Theos-Talk Archives (April 2001 Message tt00042)

That old mahatma, Nisi Kanta Chattopadhyana (aka KH) 
Sent: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 06:20:40 -0700 

[To] Daniel:

Very interesting. The next question would then be
whether NKC never took time to visit his homeland in
the whole time he was studying, or whether he spent
that whole time in Europe. Persons of Indian origin
whom I have known go to great trouble and expense to
vitis the homeland periodically, and this seems to be
in the Indian character. After all, India is a
spiritual as well as a genetic homeland.

There would have been nothing to prevent him from
packing some books and working on his dissertation or
whatever during the boat and train rides required.

So (1) is there evidence NKC never visited India
during the entire time from 1875-1880, or, more
pertinently, is there evidence KH was in India the
whole time between 1875-1880? Another question has to
do with when NKC was in Amritsar. Is there evidence
this journey was for sure a recent experience, or
might it have taken place some time before 1880?

Bear in mind that I am not arguing but merely raising
points of evidence.

Sat Nam,

SS

--- Blavatsky Archives <info@blavatskyarchives.com>
wrote:
> 
> Steve you write:
> 
> >I do not doubt for an instant that KH visited
> Amritsar
> >if he says he did. I would suggest being cautious
> >about dating his visit if, as I suspect, he did not
> >want to make his identity too plain to the
> >world. . . 
> >As for him being there in his astral body, I don't
> >think so because he says he intended to spend
> several
> >days there. . . .
> >There is no way to be sure, but this seems to
> >be the most reasonable interpretation.
> 
> From the above, Steve, I gather that you are willing
> to
> believe that in fact "Koot Hoomi" was actually at
> Amritsar sometime
> in 1880 in his physical body.
> 
> But if you really believe that "Koot Hoomi" was 
> Nisikanta Chattopadhyaya, then I must point out to
> you that
> Chattopadhyaya in his "Three Lectures: The
> Reminiscences of the German University
> Life," etc (1895) writes that he [Chattopadhyaya]was
> STILL in Europe in
> the early 1880s working on his degree. His account
> shows that he was not
> physically in India in the early 1880s --- therefore
> how could he be Koot
> Hoomi?
> 
> I will try to publish Chattopadhyaya's account on my
> website in the next
> week or so.
> 
> Daniel

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