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[[ | '''Bishen Lal''' (also known as Lalla Bishen Lall, was the President of Rohitcund Theosophical Society in Bareilly in the early 1880's. He one of the [[chelas]] who failed. It seems he became insane.<ref>Sven Eek, ''Damodar and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement'' (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1965), 150.</ref> | ||
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In [[Mahatma Letter No. 110#Page|one of his letters]], [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] stated that [[Allan Octavian Hume|A. O. Hume]] "Tho' unaware of it", "has helped precipitate [[Bishen Lal|Bishenlal]]'s insanity".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 110 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 371.</ref> In a letter from [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] she talks about "Bishen-lal and other vain, weak, and selfish characters — who end at the first temptation as raving madmen or commit suicide".<ref>A. Trevor Barker, ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' Letter No. LXIV, (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1973), 161.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 19:59, 18 April 2014
Bishen Lal (also known as Lalla Bishen Lall, was the President of Rohitcund Theosophical Society in Bareilly in the early 1880's. He one of the chelas who failed. It seems he became insane.[1]
In one of his letters, Master K.H. stated that A. O. Hume "Tho' unaware of it", "has helped precipitate Bishenlal's insanity".[2] In a letter from Mme. Blavatsky she talks about "Bishen-lal and other vain, weak, and selfish characters — who end at the first temptation as raving madmen or commit suicide".[3]
Notes
- ↑ Sven Eek, Damodar and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1965), 150.
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 110 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 371.
- ↑ A. Trevor Barker, The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett Letter No. LXIV, (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1973), 161.