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Monad (μονάς ''monas'') is a Greek word for "unit". With the Pythagoreans it was a term for Divinity, the source or the One. | Monad (μονάς ''monas'') is a Greek word for "unit". With the Pythagoreans it was a term for Divinity, the source or the One. | ||
In [[Theosophy]] monad refers to the two highest [[principles]], [[atman]] and [[buddhi]]. The monad, compelled by the [[ | In [[Theosophy]] monad refers to the two highest [[principles]], [[atman]] and [[buddhi]]. The monad, compelled by the [[circle of necessity]], engages in a process of [[evolution]] from which emerges as a triad after assimilating the essence of [[manas]] during the stage of human [[evolution]]: | ||
<blockquote>'''Monad''' (Gr.). The Unity, the one ; but in Occultism it often means the unified triad, Atma-Buddhi-Manas, or the duad, Atma-Buddhi, that immortal part of man which reincarnates in the lower kingdoms, and gradually progresses through them to Man and then to the final goal— Nirvâna.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 216.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>'''Monad''' (Gr.). The Unity, the one ; but in Occultism it often means the unified triad, Atma-Buddhi-Manas, or the duad, Atma-Buddhi, that immortal part of man which reincarnates in the lower kingdoms, and gradually progresses through them to Man and then to the final goal— Nirvâna.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 216.</ref></blockquote> | ||
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Monad (μονάς monas) is a Greek word for "unit". With the Pythagoreans it was a term for Divinity, the source or the One.
In Theosophy monad refers to the two highest principles, atman and buddhi. The monad, compelled by the circle of necessity, engages in a process of evolution from which emerges as a triad after assimilating the essence of manas during the stage of human evolution:
Monad (Gr.). The Unity, the one ; but in Occultism it often means the unified triad, Atma-Buddhi-Manas, or the duad, Atma-Buddhi, that immortal part of man which reincarnates in the lower kingdoms, and gradually progresses through them to Man and then to the final goal— Nirvâna.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 216.