Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00688)

Daniel,

I was not entirely surprised to see that your message below, too, was on the "Theosophy Company".  

Thank you for your rhetorical questions. 

Still, no tampering charges against the ULT.

Carlos. 


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Data:Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:41:40 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World Unvoluntary Mistakes??? Not Conscious Changes???? in THE VOICE

> Carlos writes in regards to my posting at
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/37395
> 
> the following:
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> Tampering is changing thing ON PURPOSE to suit one's own interests, 
> often unconfessed.
> 
> Nearly all supposed editorial mistakes you talk about referring to 
> Theosophy Company are not tampering. If they really occurred, they 
> are UNVOLUNTARY MISTAKES, NOT CONSCIOUS CHANGES.
> ==========================================================
> Caps added.
> Quoted from: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/37401
> 
> I refer the interested reader once again to my posting at:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/37395 
> 
> How many of these DOCUMENTED changes can be simply ascribed to
> 
> UNVOLUNTARY MISTAKES, NOT CONSCIOUS CHANGES ????
> 
> For example:
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> HPB in the original wrote on pp. 74-75:
> 
> > It stands generally for the 100 years or "age" of Brahma, the
> > duration of a Kalpa or a period of 4,320,000,000 years.
> 
> The Theosophy Company's edition reads (p. 5):
> 
> > It stands generally for the 100 years or "age" of Brahma, the
> > duration of a Maha-Kalpa or a period of
> > 311,040,000,000,000 years.
> 
> So were these CHANGES in the Theosophy Company's edition merely 
> UNVOLUNTARY mistakes, NOT CONSCIOUS changes????
> 
> Or take this example:
> 
> The original VOICE reads on p. 82:
> 
> > Bodhidharma called them in China---from whence
> > the names reached Tibet---the *Tsung-men* (esoteric)
> > and *Kiau-men* (exoteric school).
> 
> The TC edition changes this passage to read: (p. 25)
> 
> > The *Bodhidharma*, Wisdom Religion in China---
> > whence the names reached Tibet---called them the
> > *Tsung-men* (Esoteric) and *Kiau-men* (Exoteric
> > school).
> 
> Or one more example:
> 
> The original VOICE, p. 87:
> 
> > *Upadya* is a spiritual perceptor, a Guru.
> 
> The TC editions reads (p. 49):
> 
> > *Upadhyaya* is a spiritual preceptor, a Guru.
> 
> Does Carlos really believe that this "correction" of the Sanskrit is 
> NOTHING BUT an UNVOLUNTARY mistake, a NOT CONSCIOUS change by some 
> Theosophy Company editor or worker???
> 
> In other words in the three examples given above, is Carlos really 
> serious about proposing that there was no conscious intention on the 
> part of any editor to change HPB's original text???
> 
> Carlos has an interesting hypothesis but does the evidence support 
> his speculation?
> 
> It should be noted here that as far as I know, Carlos is the first 
> ULT associate to propose the above explanation for these "changes".
> 
> More on this later. But I wait for Carlos' feedback first.
> 
> Daniel
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