The Golden Stairs “A clean life, an open mind, a pure heart, an eager intellect, an unveiled spiritual perception, a brotherliness for one’s co-disciple, a readiness to give and receive advice and instruction, a loyal sense of duty to the Teacher, a willing obedience to the behests of TRUTH, once we have placed our confidence… Read More
Categoria: Reincarnation and Karma: their Importance
Wisdom Is with the Ancient (Man’s Higher Ego), Understanding Is in the Length of Days (Number of Reincarnations)
“Esoterically then, Job’s statement (28:12 and 12:12) must read: ‘With the Ancient (man’s Higher Ego) is Wisdom, and in the length of days (or the number of its reincarnations) is understanding.’ No man can learn true and final Wisdom in one birth; and every new rebirth, whether we be reincarnated for weal or for woe,… Read More
(At) Some Distant Day It Will Become a Religion of Great Nations
“I know that at some distant day, now, indeed, perhaps very remote, the message we preach in a corner will become a religion of great nations.” (Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland. Addresses and Essays on Vegetarianism, p. 1; emphasis added)
Toynbee: a Thousand Years from Now, Attention to What Happened When Christianity and Buddhism Began to Unite
“Some years ago, Arnold Toynbee declared that when the historian of a thousand years from now comes to write the history of our time, he will be preoccupied not with the Vietnan war, not with racial strife, but with what happened when for the first time Christianity and Buddhism began to penetrate one another deeply.… Read More
Buddha and Christ Faiths United Will Bring World’s Coming Redemption
“Of the spiritual union in the one faith of Buddha and Christ, will be born the world’s coming redemption.” (Kingsford, Anna e Maitland, Edward. The Perfect Way, p. 252; emphasis added)
Christianity and Buddhism Are But Parts of One Continuous, Harmonious Whole
“Christianity, then, was introduced into the world with a special relation to the great religions of the East, and under the same divine control. And so far from being intended as a rival and supplanter of Buddhism, it was the direct and necessary sequel to that system; and the two are but parts of one… Read More
Reincarnation and Karma, in Other Words, Hope and Responsibility, Will Bring Better Days
“(…) if the doctrines of Reincarnation and Karma, in other words, of Hope and Responsibility, find a home in the lives of new generations, then, indeed, will dawn the day of joy and gladness for all who now suffer and are outcast.” (Helena Blavatsky. Collected Writings, Vol. XI, p. 202; emphasis added)
Only the Laws of Karma and Reincarnation and a Belief in the Spiritual Unity May Reverse the Drift Towards Materialism
“Student – Are there any causes, (…) which may operate to reverse the present drift towards materialism? Sage – The spread of the knowledge of the laws of Karma and Reincarnation and a belief in the absolute spiritual unity of all beings will alone prevent this drift.” (Helena Blavatsky. Collected Writings, Vol. IX, p. 103;… Read More
Great Mission of True Theosophy (Altruism, or Divne Wisdom): Working Out of Clear Ethic Ideas and Duties, and Modelling of Their Institutions
“The problem of true Theosophy (NT: Altruism, or Divine Wisdom) and its great mission is the working out of clear, unequivocal conceptions of ethic ideas and duties which would satisfy most and best the altruistic and right feelings in us; and the modelling of these conceptions for their adaptation into such forms of daily life… Read More
Universal Brotherhood Under the Law of Reincarnation and Karma Will Solve Many of the Problems
“But to understand Brotherhood, we must remember that evolution proceeds by reincarnation under the law of the karma.(…) Now most of you believe these two great teachings and in your individual lives they play a mighty part. Why do you not apply them to nations as well as to individuals, to social problems as well… Read More