Theos-Talk Archives (December 1998 Message tt00125)

Jerry wrote:

> >"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.


". . . no books on Occultism or Theurgy exist in our day which give out the
secrets of alchemy or mediaval Theosophy in plain language.  All are
symbolical or in parables; and as the key to these has been lost for ages in
the West, how can a man learn the correct meaning of what he is reading and
studying?  Therein lies the greatest danger, one that leads to unconcious
*black* magic or the most helpless mediumship."  ("The Key to Theosophy", pg
21).

"Not only is there no scientific and accurate knowledge of Occultism
accesible in the West - not even of true astrology, the only branch of
Occultism which, in its *exoteric* teachings, has definite laws and a
definite system - but no one has any idea of what real Occultism means."
('Key', pg 22).

> >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.


By "primitive people" do you mean ourselves?; i.e. five-only sensed
humanoids with a speck of Mind and a huge lump of personality?


> >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.


Is not uniqueness often a sign of genius?


> >"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.

The quotes are of HPB.  What is the "problem"?

Best,
Paul.