Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00432)

Dallas,
Thanks for your reply and comments. I enjoyed reading the scan you 
provided on Nirmanikaya. But I think what differs is you view in a specific aspect 
i.e.; the Completed Process, such as Mahatma, whereas I occasion a view that 
there are intermediate stages which are proceeded through before the Ultimate 
Stage. In reading the Nirmanakaya excerpts you provide although I have zero 
argument with any of it in principle as I also view H.P.B. when Theosophy is 
concerned the way you do. But I am regularly bopped in the forehead for some strange 
reason regarding that it seems to intimate that the Stage is completed in a 
single leap, not in three strides vis Nirmanakaya, Sambhogakaya, and 
Dharmakaya. I in my own way of thinking of this view Nirmanakaya as one of the three 
stages of that ultimate Unity, I can envision a Nirmanakaya that although 
Nirnamakaya, has not yet entered into the Bodhisattva Stage of Sambhogakaya or yet 
that of Dharmakaya. In Buddhism there are 10 Stages of Mind of the Bodhisattva 
of the Arhants, they are not achieved all at the same time so there can be 
differentiation's. I am aware of the Bodhisattva Vow of Eternal Sacrifice to help 
others cross to the other shore and it is a common (these days) vow even for 
Lay people that is taken following the Tradition, even Scientology has used it.

I also tend to agree with your view as to the difference between H.P.B and 
later viewpoints that were promulgated. There is a difference of emphasis, I 
have made my own comments in past posts in various ways.

For your perusal and possible enjoyment I provide a few links.

The Gift of a Guru
http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/traditional-paths/initiation/enlightenment.
asp

The Essence of Buddhahood
http://www.borobudur.tv/lanka_03.htm


Best regards,
John





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