The Golden Stairs: Difference between revisions

From Theosophy Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "'''The Golden Stairs''' is a writing said to have taken from a letter of a Master, which H. P. Blavatsky presented to members of the Esoteric Se...")
 
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
'''The Golden Stairs''' is a writing said to have taken from a letter of a [[Master]], which [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] presented to members of the Esoteric Section of the [[Theosophical Society]] as guide to [[Chela|Chelaship]]. It reads:
'''The Golden Stairs''' is a writing taken "from the letter of a [[Master]]" that [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] published. It was first presented in 1888 as a private document to members of the Esoteric Section of the [[Theosophical Society]], as guide to [[Chela|Chelaship]]. The text was made public for all to read in 1890. It reads:


<blockquote>Behold the truth before you: a clean life, an open mind, a pure heart, an eager intellect, an unveiled spiritual perception, a brotherliness for one’s co-disciple, a readiness to give and receive advice and instruction, a loyal sense of duty to the Teacher, a willing obedience to the behests of Truth, once we have placed our confidence in, and believe that Teacher to be in possession of it; a courageous endurance of personal injustice, a brave declaration of principles, a valiant defence of those who are unjustly attacked, and a constant eye to the ideal of human progression and perfection which the secret science (Gupta-Vidya) depicts—these are the golden stairs up the steps of which the learner may climb to the Temple of Divine Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 503.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>Behold the truth before you: a clean life, an open mind, a pure heart, an eager intellect, an unveiled spiritual perception, a brotherliness for one’s co-disciple, a readiness to give and receive advice and instruction, a loyal sense of duty to the Teacher, a willing obedience to the behests of Truth, once we have placed our confidence in, and believe that Teacher to be in possession of it; a courageous endurance of personal injustice, a brave declaration of principles, a valiant defence of those who are unjustly attacked, and a constant eye to the ideal of human progression and perfection which the secret science (Gupta-Vidya) depicts—these are the golden stairs up the steps of which the learner may climb to the Temple of Divine Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 503.</ref></blockquote>
== Notes ==
<references/>


==Further reading==
==Further reading==

Revision as of 22:53, 9 November 2012

The Golden Stairs is a writing taken "from the letter of a Master" that H. P. Blavatsky published. It was first presented in 1888 as a private document to members of the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society, as guide to Chelaship. The text was made public for all to read in 1890. It reads:

Behold the truth before you: a clean life, an open mind, a pure heart, an eager intellect, an unveiled spiritual perception, a brotherliness for one’s co-disciple, a readiness to give and receive advice and instruction, a loyal sense of duty to the Teacher, a willing obedience to the behests of Truth, once we have placed our confidence in, and believe that Teacher to be in possession of it; a courageous endurance of personal injustice, a brave declaration of principles, a valiant defence of those who are unjustly attacked, and a constant eye to the ideal of human progression and perfection which the secret science (Gupta-Vidya) depicts—these are the golden stairs up the steps of which the learner may climb to the Temple of Divine Wisdom.[1]

Notes

  1. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 503.

Further reading