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	<blockquote>Dangma is not a very common word in known Tibetan writings. The standard Tibetan-English Dictionary by Sarat Chandra Das gives only an obscure unrelated meaning of "juice," etc. (page 617); but the earlier 1881 Tibetan-English Dictionary by H.A. Jäschke says this (page 249): "'the spirit; the soul', a signification not found hitherto in any book, but according to a Lama's statement the word denotes a soul, when purified from every sin, and to be compared to a clear and limpid fluid, in which every heterogeneous matter has been precipitated." . . . The definitive new Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary, the Tshig mdzod chen mo, gives two basic meanings: gtso-bo and gsal-ba. The first, gtso-bo, is defined by Das in English as: self, soul; chief, lord, master. The second, gsal-ba, means: pure; clear. Though I do not think these sources shed any new light on the term Dangma, they do at least confirm the meaning given in The Secret Doctrine, "purified soul," of a rather rare word.<ref>[http://easterntradition.org/book%20of%20dzyan%20research%20report%201-technical%20terms%20in%20stanza%201.pdf# Technical Terms in Stanza I] by David Reigle, 5.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Dangma is not a very common word in known Tibetan writings. The standard Tibetan-English Dictionary by Sarat Chandra Das gives only an obscure unrelated meaning of "juice," etc. (page 617); but the earlier 1881 Tibetan-English Dictionary by H.A. Jäschke says this (page 249): "'the spirit; the soul', a signification not found hitherto in any book, but according to a Lama's statement the word denotes a soul, when purified from every sin, and to be compared to a clear and limpid fluid, in which every heterogeneous matter has been precipitated." . . . The definitive new Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary, the Tshig mdzod chen mo, gives two basic meanings: gtso-bo and gsal-ba. The first, gtso-bo, is defined by Das in English as: self, soul; chief, lord, master. The second, gsal-ba, means: pure; clear. Though I do not think these sources shed any new light on the term Dangma, they do at least confirm the meaning given in The Secret Doctrine, "purified soul," of a rather rare word.<ref>[http://easterntradition.org/book%20of%20dzyan%20research%20report%201-technical%20terms%20in%20stanza%201.pdf# Technical Terms in Stanza I] by David Reigle, 5.</ref></blockquote>

	==~~Online~~ resources==		== Additional resources ==
	===Articles===		=== Articles ===
	* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/dang-ma Dang-Ma] at Theosophy World		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/dang-ma Dang-Ma] in Theosophy World

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	==Online resources==		==Online resources==
	===Articles===		===Articles===
	*[~~http~~://~~www.~~theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=Dang~~-ma# Dang-ma] at ~~Theosopedia~~		* [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/dang-ma Dang-Ma] at Theosophy World

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	[[File:Dangma Lhungyal.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|Dangma Lhungyel]]		[[File:Dangma Lhungyal.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|Dangma Lhungyel]]
	'''Dangma''' (possibly from ~~the [[Tibetan]]~~ ''dwangs-ma'' or ''dwans-ma''),<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 113.</ref> is a rare [[Tibetan]] word which, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], means "a purified Soul. A Seer and an [[Initiation\|Initiate]]; one who has attained full wisdom".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref>		'''Dangma''' (possibly from ''dwangs-ma'' or ''dwans-ma''),<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 113.</ref> is a rare [[Tibetan]] word which, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], means "a purified Soul. A Seer and an [[Initiation\|Initiate]]; one who has attained full wisdom".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref>

	A reference to the word "dangma" (with alternative spelling ''ldang ma'') in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] can be found in the legendary ''Dangma Lhungyel'' (ldang ma lhun rgyal), a Tibetan monk of the 11th century who is credited with having discovered the seventeen Dzogchen tantras hidden in the Zhai Temple.<ref>[http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dangma-Lhungyel/494# Dangma Lhungyel] at The Treasury of Lives website</ref>		A reference to the word "dangma" (with alternative spelling ''ldang ma'') in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] can be found in the legendary ''Dangma Lhungyel'' (ldang ma lhun rgyal), a Tibetan monk of the 11th century who is credited with having discovered the seventeen Dzogchen tantras hidden in the Zhai Temple.<ref>[http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dangma-Lhungyel/494# Dangma Lhungyel] at The Treasury of Lives website</ref>

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	'''Dangma''' (possibly from the [[Tibetan]] ''dwangs-ma'' or ''dwans-ma'',<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 113.</ref> ~~or alternatively from ''ldang ma''<ref>[http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dangma-Lhungyel/494# Dangma Lhungyel] at The Treasury of Lives website</ref>)~~ is a rare [[Tibetan]] word which, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], means "a purified Soul. A Seer and an [[Initiation\|Initiate]]; one who has attained full wisdom".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref>		[[File:Dangma Lhungyal.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|Dangma Lhungyel]]
			'''Dangma''' (possibly from the [[Tibetan]] ''dwangs-ma'' or ''dwans-ma''),<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 113.</ref> is a rare [[Tibetan]] word which, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], means "a purified Soul. A Seer and an [[Initiation\|Initiate]]; one who has attained full wisdom".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref>

