The Voice of the Silence
FIRST SERIES. THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE BEING CHOSEN FRAGMENTS FROM THE “BOOK OF THE GOLDEN PRECEPTS” ———— FOR THE… Read More »The Voice of the Silence
ethics
Writings related to Ethics.
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Many students, in their search for light, find divers problems presented to them for solution; questions so puzzling from the… Read More »Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Is the Desire to “Live” Selfish?
The passage “to Live, to live, to Live must be the unswerving resolve,” occurring in the article on the Elixir… Read More »Is the Desire to “Live” Selfish?
The Origin of Evil
The problem of the origin of evil can be philosophically approached only if the archaic Indian formula is taken as… Read More »The Origin of Evil
About Killing Animals
A correspondent asks: “Will you kindly explain why, if you think it wrong to kill a water bug, that you… Read More »About Killing Animals
Is Fœticide [Abortion] a Crime?
Editor’s Note by H.P.B. on an inquiry. The articles in your paper headed “Is Suicide a Crime?” have suggested to… Read More »Is Fœticide [Abortion] a Crime?
Have Animals Souls?
“Continually soaked with blood, the whole earth is but an immense altar upon which all that lives has to be… Read More »Have Animals Souls?
The Best Food for Man
Article by Purmeshri Dass | Note by D.K.M. The use of flesh-meat is forbidden on the ground that it is… Read More »The Best Food for Man
A Few Thoughts on Some Wise Words from a Wise Man
In an article, in the Tatwa Bodhini Patrika “The Essential Religion,” Babu Rajnarain Bose, the well known Brahmo, prefacing it… Read More »A Few Thoughts on Some Wise Words from a Wise Man
The Esoteric Value of Certain Words and Deeds in Social Life
A definition of Public Opinion. The gathering of a few fogies positively electrified by fanaticism and force of habit, who… Read More »The Esoteric Value of Certain Words and Deeds in Social Life
Is Suicide a Crime?
Letter by “Inquirer” | Reply by H.P.B. The writer in the London Spiritualist for November, who calls the “Fragments of… Read More »Is Suicide a Crime?
Porphyry, On Abstinence from Animal Food
Book One 1. Hearing from some of our acquaintance, O Firmus,1 that you, having rejected a fleshless diet, have again… Read More »Porphyry, On Abstinence from Animal Food
Sin Against Life
A newspaper paragraph lately declared that a certain American lady of great wealth, residing in London, had conceived the strange… Read More »Sin Against Life
[On Vegetarianism and the Murder of Innocent Animals]
Selection from the Article “Indian Agricultural Reform” by J. J. Meyrick | Note by H.P.B. . . . A great loss of valuable… Read More »[On Vegetarianism and the Murder of Innocent Animals]
“Let Every Man Prove His Own Work”
Such is the title of a letter received by the Editors of Lucifer. It is of so serious a nature… Read More »“Let Every Man Prove His Own Work”
Hindu Widow Marriage
[Note: the following is a copy of a letter received by Dewan Bahadur Ragunath Row from Madame Blavatsky.] My Dear… Read More »Hindu Widow Marriage
Theosophy and Love: A Rejoinder
[Note: the current article is a continuation of a series between Damodar and the Epiphany, beginning with Damodar’s “Oxford Mission… Read More »Theosophy and Love: A Rejoinder
The Ethics of the Vedanta
A system of philosophy is generally tested by its ethical doctrine. Though a criticism of life, philosophy is judged by… Read More »The Ethics of the Vedanta