Re: Theos-World Kindly:
Jan 03, 2006 08:52 PM
by Bhikshuni Ariya
"And now it is time to put a stop to my abominable penmanship and so relieve you from the task. Yes -- your "cosmogony"! Well, good friend, your cosmology is -- between the leaves of my Khuddaka Patha -- (my family Bible) ..."
M.
{The Mahatmas Letters to A.P.Sinnett, Letter 43].
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/mahatma/ml-43.htm
In the Khuddaka-Patha, you learn the following:
What is the One?
The One is: all sentient beings are supported by food.
What are the Two?
The Two are Mind & Body
What are the Three?
The Three are: the three feelings.
What are the Four?
The Four are: Gautama Buddha Tathagata four Aryas Truths.
What are the Five?
The Five are: the five grasping elements.
What are the Six?
The Six are: the six senses [sight, hearing, touch, taste, smelling, plus the sixth:
guess which.
What are the Seven?
The Seven are: the seven factors of wisdom.
What are the Eight?
The Eight are: Gautama Buddha Tathagata Ariyas eight-folded path.
What are the Nine?
The Nine are: the nine spheres of sentient beings [worlds, lokas].
What are the Ten?
The ten factors with which one becomes an ARHAT.
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Bart Lidofsky <bartl@sprynet.com> wrote:
arhat_buddhism wrote:
> The six are: senses.
What are the six senses?
Bart
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