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Tibetan Buddhist Prayer-Mantra to Manjusri for Esoteric Knowledge and Wisdom I solemnly prostrate to the Lama and the Protector Manjusri Whose knowledge, devoid of the clouds of the two obscurations, Is very pure and clear as the sun.  He holds the book before his mind, So that all beings may see exactly all subtle meanings,  For those persons imprisoned in the darkness of ignorance, confused and troubled in suffering. From compassion for all, the one Son expounds in sixty kinds of eloquent speech. His thundering Dharma voice awakens all from sleepiness,  Releasing them from the iron chains of passion.  Holding the Sword of Wisdom, he clears away the suffering and obscurations.  Pure from the first, after passing through the ten stages All become the body of the victorious Son,  Clearing away 112 kinds of mental obscurations. To Manjusri I pay homage. (repeat this prayer 3, 7, 21 or as many times as you are able) OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHI (repeat the mantra as...

Cernunnos as Kundalini Yoga Master: The Celtic Shiva In 1891, a great silver bowl or cauldron, elaborately crafted during the Iron Age, was found at Gundestrup in Denmark. The Gundestrup Cauldron contains a wealth of ancient spiritual motifs, a few of which will be briefly discussed in this article.  The exterior of the cauldron depicts the busts of seven different deities, male and female, as well as symbols associated with them. In Hinduism as well as various syncretic mystical paths, the number seven is also associated with the 7 major chakras or energy vortices of the human body, each with their own symbolism and deity (or facet of the One God).  The interior of the Gundestrup Cauldron features five scenes of religious or spiritual significance. One of these scenes depicts a horned god sitting in a typical yogic posture. Often identified as Cernunnos (the "Horned One"), he wears on his head a splendid crown of seven-tined stag antlers. One is reminded that in the shamanic...

The Ahl al-Bayt are the Door to the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge An excerpt from Nahjul Balagha (Peak of Eloquence) by Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (s.a.): "Remember, that we are the Ahl al-Bayt of the Holy Prophet. We are his true companions; we are trustees and treasurers of the knowledge granted to him and we are the doors through which one can reach this store-house of wisdom and learning. It is unlawful to enter a house but through its door, and he who disregards this principle is a trespasser or a thief. "The Ahl al-Bayt own and possess in their deeds and words the excellence and nobleness which the Holy Qur'an preaches. They are the treasure-houses of the Mercy and Benevolence of God, and they are the sources from which real wisdom and true knowledge, destined by Him for man, can be obtained. "Their (successors of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.)) speeches contain nothing but truth. If they do not speak about any subject, it is not because they do not know anything abou...

A Theosophical and Esoteric Interpretation of the Zoroastrian Karshipta Bird The ancient Zoroastrian scripture named Vendidad or Vidēvdād (“The Law Repudiating the Demons”) mentions a holy bird sent to humanity by God (Ahura Mazda), for the purpose of bringing to them the true religion of Mazda. This holy bird was named Karshipta (sometimes spelled Karshipt, Karshift, or Karšift, from the Avestan Karšiptar). "O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!  Who is he who brought the Religion of Mazda into the Vara (Enclosure) which Yima made? Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It was the bird Karshipta, O holy Zarathushtra!’" - Vendidad 2:42 According to the Bundahishn, chapters 19 and 24, "The bird Karshipta dwells in the heavens: were he living on the earth, he would be the king of birds... He brought the Religion into the Vara of Yima, and recites the Avesta in the language of the birds." Theosophist H.P. Blavatsky, in Volume 2 of her Secret Doctrine, offers an esoteric interp...