Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00666)

>In S. India, a well known Saint tried to start an organization based on
>Brotherhood in early 1800s. It was a time when there was widespread
>feelings of caste and creed divisions. After a couple of years, he folded
>up his enterprise with the comment that he opened the shop and there were
>no customers. So he is closing his shop. But he added that Mahatmas from
>beyond Himalayas will send people from America and Russia (he was very
>specific about these two countries) and when they come and preach
>Brotherhood, everyone will listen.
>
>This episode took place years before HPB herself know of the future plans
>of starting TS. Obviously the Saint had some connections with the
>Mahatmas. Otherwise how else he could accurately predict the future.
>There are some who even speculated that the Saint himself may be a Mahatma.

See BCW 4, 133ff. for a sketch of "Saint" Ramalinga Pillai's life. I have
not found it yet, but I recall a Mahatma letter saying Ramalinga was a
chela, not an Adept.


--
Nicholas <> am455@lafn.org <> Los Angeles
"Morality is water that cleanses stains of wrongdoing; it is moonlight
cooling hot passions. As a snowy peak in the midst of men, its noble
presence peacefully unites all beings."  Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)