Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00174)

Chuck:
>I'm no fan of CWL's ideas, but this so called "time honored tradition" is not
>taken seriously by any occult students except for a few ineffectual wackos.

Celibacy, alone and with little or no attraction for divinity and virtue,
can produce insanity. But when one is ready it is essential.  Patanjali
and generations of yogis, many known for a higher wisdom and compassion
know that.  Shankara and the renunciate order he founded know that.
Buddha and his celibate monks know that.  No, not every celibate monk or
nun is an arhat, bodhisattva or sage -- but no arhat, bodhisattva or sage
can reach that stage without celibacy.  Which by the way, means much more
than abstaining from copulation.


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<> Nicholas Weeks <> am455@lafn.org <> Los Angeles
	"Men must learn to love the truth before they thoroughly believe it."
		Blavatsky