Mahatma Letter No. 15 - Revision history

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	* '''"ber-chhen"''' is a Tibetan word meaning a full cloak.<ref>Sarat Chandra Das, Graham Sandberg and Augustus William Heyde,''A Tibetan-English Dictionary with Sanskrit Synonyms, Volume 2'', 1st Edition, (Calcutta, 1902), 876. Accessed at ~~Internet Archive~~[http://archive.org/stream/tibetanenglishdi00dassuoft#page/876/mode/2up]</ref>		* '''"ber-chhen"''' is a Tibetan word meaning a full cloak.<ref>Sarat Chandra Das, Graham Sandberg and Augustus William Heyde, ''A Tibetan-English Dictionary with Sanskrit Synonyms, Volume 2'', 1st Edition, (Calcutta, 1902), 876. Accessed at [http://archive.org/stream/tibetanenglishdi00dassuoft#page/876/mode/2up Internet Archive].</ref>
	* '''"Astral forms"'''. The four printed editions of the ''Letters'' incorrectly say "astral form," in singular.		* '''"Astral forms"'''. The four printed editions of the ''Letters'' incorrectly say "astral form," in singular.

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	*'''"Since there is hope..."''' These are two quotes from [[Edwin Arnold]]'s book [[The Light of Asia (book)\|''The Light of Asia'']].		*'''"Since there is hope..."''' These are two quotes from [[Edwin Arnold]]'s book [[The Light of Asia (book)\|''The Light of Asia'']].
	* '''En attendant''' means ~~waiting~~, in the French language.		* '''En attendant''' means "while awaiting," in the French language.

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	* '''Mephitis''' is ~~Latin for "poisonous stench~~."		* '''Mephitis''' is a noxious or foul-smelling gas or vapour.

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	* "[S]he is really sick" refers to [[H. P. Blavatsky]]
	* "One of ours, who is passing through Bombay" refers to [[Hillarion\|Master H.]]		* "One of ours, who is passing through Bombay" refers to [[Hillarion\|Master H.]]
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	have just begun. Nothing of the kind; for what I now say may avail for as much as it can and no more; but — vera pro gratis — I WARN you, and will say no more, apart from reminding you in a general way, that the task you are so bravely undertaking, that Missio in partis infidelium — is the most ungrateful, perhaps, of all tasks! But, if you believe in my friendship for you, if you value the word of honour of one who never — never during his whole life polluted his lips with an untruth, then do not forget the words I once wrote to you (see my last letter) of those who engage themselves in the [[occult science]]s; he who does it "must either reach the goal or perish. Once fairly started on the way to the great Knowledge, to doubt is to risk insanity; to come to a dead stop is to fall; to recede is to tumble backward, headlong into an abyss." Fear not, — if you are sincere, and that you are — now. Are you as sure of yourself, as to future?		have just begun. Nothing of the kind; for what I now say may avail for as much as it can and no more; but — vera pro gratis — I WARN you, and will say no more, apart from reminding you in a general way, that the task you are so bravely undertaking, that Missio in partis infidelium — is the most ungrateful, perhaps, of all tasks! But, if you believe in my friendship for you, if you value the word of honour of one who never — never during his whole life polluted his lips with an untruth, then do not forget the words I once wrote to you (see my last letter) of those who engage themselves in the [[occult science]]s; he who does it "must either reach the goal or perish.["] Once fairly started on the way to the great Knowledge, to doubt is to risk insanity; to come to a dead stop is to fall; to recede is to tumble backward, headlong into an abyss." Fear not, — if you are sincere, and that you are — now. Are you as sure of yourself, as to future?

