Read about It. Рахимбергенова М.Х. - 9 стр.

       Siddhartha – Сиддхартха                                                      Wesak: a festival which occurs at the Taurus full moon every year,
       Isipatana – Исипатана (место, посещаемое провидцами)                  celebrating the birth of the Buddha, and where the Hierarchy gather to
       Mara – Мара (бог смерти)                                              receive newly released forces to the planet. A time for Initiation.
       Ganges – р. Ганг                                                             Subhadda: last person to be accepted into the Buddha’s Order.
       Subhadda – Субхадда                                                          Shakya: name of Siddhartha’s clan.
       Bodhisattva (Бодхисаттва): its earliest definition is a being seek-          Lumbini: the garden where the Buddha was born; near the an-
ing Buddhahood. Later in comes to mean a being destined for Buddha-          cient city of Kapilavastu.
hood who defers personal Enlightenment in order to help other sentient
being on the path. In our story we refer to the Buddha as «Siddhartha»              1. You can see that some terms are explained in the text. Read
when he is a prince, «Bodhisattva» when he decides to pursue the path to     the text again and try to find the definitions to the following words.
Enlightenment, and «Buddha» once he as attained Enlightenment. Liter-               • Asita (Азита);
ally, «He whose consciousness has become intelligence or buddhi.»                   • Yasodhara (Яшодхара);
Those who need but one more life to become perfect buddhas. Name of                 • Kataka (Катака);
office Lord Maitreya, known in the west as the Christ. The World                    • Rahula (Рахула);
Teacher is the Master of Masters and teacher of angels and humanity.                • Chandaka (Чандака);
       Brahma (Бра(х)мa): the third aspect of the Hindu trinity – Siva              • Samadhi;
(father / ray 1 – will), Krishna (son / ray 2 – love) and Brahma (mother /          • Bodhi tree;
ray 3 – intelligence).                                                              • Sangha (Сангха);
       Buddha: one who is «enlightened» and has attained the highest                • Ananda;
degree of knowledge possible for humanity in this solar system. Last                • Hiranyavati.
Avatar of the age of Aries. Previous World Teacher who historically
                                                                                   2. Look through the text and give the synonyms to the following
manifested through the Prince Gautama around 500 BC. The Embodi-
                                                                             words.
ment of Wisdom, he currently acts as the «Divine Intermediary» be-
                                                                             1. sculpture          7. feedleness       13. exceed        19. opposite
tween Shamballa and Hierarchy.                                               2. hermit             8. reincarnation    14. frightened    20. calmness
       Dharma: that which one must fulfil as an incarnate Being. One’s       3. religious          9. old and weak     15. inspiration   21. sermon
duty as an understanding of the Law. Divine law, ethical doctrine – jus-     4. achievement        10. disabled        16. catholicity   22. particular role
tice, harmony, virtue.                                                       5. respect            11. stop            17. maintenance   23. happiness and
       Karma: the Law of Cause and Effect. Physical action. The Law          6. promise            12. temporary       18. shameful      peace
of Retribution. Karma of merit / demerit. The whole universe is condi-
tioned by this law. Moral effect of an act committed which gratifies per-                                 Learn them by heart.
sonal desire.
                                                                                       3. Answer the following questions using the words from exer-
       Nirvana: the Way into new fields of spiritual experience and of
                                                                             cise 2.
divine development – incomprehensible as of yet, even to the initiate of
                                                                                       1. What is mythological at the very beginning of the story?
the third degree; this Way is revealed only when the antahkarana is built
                                                                                       2. What do we know about Gautama Buddha?
and completed and the disciple becomes focussed in the Triad as con-
                                                                                       3. What old man from Himalayas visited the King?
sciously as he / she is now focussed in the threefold lower nature; the
                                                                                       4. What 80 signs did he recognize?
culmination of all knowledge and absolute wisdom.

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