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>tfw reading the sacred writings of every religion

>> No.17112156

Ain't got time for that shit.

>> No.17112474

>>17112152
based, but skip fake religions (christianity)

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>>17112152

Ahhh yeaa, that's that good shit

>> No.17112512

>>17112474
>fake religions
you're fake

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>> No.17112541

>>17112532
>south park was my surrogate father

>> No.17112709

>>17112485
There's no exoteric/esoteric duality in Buddhism outside of vajrayana which is mostly esoteric anyway

>> No.17112758

what's some esoteric shit written in latin?

>> No.17112765

>>17112512
For you, Bo Diddly

>> No.17112785

>>17112485
extremely based

>> No.17112794

plan for 2021 is to read the Mahayana Tripitaka, at least the fraction of it available in English

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>>17112152
bASED

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Behind the veil of all the hieratic and mystical allegories of ancient doctrines, behind the darkness and strange ordeals of all initiations, under the seal of all sacred writings, in the ruins of Nineveh or Thebes, on the crumbling stones of old temples and on the blackened visage of the Assyrian or Egyptian sphinx, in the monstrous or marvellous paintings which interpret to the faithful of India the inspired pages of the Vedas, in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practised at reception by all secret societies, there are found indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same and everywhere carefully concealed. (Éliphas Lévi, Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, vol. 1, p. 1.)

But it is perhaps desirable to state unequivocally that the teachings, however fragmentary and incomplete... belong neither to the Hindu, the Zoroastrian, the Chaldean, nor the Egyptian religion, neither to Buddhism, Islam, Judaism nor Christianity exclusively. The Secret Doctrine is the essence of all these. (H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, vol. 1, p. vii.)

Moreover, Esoteric philosophy reconciles all religions, strips every one of its outward, human garments, and shows the root of each to be identical with that of every other great religion. (Ibid., vol. 1, p. xx)

It is only by bringing before the reader an abundance of proofs all tending to show that in every age, under every condition of civilization and knowledge, the educated classes of every nation made themselves the more or less faithful echoes of one identical system and its fundamental traditions—that he can be made to see that so many streams of the same water must have had a common source from which they started. (Ibid., vol. 2, p. 794.)

An old Message, yet ever new; for Man forgets too soon the Holy Teachings, or tries to fit new explanations to the Golden Truths, which never alter! (J. Michaud, The Golden Star, ch. 12.)

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>>17112152
>tfw listening to the Guru Granth Sahib

https://www.sikhnet.com/radio/akhandpath-english

>> No.17112902

>>17112152
I use them to wipe my ass when I'm done

>> No.17112980

>>17112902
t. fedora

>> No.17112982

So if i was to read 1 book to understand Hinduism what would it be?

>> No.17114674

>>17112152
Imagine relying on anything for enlightenment other than your own intelligence. Cringe.

>> No.17114724

>>17112982
Bhagavad Gita

>> No.17115162

>>17112758

Periphyseon - Eirugena

>> No.17115174

I've already read The Bible, The Quran, and the Bhagavad Gita. I guess I'll do The Upanishads next.

>> No.17115189

>>17112532
Book of Mormon doesn't really contain any of the interesting parts of Mormonism. You'll have to read the stuff Smith did afterwards for it.

>> No.17115256

>>17112156
Busy cooming?

>> No.17115279

>>17112152
How secular

>> No.17115323

>>17115189
>You'll have to read the stuff Smith did afterwards for it.
what's his most esoteric work?

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>>17112152
Read, listen and watch Sathya Sai Baba's teachings.

>> No.17115512

>>17112890
This was nice :)

>> No.17115516

>>17115323
Probably a compilation.
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith has some pretty wild stuff.

>> No.17115627

>mfw know all this mystical religious shit is BS
>mfw cannot fight millions of years of biology and conditioning
>mfw reading sacred texts and listening to religious music makes me calm and happy
God Dammit.. I know it’s not real but it makes me feel good anyway . How do you possibly break the conditioning ?

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>>17115627
Its not BS.
Particular religious beliefs may be erroneous or superstitious, but the essence of religion, the spiritual values they uphold, is supremely real.

>> No.17115739

>tfw jumping back and forth between believing in certain faiths and not believing in anything at all
I just don't think I've found the right fitting religion for me yet.

>> No.17115742

>>17114674
t. Aalewis

>> No.17115751

>>17115627
Stop being filtered by the symbolism; see through it and benefit from its essence