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	* [[Intuition]]		* [[Intuition]]

	==~~Online~~ resources==		== Additional resources ==
	===Articles===
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	* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/buddhi Buddhi] at Theosophy World		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/buddhi Buddhi] at Theosophy World
	* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-intuition-knowledge-by-fusion The Intuition: Knowledge by Fusion] by Shirley Nicholson		* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-intuition-knowledge-by-fusion The Intuition: Knowledge by Fusion] by Shirley Nicholson

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	* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/buddhi Buddhi] at Theosophy World		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/buddhi Buddhi] at Theosophy World
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/~~1374#~~ The Intuition: Knowledge by Fusion] by Shirley Nicholson		* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/the-intuition-knowledge-by-fusion The Intuition: Knowledge by Fusion] by Shirley Nicholson

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	<blockquote>The supreme energy resides in the <u>Buddhi</u>; latent — when wedded to <u>[[Ātman\|Atman]]</u> alone, active and irresistible when galvanized by the essence of "Manas" and when none of the dross of the latter commingles with that pure essence to weigh it down by its finite nature.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 111 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 375.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The supreme energy resides in the <u>Buddhi</u>; latent — when wedded to <u>[[Ātman\|Atman]]</u> alone, active and irresistible when galvanized by the essence of "Manas" and when none of the dross of the latter commingles with that pure essence to weigh it down by its finite nature.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 111 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 375.</ref></blockquote>

	When united to [[manas]], buddhi or the ~~Universal Soul~~ is generally called ~~the~~ [[Ego#Spiritual ego\|~~Spiritual Ego~~]]. [[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote:		When united to [[manas]], buddhi the spiritual soul is generally called [[Ego#Spiritual ego\|spiritual ego]]. [[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote:

	<blockquote>The Spiritual divine Ego is the Spiritual soul or Buddhi, in close union with Manas, the mind-principle, without which it is no EGO at all, but only the Atmic Vehicle.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Spiritual divine Ego is the Spiritual soul or Buddhi, in close union with Manas, the mind-principle, without which it is no EGO at all, but only the Atmic Vehicle.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote>

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	<blockquote>As a pure emanation of the Universal mind it can have no individual reason of its own on this plane of matter, but like the Moon, who borrows her light from the Sun and her life from the Earth, so Buddhi, receiving its light of Wisdom from Atma, gets its rational qualities from Manas. Per se, as something homogeneous, it is devoid of attributes".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>As a pure emanation of the Universal mind it can have no individual reason of its own on this plane of matter, but like the Moon, who borrows her light from the Sun and her life from the Earth, so Buddhi, receiving its light of Wisdom from Atma, gets its rational qualities from Manas. Per se, as something homogeneous, it is devoid of attributes".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote>

	== Spiritual ~~Ego~~ ==		== Spiritual ego ==

	In order to be manifested or "activated" on the lower planes Buddhi has to be united to the [[Manas\|manasic]] principle:		In order to be manifested or "activated" on the lower planes Buddhi has to be united to the [[Manas\|manasic]] principle:

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	<blockquote>Âtma and Buddhi cannot be predicated as having anything to do with a man, except that man is immersed in them. So long as he lives he is overshadowed by these two; but it is no more the property of that than of anything else.<ref>Michael Gomes (transcriber), ''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries'' (The Hague: I.S.I.S. foundation, 2010), 644.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Âtma and Buddhi cannot be predicated as having anything to do with a man, except that man is immersed in them. So long as he lives he is overshadowed by these two; but it is no more the property of that than of anything else.<ref>Michael Gomes (transcriber), ''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries'' (The Hague: I.S.I.S. foundation, 2010), 644.</ref></blockquote>

	== ~~Universal consciousness~~ ==		== Spiritual soul ==

	Buddhi is the first principle of sentiency in the universe, although still in a very universal plane:		Buddhi is the first principle of sentiency in the universe, although still in a very universal plane:

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	<blockquote>Buddhi is nothing, per se, but simply the first differentiation. And it is the consciousness in the universal consciousness, but it is non-consciousness in this world. On this plane of finite consciousness it is nothing, for it is infinite consciousness.<ref>Michael Gomes (transcriber), ''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries'' (The Hague: I.S.I.S. foundation, 2010), 610.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Buddhi is nothing, per se, but simply the first differentiation. And it is the consciousness in the universal consciousness, but it is non-consciousness in this world. On this plane of finite consciousness it is nothing, for it is infinite consciousness.<ref>Michael Gomes (transcriber), ''The Secret Doctrine Commentaries'' (The Hague: I.S.I.S. foundation, 2010), 610.</ref></blockquote>

			<blockquote>Buddhi is one and indivisible. It is a feeling within, absolutely inexpressible in words. All classification breaks down in an attempt to explain it.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980), 666.</ref></blockquote>

