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(Devachan is) the “land of gods” literally; a condition, a state of mental bliss. Philosophically a mental condition analogous to, but far more vivid and real than, the most vivid dream. It is the state after death of most mortals.

— Helena Blavatsky The Key to Theosophy (1889)

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"There is often greater martyrdom to live for the love of, whether man or an ideal, than to die" is a motto of the Mahatmas.

Maitreya is the secret name of the Fifth Buddha, and the Kalki Avatar of the Brahmins - the last Messiah who will come at the culmination of the Great Cycle.

Where two women meet, there a market springs; where three congregate, a bazaar is opened; and where seven talk, there begins a fair.

Gems from the East (1890)

Inaction in a deed of mercy becomes an action in a deadly sin.

There is no religion higher than truth.

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