Theos-Talk Archives (December 1998 Message tt00123)

>"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.
>

Actually, the karmamudra and jnanamudra ARE exactly
what the Bodhisattvas practice, at least according to Tibetan
texts now available.


>To live to benefit mankind is the first step. To practice the six glorious
>virtues (23)is the second.
>

Perhaps the real question is HOW do we live to benefit
mankind? It has been shown, for example, that to give
"primitve" people more food encourages them to have
more children which perpetuates the food shortages. I
think we each have to adress this in our own way.


>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."
>


Here is an example of how she uses nirmanakaya in her own
unique fashion.


>
>"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?'
>

How can one who lives in ignorance help others who live in ignorance?
Can the blind lead the blind, or will both fall into the ditch? This is
a great moral problem that Theosophy needs to address. Your
quotes are of little help and in some ways make the problem worse.

Jerry S.