"UTTISHAT! — Rise! Awake!
Seek the great Teachers, and attend! The road
Is narrow as a knife-edge! Hard to tread!"
"But whoso once perceiveth HIM that IS; —
Without a name, Unseen, Impalpable,
Bodiless, Undiminished, Unenlarged,
To senses undeclared, without an end,
Without beginning, Timeless, Higher than height,
Deeper than depth! Lo! Such an one is saved!
Death hath not power upon him!"
— THE SECRET OF DEATH (fr. The Katha Upanishad).
The first duty taught in Theosophy, is to do one's duty unflinchingly by every duty.
2 The heart which follows the rambling senses leads away his judgment as the wind leads a boat astray upon the waters.
3 He who casts off all desires, living free from attachments, and free from egoism, obtains bliss.
4 To every man that is born, an axe is born in his mouth, by which the fool cuts himself, when speaking bad language.
5 As all earthen vessels made by the potter end in being broken, so is the life of mortals.
6 Wise men are light-bringers.
7 A just life, a religious life, this is the best gem.
8 Having tasted the sweetness of illusion and tranquillity, one becomes free from fear, and free from sin, drinking in the sweetness of Dhamma (law).
9 False friendship is like a parasitic plant, it kills the tree it embraces.
10 Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand! Cherish the road of peace.
11 Men who have not observed proper discipline, and have not gained treasure in their youth, perish like old herons in a lake without fish.
12 As the bee collects nectar, and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or scent, so let a Sage dwell in his village.
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