Dharma Paths

It's worth noting that the Urantia Book originated through an unnamed man in a similar trance-like sleeping state as Cayce's readings. Yep! Course in Miracles, Seth stuff, Alice Bailey's books and many other channelled works have the common thread of providing "answers" clear & precise, to many que...

Bodhisattva Atisha knew and was guided at times by Tara. Here are his verses in praise of Tara: PRAISE OF ARYA-TARA By Atisa Homage to the Venerable Arya-Tara! 1 Gods and asuras with their crowns bow down to Your lotus feet; Liberator from all problems, [Mother] Tara - homage to You! 2 On those Avic...

The powerful Master Hsu Yun who inspired Master Hua, writes a poem on bodhisattva motivation: http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/101_132/vbs111/111_3.htm The communist Chinese tried to kill him by beating him to death, several times. They finally gave up. This happened when Master Yun was over 100 years...

11 'Tell me, great Sage, of that by which they may be freed from samsara! '- Thus addressed, that Lord of the World, illustrious Avalokita, 12 Spoke these melodious words unto the ever-watchful Vajrapani:- 'Listen, High Lord of the Guhyakas! By the power of the vow 13 'Of Amitibha, the Protector, w...

Girard give a concise outline of the contents of the Popol Vuh : The Popol Vuh forms a complete treatise of theogony, cosmogony, and astronomy. It gives us theology: the birth and formation of the gods, of men, of species and things; that is, the birth and formation of the words with which they are ...

Master comments on some lines of Lao Tzu: http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/148/vbs148p012e.pdf He begins like so: The reason why we study the Buddhadharma is so that we can cultivate the Way, the Tao. The reason we cultivate the Tao is to accomplish Buddhahood. You absolutely have to cultivate...

So if anyone, or you, Nicholas, have any links or information on Quetzalcoatl ... or books or texts of such, I would greatly appreciate it, as I am always the River. Thank you. Word search the two Popol Vuh texts I just added, there are several mentions of Q. The Glossary in the Girard book says: G...

This is a recent translation with notes & comments on the actual Popol Vuh text:

http://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Chr ... polVuh.pdf

Other translations in several languages are available now.

The ancient Quiché land & people have their Popol Vuh . This is only part of an oral tradition that was only written down several hundred years ago. Here is a study of their esoteric view of life, based on this sacred book: https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/popolvuh/esotericism_of_the_popol_vuh.p...

Master was only a teenager when this happened: As told by the Venerable Master: The First Ordeal: Dogs Several people want to know what it feels like observing filial piety by the grave. Today I will roughly describe it. On the first day of mourning, I encountered a big challenge. What was it? In th...

Based on an early (1870s?) letter from a Master, published in 1888 as "Some Words on Daily Life": https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/ub/v13n03p145_some-words-on-daily-life.htm#n1 Bumping up this classic short piece; which begins: It is divine philosophy alone, the spiritual and psychic blending o...

As for human nature in general, it is the same now as it was a million of years ago: Prejudice based upon selfishness; a general unwillingness to give up an established order of things for new modes of life and thought — and occult study requires all that and much more —; pride and stubborn resista...

Goodness gracious, DNS is Doing a lot of Daring videos in this late November.

Well, back to my reading...

Memories from an early Western disciple who became, and still is, a Bhikshu: http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/500/vbs500p024.pdf An excerpt: He listened to my story [of a nightmare in Hell] for a moment and then took the conversation in a different direction. He told me to listen carefully. He...

You could save DNS some bandwidth if you displayed much smaller excerpts & images. As long as a link is there, that is the better way to study large texts.

231. Let a man guard himself against irritability in bodily action; let him be controlled in deed. Abandoning bodily misconduct, let him practice good conduct in deed. 232. Let a man guard himself against irritability in speech; let him be controlled in speech. Abandoning verbal misconduct, let him...

Sutra: They can succeed in their destructiveness through your mind, which is the host of the five skandhas. If the host becomes confused, the guests will be able to do as they please. Commentary: They can succeed in their destructiveness through your mind, which is the host of the five skandhas. Ba...

Shurangama Sutra: It is also possible to feel satisfied after a small accomplishment, like the Unlearned Bhikshu who reached the Fourth Dhyana and claimed that he had realized sagehood. Commentary: It is also possible to feel satisfied after a small accomplishment. In cultivation, even if you do no...

A later 2009 one volume edition of this sutra has a long Foreword. Here is how the section on the demonic states part at the end of the sutra begins: [my emphasis in bold ] Fifty Demonic States of Mind In this final section of the Sutra, the Buddha once again speaks without a request for teaching, a...

Often sources of influence & inspiration for spiritual folk are simplified and personalized. But obvious evil or good are not always as clear as appear to us. Subtle deception from sources combined with a casual, even sloppy attitude on the part of the aspirant can lead to disaster or at minimum, fo...