			A reference to the word "dangma" (with alternative spelling ''ldang ma'') in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] can be found in the legendary ''Dangma Lhungyel'' (ldang ma lhun rgyal), a Tibetan monk of the 11th century who is credited with having discovered the seventeen Dzogchen tantras hidden in the Zhai Temple.<ref>[http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dangma-Lhungyel/494# Dangma Lhungyel] at The Treasury of Lives website</ref>

			== General description ==

	The [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza I\|Stanza I.8]] of volume 1 of [[The Secret Doctrine (book)\|''The Secret Doctrine'']] refers to the Dagma as he who is able to perceive the "one form of existence":		The [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza I\|Stanza I.8]] of volume 1 of [[The Secret Doctrine (book)\|''The Secret Doctrine'']] refers to the Dagma as he who is able to perceive the "one form of existence":
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	<blockquote>The Initiate, rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no [[Māyā\|Maya]] can have any influence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Initiate, rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no [[Māyā\|Maya]] can have any influence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>

	~~In researching the origin~~ of the term, [[David Reigle]] wrote:		== Origin of the term ==
	~~[[File:Dangma Lhungyal.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|Dangma Lhungyel]]~~
			[[David Reigle]] wrote:

	<blockquote>Dangma is not a very common word in known Tibetan writings. The standard Tibetan-English Dictionary by Sarat Chandra Das gives only an obscure unrelated meaning of "juice," etc. (page 617); but the earlier 1881 Tibetan-English Dictionary by H.A. Jäschke says this (page 249): "'the spirit; the soul', a signification not found hitherto in any book, but according to a Lama's statement the word denotes a soul, when purified from every sin, and to be compared to a clear and limpid fluid, in which every heterogeneous matter has been precipitated." . . . The definitive new Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary, the Tshig mdzod chen mo, gives two basic meanings: gtso-bo and gsal-ba. The first, gtso-bo, is defined by Das in English as: self, soul; chief, lord, master. The second, gsal-ba, means: pure; clear. Though I do not think these sources shed any new light on the term Dangma, they do at least confirm the meaning given in The Secret Doctrine, "purified soul," of a rather rare word.<ref>[http://easterntradition.org/book%20of%20dzyan%20research%20report%201-technical%20terms%20in%20stanza%201.pdf# Technical Terms in Stanza I] by David Reigle, 5.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Dangma is not a very common word in known Tibetan writings. The standard Tibetan-English Dictionary by Sarat Chandra Das gives only an obscure unrelated meaning of "juice," etc. (page 617); but the earlier 1881 Tibetan-English Dictionary by H.A. Jäschke says this (page 249): "'the spirit; the soul', a signification not found hitherto in any book, but according to a Lama's statement the word denotes a soul, when purified from every sin, and to be compared to a clear and limpid fluid, in which every heterogeneous matter has been precipitated." . . . The definitive new Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary, the Tshig mdzod chen mo, gives two basic meanings: gtso-bo and gsal-ba. The first, gtso-bo, is defined by Das in English as: self, soul; chief, lord, master. The second, gsal-ba, means: pure; clear. Though I do not think these sources shed any new light on the term Dangma, they do at least confirm the meaning given in The Secret Doctrine, "purified soul," of a rather rare word.<ref>[http://easterntradition.org/book%20of%20dzyan%20research%20report%201-technical%20terms%20in%20stanza%201.pdf# Technical Terms in Stanza I] by David Reigle, 5.</ref></blockquote>

	Another reference to the word "dangma", with an alternative spelling (ldang ma), can be found in the name of the legendary ''Dangma Lhungyel'' (ldang ma lhun rgyal), a Tibetan monk that is credited with having discovered the seventeen Dzogchen tantras hidden in the Zhai Temple.<ref>[http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dangma-Lhungyel/494# Dangma Lhungyel] at The Treasury of Lives website</ref>

