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[[File:1888_Kodak_photo_by_W_Q_Judge.jpg|right|220px|thumb|HPB in 1888, photo by William Quan Judge]]
[[File:Krishnamurti by Schwartz.jpg|170px|right|thumb|Jiddu Krishnamurti portrait by Henry Schwartz]]
'''[[Mahatma_Letters_that_HPB_kept|Mahatma Letters that HPB kept]]''' is a group of ten letters that have never before been published. These letters are mostly written from [[A. P. Sinnett]] to [[Mahatma|Mahatmas]] [[Koot Hoomi]] and [[Morya]], asking questions or responding to their previous letters, with brief notations by KH and M. Historically they fill gaps in the published correspondence like [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']], giving the other side of the conversation.
'''[[Jiddu Krishnamurti]]''' (1895–1986) was a philosopher whose lectures and writings had a major impact on Twentieth Century thought.  
 
Theosophists [[Charles Webster Leadbeater]] and [[Annie Besant]] provided him an education as a boy. Believing him to be the next great World Teacher, they formed the [[Order of the Star in the East]]. However, Krishnamurti never wanted to be a Messiah and disbanded the Order in 1929. For the rest of his life he taught and wrote, traveling worldwide from his base in Ojai, California. He established several schools.
[[File:Koot Hoomi.jpg|left|120px|left|thumb|Koot Hoomi]]
Topics covered include [[A. O. Hume]], the KH retreat, Sinnett's relationship with the Mahatmas, [[London Lodge]], [[Mary Gebhard]], [[Anna Bonus Kingsford]], the [[Phoenix Venture]], the [[Kiddle incident]], and the [[Coulomb affair]]. Two letters written by [[Samuel Ward]] and [[G. B. Finch]] discuss the leadership of the [[London Lodge]].  


These letters are important because the Masters instructed [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] to keep them, due to the significance of their contents. 
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H. P. Blavatsky Gem of the Day
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Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) was a philosopher whose lectures and writings had a major impact on Twentieth Century thought. Theosophists Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant provided him an education as a boy. Believing him to be the next great World Teacher, they formed the Order of the Star in the East. However, Krishnamurti never wanted to be a Messiah and disbanded the Order in 1929. For the rest of his life he taught and wrote, traveling worldwide from his base in Ojai, California. He established several schools.

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