Synonym?
May 16, 1996 04:35 PM
by Dr. A.M.Bain
In message <960516000439_114619165@emout10.mail.aol.com>, RIhle@aol.com
writes
>P.S.: I was the happiest of men the other day: I actually found a place (in
>COLLECTED WRITINGS, p.53) where HPB puts *Buddhi* in parenthesis as a
>synonym for *Spirit*.
>
>Godspeed,
>
>Richard Ihle
Glad you were happy! I would opine that "Buddhi" and "Spirit" live next
door to each other, but are not synonymous. "Atma" and "Spirit" share
the same house. Just an opinion. ("Mahatma" is often translated Great
[Maha] Spirit [Atma].
Alan :-)
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