	But I believe it quite time to turn to less transcendental and what you would call less gloomy and more mundane matters. Here, no doubt, you will be much more at home. Your experience, your training, your intellect, your		But I believe it quite time to turn to less transcendental and what you would call less gloomy and more mundane matters. Here, no doubt, you will be much more at home. Your experience, your training, your intellect, your
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	* '''"''Vera pro gratis''"''' is a Latin phrase referring to an advice that is for free or unsolicited.		* '''"''Vera pro gratis''"''' is a Latin phrase referring to an advice that is for free or unsolicited.
	* '''"''Missio in partis infidelium''"''' is Latin for "mission in the lands of the unbelievers."		* '''"''Missio in partis infidelium''"''' is Latin for "mission in the lands of the unbelievers."
			* '''Reach the goal or perish''' is quoted from the 1885 Scottish Rite.<ref>See ''The Book of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite'' at [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_book_of_the_ancient_and_accepted_Scottish_rite_(1885)_(14743500276).jpg Wikimedia] or at [https://archive.org/details/bookofancientac00mcc/page/n415/mode/1up?view=theater Internet Archive].</ref>.

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	I must dwell no longer upon this case; and I crave his Lordship's pardon if, in the bitterness of my regret I over-stepped in any way the bounds of propriety, in this too free "[[Psychometry\|psychometrical]] delineation of character" as the American [[Mediumship\|mediums]] would express it . . . full measure only bounds excess" but — I dare go no further. Ah, my too positive and yet impatient friend, if you but had such latent capacities!		I must dwell no longer upon this case; and I crave his Lordship's pardon if, in the bitterness of my regret I over-stepped in any way the bounds of propriety, in this too free "[[Psychometry\|psychometrical]] delineation of character" as the American [[Mediumship\|mediums]] would express it . . . ["]full measure only bounds excess" but — I dare go no further. Ah, my too positive and yet impatient friend, if you but had such latent capacities!

	The "direct communication" with me of which you write in your supplement note, and the "enormous advantage" that it would bring "to the book itself, if it can be conceded," would be so conceded at once, did it depend but of me alone. Though it is not often judicious to repeat oneself, yet I am so anxious that you should realize the present impracticability of such an arrangement, were it even conceded by our Superiors, that I will indulge in a brief retrospect of principles stated.		The "direct communication" with me of which you write in your supplement note, and the "enormous advantage" that it would bring "to the book itself, if it can be conceded," would be so conceded at once, did it depend but of me alone. Though it is not often judicious to repeat oneself, yet I am so anxious that you should realize the present impracticability of such an arrangement, were it even conceded by our Superiors, that I will indulge in a brief retrospect of principles stated.

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	* "Our two agents": [[H. P. Blavatsky]] and [[H. S. Olcott]]		* The Latin phrase '''prima facie''' can be translated "on the first impression" or "at first sight."
			* The Latin phrase '''in propria persona''' means "in his or her own person."
			* '''Our two agents''' indicates [[H. P. Blavatsky]] and [[H. S. Olcott]].

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	may I beg the former to inform [[Dr. Wyld\|Dr. Wyld]], the Prest. of the [[London Lodge\|British T.S.]], of the few truths concerning us as shown above? Will you kindly undertake to persuade this excellent gentleman, that not one of the humble "dewdrops" which, assuming under various pretexts the form of vapour, have at various periods disappeared in the space to congeal in the white Himalayan clouds, have ever tried to slip back into the shining Sea of [[Nirvana]] through the unhealthy process of hanging by the legs or by making unto themselves another "coat of skin" out of the sacred cow-dung of the "thrice holy" cow! The British President labours under the most original ideas about us, whom he persists in calling "[[Yogi]]s," without allowing the slightest margin to the enormous differences which exist even between "[[Hatha Yoga\|Hatha]] and [[Raja Yoga\|Raj Yog]]." This mistake must be laid at the door of [[H. P. Blavatsky\|Mrs. B.]] — the able editor of "[[The Theosophist (periodical)\|The Theosophist]]"; who fills up her volumes with the practices of divers [[Sannyasi]]s and other "blessed ones" from the plains, without ever troubling herself with a few additional lines of explanation.		may I beg the former to inform [[Dr. Wyld\|Dr. Wyld]], the Prest. of the [[London Lodge\|British T.S.]], of the few truths concerning us as shown above? Will you kindly undertake to persuade this excellent gentleman, that not one of the humble "dewdrops" which, assuming under various pretexts the form of vapour, have at various periods disappeared in the space to congeal in the white Himalayan clouds, have ever tried to slip back into the shining Sea of [[Nirvana]] through the unhealthy process of hanging by the legs or by making unto themselves another "coat of skin" out of the sacred cow-dung of the "thrice holy" cow! The British President labours under the most original ideas about us, whom he persists in calling "[[Yogi]]s," without allowing the slightest margin to the enormous differences which exist even between "[[Hatha Yoga\|Hatha]] and [[Raja Yoga\|Raj Yog]]." This mistake must be laid at the door of [[H. P. Blavatsky\|Mrs. B.]] — the able editor of "[[The Theosophist (periodical)\|The Theosophist]]"; who fills up her volumes with the practices of divers [[Sannyasi]]s and other "blessed ones" from the plains, without ever troubling herself with a few additional lines of explanation.

