Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00654)

Pedro,
Interesting thread topic isn't it? Somewhere in the mountain of the
written Theosophical materials I recall reading content that is of the
sort you state in regard to the Tashi lama. In that I recall the context
was that the Mahatma's at times and at specific period of certain
celebration of Religious Days they would present themselves there
and "observe" but not participate in any of the traditional rites or
ceremonial activities. Also that the lama of the order there referred to
them only as "the Elder Brothers" and held the Mahatma's in most
high regard and awe. That the Mahatma's stood aloof of the performers
of the Tibetan Lamasery seems to reinforce content of the Mahatma
Letters and Madame Blavatsky herself.

As far as I remember Madame Blavatsky consistently described K.H.
as Rajput not Tibetan, with all the characteristics such as his beard,
mustache, and styling of his hair, and the type of garments he wore.

I might add, the anatma is a thorne that has always been present since
the words first issued from the lips of the Buddha to the auditors. 
But, is
there a possibility that the Buddha in the wisdom of the Buddha had
intention to purposely "delimit" the teaching, cutting off through the
incorporation of the anatma doctrine the tendency of the conditioned
minds of the auditors to ran off into infinity if exposed to continued
ornamentation about the Hindu Deities. The first purpose it seems to me
was a means to arrive the auditors to a safe island of Enlightenment
before the contemplation of the Beyond Beyond was in it's further
context is undertaken. the anatma does align with what Theosophy
teaches as to the empirical ego which both the Mahatma's and
Blavatsky say has no permanence, at that point we reach the
"delimiter" of the Buddha, to me it makes sense, but maybe not to any
one else in the world, lol. Both Blavatsky and Cleather met the Tashi
Lama. I think that most of the prominent teachers had "withheld"
teachings and I include the Buddha from my personal point of view.

John 


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