	==Online resources==		==Online resources==

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	'''Dangma''' (~~Tib.:~~ ''dwangs-ma'' or ''dwans-ma'') is a rare [[Tibetan]] word which, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]] means "a purified Soul. A Seer and an Initiate; one who has attained full wisdom".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref> This meaning agrees with the one found in the ''Tibetan-English Dictionary'' by H.A. Jäschke: "a soul, when purified from every sin".<ref>[http://easterntradition.org/book%20of%20dzyan%20research%20report%201-technical%20terms%20in%20stanza%201.pdf# Technical Terms in Stanza I] by David Reigle, 5.</ref> In [[The Secret Doctrine (book)\|''The Secret Doctrine'']] H. P. Blavatsky wrote:		'''Dangma''' (possibly from the [[Tibetan]] ''dwangs-ma'' or ''dwans-ma'',<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 113.</ref> or alternatively from ''ldang ma''<ref>[http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dangma-Lhungyel/494# Dangma Lhungyel] at The Treasury of Lives website</ref>) is a rare [[Tibetan]] word which, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], means "a purified Soul. A Seer and an [[Initiation\|Initiate]]; one who has attained full wisdom".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref>

	~~<blockquote>Dangma means a purified soul, one who has become a Jivanmukta, the highest adept, or rather a Mahatma so-called. His “opened eye” is the inner spiritual eye~~ of ~~the seer, and the faculty which manifests through it is not clairvoyance as ordinarily understood, i~~.~~e., the power~~ of ~~seeing at a distance, but rather the faculty~~ of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable. This faculty is intimately connected with the “third eye,” which mythological tradition ascribes to certain races of men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' ~~vol. I, (Wheaton, IL~~: ~~Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>~~		The [[Stanzas of Dzyan#Stanza I\|Stanza I.8]] of volume 1 of [[The Secret Doctrine (book)\|''The Secret Doctrine'']] refers to the Dagma as he who is able to perceive the "one form of existence":

	~~This "open eye" (known~~ in ~~India as~~ the "eye of ~~Siva"~~<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46~~, fn~~.</ref>~~) can be used by the Initiate to "sense" the ultimate realities:~~		<blockquote>Alone the one form of existence stretched boundless, infinite, causeless, in dreamless sleep; and life pulsated unconscious in universal space, throughout that all-presence which is sensed by the opened eye of the Dangma.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46.</ref></blockquote>

	~~<blockquote>The Initiate~~, ~~rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no Maya can have any influence.<ref>~~Helena Petrovna Blavatsky~~, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol~~. ~~I, (Wheaton, IL~~: ~~Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>~~		In a footnote, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|H. P. Blavatsky]] explains:

	~~== Notes ==~~		<blockquote>Dangma means a purified soul, one who has become a Jivanmukta, the highest [[adept]], or rather a [[Mahatma]] so-called. His “opened eye” is the inner spiritual eye of the seer, and the faculty which manifests through it is not [[clairvoyance]] as ordinarily understood, i.e., the power of seeing at a distance, but rather the faculty of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable. This faculty is intimately connected with the [[Third Eye\|“third eye”]], which mythological tradition ascribes to certain races of men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>

			The "open eye" (known in India as the "eye of Siva")<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref> can be used by the Initiate to "sense" the ultimate realities:

			<blockquote>The Initiate, rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no [[Māyā\|Maya]] can have any influence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>

	<~~references~~/>		In researching the origin of the term, [[David Reigle]] wrote:
			[[File:Dangma Lhungyal.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|Dangma Lhungyel]]
			<blockquote>Dangma is not a very common word in known Tibetan writings. The standard Tibetan-English Dictionary by Sarat Chandra Das gives only an obscure unrelated meaning of "juice," etc. (page 617); but the earlier 1881 Tibetan-English Dictionary by H.A. Jäschke says this (page 249): "'the spirit; the soul', a signification not found hitherto in any book, but according to a Lama's statement the word denotes a soul, when purified from every sin, and to be compared to a clear and limpid fluid, in which every heterogeneous matter has been precipitated." . . . The definitive new Tibetan-Tibetan Dictionary, the Tshig mdzod chen mo, gives two basic meanings: gtso-bo and gsal-ba. The first, gtso-bo, is defined by Das in English as: self, soul; chief, lord, master. The second, gsal-ba, means: pure; clear. Though I do not think these sources shed any new light on the term Dangma, they do at least confirm the meaning given in The Secret Doctrine, "purified soul," of a rather rare word.<ref>[http://easterntradition.org/book%20of%20dzyan%20research%20report%201-technical%20terms%20in%20stanza%201.pdf# Technical Terms in Stanza I] by David Reigle, 5.</ref></blockquote>

	~~==Further reading==~~		Another reference to the word "dangma", with an alternative spelling (ldang ma), can be found in the name of the legendary ''Dangma Lhungyel'' (ldang ma lhun rgyal), a Tibetan monk that is credited with having discovered the seventeen Dzogchen tantras hidden in the Zhai Temple.<ref>[http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Dangma-Lhungyel/494# Dangma Lhungyel] at The Treasury of Lives website</ref>

			==Online resources==
			===Articles===
	*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Dang-ma# Dang-ma] at Theosopedia		*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Dang-ma# Dang-ma] at Theosopedia

