Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00112)

Carlos, I totally agree with you. But some ammunition needs those 
who see me as a "sectarian". But it is better to be a clever 
sectarian, then a stupid leadbeaterian (I'm thinking of what 
Blavatsky said about the Methodists, and that she was a devil). 
Don't you agree with me there?

Carl

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "carlosaveline" 
<carlosaveline@...> wrote:
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> Carl, Konstantin,
> 
> Good. A short commentary.  I don't see any difficulty in  not 
knowing the exact origin of the word "Chohan". 
> 
> Tibetan is not the main language in occult terms.
> 
> You have many languages from which this term could have evolved, 
or from which it could have been adapted.
> 
> What is the problem with that?  The real issue is the content 
which the word means and indicates -- the consciouness of a Chohan...
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> 
> Regards,  Carlos. 
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> Data:Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:55:00 -0000
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> Assunto:Theos-World Re: Two articles, one by Pedro
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> > Dear Carl,
> > 
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Carl Ek wrote:
> > 
> > > There is more then one letter that are said to come from the 
Maha-
> > > Chohan. The one that Pedro and Linda likes (about that god has 
a 
> > > personality), is very clear fake (author Ernest Wood or 
Leadbeater 
> > 
> > I know only one letter, that which he quoted, and I've studied 
it 
> > very thoroughly, as I corrected its translation into the 
Russian. I 
> > also took part in a seminar (lead by Mary Anderson, our 
international 
> > secretary) where this letter was studied, so I am sure that 
there is 
> > nothing common with concept of personal god in this letter.
> > 
> > The author speaks much in favour of Buddhism and somewhat 
despisedly 
> > about Christianity, - at least, about its version spread by the 
> > preachers.
> > 
> > Another weak point of the article is the treatment the term Maha-
> > chohan. Yes, it really means "Big Boss", but it was still 
impossible 
> > to trace tibetan roots of the word "chohan". It is unknown to 
the 
> > most Tibetans, and cannot be found in the dictionaries. Maybe it 
a 
> > part of a slang of early theosophists or had or is a dialectism 
of 
> > the Tibetan-Indian border. Moreover, the Tibetans not apt to 
combine 
> > tibetan and sanskrit words; they tend to translate into tibetan 
even 
> > the names of the buddhas, so the use of a sanskrit word which 
just 
> > means "big" seems strange. I suspect that "chohan" comes from 
the 
> > tibetan "chos" - dharma, but I'm not sure. They already have a 
term 
> > for a keeper or protector of Dharma which sounds somewhat 
> > like "choije".
> > 
> > > My article was not I reply on Pedro's God-article, but on 
another 
> > > one, called "Which Theosophy?".
> > 
> > Sorry, here I was mistaken.
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