2023 May Programme
| 6 May 2023 | 4:30 p.m.* |
The Mystery of Buddha In her article on The Mystery of Buddha in the third volume of The Secret Doctrine, Madame Blavatsky explains that Shrî Shankarâchârya, who appeared in India shortly after the death of the Lord Buddha, was in a sense a reincarnation of the Buddha, inasmuch as He used the “astral” remains of Gautama, and she says, such “astral bodies” must be regarded in the light of separate or independent Powers or Gods rather than material objects. She concludes: “Hence the right way of representing the truth would be to say that the various principles, the Bodhisattva, of Gautama Buddha, which did not go to Nirvâna, re-united to form the middle principle of Shankarâchârya, the earthly Entity.”
In the talks this week and the next, Chong Sanne will explore the esoteric truths with members.
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| 13 May 2023 | 4:30 p.m.* |
Shri Shankaracharya This is a sequel to the previous week’s talk by Chong Sanne.
“We are now in a position to understand Madame Blavatsky’s statement that the principles of the Buddha were employed as the middle principles of Shrî Shankarâchârya, but the physical Shankarâchârya was quite a different man, and the Âtma of Shankarâchârya was absolutely distinct from that of the Buddha.”
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| 20 May 2023 | 4:30 p.m.* |
What is God? Our Hon. Secretary, Lily Chong, will talk on this somewhat controversial subject that seems to divide humanity. Most of us have a need for God, yet there is little we know about Him. Does He exist? Indeed, what is God? See May 2023 newsletter.
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| 27 May 2023 | 4:30 p.m.* |
Religion -- The Cause of Two-Thirds of the World’s Evil The president, Chong Sanne, conducts a special study class on one of the Mahatma Letters on God and religion. See story in the October 2007 newsletter.
This will be followed by a video entitled “Is Religion Really the Cause of Two-Thirds of the World’s Evil?” with Professor Robert Ellwood pondering over this statement and its relevance today in this 35 min. programme.
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