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Anthony Santagato

The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky, Vol 1, bk 1, stanza 1 - 0 views

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  • the incomprehensible deity, whose “invisible robes
  • the incomprehensible deity, whose “invisible robes
  • Vol. 1, Page  48   THE SECRET DOCTRINE.
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  • The “Parent Space” is the eternal, ever present cause of all — the incomprehensible deity, whose “invisible robes” are the mystic root of all matter, and of the Universe
  • One has to acquire true Self-Consciousness in order to understand Samvriti, or the ‘origin of delusion.’ ” Paramartha is the synonym of the Sanskrit term Svasam-vedana, or “the reflection which analyses itself.”
  • matrix in which the sources of light appear and disappear
  • What is Time, for instance, but the panoramic succession of our states of consciousness? In the words of a Master, “I feel irritated at having to use these three clumsy words — Past, Present, and Future — miserable concepts of the objective phases of the subjective whole, they are about as ill-adapted for the purpose as an axe for fine carving.”
  • Darkness, then, is the eternal
  • Dreamless sleep is one of the seven states of consciousness known in Oriental esotericism
  • These abstractions become more and more concrete as they approach our plane of existence, until finally they phenomenalise in the form of the material Universe, by a process of conversion of metaphysics into physics, analogous to that by which steam can be condensed into water, and the water frozen into ice.
  • the miner knows what the gold will look like when extracted from the quartz, whereas the common mortal can form no conception of the reality of things separated from the Maya which veils them, and in which they are hidden. Alone the Initiate, rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no Maya can have any influence. It is here that the teachings of esoteric philosophy in relation to the Nidanas and the Four Truths become of the greatest importance; but they are secret.
  • But perhaps the phrase, the “One Form of Existence,” is not altogether correct. The Sanskrit word is Prabhavapyaya, “the place, or rather plane, whence emerges the origination, and into which is the resolution of all things,”
  • Material Cause of the Universe.”
  • In each of these states a different portion of the mind comes into action; or as a Vedantin would express it, the individual is conscious in a different plane of his being.
  • they ignore the metaphysical abstractions which are the only conceivable cause of physical concretions
  • Thus, the “Robes” stand for the noumenon of undifferentiated Cosmic Matter. It is not matter as we know it, but the spiritual essence of matter, and is co-eternal and even one with Space in its abstract sense. Root-nature is also the source of the subtile invisible properties in visible matter.
  • The Hinayana System, or School of the “Little Vehicle,” is of very ancient growth; while the Mahayana is of a later period, having originated after the death of Buddha. Yet the tenets of the latter are as old as the hills that have contained such schools from time immemorial, and the Hinayana and Mahayana Schools (the latter, that of the “Great Vehicle”) both teach the same doctrine in reality. Yana, or Vehicle (in Sanskrit, Vahan) is a mystic expression, both “vehicles” inculcating that man may escape the sufferings of rebirths and even the false bliss of Devachan, by obtaining Wisdom and Knowledge, which alone can dispel the Fruits of Illusion and Ignorance.
  • Anthony Santagato on 21 Feb 12
     
    root of all matter
  • Anthony Santagato on 21 Feb 12
     
    I think this is the age old question....how did the material world including sentinent beings emerge? From nothingness? Blavatsky does a good job of taking us on a path of challenging this questions....what is the root of all matter...Western scientists believe they are close to finding out....but are still confounded by this question...Eastern mystics, sages, and adepts believe they have the answer....
Anthony Santagato

should we stop to exist? - 2 views

But isn't life ground in suffering and pain? So why would the Buddha not be a nihilist? what would be the purpose of an existent being? is it just the nature of things? If pain is to truly end ...

Buddha thought commentary

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Anthony Santagato

On Suffering - 2 views

this all comes from The Light of the Dhamma - vol I http://host.pariyatti.org/treasures/The_Light_of_the_Dhamma_Vol-01-No-01-1952-11.pdf

concept of suffering according to the Buddha

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http://host.pariyatti.org/treasures/The_Light_of_the_Dhamma_Vol-01-No-01-1952-11.pdf - 3 views

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Buddhism Insights Commentary on teachings

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  • Anthony Santagato on 19 Mar 11
     
    Light of the Dhamma Vol I No 1, Nov, 1952 Course of lectures and quotations from the actual Buddhist Scriptures,
  • Anthony Santagato on 19 Mar 11
     
    Incredible commentary from important meetings in Rangoon, Sri Lanka 1952
Anthony Santagato

Numerical Sayings I(6) - 4 views

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Buddhsim teachings mental state purity of mind

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    The power of a disciplined mind
  • Anthony Santagato on 21 Feb 11
     
    purified mind and mental states
Anthony Santagato

Samyutta Nikaya 23:15 III 196.1 - 6 views

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Buddhism suffering ancient texts

shared by Anthony Santagato on 18 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Form, Radha, is suffering
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      Anthony Santagato on 18 Feb 11
       
      Form: so just being connected to our bodies is connected to human suffering? Makes sense since the ulitimate goal is to reach a formless state of being or not being. Before we evolved we were formless and thoughtless and connected to the energy of the universe
  • Anthony Santagato on 18 Feb 11
     
    Buddha's saying or teaching on suffering
  • Anthony Santagato on 18 Feb 11
     
    Brief conversation regarding suffering but very powerful and full of potential analysis & meditative thought
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