			== Notes ==
			<references/>

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	'''Dangma''' (Tib.: ''dwangs-ma'' or ''dwans-ma'') is a rare [[Tibetan]] word which, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]] means "a purified Soul. A Seer and an Initiate; one who has attained full wisdom".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref> This meaning agrees with the one found in the ''Tibetan-English Dictionary'' by H.A. Jäschke: "a soul, when purified from every sin".<ref>[http://easterntradition.org/book%20of%20dzyan%20research%20report%201-technical%20terms%20in%20stanza%201.pdf# Technical Terms in Stanza I] by David Reigle, 5</ref> In [[The Secret Doctrine (book)\|''The Secret Doctrine'']] H. P. Blavatsky wrote:		'''Dangma''' (Tib.: ''dwangs-ma'' or ''dwans-ma'') is a rare [[Tibetan]] word which, according to [[H. P. Blavatsky]] means "a purified Soul. A Seer and an Initiate; one who has attained full wisdom".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 96.</ref> This meaning agrees with the one found in the ''Tibetan-English Dictionary'' by H.A. Jäschke: "a soul, when purified from every sin".<ref>[http://easterntradition.org/book%20of%20dzyan%20research%20report%201-technical%20terms%20in%20stanza%201.pdf# Technical Terms in Stanza I] by David Reigle, 5.</ref> In [[The Secret Doctrine (book)\|''The Secret Doctrine'']] H. P. Blavatsky wrote:

	<blockquote>Dangma means a purified soul, one who has become a Jivanmukta, the highest adept, or rather a Mahatma so-called. His “opened eye” is the inner spiritual eye of the seer, and the faculty which manifests through it is not clairvoyance as ordinarily understood, i.e., the power of seeing at a distance, but rather the faculty of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable. This faculty is intimately connected with the “third eye,” which mythological tradition ascribes to certain races of men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Dangma means a purified soul, one who has become a Jivanmukta, the highest adept, or rather a Mahatma so-called. His “opened eye” is the inner spiritual eye of the seer, and the faculty which manifests through it is not clairvoyance as ordinarily understood, i.e., the power of seeing at a distance, but rather the faculty of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable. This faculty is intimately connected with the “third eye,” which mythological tradition ascribes to certain races of men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>

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	<blockquote>Dangma means a purified soul, one who has become a Jivanmukta, the highest adept, or rather a Mahatma so-called. His “opened eye” is the inner spiritual eye of the seer, and the faculty which manifests through it is not clairvoyance as ordinarily understood, i.e., the power of seeing at a distance, but rather the faculty of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable. This faculty is intimately connected with the “third eye,” which mythological tradition ascribes to certain races of men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Dangma means a purified soul, one who has become a Jivanmukta, the highest adept, or rather a Mahatma so-called. His “opened eye” is the inner spiritual eye of the seer, and the faculty which manifests through it is not clairvoyance as ordinarily understood, i.e., the power of seeing at a distance, but rather the faculty of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable. This faculty is intimately connected with the “third eye,” which mythological tradition ascribes to certain races of men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>

	This "open eye" (known in India as the "eye of Siva")<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref> can be used by the ~~initiate~~ to sense the ultimate realities:		This "open eye" (known in India as the "eye of Siva"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref>) can be used by the Initiate to "sense" the ultimate realities:

	<blockquote>The Initiate, rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no Maya can have any influence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Initiate, rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no Maya can have any influence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>

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	<blockquote>Dangma means a purified soul, one who has become a Jivanmukta, the highest adept, or rather a Mahatma so-called. His “opened eye” is the inner spiritual eye of the seer, and the faculty which manifests through it is not clairvoyance as ordinarily understood, i.e., the power of seeing at a distance, but rather the faculty of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable. This faculty is intimately connected with the “third eye,” which mythological tradition ascribes to certain races of men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Dangma means a purified soul, one who has become a Jivanmukta, the highest adept, or rather a Mahatma so-called. His “opened eye” is the inner spiritual eye of the seer, and the faculty which manifests through it is not clairvoyance as ordinarily understood, i.e., the power of seeing at a distance, but rather the faculty of spiritual intuition, through which direct and certain knowledge is obtainable. This faculty is intimately connected with the “third eye,” which mythological tradition ascribes to certain races of men.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>

	This "open eye" (known in India as the "eye of Siva"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref> ~~Can~~ be used by the initiate to sense the ultimate realities:		This "open eye" (known in India as the "eye of Siva")<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref> can be used by the initiate to sense the ultimate realities:

	<blockquote>The Initiate, rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no Maya can have any influence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The Initiate, rich with the lore acquired by numberless generations of his predecessors, directs the “Eye of Dangma” toward the essence of things in which no Maya can have any influence.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 46, fn.</ref></blockquote>