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A designation of the Five gods worshipped at the island of that name during the Mysteries. They are ...  +
A power of internal illumination. Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary<span style="color: g...  +
Lit., from ''Sam'' and ''Krî'', to improve, refine, impress. In Hindu philosophy the term is used to...  +
The same as Dhyâna or meditation. Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary<span style="color: g...  +
A deity worshipped by the Tantrikas. Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary<span style="color...  +
A minor Kalpa. A period in creation after which a partial annihilation of the world occurs. Category...  +
The Kalpa or period of destruction, the same as ''Pralaya''. Every root‐race and sub‐ race is subjec...  +
The name of an Indian chronological era, supposed to have commenced fifty‐seven years B.C. Category:...  +
False conception — the origin of illusion. Category: CTD info from Theosophical Glossary<span style=...  +
Truth mixed with false conceptions (Samvriti); the reverse of absolute truth — or'' '' ''Paramârthas...  +
Mendicancy for religious purposes: the correct profession. It is the fourth Mârga (path), the vow of...  +
The ability to discuss truth. The first of the eight Mârga (paths) of the ascetic. Category: CTD inf...  +
The last of the eight Mârgas. Strict purity and observance of honesty, disinterestedness and unselfi...  +
Absolute mental coma. The sixth of the eight Mârgas; the full attainment of Samâdhi. Category: CTD i...  +
Or ''Sammâsambuddha'' as pronounced in Ceylon. Lit., the Buddha of correct and harmonious knowledge,...  +
A Buddhist work composed mostly of dialogues between Buddha and his disciples. Category: CTD info fr...  +
In the Sutta-Pitaka. See Pali Text Society Translation Series No. 16: The Book of Kindred Sayings, P...  +
Untraced <span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-styl...  +
One of the three ''esoteric'' Kumâras, whose names are Sana, Kapila and Sanatsujâta, the mysterious ...  +
A sacred plant, the fibres of which are woven into yellow robes for Buddhist priests. Category: CTD ...  +