Divine Abidings and their Perfection (Brahma-vihara)

By Bhikkhu Khantipalo

 
The way to that goal leads through what are called the Divine Abidings, which train the deep-rooted emotions from being unskillful into the skillful way of the Dhamma. As had already been emphasized (see previous articles), the aim of oneself as of all beings, is to gain happiness-producing conditions. Therefore one must act in such a way that happiness will result from one’s actions. One should, in this case, treat others as they would wish to be treated, for every living being is dear to itself, and wishes its own welfare and happiness. One cannot expect to have an isolated happiness arising from no cause or from itself, nor can happiness be expected if one maltreats other beings, human or otherwise. Every being desires life and is afraid of death, this being as true of ourselves as of other creatures.

A Booklist of Pagan/Magickal Titles

I. Tarot:
A. The Tarot – Paul Foster Case (f)
B. The Qabalistic Tarot – Robert Wang (a,f)
C. The Book of Tokens – Paul Case (f)
D. The Book of Thoth – Crowley(a,f)

Eileithyia

by Dr Alena Trckova-Flamee, Ph.D.

 

According Homer Eileithyia was the goddess of birth-pain, but Homer was often thinking about a few Eileithyiai, the daughters of Hera. Also Hesiod presented Eileithyia as the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Hera, but Artemis too were sometimes taking a role of this goddess and her title. Pausanias is describing two versions about the deity’s origin. (1) In the first story Eleithyia came from the Hyperboreans (from the legendary north) to Delos to help Leto, when she was giving birth to Artemis and Apollo. In the second case Eileithyia was born in a Cretan cave at Amnisos.

Foreword

Foreword

“It is easy to show that in the interaction between body and soul there lies no greater riddle than in any other example of causation, and that only the false conceit that we understand something of the one case, excites our astonishment that we understand nothing of the other.” – Rudolf Hermann Lotze