The Voice of the Silence, by H.P. Blavatsky: review

This book has been described as the pure Mahayana Buddhism. It was the first book to introduce the Bodhisattva ideal to the West.

However Blavatsky reveals in a letter to a family member that she copied it out of a Tamil text... What the truth of the matter is won't be known unless old Indian Buddhist texts come out of the woodwork somehow. But the text itself is worth pursuing whether one believes in Blavatsky's claims for its origin or not.

Theosophists often say it should be as well known as her Secret Doctrine: it fits today's world so well.

In the Voice of the Silence Blavatsky focuses on the practical spiritual path and the Bodhisattva Vow (to help all creatures). The main issue is meditation - and how to get to the next level of spiritual transformation.

This is the kind of book which you can have on your bedside table - and read a line every night. The words will sing to you and if you let them linger, they can transform your life.

This version of 'The Voice' was published outside the official Collected Writings Series, but still with a foreword and notes by the editor of the C.W.: Boris de Zirkoff. For sale in both a paperback and a bound version, this is really a great version of Blavatsky's small classic.

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