The Sankhya and Yoga Philosophy
[“What is known of the training of the Yogis? Nothing but what they give out themselves—which is very little. Read Patanjali’s Yoga Aphorisms; but with caution, for it is very apt to mislead... Read more
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2
भगवद्गीता Bhagavad-Gita Recension By William Quan Judge Chapter II Devotion through Application to the Speculative Doctrines SANJAYA: Krishna, beholding him thus influenced by compunction, h... Read more
Studies in the Upanishads
Studies in the Upanishads The Path, May & July, 1886; March, 1891 Many American theosophists are asking, “What are the Upanishads?” They are a portion of the ancient Aryan li... Read more
Tao Te Ching: A New Translation (in progress)
Tao-teh-king (Chin.). Lit., “The Book of the Perfectibility of Nature” written by the great philosopher Lao-tze. It is a kind of cosmogony which contains all the fundamental tenets of Esoter... Read more
On the Tattvasamāsa and its place in Sāṃkhya Prof. Max Müller The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy, p.224-229 & 242-243 However far the Kārikās of Īsvara-Kṛṣṇa may go back, they are what... Read more
The Chaldean Oracles
PDF Version (Scanned Original) The Chaldean Oracles Rearranged, with English text only. Translation by Thomas Taylor Here the Chaldean Oracles—compiled and translated by Thomas Taylor—have b... Read more
Bhagavad Gita (W.Q. Judge Rendition)
भगवद्गीता Bhagavad-Gita Recension By William Quan Judge Antecedent Words The Bhagavad-Gita is an episode of the Mahabharata, which is said to have been written by Vyasa. Who this Vyasa is an... Read more
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18
भगवद्गीता Bhagavad-Gita Recension By William Quan Judge Chapter XVIII Devotion as regards Renunciation and Final Liberation ARJUNA: “I wish to learn, O great-armed one, the nature of abstain... Read more
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17
भगवद्गीता Bhagavad-Gita Recension By William Quan Judge Chapter XVII Devotion as regards the Three Kinds of Faith ARJUNA: “What is the state of those men who, while they neglect the precepts... Read more
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16
भगवद्गीता Bhagavad-Gita Recension By William Quan Judge Chapter XVI Devotion through Discriminating between Godlike and Demoniacal Natures KRISHNA: “Fearlessness, sincerity, assiduity in dev... Read more