Burjorji J. Padshah
Burjorji J. Padshah was a Parsi Fellow of the Elphinstone College of Bombay. Col. Olcott writes that he was "one of the cleverest Parsi graduates of the Bombay University". B. J. Padshah should not be confused with S. J. Padshah, another early member.
In October 1882 Master K. H. referred to "poor Padshah" stating: "He is a madcap, yet of excellent heart and sincerely devoted to Theosophy and — our Cause".[1] It is not clear, however, whether this refers to B. J. Padshah or to Sorabji J. Padshah.
In 1884 he accompanied the Colonel, Mme. Blavatsky, Mohini and Babaji to Europe.[2] After the Hodgson Report he suffered a crisis of faith, which was part of his probation. Mme. Blavatsky wrote Mr. Sinnett:
Poor Padshah! All his efforts, struggles, his sacred vows — all, all gone because his fifth principle is so developed and drags him to Cambridge, while his sixth is dormant, half blind and is unable to FEEL the Master. Poor Boy! why can't people separate wretched me from the Masters, why not despise, spurn me, spew me out from their mouth but remain true and loyal to TRUTH incarnate. I do feel sad for those who are good and yet fall off.[3]
Poor, poor Padshah — he is lost! There's a trial for him! What next? Why if those are their proofs, then they are worthy indeed of being noticed!
. . .
Only write to poor Padshah a kind letter. Tell him he is ruining all his prospects — his young life for ever; by not withstanding and having the best of his probationary trial. He has cut his hair and now he is cutting the last blade of grass under his feet. I do feel such a pity for the poor good boy. He is so honest -- so earnest![4]
Theost y1941 v63 December p226 - obituary - BJ Padshah -- HV
Notes
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 91 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.
- ↑ Henry Steel Olcott, Old Diary Leaves Third Series (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1974), 73.
- ↑ A. Trevor Barker, The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett Letter No. XLIX, (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1973), 120.
- ↑ A. Trevor Barker, The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett Letter No. LIV, (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1973), 130-131.