Theos-Talk Archives (March 1999 Message tt00105)

Hi Jerry,

Thanks very much for this.  Do you have any more details as to the source of
this statement?

Regards

Peter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com
> [mailto:owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com]On Behalf Of Gerald
> Schueler
> Sent: 09 March 1999 18:33
> Subject: Theos-World Slander
>
>
> Legally, in order to slander someone, what is being said must be false
> and injurous. The whole notion of true or untrue, however, can be pretty
> slippery and sometimes people say false things that they think are true.
>
> Slander is defined differently in occultism. Basically, occultism says
> that words are slanderous if they invoke hatred or hostility in another
> person, whether the words are true or false and immaterial of the intent
> of the speaker.  I came across this ancient definition in the recent
> issue of Tricycle Magazine where it is said to be of Tibetan Buddhist
> origin. I think that this definition should apply to all Theosophists.
> This way we avoid endless argument over truth or falsity. Whenever we
> start to make derogatory remarks about another person, living or dead,
> true or false, if those remarks have the potential to inspire animosity
> in a reader, then they are slanderous and should be avoided.
>
> Jerry S.
>
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