Kim OHara wrote:
I'm just looking for a bit of balance, Nicholas, since you provide none at all: all of your sources in this thread are from within Theosophy... If we are to have a useful discussion - which is the purpose of the board - we need both sides and (IMO) you need to argue your side rather than just plonk links and quotes in front of us.
Kim
Of course they are from within, just like the heart of Dhamma Wheel is the Dhamma. This thread is not for argument or advocacy, it is just showing a small movement (now) that helped support the Dhamma when it needed such a century plus ago. A helpful connection that is all.
Dharmapala Anagarika was another connection. He wanted to follow Blavatsky and her Mahatmas, but she said No, you would help humanity better by learning Pali and the Dhamma. So he took her advice.
If you crave 'discussion' or argument, then study up a little more on Theosophy (using my links & quotes, perhaps) and go ahead.
Good and evil have no fixed form. It's as easy to turn from doing bad to doing good as it is to flip over the hand from the back to the palm. It's simply up to us to do it. Master Hsuan Hua.