Theos-Talk Archives (September 1999 Message tt00045)

Rich wrote:


>body or out of it, no true Theosophist doubts Their presence and supervision.
> But here before us in America, Great Britain and elsewhere we have the
>foremost Lamas of Tibet -- giving out the VERY SAME teachings HPB did (and
>more!!) using often the very same vocabulary and referring to the very same
>texts.  Their LIVING PRESENCE is an incredible gift, and probably a very rare
>one -- it did not exist 20 years ago.  Speaking from personal experience,
>many of these lamas and monks are the very embodiment of humility, compassion
>and wisdom.

Apparently Rich its quite possible to doubt the existence of the Masters
and be a "true theosophist."  As you basically state we have the "living
presence" in America of advance Tibetan teachers... who are teaching much
the same teaching and I think one could argue a more direct tradition of
authority than we had previously received... We also have in this country
very fine representatives of Jaina Dharma and Sanatana Dharma... that we
can personally consult. To me the true study of the ancient wisdom
teachings means applying to the best sources available... a hundred years
ago this could be found in the basic theosophic texts... today it is all
around us in the fine unbroken traditions now available in Buddhism,
Hinduism and Jainism and others.- Art


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