Arthur Lillie
Arthur Lillie (1831-?) was a soldier in the British Army in India. While there, he became a Buddhist. He wrote several books on religion but they were poorly received by scholars since were full of mistakes. His book Buddha and Early Buddhism (1881) attracted the attention of Spiritualists because in it he stated: "the Buddhist belief is permeated by what I have described as a distinctive, a peculiar note of Modern Spiritualism—the presence and guardianship of departed spirits."
Master K.H. wrote about Lillie's "Buddha and Early Buddhism":
With its host of fallacies, unwarranted assumptions and distortion of facts and even Sanskrit and Pali words, this snobbish volume had nevertheless the greatest success with Spiritualists and even mystically inclined Christians. I will have it slightly reviewed by Subba Row or H.P.B. furnishing them with notes myself.[1]
Mme. Blavatsky did criticized this book in several publications, what made of Mr. Lillie an enemy of Theosophy.
Online resources
Articles
- Mr. Arthur Lillie by H. P. Blavatsky
- Mr. A Lillie's delusions by H. P. Blavatsky
- Tibetan Teachings by the Venerable Chohan-Lama of Tibet
- Mr. Arthur Lillie on the Kiddle Incident by C. C. Massey
- Madame Blavatsky and Her Theosophy by Arthur Lillie
Books
- Madame Blavatsky and Her "Theosophy": A Study by Arthur Lillie
Additional resources
- Remarks and Thoughts on Buddha and Early Buddhism by Dharani Dhar Kauthumi, The Theosophist Vol. V, No. 5(53), February, 1884, pp. 125-129. It includes some editorial notes that may come from Master K.H..
- 'Koot Hoomi Unveiled; or, Tibetan "Buddhists" versus the Buddhists of Tibet by Arthur Lillie. London: The Psychological Press Association, 1884. 24 pp.
Notes
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 104 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.