Prajnaparamita-Hridaya-Sutra (The Heart Sutra)
[Introduction] This scripture has always been held in the greatest veneration in Mahayana countries. In China and Japan there are… Read More »Prajnaparamita-Hridaya-Sutra (The Heart Sutra)
Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives
Jainism
The mighty task of bringing together the various factions and of and revitalizing the great philosophy underlying the ancient Vedas… Read More »Jainism
Renovation Follows Renovation Without Cease
The Tao that can be expressed is not the eternal Tao;The name that can be defined is not the unchanging… Read More »Renovation Follows Renovation Without Cease
The Wisdom of Emptiness
Understanding “emptiness” is presented in Buddhism as the culmination of religious training. It is attained through the systematic practice of… Read More »The Wisdom of Emptiness
The Three Noble Teachers of Ancient China
The following impromptu address was given during a long trip on a Chinese Cargo Liner. Each Sunday morning there was… Read More »The Three Noble Teachers of Ancient China
War-Cry of the Soul
I will give you the story of Creation, as it was taught by the ancient Druids in Wales. It is… Read More »War-Cry of the Soul
The Riddle of Ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptian civilizations is still strange to us after many decades of research into its features and history. It… Read More »The Riddle of Ancient Egypt
The Two Faces of Egypt
The resurgence of life during the vernal equinox has been celebrated by all peoples who have inherited from remotest antiquity… Read More »The Two Faces of Egypt
The Radiant Thread of Egyptian Myth
The ancient Egyptians believed that the numerous gods of their pantheon were emanations from the First Cause of all life… Read More »The Radiant Thread of Egyptian Myth
Light from Ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptians conceived man and kosmos to be dual: firstly, the High God or Divine Mind arose out of… Read More »Light from Ancient Egypt
The Papyrus of Ani—Initiation and the After-Life
The idea that man has an immortal spiritual nature, or at least an ethereal body which survives death, has been… Read More »The Papyrus of Ani—Initiation and the After-Life
The Book of God
Here at hand is The Desatir, which Zoroastrians call the Book of God, the message-bearer and nourisher, not only of… Read More »The Book of God
The Story of Beginnings
The Persian story of beginnings is of the rebecoming, the renovation, of what has ever existed and is repeatedly refashioned… Read More »The Story of Beginnings
The Prophet of Light
Aid me by light, and vivify me by light, and guard me by light, and unite me unto light! I… Read More »The Prophet of Light
The “Vast Individual”
Mazdean teachings explain that because all creatures are equally important parts of one “Vast Individual,” whatever gives pleasure or pain… Read More »The “Vast Individual”
The Vision of Ardai Viraf
Happiness comes to him, through whom happiness goes out to others. — Ushtavaiti Gastha Alexander’s conquest of the 4th century… Read More »The Vision of Ardai Viraf
The Sacred Pilgrim in Greek Thought
If we consider man as composed of body, soul and spirit, then the sacred pilgrim in Greek thought is the… Read More »The Sacred Pilgrim in Greek Thought