Esoteric BuddhismTrübner, 1884 - 215 pages |
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... Theosophist , a monthly magazine , published hitherto at Bombay , but now at Madras , by the leaders of the Theo- sophical Society . As almost all the articles re- ferred to have been my own writing , I have X PREFACE .
... Theosophist , a monthly magazine , published hitherto at Bombay , but now at Madras , by the leaders of the Theo- sophical Society . As almost all the articles re- ferred to have been my own writing , I have X PREFACE .
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Alfred Percy Sinnett. ferred to have been my own writing , I have not hesitated to weld parts of them , when this course has been convenient , into the present volume . A certain advantage is gained by thus showing how the separate ...
Alfred Percy Sinnett. ferred to have been my own writing , I have not hesitated to weld parts of them , when this course has been convenient , into the present volume . A certain advantage is gained by thus showing how the separate ...
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... writings . Mr. Rhys Davids , re- ferring to a multiplicity of original texts and Sans- crit authorities , says : - " One might fill pages with the awe - struck and ecstatic praise which is lavished in Buddhist writings on this condition ...
... writings . Mr. Rhys Davids , re- ferring to a multiplicity of original texts and Sans- crit authorities , says : - " One might fill pages with the awe - struck and ecstatic praise which is lavished in Buddhist writings on this condition ...
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... writings are described , with no less reverence in Indian literature , as those of the Mahatmas , and this volume ... writing ; but very little of this is of the least use to readers who take up the subject without previous knowledge ...
... writings are described , with no less reverence in Indian literature , as those of the Mahatmas , and this volume ... writing ; but very little of this is of the least use to readers who take up the subject without previous knowledge ...
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... writings the Sanscrit names of these principles are given as well as suitable terms in English . * * The nomenclature here adopted differs slightly from that hit upon when some of the present teachings were first given out in a ...
... writings the Sanscrit names of these principles are given as well as suitable terms in English . * * The nomenclature here adopted differs slightly from that hit upon when some of the present teachings were first given out in a ...
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