	In this connection, buddhi is regarded as "the Spiritual Soul, the vehicle of pure universal spirit". Because the spiritual soul does not show the quality of individual consciousness, it is frequently regarded as ''irrational'', except when acting in conjuction with [[manas]]:		In this connection, buddhi is regarded as "the Spiritual Soul, the vehicle of pure universal spirit". Because the spiritual soul does not show the quality of individual consciousness, it is frequently regarded as ''irrational'', except when acting in conjuction with [[manas]]:

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	== Spiritual intuition ==		== Spiritual intuition ==

	When the nature of buddhi expresses through [[manas]] ~~there~~ is ~~a phenomena of~~ direct perception, beyond rational thinking~~, which is sometimes called~~ spiritual intuition:		When the nature of buddhi expresses through [[manas]], it manifests as "the faculty of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref> This direct perception is beyond rational thinking:

			<blockquote>Cosmic ideation focused in . . .buddhi resting on the experience of manas as its basis—[manifests] as a stream of spiritual intuition.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 329, fn.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>The Spiritual ego reflects no varying states of consciousness; is independent of all sensation (experience); it does not think—it KNOWS, by an intuitive process only faintly conceivable by the average man.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1990), 96.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Spiritual ego reflects no varying states of consciousness; is independent of all sensation (experience); it does not think—it KNOWS, by an intuitive process only faintly conceivable by the average man.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1990), 96.</ref></blockquote>

	~~In some of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Mme. Blavatsky]]'s writings there are some references to this principle forming a body:~~		<blockquote>Every one of us possesses the faculty, the interior sense, known as intuition, but how rare are those who know how to develop it! It is, however, the only faculty by means of which men and things are seen in their true colors. It is an instinct of the soul, which grows in us in proportion to the use we make of it, and which helps us to perceive and understand real and absolute facts with far more certainty than can the simple use of our senses and the exercise of our reason. What are called good sense and logic enable us to see the appearance of things, that which is evident to everyone. The instinct of which I speak, being a projection of our perceptive consciousness, a projection which acts from the subjective to the objective, and not vice versa, awakens the spiritual senses in us and the power to act; these senses assimilate to themselves the essence of the object or of the action under examination, and represent them to us as they really are, not as they appear to our physical senses and to our cold reason.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>In the ~~normal or natural state~~, the ~~sensations~~ are ~~transmitted from~~ the ~~lowest physical~~ to the ~~highest spiritual body~~, i.e., from the ~~first~~ to the ~~6th principle (~~the ~~7th being no organized~~ or ~~conditioned body~~, ~~but an infinite~~, ~~hence unconditioned principle or state)~~.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IV (Wheaton, ~~Ill~~: Theosophical Publishing House, ~~1991~~), ~~101~~.</ref></blockquote>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	<blockquote>The Spiritual divine Ego is the Spiritual soul or Buddhi, in close union with Manas, the mind-principle, without which it is no EGO at all, but only the Atmic Vehicle.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Spiritual divine Ego is the Spiritual soul or Buddhi, in close union with Manas, the mind-principle, without which it is no EGO at all, but only the Atmic Vehicle.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote>

			Blavatsky indicated that ''buddhi'' (but not ''atman'') forms a body, which one may presume is the vehicle of consciousness of the spiritual ego:

			<blockquote>In the normal or natural state, the sensations are transmitted from the lowest physical to the highest spiritual body, i.e., from the first to the 6th principle (the 7th being no organized or conditioned body, but an infinite, hence unconditioned principle or state).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IV (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1991), 101.</ref></blockquote>

	== Spiritual intuition ==		== Spiritual intuition ==

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	<blockquote>As a pure emanation of the Universal mind it can have no individual reason of its own on this plane of matter, but like the Moon, who borrows her light from the Sun and her life from the Earth, so Buddhi, receiving its light of Wisdom from Atma, gets its rational qualities from Manas. Per se, as something homogeneous, it is devoid of attributes".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>As a pure emanation of the Universal mind it can have no individual reason of its own on this plane of matter, but like the Moon, who borrows her light from the Sun and her life from the Earth, so Buddhi, receiving its light of Wisdom from Atma, gets its rational qualities from Manas. Per se, as something homogeneous, it is devoid of attributes".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote>

	In [[Mahatma Letter No. 85b#Page 24\|one of his letters]], [[Koot Hoomi\|Master K.H.]] stated that the "remorse of conscience" proceeds "always from the 6th principle".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 85B (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 264.</ref> However, we must keep in mind that in the letters the sixth principle frequently refers to buddhi-manas.

	== Spiritual Ego ==		== Spiritual Ego ==

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	==Online resources==		==Online resources==
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	*[~~http~~://~~www.~~theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=Buddhi#~~ Buddhi] at ~~Theosopedia~~		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/buddhi Buddhi] at Theosophy World
	*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1374# The Intuition: Knowledge by Fusion] by Shirley Nicholson		*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1374# The Intuition: Knowledge by Fusion] by Shirley Nicholson