	And now, to still more important matters. Time is precious and material (I mean writing material) is still more so. "[[Precipitation]]" — in your case having become unlawful; lack of — whether ink or paper — standing no better chance for "Tamasha," and I, being far away from home, and at a place where a stationer's shop is less needed than breathing air, our		And now, to still more important matters. Time is precious and material (I mean writing material) is still more so. "[[Precipitation]]" — in your case — having become unlawful; lack of — whether ink or paper — standing no better chance for "Tamasha," and I, being far away from home, and at a place where a stationer's shop is less needed than breathing air, our
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	may I beg the former to inform [[Dr. Wyld\|Dr. Wyld]], the Prest. of the [[London Lodge\|British T.S.]], of the few truths concerning us as shown above? Will you kindly undertake to persuade this excellent gentleman, that not one of the humble "~~dew drops~~" which, assuming under various pretexts the form of vapour, have at various periods disappeared in the space to congeal in the white Himalayan clouds, have ever tried to slip back into the shining Sea of [[Nirvana]] through the unhealthy process of hanging by the legs or by making unto themselves another "coat of skin" out of the sacred cow-dung of the "thrice holy" cow! The British President labours under the most original ideas about us, whom he persists in calling "[[Yogi]]s," without allowing the slightest margin to the enormous differences which exist even between "[[Hatha Yoga\|Hatha]] and [[Raja Yoga\|Raj Yog]]." This mistake must be laid at the door of [[H. P. Blavatsky\|Mrs. B.]] — the able editor of "[[The Theosophist (periodical)\|The Theosophist]]"; who fills up her volumes with the practices of divers [[Sannyasi]]s and other "blessed ones" from the plains, without ever troubling herself with a few additional lines of explanation.		may I beg the former to inform [[Dr. Wyld\|Dr. Wyld]], the Prest. of the [[London Lodge\|British T.S.]], of the few truths concerning us as shown above? Will you kindly undertake to persuade this excellent gentleman, that not one of the humble "dewdrops" which, assuming under various pretexts the form of vapour, have at various periods disappeared in the space to congeal in the white Himalayan clouds, have ever tried to slip back into the shining Sea of [[Nirvana]] through the unhealthy process of hanging by the legs or by making unto themselves another "coat of skin" out of the sacred cow-dung of the "thrice holy" cow! The British President labours under the most original ideas about us, whom he persists in calling "[[Yogi]]s," without allowing the slightest margin to the enormous differences which exist even between "[[Hatha Yoga\|Hatha]] and [[Raja Yoga\|Raj Yog]]." This mistake must be laid at the door of [[H. P. Blavatsky\|Mrs. B.]] — the able editor of "[[The Theosophist (periodical)\|The Theosophist]]"; who fills up her volumes with the practices of divers [[Sannyasi]]s and other "blessed ones" from the plains, without ever troubling herself with a few additional lines of explanation.

	And now, to still more important matters. Time is precious and material (I mean writing material) is still more so. "[[Precipitation]]" — in your case having become unlawful; lack of — whether ink or paper — standing no better chance for "Tamasha," and I, being far away from home, and at a place where a stationer's shop is less needed than breathing air, our		And now, to still more important matters. Time is precious and material (I mean writing material) is still more so. "[[Precipitation]]" — in your case having become unlawful; lack of — whether ink or paper — standing no better chance for "Tamasha," and I, being far away from home, and at a place where a stationer's shop is less needed than breathing air, our