Helena BlavatskyЕлена Блаватская

The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. The Voice of the Silence (1889), Fragment I, The Voice of the Silence, Fragment I (the passage on Maya's realm and the 'eternal man').

Blavatsky's sentence, condensed: 'within thy body, the shrine of thy sensations' becomes 'in yourself', and the sequel ('and having sought him out, look inward: thou art Buddha') is dropped. The 1903 text began with 'Shun ignorance, and likewise shun illusion' (as 'fear ignorance, but fear false knowledge more'); the Circle drops it. Tolstoy translated from a German version in the Theosophischer Wegweiser, so his wording is at two removes from the English. The Jubilee editors' bracket [Дхаммапада] is wrong: the 1903 anthology names the source, and the passage is not in the Dhammapada. Ruling 1: Tolstoy condensed the English, so no printable.

The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. The Voice of the Silence (1889), Fragment I, The Voice of the Silence, pp. 5 and 19-20; Fragment II, The Two Paths, pp. 31-32.

Four passages of Blavatsky's The Voice of the Silence, joined: three from Fragment I ('In order to become the knower of ALL SELF thou hast first of self to be the knower. To reach the knowledge of that self, thou hast to give up Self to Non-Self'; 'Give up thy life, if thou would'st live'; 'Withhold thy mind from all external objects, all external sights. Withhold internal images, lest on thy Soul-light a dark shadow they should cast') and one from Fragment II ('Thy shadows live and vanish; that which in thee shall live for ever, that which in thee knows, for it is knowledge, is not of fleeting life: it is the man that was, that is, and will be, for whom the hour shall never strike'). The Circle repeats, with small changes, Tolstoy's Thoughts of Wise Men (1903), 3 March, whose Voice of the Silence the Jubilee commentary (vol. 40) says he translated from the German of the Theosophischer Wegweiser (February 1903), not found online. Against Blavatsky: 'Non-Self' becomes «всемирному «я»» (the universal self); 'if thou would'st live' becomes «если ты хочешь жить в духе» (if you would live in the spirit); 'Soul-light' becomes «душу» (soul). Against 1903: «тот человек, который был» (the man that was, Blavatsky's word) becomes in the Circle «существо, которое было» (the being that was). Not Brahmin scripture: Blavatsky presents the book as fragments from 'The Book of the Golden Precepts'. November (11-5.4) and January (1-25.3) placed other entries of the Circle in the same book. Ruling 1: Tolstoy joined and changed the English, so no printable.

The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. The Voice of the Silence (1889), Fragment III, The Seven Portals, p. 54 (the key of Kshanti; 'that lethal shade').

Blavatsky's passage on the 'heart-light', reworked. Tolstoy's 1903 version (Thoughts of Wise Men, 3 July, signed «Браминская мудрость («Голос безмолвия»)») was translated, the Jubilee vol. 40 commentary says, from the German of the Theosophischer Wegweiser (1903), not found online; so some of the changes may be the German's. The 1903 text keeps the sentence order: 'When out it goes, a dark and threatening shade will fall from thine own heart upon the path' («темная тень из твоего собственного сердца падает на твой путь»); 'Beware … of that lethal shade' («остерегайся этой ужасной тени», beware of this terrible shadow); 'No light that shines from Spirit can dispel the darkness of the nether Soul, unless all selfish thought has fled therefrom' («никакой свет твоего разума не может уничтожить темноты, исходящей из твоей души …», no light of your reason can destroy the darkness coming from your soul). For the Circle Tolstoy rewrites it: the light goes out «в твоем сердце» (in your heart), the shadow becomes «мрак» (darkness) that «скрывает от тебя путь твой» (hides your way from you), and the darkness comes «из твоего сердца» (from your heart) for 'the nether Soul'. 'Light that shines from Spirit' is 'the light of your reason' in both versions. Left out: the sunbeam on the mountain, 'root thy feet in terror to the spot', and the pilgrim's closing words. Not Brahmin scripture: Blavatsky presents the book as fragments from 'The Book of the Golden Precepts'; November, January, and July placed other «Браминская мудрость» entries in it. Ruling 1: Tolstoy changed the English, so no printable.

The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. The Voice of the Silence (1889), Fragment III, The Seven Portals, Fragment III (the golden keys of the portals).

Faithful to Blavatsky's English, except 'Soul' becomes 'thoughts' (the preceding line, 'Have mastery o'er thy thoughts, O striver for perfection', is merged in) and 'affection' becomes 'passion'. The book presents itself as translated from the Tibetan 'Book of the Golden Precepts'; it is not Brahmin scripture.

The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. The Voice of the Silence (1889), Fragment III, The Seven Portals, Fragment III (p. 61-62).

Faithful to Blavatsky's English (whose image echoes Bhagavad Gita VI.19, the lamp in a windless place); Tolstoy adds that 'bad thoughts' cast the shadows. Not Brahmin scripture.