Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00414)

At 10:50 PM 5/6/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>From Paul Brunton's Notebooks
>Volume Ten  The Orient.
>Chapter  Four:  Ceylon , Angkor Wat, Burma, Java.
>Subdivision: Angkor Wat.
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>Darrin: The excerpt below is really interesting. Now I know I want to get
those Notebooks. I am extremely interested in Western Occultism and Metaphysics.

alexis d.
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>"The line of sages which had penetrated into the secret of the First and=
> gave these symbolic religions to the masses has shifted its headquarters=
> from epoch to epoch.  From the sixth to the thirteenth centuries it=
> flourished in Angkor, but for seven hundred years before that it flourished=
> in South India.  Reminders of this earlier centre exist in plenty in the=
> architectural forms and sculptural details.  Even the Sanskrit used by the=
> Brahmin priests in Cambodia is of Pallava (South Indian) origin.  But the=
> wheel of karma turned, the Cambodian empire declined and disappeared with a=
> rapidity which outran the fall of the Romans.  The rulers were dazzled by=
> wealth and conquest=20and failed to heed the advice of the sages.  The=
> latter withdrew and migrated to Tibet.
>"You ask me if they are the same adepts as those spoken of by H.P.Blavatsky.=
> When she was a girl and fled from her husband, she accidentally met a group=
> of Russian Buddhist Kalmucks who were proceeding by a roundabout route on=
> pilgrimage to the Dalai Lama of Tibet.  She joined the caravan as a means=
> of escape from her husband.  One of them was an adept.  He took care of her=
> and protected her and brought her to Lhasa.  She was initiated in due=
> course into the secret tradition.  She visited other parts of Tibet and=
> also India.  Before the existance of the Angkor ruins was known in the=
> West, she was sent there to continue her studies and to receive a certain=
> contact by meditation in the temples.  H.P.B. went but experienced great=
> difficulty in travelling through the uncleared jungle; however, she bravely=
> suffered all discomforts.  Later, she was introduced to a codisciple, who=
> eventually became a High Lama and a personal advisor to the Dalai Lama.  He=
> was the son of a Mongolian prince, but for public purposes took the name of=
> "The Thunderbolt" - that is, "Dorje'.  On account of his personal knowledge=
> of and interest in Russia, he gradually altered it to "Dorjeff." Before=
> their guru died, he instructed Blavatsky to give a most elementary part of=
> the secret tradition to the Western people, while he instructed Dorjeff to=
> follow her further career with watchful interest.  Dorjeff gave her certain=
> advice; she went to America and founded the Theosophical Society.  Her guru=
> had forbidden her to give out his name.  Moreover, she knew much more of=
> the teachings than she revealed.  But she was always fearful of saying too=
> much, so she constantly created what she called 'blinds' and wrapped her=
> truthful secrets in imaginary clothes.  I may say no more.  However, the=
> poor woman was unjustly maligned by her enemies.  Her sole desire was to=
> help humanity.  They could never understand her peculiar character nor her=
> Oriental methods.  Her society did an enormous service to white people by=
> opening their eyes to Eastern truths.  But its real mission is over; hence=
> its present weak condition.  A new instrument will take up the work in 1939=
> and give a higher revelation to the world, which is now better prepared.But=
> the beginning of this work will be as quiet and unnoticed as the planting=
> of a seed.  It is 108 years since H.P.B.'s birth.  There are 108 steps on=
> the path to Nirvana.  Amongst all the Yogis of the Himalaya, 108 is=
> regarded as the most sacred number.  It is also kabbalistically connected=
> with the year 1939 in a most important way.  Therefore, this year will=
> witness the departure of the adepts from Tibet. Their location was always a=
> secret; even most of the High Lamas never knew it.  Tibet has lost its=
> value for them; its isolation had begun to disappear rapidly and its rulers=
> no longer respond faithfully to them.  They leave Tibet seven hundred years=
> after their arrival."
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