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1、“EverycountryhasitsSaviours.Hewhodissipatesthedarknessofignorancebythehelpofthetorchofscience,thusdisclosingtousthetruth,deservesthattitleasamarkofourgratitude,quiteasmuchashewhosavesusfromdeathbyhealingourbodies.Suchaoneawakensinourbenumbedsoulsthefacultyof
2、distinguishingthetruefromthefalse,bykindlingthereinadivineflamehithertoabsent,andhehastherighttoourgratefulreverence,forhehasbecomeourcreator.Whatmattersthenameofthesymbolthatpersonifiestheabstractidea,ifthatideaisalwaysthesameandistrue?Whethertheconcretesym
3、bolbearsonetitleoranother,whethertheSaviourinwhomwebelievehasforanearthlynameKrishna,Buddha,JesusorAesculapius-alsocalled‘Saviour-God’,wehavebuttorememberonething:symbolsofdivinetruthwerenotinventedfortheamusementoftheignorant;theyarethealphaandomegaofphilos
4、ophicalthought.”H.P.BlavatskyOtherTheosophyTrustBooksTheDawningofWisdomEssaysonWalkingthePathbyRaghavanIyerTeachersoftheEternalDoctrineFromTsong-Ka-PatoNostradamusbyEltonHallTheKeytoTheosophyAnExpositionoftheEthics,Science,andPhilosophybyH.P.BlavatskyEvoluti
5、onandIntelligentDesigninTheSecretDoctrineTheSynthesisofScience,ReligionandPhilosophybyH.P.BlavatskycompiledbyTheEditorialBoardofTheosophyTrustSymbolsoftheEternalDoctrineFromShamballatoParadiseCopyright©July4,2007byTheosophyTrustAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthis
6、bookmaybeusedorreproducedbyanymeans–graphic,electronic,ormechanical-includingphotocopying,recording,tapingorbyanyinformationstorageretrievalsystemwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher,exceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews.T
7、heosophyTrustbooksmaybeorderedthroughBookSurge,Amazon.com,andotherbooksellers,orbyvisiting:http://www.theosophytrust.org/online_books.phpISBN978-0-9793205-1-4ISBN0-9793205-1-8eBookISBN:978-0-9832220-4-0LibraryofCongressControlNumber2007902478PrintedintheUnit
8、edStatesofAmericaToNandiniIyerSpititualTeacher,Thinker,andanInspirationtoAllWhoHaveHadtheGreatGoodKarmatoLearnfromHerKRISHNA:MensaythattheAshwattha,theeternalsacredtree,growswithitsrootsaboveand
