The following set of instructions were given by Madame Blavatsky, a Principal Co-Founder of the Theosophical Society, to some of her earnest students in London in 1888:
A clean life,
an open mind,
a pure heart,
an eager intellect,
an unveiled spiritual perception,
a brotherliness for one's co-disciple,
a readiness to give and receive advice and instruction,
a loyal sense of duty to the Teacher,
a willing obedience to the behests of TRUTH,
once we have placed our confidence in,
and believe that Teacher to be in possession of it;
a courageous endurance of personal injustice,
a brave declaration of principles,
a valiant defence of those who are unjustly attacked,
and a constant eye to the ideal of human progression and perfection which the Secret Science (Gupta-Vidya) depicts
- these are the Golden Stairs up the steps of which the learner may climb to the Temple of Divine Wisdom.
H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings, vol. XII
Below are some useful articles and Study Guides to help give some understanding to the Golden Stairs.