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Feb 09, 2006 10:45 PM
by samblo
Robert, Well said and put. Welcome to the Forum. do you think H.P.B. might have read something like the below some time in her life? Manjusri The Bodhisattva with the Sword of Discriminating Wisdom The perception of truth is not for all minds These are the qualities which force its exclusion: Desire, greed, ignorance, pride, Joy in sensation, love of the past, fear for the future, Anger at the present, the inability to see clearly. These are the qualities which bring it nearer: Hope, joy in change, love of the many Creative action, individual growth, acceptance of new ideas The ability to understand potential. These are the qualities when truth is here: Acceptance of all form as having equal reality Clear vision over long distances Love of all things and non-things Joy in what is. With my sword I strike down those who presume to travel to places forbidden to them I decide the worthiness of an adept, the talent of a master the distance both may travel My book records the karma of each whose deeds determine the world which they shall inhabit. I guard the door to Truth unending Neither mercy nor power shall move me from my decisions I wear the robes of judge and jury Across the abyss I hold my golden ladder to aid the worthy While the unworthy who try to cross Find only shifting sands within their grasp. I am blue and gold and also white I bend neither to the right nor the left If you wish to ascend to truth, then you must do these: Look deep within your heart Feel the many chains which bind you, hold you like an anchor To the planes of illusion Not one link will I allow to pass the sacred gates. Impartial understanding, great in the wisdom of many worlds Only these do I allow to pass That they may have wisdom to trade for Truth. No dramas, no mantras, no striving will I let by me Those who are ready shall pass The rest shall strive, dissatisfied and fight among themselves Letting their true natures come to the surface And wonder Why was I not chosen? You who wish to ascend follow the path To the cave of loneliness, in the mountains of the self And when you have found the Hidden Return to me and I shall bless you And point you on your way. From: <A HREF="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.buddhanature.com/img/manjusri.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.buddhanature.com/buddha/manjusri.html&h=318&w=242&sz=37&tbnid=JrzN8csZ28T4kM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=85&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmanjusri%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG";>Manjusri w/Sword of Discriminating Wisdom</A> John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]