors of Illusion), is nothing new in the Wisdom-tradition. It is not the glorification, and crowning…
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Dalai Lama: ‘More Evil in the World than expected by Lamas of Tibet’
Dalai Lama Interview in 1961 with theosophist Ragavhan Iyer to take into account: “We must not expect things to happen exactly in the order that we might formulate in our own minds. He stressed that we were really at the beginning of a process that was going to take quite some time, that there was now…
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Shénzhìlún, or Zhèngdàoxué: Theosophy in China and How to Translate it in Mandarin?
What would be the translation of Theosophy in Mandarin and what is Xīn Yin? The closest term phonetically to Dzyan is in Ancient (Middle) Chinese dʑjen, the ʑ sounding like zya, but it is also merely from the Sanskrit jñāna. The pronunciation of dʑjen is where we get the word Zen 禪, and Zen comes from Chan 禅, originating…
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Interpretations of Serpents and Dragons in Theosophy and Ancient Mythology
Part I. ON “Human Serpents” and Immortal Sages: ANCIENT INITIATES CALLED SERPENTS MEANING “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew x: xvi) ⊕ “(…) the “Serpent” and “Dragon” were the names given to the “Wise Ones,” the initiated adepts…
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Helena Blavatsky Biography Russian Documentary
HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY. BEST DOCUMENTARY (ENGLISH DUBBED) The fascinating life of H.P.B. Helena Petrovna von Hahn was born in Dnepropetrovsk (Ekaterinoslav), a town in Southern Russia (now Ukraine), under the Romanov Dynasty and old Russian Empire. Her mother Helena de Fadeyev was a renowned novelist, and her grandmother, Princess Helena Pavlovna Fadeyeva-Dolgorukov was a botanist and writer. Her maternal…
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