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Re: Theos-World The Jewish origin of Theosophy?

Jul 01, 2005 02:45 AM
by Konstantin Zaitzev


>> In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Reitemeyer" wrote:

> I think Zion or Sion (lat.-gr.) is exactly in Hebrew what is 
> also meant with Dhyana or Zen: A city on a hill, the chosen city
> of god and his people.

The correspondence is too loose. There are more exact correspondences 
to this idea in sanskrit: sukhavati, or Tushita (pure land of Buddha), 
or different paradises of gods for their followers.




 

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