The Constitution of the Microcosm
I. The few remarks which I have made in my first lecture on the Bhagavad Gita published in the February issue of Theosophist, on the septenary… Read More »The Constitution of the Microcosm
T. Subba Row
Chela and prominent member of the early Theosophical Society. Bio: T. Subba Row.
The Idyll of the White Lotus [An Explanation]
The interesting story published under the above title has already attracted considerable attention. It is instructive in more ways than one. It truly depicts the… Read More »The Idyll of the White Lotus [An Explanation]
Notes on the Bhagavad Gita
Contents Introduction Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 [Introduction] (Notes of a lecture, delivered at the Convention of the Theosophical Society, 1885, by… Read More »Notes on the Bhagavad Gita
[Septenary Division in Different Indian Systems]
We are in a position to state that Mr. Sinnett never intended to maintain that Buddhism, as popularly conceived, is the nearest approach ever made… Read More »[Septenary Division in Different Indian Systems]
Observations on “A Letter Addressed to the Fellows of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society, by the President and a Vice-President of the Lodge”
To MADAME H. P. BLAVATSKY, Corresponding Secretary to the Theosophical Society, Madame, After a careful examination of the private and confidential “Letter” addressed to the… Read More »Observations on “A Letter Addressed to the Fellows of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society, by the President and a Vice-President of the Lodge”
Inscriptions Discovered by General A. Cunningham
7. Buddha’s birth is placed (on p. 141) in the year 643 B.C.. Is this date given by the Adepts as undoubtedly correct? Have they any… Read More »Inscriptions Discovered by General A. Cunningham
Sakya Muni’s Place in History
7. Buddha’s birth is placed (on p. 141) in the year 643 B.C.. Is this date given by the Adepts as undoubtedly correct? Have they any… Read More »Sakya Muni’s Place in History
Philological and Archæological “Difficulties”
7. Buddha’s birth is placed (on p. 141) in the year 643 B.C.. Is this date given by the Adepts as undoubtedly correct? Have they any… Read More »Philological and Archæological “Difficulties”
Sri Sankaracharya’s Date and Doctrine
8. Sankaracharya’s date is variously given by Orientalists, but always after Christ. Barth, for instance, places him about 788 A.D. In Esoteric Buddhism he is… Read More »Sri Sankaracharya’s Date and Doctrine
Prakriti and Purusha
The editorial at the head of the article that precedes will explain to the learned Hermit of Almora and the readers of the Theosophist the… Read More »Prakriti and Purusha
“A Personal and Impersonal God”
A letter signed by H. X. has appeared in the December issue of the Theosophists under the heading abovementioned containing some observations on “the Theoretical… Read More »“A Personal and Impersonal God”
“The Philosophy of Spirit”
[Note: the following addresses the book “The Philosophy of Spirit,” by William Oxley.] The book bearing the above title, and professing to expound “the philosophy of… Read More »“The Philosophy of Spirit”
The Aryan-Arhat Esoteric Tenets on the Sevenfold Principles in Man
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Probably the Aryan (we shall for the present call it… Read More »The Aryan-Arhat Esoteric Tenets on the Sevenfold Principles in Man
The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
The division of the Zodiac into different signs dates from immemorial antiquity. It has acquired a world-wide celebrity and is to be found in the… Read More »The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac