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*[http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/ChelasAndLayChelas.htm# Chelas and Lay Chelas] by H. P. Blavatsky | *[http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/ChelasAndLayChelas.htm# Chelas and Lay Chelas] by H. P. Blavatsky | ||
*[http://www.theosophical.ca/adyar_pamphlets/AdyarPamphlet_No11.pdf# Gurus and Chelas] An Article by E.T. Sturdy and a Reply by Annie Besant | *[http://www.theosophical.ca/adyar_pamphlets/AdyarPamphlet_No11.pdf# Gurus and Chelas] An Article by E.T. Sturdy and a Reply by Annie Besant | ||
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The word chela comes from the Sanskrit चेल (cela) meaning "servant" or "slave." In Hinduism the term is used to denominate the religious student or disciple of a spiritual master or guru.
In modern Theosophy the term is frequently used to denominate a disciple accepted by one Master as a candidate for initiation into the occult sciences. In her Theosophical Glossary H. P. Blavatsky defines it as follows:
Chelâ (Sk.). A disciple, the pupil of a Guru or Sage, the follower of some adept of a school of philosophy (lit., child).[1]
Notes
- ↑ H. P. Blavatsky, Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918), 74.
Further reading
- Chelas by H. P. Blavatsky
- Chelas and Lay Chelas by H. P. Blavatsky
- Gurus and Chelas An Article by E.T. Sturdy and a Reply by Annie Besant