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'''Svayambhū''' (devanāgarī: स्वयम्भू) also spelled ''swayambu'', is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning "self-manifested" or "created by its own accord." [[H. P. Blavatsky]] uses it as a name for the "universal spirit."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 52.</ref> | '''Svayambhū''' (devanāgarī: स्वयम्भू) also spelled ''swayambu'', is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning "self-manifested" or "created by its own accord." [[H. P. Blavatsky]] uses it as a name for the "universal spirit."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 52.</ref> She wrote: | ||
<blockquote>Svayambhû (Sk.). A metaphysical and philosophical term, meaning “the spontaneously self-produced” or the “self-existent being”. An epithet of Brahmâ.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 315.</ref></blockquote> | |||
In the [[Cosmological Notes]], [[Morya|Mahatma M.]] writes: | In the [[Cosmological Notes]], [[Morya|Mahatma M.]] writes: | ||
<blockquote>Swayambu occupies every part of [[space]] which itself is boundless and [[Eternity|eternal]], hence must be space in one sense. Swayambu becomes [[Puruṣa|Purush]] when coming in contact with [[matter]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. LBS-Appendix II (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 509.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Swayambu occupies every part of [[space]] which itself is boundless and [[Eternity|eternal]], hence must be space in one sense. Swayambu becomes [[Puruṣa|Purush]] when coming in contact with [[matter]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. LBS-Appendix II (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 509.</ref></blockquote> | ||
== Svāyambhuva == | |||
This term means something relating to or derived from svayambhū, the Self-existent. The first [[Manu#Root_and_Seed_Manus|Root Manu]] on this [[Planetary Chain]] is called [[svayambhū#Svāyambhuva|Svāyambhuva]], interpreted as the "son of svayambhū.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 311.</ref> Mme. Blavatsky wrote: | |||
<blockquote>Swâyambhuva [is] the first of the Manus, who started from Swâyambhu, “the self-existent” hence the Logos, and the progenitor of mankind.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 206.</ref></blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>Who was Manu, the son of Svâyambhuva? The secret doctrine tells us that ''this'' Manu was no man, but the representation of the first human races evolved with the help of the [[Dhyāni-Chohan|Dhyan-Chohans]] (Devas) at the beginning of the [[Round#First Round|first Round]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 576.</ref></blockquote> | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 23:53, 27 October 2016
Svayambhū (devanāgarī: स्वयम्भू) also spelled swayambu, is a Sanskrit word meaning "self-manifested" or "created by its own accord." H. P. Blavatsky uses it as a name for the "universal spirit."[1] She wrote:
Svayambhû (Sk.). A metaphysical and philosophical term, meaning “the spontaneously self-produced” or the “self-existent being”. An epithet of Brahmâ.[2]
In the Cosmological Notes, Mahatma M. writes:
Swayambu occupies every part of space which itself is boundless and eternal, hence must be space in one sense. Swayambu becomes Purush when coming in contact with matter.[3]
Svāyambhuva
This term means something relating to or derived from svayambhū, the Self-existent. The first Root Manu on this Planetary Chain is called Svāyambhuva, interpreted as the "son of svayambhū.[4] Mme. Blavatsky wrote:
Swâyambhuva [is] the first of the Manus, who started from Swâyambhu, “the self-existent” hence the Logos, and the progenitor of mankind.[5]
Who was Manu, the son of Svâyambhuva? The secret doctrine tells us that this Manu was no man, but the representation of the first human races evolved with the help of the Dhyan-Chohans (Devas) at the beginning of the first Round.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 52.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 315.
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. LBS-Appendix II (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 509.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine vol. II, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 311.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 206.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. IV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 576.