Wednesday, July 5th, 1978

WISDOM'S GOLDENROD, ALAN BERKOWITZ CLASS NOTES

(TYPED)

JULY 5, 1978

BUDDHISM; IDEA OF MAN

TOPIC: Buddhism

SUBJECT: Idea of Man

SUBSUBJECTS: Fixed Cross, Zodiac, Five Dhyani Buddhas, Five Cosmic Skandhas, Vesica, Manas, Nyaya (Eight Substances), Trikaya

BOOKS READ FROM OR REFERENCED:

• Manly Palmer Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages

• Rene Guenon, The Symbolism of the Cross

• C.G. Jung, CW 14, Mysterium Coniunctionis, "The Journey through the Planetary Houses" (in Chapter III)

• Lama Anagarika Govinda, Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism

DIAGRAMS embedded in these notes:

• FIGURE 1978 0705-1-AB. The Fixed Cross.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-2-AB. One, Infinity, Bound, and the Fixed Cross.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-3-AB. Parasamvit, Shiva, and Shakti in the First Three Signs.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-4-AB. Epistemology and the Fixed Cross.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-5-AB. Manas, Conscious, and Unconscious.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-6-AB. Table Correlating Skandhas, Elements, Emotions, Dhyani Buddhas, Consorts, and Transformations.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-7-AB. The Vesica and the Eight Substances of Nyaya.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-8-AB. Dhyani Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Historical Buddhas, and the Vesica.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-9-AB. The Vesica, Fixed Rulers, Elements, and Skandhas.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-10-AB. Three Levels of the Fire Skandha.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-11-AB. Three Levels of Manjushri and the Four Elements Correlated with the Twelve Houses.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-12-AB. The Fire Triangle: Leo and Sagittarius Building Up Your Real Self.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-13-AB. The Earth Triangle: Contact and Six Forces Determine Your Existence and the Samskaras Lived Out.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-14-AB. Perception and Form in the Second and Fourth Quadrants.

• FIGURE 1978 0705-15-AB. The Five Skandhas in the Fourth Quadrant.

TYPED AND REFORMATTED by IT 2022

NOTES:

• RETYPED HANDWRITTEN NOTES (hence V08). From Alan Notes 02 1977 to 06 1979.PDF.

• All spelling, capitalization, and punctuation corrected, abbreviations and astrological glyphs spelled out.

1978 07/05 at Wisdom's Goldenrod

Buddhism; Idea of Man

[Alan Notes 0705 1978 Begin]

7/5/78 Buddhism

Bible -- Vision of Ezekiel

See Manly Palmer Hall picture -- Secret Teachings of All Ages, Ch. CXXV [Note: Manly Palmer Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, "Qabbalistic Keys to the Creation of Man," The Vision of Ezekiel, from The "Bear" Bible.]

Man, bull, lion, eagle -- fixed cross.

[FIGURE 1978 0705-1-AB. The Fixed Cross. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

Whole zodiac is a living animal, the true existent, of which each sign reveals a particular aspect.

3 Platonic levels of soul: lion (Leo), man (Aquarius), hydra-headed beast (Cancer to Sagittarius).

Taurus is left out.

Guenon -- Symbolism of the Cross, Ch. 2. [Note: Rene Guenon, The Symbolism of the Cross.]

Zodiac is a sensible representation of Phanes.

Ultimate goal of zodiac is to evolve universal man who embodies fully all these principles.

Taurus is generally left out of fixed cross.

[FIGURE 1978 0705-3-AB. Parasamvit, Shiva, and Shakti in the First Three Signs. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

The Idea of Man is a samskara (Taurus) in the Mind of God.

Leo -- 5 Dhyani Buddhas represent the Idea of Man (Jivatma). 5 innate principles inherent in you which actualize and unfold the Idea of Man.

A Dhyani Buddha presides over the functioning of each sense organ -- 5 Dhyani Buddhas and 5 senses constitute the totality of your experience of a world.

Leo-lion, anger is productive of the notion of an I: cock (lust), snake (anger), pig (stupidity)

Scorpio -- eagle, Scorpio -- incorporeal universe as Ideas in motion without matter. (example - dream)

[FIGURE 1978 0705-5-AB. Manas, Conscious, and Unconscious. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

The goal of cosmic manas is to produce individual ones.

Jung -- Mysterium Coniunctionis -- "Journey Through Planetary Houses" [Note: C.G. Jung, CW 14, Mysterium Coniunctionis, "The Journey through the Planetary Houses" (in Chapter III).]

Gemini -- receptacle or identity of man -- bound.

Fixed signs refer to aspects of his essence or consciousness.

[FIGURE 1978 0705-6-AB. Table Correlating Skandhas, Elements, Emotions, Dhyani Buddhas, Consorts, and Transformations. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

5 skandhas -- Govinda [Note: Lama Anagarika Govinda, Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism.]

8 categories of Nyaya are from viewpoint of buddhi.

Function of manas is to produce an apparent entity = pudgala (Pisces).

[FIGURE 1978 0705-7-AB. The Vesica and the Eight Substances of Nyaya. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

Nyaya categories [few words missing in scan]: non-existence (abhava), particularity (vishesa), qualities (gunas), inherence (samavaya), contact (samyoga) [few words missing in scan] -- qualities superimposed on substance by [one or more words missing in scan]

[FIGURE 1978 0705-9-AB. The Vesica, Fixed Rulers, Elements, and Skandhas. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

Venus, Sun, Mars, Saturn -- fixed rulers have Aries as their paradigm (Mars, Sun, Venus, Saturn).

[FIGURE 1978 0705-10-AB. Three Levels of the Fire Skandha. F = Fire. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

Each skandha appears 3 times ( ) according to the Trikaya -- Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya.

[FIGURE 1978 0705-11-AB. Three Levels of Manjushri and the Four Elements Correlated with the Twelve Houses. F E A W = Fire Earth Air Water. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

Manjushris preside over the development of each race.

Activity of 3 levels operate together within the vesica to produce our vehicles.

[FIGURE 1978 0705-12-AB. The Fire Triangle: Leo and Sagittarius Building Up Your Real Self. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

Sagittarius and Leo are building up your real (true) identity.

[FIGURE 1978 0705-13-AB. The Earth Triangle: Contact and Six Forces Determine Your Existence and the Samskaras Lived Out. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

Water -- material (rupa) and its ordering (subjective conception) create your perceived world (Pisces).

4 quadrants of vesica correspond to 4 levels of fourth quadrant of metaphysical chart.

[FIGURE 1978 0705-15-AB. The Five Skandhas in the Fourth Quadrant. Sambhoga = Sambhogakaya; Nirmana = Nirmanakaya. Digitally recreated by IT from AB class notes.]

[Alan Notes 0705 1978 End]