Updated: Jan. 21, 2013

Eastern Tradition Research Institute

Our starting point is the conviction that the once universal but now hidden Wisdom Tradition exists. Our purpose is to trace this lost tradition in its extant sources, primarily the scriptures of the East. This is intended to establish the fact of its existence, and to ascertain more fully and accurately its teachings.

In order to achieve this, we have assembled an extensive archive of primary sources in their original languages. These are the scriptures of ancient India, namely, the Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, and Tibetan texts of the Hindu, Jaina, and Buddhist traditions. To facilitate research, we have prepared bibliographic guides to some of these texts, and these bibliographic guides will be posted on this website.

It is our specific aim to trace the secret "Book of Dzyan" and "Book of the Golden Precepts", the basis of H. P. Blavatsky's books, The Secret Doctrine and The Voice of the Silence. Through these published books Blavatsky made known the existence of the once universal but now hidden Wisdom Tradition. Either these secret books are real, and can therefore eventually be found, or, along with the Wisdom Tradition itself, are merely figments of Blavatsky's imagination.

Downloads (PDF):

• Why Take Blavatsky Seriously? (1999, 2011)
• The Secret Doctrine: Original Genesis and the Wisdom Tradition (1998)
• The Voice of the Silence: Bringing the Heart Doctrine to the West (1998)


• New:
  • Kalacakra Tantra Chapter on Sadhana Review Article (2012)
  
  
• Newly revised:
  • Sanskrit Mantras in the Kalacakra Sadhana, 21 pages (2009, 2012)
  • Sanskrit Language Study: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Materials in English, 42 pages (1993-2006, 2012)
  
  
• Foundations of the Wisdom Tradition:
  • 1. The First Letter of Mahatma K.H. to A.O. Hume (1880)
  • 2. Mahatma Letter Two (K.H. to A.P. Sinnett) (1880)
  • 3. The Maha-Chohan's Letter (1881)
  • 4. Mahatma Letter Ten (1882)
  • 5. Mahatma Letter Twenty-two (1882)
  • 6. What Is Matter and What Is Force? (excerpts) (1882)
  • 7. Doctrines of the Nepalese Svabhavikas (excerpts) (1874)
  • A Compilation on the First Fundamental Proposition of the Secret Doctrine: The One Reality (2004)
  
  
• Studies in the Wisdom Tradition, by David Reigle:
  • 1. Theosophy and Buddhism (2000)
  • 2. Samkhya and the Wisdom-Religion (2000)
  • 3. The First Fundamental Proposition of the Secret Doctrine (2004, 2011)
  • 4. The Original Sankaracarya (2001-2007)
  • 5. God's Arrival in India (2003-2007)
  • 6. The Doctrinal Position of the Wisdom Tradition: Great Madhyamaka (2008) (added Aug 22, 2008)
  • 7. Tsongkhapa and the Teachings of the Wisdom Tradition (2008) (added Sep 8, 2008)
  
  
• Book of Dzyan Research Reports, by David Reigle:
  • 1. Technical Terms in Stanza I (1995-1999)
  • 2. Theosophy in Tibet: The Teachings of the Jonangpa School (1996-1999)
  • 3. Technical Terms in Stanza II (1997)
  • 4. The Doctrine of Svabhava or Svabhavata and the Questions of Anatman and Sunyata (1997-2004)
  
  
• Articles on Various Topics, by David Reigle:
  • The Centennial Cycle (2005-2006)
  • Confusing the Esoteric with the Exoteric: T. Subba Row on Advaita Vedanta, 64 pages (2009)
  • A Curriculum in the Wisdom Tradition (1993-2005)
  • D.K. and Kalachakra (1991)
  • D.K., Kalachakra, and Shambhala (2011)
    • Video talk by David Reigle (2011)
  • Invoking the Solar Angel: Vajrasattva Meditation in the Ageless Wisdom Tradition (2006-2007)
  • Isis Unveiled: A Perspective (2003)
  • The Lost Kalacakra Mula Tantra on the Kings of Sambhala (1986)
  • Meditation: What Is It? (1997)
  • On Kalacakra Sadhana and Social Responsibility (2003)
  • On the Alleged Tibetan Source of Alice Bailey's Writings (1997)
  • On the Future Schools of Meditation (2006)
  • Sanskrit Mantras in the Kalacakra Sadhana, 21 pages (2009, 2012)
  • The "Virtually Unknown" Benedictive Middle in Classical Sanskrit: Two Occurrences in the Buddhist Abhisamayalankara (1997)
  
