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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
 
*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/articles/GoldenStairsCommentary.pdf# The Golden Stairs - Ethics in the Ancient Wisdom tradition] by John Algeo
*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/articles/GScom.pdf# The Golden Stairs: A Commentary] by Sidney A. Сооk
*[http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/articles/GScom.pdf# The Golden Stairs: A Commentary] by Sidney A. Сооk
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/54-04-5/oc-rook2.htm# Golden Stairs to the Temple of Wisdom] by Andrew Rooke
*[http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/54-04-5/oc-rook2.htm# Golden Stairs to the Temple of Wisdom] by Andrew Rooke


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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