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 its capacity to improve life.… Read More »The Ethics of the Vedanta
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Writings related to Ethics.
About Killing Animals
A correspondent asks: “Will you kindly explain why, if you think it wrong to kill a water bug, that you should consider it right to… Read More »About Killing Animals
The Voice of the Silence
FIRST SERIES. THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE BEING CHOSEN FRAGMENTS FROM THE “BOOK OF THE GOLDEN PRECEPTS” ———— FOR THE DAILY USE OF LANOOS (DISCIPLES) ———— TRANSLATED… Read More »The Voice of the Silence
“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 that it seems well to… Read More »“Let Every Man Prove His Own Work”
Sin Against Life
A newspaper paragraph lately declared that a certain American lady of great wealth, residing in London, had conceived the strange desire to possess a cloak… Read More »Sin Against Life
The Origin of Evil
The problem of the origin of evil can be philosophically approached only if the archaic Indian formula is taken as the basis of the argument.… Read More »The Origin of Evil
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 act on the many noodles… Read More »The Esoteric Value of Certain Words and Deeds in Social Life.
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 contradictory aspects which they present,… Read More »Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Have Animals Souls?
“Continually soaked with blood, the whole earth is but an immense altar upon which all that lives has to be immolated—endlessly, incessantly.” . . .—Comte… Read More »Have Animals Souls?
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 of Life, published in the March… Read More »Is the Desire to “Live” Selfish?
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 animal food and the reasons… Read More »The Best Food for Man
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 Shots at Occultism”. The Epiphany’s… Read More »Theosophy and Love: A Rejoinder
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 my mind to ask another… Read More »Is Fœticide [Abortion] a Crime?
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 with a quotation from Ramohun… Read More »A Few Thoughts on Some Wise Words from a Wise Man
[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 food would be avoided if… Read More »[On Vegetarianism and the Murder of Innocent Animals]
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 Occult Truth” speculation-spinning, can hardly,… Read More »Is Suicide a Crime?
Hindu Widow Marriage
[Note: the following is a copy of a letter received by Dewan Bahadur Ragunath Row from Madame Blavatsky.] My Dear Sir,—I have not made a… Read More »Hindu Widow Marriage
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 returned to animal food, at… Read More »Porphyry, On Abstinence from Animal Food