  
• Relevant Materials by Various Authors:
  • The Age of Sankara, by T. S. Narayana Sastry, 1971 (reprint of 1916 original, where the name was spelled: Narayana Sastri)
  • Bhagavad Gita, Suddha Dharma Mandala edition, Sanskrit and English, part 1
  • Bhagavad Gita, Suddha Dharma Mandala edition, Sanskrit and English, part 2
  • Bhagavad Gita, Suddha Dharma Mandala edition, comparison chart
  • Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric Tradition, by Alex Wayman, 1962 (5 pages, 200 KB)
  • God Has No Place in My Philosophy, by C. Kunhan Raja, 1972 (16 pages, 520 KB)
  • Higher Sanskrit Grammar, by M.R. Kale, 1960 (48.5mb)
  • Paradox and Poetry in "The Voice of the Silence," by Bhikshu Sangharakshita, 1958 (18 pages, 592 KB)
  • Prajnapana and Satkhandagama, by Dalsukhbhai D. Malvania, 1969 (11 pages, 420 KB)
  • Purana Samhita, by S. P. L. Narasimhaswami, 1945 (18 pages, 608 KB)
  • Original Purana Samhita, by V. S. Agrawala, 1966 (14 pages, 360 KB)
  • The Samkhya-karika, with the Commentary of Gaudapada, edited in Sanskrit and translated into English by Har Dutt Sharma, 1933
  • Brhat-Sankara-Vijaya of Citsukhacarya and Pracina-Sankara-Vijaya of Anandagiri a/s Ananda-jnana, by W. R. Antarkar, 1960 (9 pages, 376 KB)
  • Sankara-Vijaya of Anantanandagiri, by W. R. Antarkar, 1961 (8 pages, 312 KB)
  • Sanksepa Sankara Jaya of Madhavacarya or Sankara Digvijaya of Sri Vidyaranyamuni, by W. R. Antarkar, 1972 (23 pages, 636 KB)
  • The Sleeping Spheres [re: Devachan], by Jasper Niemand, 1893-1899 (22 pages, 1.1 MB)
  • The Vedas and Adhyatma Tradition, by Vasudeva S. Agrawala, 1939 (8 pages, 288 KB)
  
  
• Bibliographic Guides:
  • Sanskrit Language Study: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Materials in English, 42 pages (1993-2006, 2012)
  • Vedic Texts: English Translations of the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanisads, 35 pages (1993)
  • The Jaina Scriptures: A Survey with Selected Bibliography of Prakrit Editions and English Translations, 36 pages (2006)
  • The Works of Maitreya: English Translations, 17 pages (2007)
  • Jonangpa and Shentong: A Bibliography of English Language Materials, 9 pages (2006-2007)
  • Sankaracarya's Collected Works: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Editions in Sanskrit, 16 pages (2005)
  • Complete Works of Sankaracarya available at: www.samatabooks.com
  • Works of the Original Sankaracarya, 40 pages (2005-2007)
  • Publications of the Suddha Dharma Mandala, 17 pages (2007)
  • The Works of Tsongkhapa: English Translations, 22 pages (2008)
  
  
• Spanish Section (translated by a group of students of ULT Los Angeles, unless otherwise noted):
  • Lankavatara Sutra (Suzuki, Goddard)
  • Los Libros de Kiu-te
  • Nueva Luz sobre el Libro de Dzyan
  • Cuatro Mahavakyas de los Upanishads
  • Un Resumen de "Los Libros de Kiu-Te o los Tantras Budistas Tibetanos"
  • La Sadhana (Meditacion) del Kalachakra y la Responsabilidad Social
  • La Teosofia en Tibet: Las Ensenanzas de la Escuela Jonangpa
  • Uttara-tantra de Maitreya con un Comentario de Asanga (Obermiller)
  • La Voz del Silencio (The Voice of the Silence) de H. P. Blavatsky
  • Sobre la presunta fuente tibetana de los escritos de Alice Bailey (1997, Spanish trans. 2011, translated by Luis Alejandro Hernandez Rios)
  
  

Our Projects:

• 1. The Book of Dzyan Project
• 2. The Buddhist, Hindu, and Jaina Scriptures Collection: Sourcebooks of the Wisdom Tradition
• 3. A School of the Wisdom Tradition

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