Esoteric Induism: Doctrine and Quotes

By Robert Maxwell

Everything that becomes, transforms, dies, disappears, does not belong to the sphere of being. Nature does not possess true ontological reality: it is becoming universal. Every cosmic form, however complex and majestic, ends up disintegrating; the Universe itself is periodically reabsorbed, with "great dissolutions" ( mahapralaya ), in the primordial matrix ( prakriti ). This mysterious process that generates and sustains the cosmos (and in so doing makes possible the "eternal return" of existences) is the "maya", the cosmic illusion borne (or worse still valued) by man until he is blinded by the non- knowledge ( avidya ). The absolute reality, the pure Being, the Absolute, whatever the name by which it is meant: the Self (atman), the unconditioned, the transcendent, the immortal, the indestructible, Nirvana, etc. it is beyond the cosmic illusion woven by maya, and beyond the human experience conditioned by the "karman", the law of universal causality that makes man supportive of the Cosmos and condemns him to a perennial transmigration; The knowledge of the truth is not precious in itself, it becomes precious thanks to its soteriological function, because the truth helps the man to free himself. The supreme purpose of the essay is not the possession of truth, but liberation, the conquest of absolute freedom.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BLR6T1Y8
• ISBN13: 9798362594947
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"