Theos-Talk Archives (November 2002 Message tt00501)

HI Leon and all of you,

Thanks Leon !
Noted and added.


from
M. Sufilight

----- Original Message -----
From: <leonmaurer@aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: Theos-World "Outdated Theosophical propaganda material"??


> All those books, like most religions, are based on the fundamental
teachings
> of theosophy... And, as HPB pointed out in her numerous references to many
of
> them, they can be considered as valid parts of the overall teachings --
since
> their conclusions all result in the same ethics and morals, as well as, in
> some cases, confirm various aspects of theosophical metaphysics.
>
> In the ULT, I understand that reading such books is highly recommended.
> Especially, the Bhagavad Gita, Lao Tse, etc. -- that are even sold at
their
> book tables -- with most of the others located in their library for public
> reading or study. A number of these books were also referred to in the SD
as
> well as in HPB's other writings. They are all, therefore, grist for the
mill
> for most serious students of theosophy. In fact, I remember a
theosophical
> study class many years ago where we analyzed the references to
theosophical
> ideas in Shakespeare's plays. So, you might as well add to your list,
> Dosteovsy and Plato, along with many other ancient and modern writers with
a
> spiritual bent. Its also nice to see how all such authors use theosophical
> ideas in their stories and poems.
>
> As far as most students I know in America, there are no forbidden books,
> although William Judge says that if you want to find out everything there
is
> to know about theosophy, you could limit your study to only three books --
> one of which is the Secret Doctrine, and the other two, either the
Bhagavad
> Gita and Patanjali's Yoga Aphorisms or, the Tao Te Ching and The
Dammapada.
>
> LHM
>
> In a message dated 11/14/02 1:58:10 PM, global-theosophy@adslhome.dk
writes:
>
> >Hi Daniel and all of you,
> >
> >I have to ask to clarify:
> >But Daniel is Theosophy really ONLY that MUCH about scriptures from HPB,
> >W.Q. Judge, etc...?
> >Does books like The Upanishads, The New Testament, The Quran, The
Bhagavad
> >Gita, etc... and books like those from Ibn Arabi, Jalal-Uddin Rumi, Saadi
> >Shiraz etc... or Geoffrey Higgins, Idries Shah, Doctor Maximus (>:-)),
> >Sir
> >Francis Bacon, Shakespeare, etc... and books like those from T. D.
Suzuki,
> >Lao Tze etc... NOT have any theosophical value ??? Are there important
> >difference between the latter books and the former , and what are they
> >if
> >any ?
> >
> >Try for instance: www.sirbacon.org
> >
> >
> >from
> >M. Sufilight with a very excited look in his head...
>
>
>
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