Theos-Talk Archives (December 1998 Message tt00119)

Thanks for the breath of fresh air Paul.
Tony
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>"Know, O beginner, this is the *Open* PATH, the way to selfish bliss,
>shunned by the Boddhisattvas of the "Secret Heart," the Buddhas of
>Compassion.
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>To live to benefit mankind is the first step. To practice the six glorious
>virtues (23)is the second.
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>To don Nirmanakaya's humble robe is to forego eternal bliss for Self, to
>help on man's salvation. To reach Nirvana's bliss, but to renounce it, is
>the supreme, the final step - the highest on Renunciation's Path."
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>("The Voice of the Silence", pg 33).
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>"Now bend thy head and listen well, O Bodhisattva - Compassion speaks and
>saith : 'Can there be bliss when all that lives must suffer?  Shalt thou be
>saved and hear the whole world cry?'
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>Now thou hast heard that which was said.
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>Thou shalt attain the seventh step and cross the gate of final knowledge but
>only to wed woe - if thou would'st be Tathagata, follow upon thy
>predecessor's steps, remain unselfish till the endless end.
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>Thou art enlightened - Choose thy way."
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>("The Voice of the Silence", pg. 71).
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>Paul.
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