C. Jinarajadasa (1875–1953)

THE EARLY TEACHINGS OF THE MASTERS : 1881-1883

INTRODUCTION

During the year 1881, two very able Englishmen,
who were resident in India at the time, joined the
Theosophical Society. They were Alfred Percy Sinnett,
Editor of the Pioneer, and Allan Octavian Hume,
who held a very high appointment in the service of
the British Government. Mr. Sinnett, in The Occult
World, narrates the commencement of his friendship
with Madame H. P. Blavatsky. By reading the letters
of "H. P. B." and the diaries of Col. Olcott at this
period, it is possible to gain a fair idea of the relations
between her and these two inquirers into
Theosophy.

The instruction given by certain of the Masters of
the wisdom to A. P. Sinnett and A. O. Hume came in
the form of answers to questions which they propounded.
The inquirers wrote their questions, which
were then given or sent to H. P. B., who was in Allahabad,
Simla or Bombay, as the case might be, either
residing with them or at a distance. The procedure
adopted by the Masters seems to have been roughly
as follows: Sometimes the Masters, by occult means,
brought the letter to Their residences in Tibet;
sometimes They read the letter in India wherever it was
written. In a few cases, the Master K. H. after...… (más)

FIRTS PRINCIPLES OF THEOSOPHY

INTRODUCTION

THEOSOPHY is the wisdom arising from the
study of the evolution of life and form. This
wisdom already exists, because the study has
been pursued for long ages by properly equipped
investigators into nature's mysteries. The
tigators, who are called the Masters of
the Wisdom, are those souls who in the
evolutionary process have passed beyond the stage
of man to the next higher, that of the "Adept".

As man evolves to Adept, he gains knowledge
by-investigation and experiment. The knowl
edge so far gained by an unbroken line of
Adepts is Theosophy, the Ancient Wisdom.

As man becomes Adept, he ceases to be
merely an item in the evolutionary process,
and appears as a master and director of that
process, under the supervision of a great
Consciousness called in Theosophy the Locos. He
is enabled, as a co-operator with the Locos,
to see nature from His standpoint, and to some
extent survey her, not as her helpless tool, but...… (más)

DIOSES ENCADENADOS

El mundo está pleno de conocimientos, y sin
embargo, el hombre ansía siempre saber más.

Probablemente nunca hubo en el pasado Histórico del
mundo, tal abundancia de conocimientos como la
que existe hoy en día. En cuestiones religiosas
pueden hoy encontrarse en nuestras bibliotecas
públicas, traducciones de las escrituras de todas las
grandes religiones, y además, muchas obras clásicas
sobre religiones comparadas y antropología
n Filosofía, podemos estudiar, en cualquier Universidad,
todos los sistemas filosóficos de la India, de
China, y de Grecia, así como los de la Europa
medioeval y moderna.

La Ciencia moderna nos suministra
hecho tras hecho respecto a las diversas
ramas del saber, de los cuales hay tal cantidad,
como para dar vértigo a nuestra imaginación.

Y en el dominio del Arte, considerando el
mero conocimiento del Arte, hoy nos es dable saber
en qué forma culminó la creación artistica en
la antigüedad, y documentarnos con numerosas
publicaciones respecto a lo que es el Arte en
nuestros días...… (más)

LETTERS FROM THE MASTERS
OF THE WISDOM 1870-1900

FOREWORD

I AM privileged to introduce to the world this
priceless booklet of Letters from the Elder
Brothers, who were the true Founders of the
Theosophical Society. Many a Pilgrim on the
Probationary Path will find in it much of help
and inspiration, and it will serve to deepen
the sense of the reality of our Teachers,
sometimes blurred in the minds of neophytes by
the tumultuous happenings in the outer world,
the notes of a vina are drowned if played
in the rattle of an engine-shed. May it speak
to those who have ears to hear
ANNIE BESANT… (más)