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Khu Akh is the Egyptian for intelligence; spirit; manes;

light; God-head.

Kul, Maya, to worship; to adore.

Khu = Akh, Egyptian, to worship; to adore.

"The root of life was in every drop of the ocean of immortality, and the ocean was radiant light, which was fire, and heat, and motion. Darkness vanished and was no more; it disappeared in its own essence, the body of fire and water, or father and mother." (From the Book of Dzyan, stanza iii., §6. Apud H. P. Blavatsky, "The Secret Doctrine," vol. i., p. 29.)

The ancient Mayas believed in the immortality of the spirit and in reincarnation, as do their descendants to this day.

NOTE XXI. (Page 158.)

(1) It may be seen from the following passage in the Saddharma poundarika, "The Lotus of the Good Law," chap. xx., entitled "Effect of the Supernatural Power of the Tathagatas," that the putting out of the tongue was a symbol of great wisdom in India. This chapter is a record of what took place in a council of Bodhisattvas; that is, of men who, having acquired the learning necessary to teach all creatures, had arrived at the supreme intelligence of a Buddha. "The hands joined they worship Buddha, who has brought them together, and they promise him, when he shall have entered Nirvana, to teach the law in his stead. The Master thanks them. Then the blessed Çakyamouni, and the blessed Prachoutavatma, always seated on the throne of their stoupa, began to smile of one accord; then their tongues came out of their mouth, and reached the world of Brahma. The innumerable Tathagatas, by whom these personages are surrounded, imitate them."

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This simply means that all these wise men pronounced discourses and gave their opinions on the matters discussed in the council.

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(2) Abbé Huc, in his work, "Recollections of a Journey through Thibet and Tartary (vol. ii., chap. vi., p. 158), says: "A respectful salutation in Thibet consists in uncovering

'Apud Barthélemy de Saint-Hilaire, Vie de Bouddha, pp. 71–72.

the head, lolling out the tongue, and scratching the right ear at the same time.'

W. Woodville Rockhill, in the Century Magazine (New York, edition of February, 1891, p. 606), says: "The drawing out of the tongue, and at the same time holding out both hands palms uppermost, is the mode of salutation near Drè-chu, in Thibet. At l'Hasa, capital of Thibet, the mode of salutation consists in one sticking out his tongue, pulling his right ear, and rubbing his left limb at the same time."

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