Guest guest Posted November 15, 2002 Report Share Posted November 15, 2002 "Bhakti Ananda Goswami" <bhakti.eohn@v...> Fri Nov 15, 2002 6:02 am ATHEISM IN THE MAHATMA LETTERS DO THE THEOSOPHICAL AND RELATED NEW AGE 'ASCENDED MASTERS' TEACH ATHEISM? Message 8549 of 8766 Sun Nov 10, 2002 6:10 am Master KH on "God": Mahatma Letter No. 10 Mahatma Letter No. 10 http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/mahatma/ml-10.htm [Transcribed from a copy in Mr. Sinnett's handwriting. -- Ed] NOTES BY K.H. ON A "PRELIMINARY CHAPTER" HEADED "GOD" BY HUME, INTENDED TO PREFACE AN EXPOSITION OF OCCULT PHILOSOPHY (ABRIDGED). Received at Simla, 1881-? '82. Neither our philosophy nor ourselves believe in a God, least of all in one whose pronoun necessitates a capital G. *************** Therefore, we deny God both as philosophers and as Buddhists. We know there are planetary and other spiritual lives, and we know there is in our system no such thing as God, either personal or impersonal. Parabrahm is not a God, but absolute immutable law, and Iswar is the effect of Avidya and Maya, ignorance based upon the great delusion. The word "God" was invented to designate the unknown cause of those effects which man has either admired or dreaded without understanding them, and since we claim and that we are able to prove what we claim -- i.e. the knowledge of that cause and causes we are in a position to maintain there is no God or Gods behind them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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