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'''Kāma''' (devanāgarī: काम) is a [[Sanskrit]] term meaning "desire," "wish," "passion," or "pleasure of the senses." | '''Kāma''' (devanāgarī: काम) is a [[Sanskrit]] term meaning "[[desire]]," "wish," "passion," or "pleasure of the senses." | ||
In [[Theosophy]] the terms refers to the [[fourth principle]] of human beings is "the seat of animal desires and passions. This is the centre of the animal man, where lies the line of demarcation which separates the mortal man from the immortal entity."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Key to Theosophy'', (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 91.</ref> | In [[Theosophy]] the terms refers to the [[fourth principle]] of human beings is "the seat of animal desires and passions. This is the centre of the animal man, where lies the line of demarcation which separates the mortal man from the immortal entity."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Key to Theosophy'', (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 91.</ref> | ||
==Online resources== | |||
===Articles=== | |||
*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=K%C4%81ma# Kāma] at Theosopedia | |||
*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/2195# Desire and Spiritual Selfishness] by Edward Abdill | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Sanskrit terms]] | [[Category:Sanskrit terms]] | ||
Revision as of 20:49, 30 January 2013
Kāma (devanāgarī: काम) is a Sanskrit term meaning "desire," "wish," "passion," or "pleasure of the senses."
In Theosophy the terms refers to the fourth principle of human beings is "the seat of animal desires and passions. This is the centre of the animal man, where lies the line of demarcation which separates the mortal man from the immortal entity."[1]
Online resources
Articles
- Kāma at Theosopedia
- Desire and Spiritual Selfishness by Edward Abdill
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Key to Theosophy, (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 91.