“Some time ago Pandit Nehru, in one of his speeches, threw out rather vaguely the idea that some day, instead of the present manner of elections to the Indian Parliament, some system, less direct and more suited to conditions in India, might be considered. Since then, Mr. Jai Prakash Narain (…) has more definitely proposed,… Read More
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Outlook Perennial Philosophy: XIV – Bibliography
XIV – BIBLIOGRAPHY ANDERSON, Jerome A. Reincarnation. (4th ed.) San Francisco, Lotus Publishing Company, 1896. 192 pp. BESANT, Annie The Ancient Wisdom. The Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Chennai, India, 1911. (See free online copy on the site by Anand Gholap, where there are several other free online books: https://www.anandgholap.net/Ancient_Wisdom-AB.htm) Birth and Evolution of… Read More
Outlook Perennial Philosophy: XIII – The Meaning and Use of Pain
13. The Meaning and the Use of Pain (1) Annie Besant [A LECTURE GIVEN AT THE BLAVATSKY LODGE] THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING SOCIETY Benares and London 1910 I propose to take for tonight a matter which is full of deep interest, I think, to everyone, as everyone comes in the way of it – the Meaning… Read More
Outlook Perennial Philosophy: IX – Man’s Past and Future
9. MAN’S PAST AND FUTURE When we have once grasped the fact that man has reached his present position through a long and varied series of lives, a question naturally arises in our minds as to how far we can obtain any information about this earlier evolution, which would obviously be of absorbing interest… Read More
Outlook Perennial Philosophy: VI – Reincarnation
6. REINCARNATION Since the finer movements cannot at first affect the soul, he has to draw round him vestures of grosser matter through which the heavier vibrations can play; and so he takes upon himself successively the mental body, the astral body, and the physical body. This is a birth or incarnation – the… Read More
Outlook Perennial Philosophy: V – The Constitution of Man
5. THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN The astounding practical materialism to which we have been reduced in this country can hardly be more clearly shown than it is by the expressions that we employ in common life. We speak quite ordinarily of man as having a soul, of “saving” our souls, and so on, evidently… Read More
Outlook Perennial Philosophy: IV – Cause and Effect
4. CAUSE AND EFFECT In previous chapters we have constantly had to take into consideration this mighty law of action and reaction under which every man necessarily receives his just deserts; for without this law the rest of the Divine scheme would be incomprehensible to us. It is well worth our while to try… Read More
Outlook Perennial Philosophy: III – The Deity
3. THE DEITY When we lay down the existence of God as the first and greatest of our principles, it becomes necessary for us to define the sense in which we employ that much abused, yet mighty word. We try to redeem it from the narrow limits imposed on it by the ignorance… Read More
Outline Perennial Philosophy: I – Editor’s Preface and Introduction
An Outline of the Perennial Philosophy C. W. Leadbeater Adaptation, preface and edition: Arnaldo Sisson Filho Adaptation based on the work by C.W. Leadbeater: An Outline of Theosophy Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Chennai, India. First printing: 1902. Second to eighth printings: 1905-1977. Nineth printing: 1987. INITIAL QUOTATIONS Theosophy Is the ‘Great Renunciation… Read More
Anna Kingsford, Vegetarianism, the “New” Gospel of Interpretation and Buddhist Christianity (16) Glimpses Of A True Catholic And Scientific Religion: The Buddhist Christianity (1)
16. GLIMPSES OF A TRUE CATHOLIC AND SCIENTIFIC RELIGION: THE BUDDHIST CHRISTIANITY (1) Arnaldo Sisson Filho [Note: The quotations in bold and italic are for illustrative purposes and are also part of the work The Wheel and the Cross: An Introduction to Buddhist Christianity.] “True it is ‘faith that saves,’ but the… Read More