Mahatma Letter to H. S. Olcott - LMW 2 No. 39: Difference between revisions
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Unless you put the shoulder to the wheel yourself [[Koot Hoomi|Kuthumi Lal Singh]] will have to disappear off the stage this fall. Easy enough for you. Go to lecture to-day. Try to shame [[T. Subba Row|Subba Row]] into activity. There’s a letter for him. Pass it off to him someway. He is reproached therein for refusing to help the M. Society and lecture and for not getting shares. It will be a <u>great shame</u> and the [[Brotherhood of Adepts|“Brothers”]] will lose caste unless something is done for that journal. You can do if you <u> try</u>. Nothing | Unless you put the shoulder to the wheel yourself [[Koot Hoomi|Kuthumi Lal Singh]] will have to disappear off the stage this fall. Easy enough for you. Go to lecture to-day. Try to shame [[T. Subba Row|Subba Row]] into activity. There’s a letter for him. Pass it off to him someway. He is reproached therein for refusing to help the M. Society and lecture and for not getting shares. It will be a <u>great shame</u> and the [[Brotherhood of Adepts|“Brothers”]] will lose caste unless something is done for that journal. You can do if you <u> try</u>. Nothing | ||
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* '''shares''' means buying shares in the [[Phoenix Venture]] to establish a new newspaper sympathetic to the Theosophical Society. | * '''shares''' means buying shares in the [[Phoenix Venture]] to establish a new newspaper sympathetic to the Theosophical Society. | ||
* '''lose caste''' means to lose social position. | * '''lose caste''' means to lose social position. | ||
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that you could not do in the name of [[Morya|Chohan Rimbochey]] and using it when needed. Indeed if it proves <u>utter failure</u>, no one will believe much in poor K.H.’s powers. Either this or think how to get out of this. | |||
No need signing — but let it be a collective signature. | |||
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* '''Chohan Rimbochey''' is the signature used by [[Morya|Mahatma Morya]] as a sign to Olcott that M. was the direct author of a message. It means "the Glorious Chief." | |||
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Revision as of 20:52, 20 February 2020
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Written by: | Morya |
Received by: | Henry Steel Olcott |
Sent via: | unknown |
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Received on: | 2 June 1883 |
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Sent from: | unknown |
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This is Letter No. 39 in Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series. Mahatma Morya is still frustrated with T. Subba Row and asks Colonel Olcott to intervene.[1] See also previous letter, No. 38.
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Unless you put the shoulder to the wheel yourself Kuthumi Lal Singh will have to disappear off the stage this fall. Easy enough for you. Go to lecture to-day. Try to shame Subba Row into activity. There’s a letter for him. Pass it off to him someway. He is reproached therein for refusing to help the M. Society and lecture and for not getting shares. It will be a great shame and the “Brothers” will lose caste unless something is done for that journal. You can do if you try. Nothing |
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that you could not do in the name of Chohan Rimbochey and using it when needed. Indeed if it proves utter failure, no one will believe much in poor K.H.’s powers. Either this or think how to get out of this. No need signing — but let it be a collective signature. |
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Context and backgroundMr. Jinarājadāsa commented:
Physical description of letterThe original of this letter is preserved at the Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai, India. Publication historyCommentary about this letterMr. Jinarājadāsa provided this foreword on the series of letters numbered 28-45:
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