Theos-Talk Archives (January 1999 Message tt00124)

>Jerry wrote:
>
>> I am not aware that Crowley even knew what a Bodhisattva was.
>
>In which case he must:
>
>(a) Have either been (very) short of the mark and didn't
>know/understand/study anything of the Arhat Doctrine;
>

Not at all.  Why should a Theravadinist know anything of Bodisattvas?
FYI, the doctrine of Arhats (Theravadin) and the doctrine of
Bodhisattvas (Mahayana) are from two different schools.


>or
>
>(b) Ignored what is, after all, a basic tennet of even popular (Mahayana)
>Buddhism.
>

What is "popular" today was largely unknown in Crowley's day.

Jerry S.