The Voice of the Silence Being Chosen Fragments from the "Book of the Golden Precepts". For the Daily Use of Lanoos (Disciples).
Peking: The Chinese Buddhist Research Society, 1931. 3rd impression. "Kill thy desires, Lanoo, make thy vices impotent, ere the first step is taken on the solemn journey"(p16). Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831 - 1891) was one of the founders of the Theosophical Society; she influenced the Buddhist and Hindu reform movements, and was instrumental in bringing Theravada Buddhism to the west. Reprinted from the original edition with notes and comments by Alice Leighton Cleather and Basil Crump. Contents include The Voice of the Silence; The Two Paths; The Seven Portals; Glossaries; Editorial Notes and Comments; a b&w portrait of His Serene Holiness The Tashi Lama; Appendix; Chinese version of the Path of Liberation; Postscript and Errata. 12mo, 126pp. Grey cloth soft covers, title in black at front cover and spine. OCLC: 2522857. Very good condition. Item #19170
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