Theos-Talk Archives (May 2009 Message tt00611)

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On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:43 AM, ramanujachary n.c. <yensiare@yahoo.com>wrote:

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> Dear Mr Daniel,
> I was not able to locate the said article from Blavatsky archives. Could
> you give me more clue?
> Dr Ramanujachary
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> Subject: Theos-World Digest Number 4024
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> Messages In This Digest (5 Messages)
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> 1.
> Rich Taylor on Blavatsky's Use of Schlagintweit's Book From:
> danielhcaldwell
> 2a.
> Tracing the Source of Tibetan Phrases Found in Mahatma Letters #54 & From:
> danielhcaldwell
> 2b.
> URL for article: Tracing the Source of Tibetan Phrases Found in Mah From:
> danielhcaldwell
> 3.
> Paper on Tsongkhapa & the Teachings of the Wisdom Tradition From:
> danielhcaldwell
> 4.
> Parallel Columns: What Does This Mean? by Daniel H. Caldwell From:
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> 1.
> Rich Taylor on Blavatsky's Use of Schlagintweit's Book
> Posted by: "danielhcaldwell" danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com<danielhcaldwell%40yahoo.com>danielhcaldwell
> Sat May 16, 2009 11:44 pm (PDT)
>
> In an online paper titled "Blavatsky and Buddhism", Richard P. Taylor makes
> the following statement:
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> In many places, and on many occasions, Blavatsky's work contains the ideas,
> and sometimes even the exact words, of previously published Western-language
> sources on Buddhism, without acknowledgement.
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> And a little later:
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> ....quite frequently the work of another writer appears within the main
> text and footnotes of Blavatsky's writing without any acknowledgement
> whatsoever, and this can carry on for a number of pages in a row without
> once mentioning the author she is actually quoting. Sometimes this
> appropriation involves critical Buddhist teaching, which in the absence of
> quotation marks, citations or references to the author, would appear to be
> intended as Buddhist teachings emanating directly from Blavatsky or her
> teachers. For considerations of space we will examine only Blavatsky's
> relationship with The Buddhism of Tibet by Emil Schlagintweit (1863)....
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> At this point Taylor gives a number of detailed examples from
> Schlagintweit' s book.
>
> In one example, Taylor concludes:
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> Importantly, HPB has altered Schlagintweit' s text, especially the
> correspondences in the three realms-but there is no question that overall
> she HAS LIFTED this passage from his book originally. Nota bene Blavatsky's
> footnote, where she CLAIMS TO BE GIVING OUT statements from the SECRET
> portions of the KÃlachakra Tantra. HOWEVER, HPB's statements are MERELY
> REPHRASINGS of Schlagintweit, taken from his chapter on KÃlachakra... .
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> caps added
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> Then at the end of the section, Taylor summarizes:
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> I merely state here the objective fact that Blavatsky's writings contain
> the words and ideas of other Western writers, UNACKNOWLEDGED, and that these
> appropriations sometimes are MADE TO APPEAR as emanating from a hidden or
> occult source like Tibetan Buddhist Tantras.
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> caps added
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> The paper by Taylor can be found online at:
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> http://www.blavatsk y.net/forum/ taylor/tibetanSo urces1.htm
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> and the specific section of his paper that I have been quoting from is at:
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> http://www.blavatsk y.net/forum/ taylor/tibetanSo urces10.htm
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> Comments welcomed.
>
> Daniel
> http://blavatskyarc hives.com
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> 2a.
> Tracing the Source of Tibetan Phrases Found in Mahatma Letters #54 &
> Posted by: "danielhcaldwell" danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com<danielhcaldwell%40yahoo.com>danielhcaldwell
> Sat May 16, 2009 11:49 pm (PDT)
>
> I have published at Blavatsky Archives the following essay:
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> "Tracing the Source of Tibetan Phrases Found in Mahatma Letters #54 and
> #92."
>
> by Antonios Goyios
>
> Comments welcomed.
>
> Daniel
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> 2b.
> URL for article: Tracing the Source of Tibetan Phrases Found in Mah
> Posted by: "danielhcaldwell" danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com<danielhcaldwell%40yahoo.com>danielhcaldwell
> Sat May 16, 2009 11:51 pm (PDT)
>
> I have published at Blavatsky Archives the following essay:
>
> "Tracing the Source of Tibetan Phrases Found in Mahatma Letters #54 and
> #92."
>
> by Antonios Goyios
>
> See:
>
> http://blavatskyarc hives.com/ kammitshar/ kammitshar. htm
>
> Comments welcomed.
>
> Daniel
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> 3.
> Paper on Tsongkhapa & the Teachings of the Wisdom Tradition
> Posted by: "danielhcaldwell" danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com<danielhcaldwell%40yahoo.com>danielhcaldwell
> Sat May 16, 2009 11:58 pm (PDT)
>
> I call attention to a paper written by David Reigle titled:
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> "Tsongkhapa and the Teachings of the Wisdom Tradition"
>
> This paper can be found online at:
>
> http://tinyurl. com/pm7zr5
>
> Comments welcomed.
>
> Daniel
> http://blavatskyarc hives.com
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> 4.
> Parallel Columns: What Does This Mean? by Daniel H. Caldwell
> Posted by: "danielhcaldwell" danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com<danielhcaldwell%40yahoo.com>danielhcaldwell
> Sun May 17, 2009 12:03 am (PDT)
>
> I invite comments from interested readers on the following article:
>
> "Parallel Columns: What Does This Mean?" by Daniel H. Caldwell
> http://blavatskyarc hives.com/ voiceparallelcol umns.htm
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> Daniel
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