Re: theos-talk An Approach to Understand Theosophy -7
Jun 17, 2012 09:22 AM
by MKR
I will work on it. The future is in electronic formats. Just downloaded the
Theosophist magazine of 1890 from archive.com and they have presented it in
various electronic formats. In addition, you can order a printed copy as
well. Soon we will see the brick and mortar publishing model will be
history. Just read the litigation going on in the USA. Writing is on the
wall whether theosophical publishers are seeing it or not.
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Ramanujachary nallanchakravarti <
srivirinchi@Ecc-V1n41DxF88x33vl6vXwGsZkSBy2p97S4si51Mk02EqWXhxrnuHK3Q2KyaUmy-uX4HIW5AgXkHOGM0stDDROd.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> Dear Ramadoss,
> Thanks. I am glad you liked the pieces.
> I shall be much obliged if you can put them in PDF. As you know, I am not
> proficient on this. .
> You may even add some more pieces, from my earlier pieces, that go akin
> with these.
> Fraternally,
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> Dr Ramanujachary
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> Literature is for Portrayal of Philosophic Ideas.
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> Dr N C Ramanujachary(Srivirinchi)
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> Besant Gardens, The Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai 600 020
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> Phone: 044/24913584, Mobile: 9444963584
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> From: MKR <mkr777@Wy1qAeoKWAFdt-MnXUn1L-3CYAF3-ADHits54YzmbKQvq_DaOFAMpum4CrKPrC8QtIcvNZRzbg.yahoo.invalid>
> Sent: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:24:16
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: theos-talk An Approach to Understand Theosophy -7
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> The book idea is excellent.
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> There is nothing but positive feedback to the series of postings by Dr.
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> Ramanujachary. They all can be put together in a single searchable pdf
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> file which can be made available for download. Once this is done, the
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> material will be available for ever in the future. Now the ball is in the
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> court of Dr. Ramanuchary. I can help with pdf creation.
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> MKR
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> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 6:37 AM, don ridgway <scribe@qr_-QX_khvlA043Fi3oTT2FkYpT1rruOxA2KqXaURLLgpcu7z07ahxFqEI33SmsEtWShsZE-.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> > Dr Ramanujachary, I thank you for your series of posts, "An Approach
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> > Understand Theosophy." I found them concise yet full of meaning for
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> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Ramanujachary nallanchakravarti"
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> > > ommenting on the four principles that constitute 'the
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> > > Links of Golden Chain' which should bind humanity into one
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> > > Universal Brotherhood viz. universal unity and causation, Human
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> > solidarity, the
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> > > Law of Karma and Reincarnation, Madame Blavatsky has the
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> > > the present state of society, especially in so-called countries,
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> > > continually brought face to face with the fact that large
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> > > suffering from misery, poverty and disease. Their physical
> condition is
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> > > wretched, and their mental and spiritual faculties are almost
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> > > other hand, many persons at the opposite end of the social scale
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> > > lives of careless indifference, material luxury, and selfish
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> > Neither of these forms of existence is mere
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> > > chance. Both are the effects of the
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> > > conditions which surround those who are subject to them, and the
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> > > social duty on the one side is most closely connected with the
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> > > arrested development on the other. In sociology, as in all
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> > > science, the law of universal causation holds good. But this
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> solidarity on
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> > > Theosophy so strongly insists. If the action of one reacts on
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> > > and this is the true scientific idea, then it is only by all men
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> > > brothers and all women sisters, and by all practicing in their
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> > > brotherhood and true sisterhood, that the real human solidarity,
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> > > the root of the elevation of the race, can ever be attained. It
> is this
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> > > and interaction, this true brotherhood and sisterhood, in which
> each
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> > > for all and all for each, which is one of the fundamental
> Theosophical
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> > > principles that every Theosophist should be bound, not only to
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> > > What Madame Blavatsky said a hundred and more years
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> > > back is still the prevailing human situation. Yet there is a
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> > > appreciation of the fact that Social justice has to be
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> > > eternal verities of Life, the laws of Nature are not to be
> sidelined or
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> > > neglected. That these should guide and mould the human conduct
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> > > widely accepted. Yet, this realization is to go deep into the
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> > > consciousness. Statements as illustrated hereunder mark the
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> > > -- self-sacrifice is the highest standard.
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> > > Personal exertion
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> > > for others, personal mercy and
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> > > kindness, personal interest in he
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> > > welfare of those who suffer, personal sympathy,
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> > > forethought and assistance in their troubles and needs -- are the
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> > > ideas of charity.
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> > > Madame Blavatsky affirms that 'the work for humanity'
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> > > which is the original program of the Society shall be carried out
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> > > the ages to come, and few individuals shall always be available
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> > > in this direction. In her own words, 'the main, fundamental
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> > > society is to sow germs in the hearts of men and women which
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> > > sprout, and under more propitious circumstances lead to a
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> > > conducive of mere happiness to the masses than they have hitherto
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> > > "Earth will be a heaven in the twenty-first
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> > > century in comparison with what it is now," was the aspiration
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> > > expressed by her in the last decade of the nineteenth century.
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> > > one of us to see and make this a 'fact'
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> > > rather than 'a mere ideal or a set goal.' Needless to say, the
> right
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> > understanding,
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> > > both verbal and practical, of Theosophy
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> > > alone will make this happen. Here lies our responsibility as
> members of
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> > this
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> > > noble organization. Let us rededicate ourselves to live up to
> that
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> > aspiration
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> > > without waiting for an external stimulation. It is only the
> Inner Urge,
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> > the Antar-Spurti that works this
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> > > Dr N C Ramanujachary(Srivirinchi)
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> > > Besant Gardens, The Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai 600 020
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> > > Phone: 044/24913584, Mobile: 9444963584
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