Theos-Talk Archives (February 1997 Message tl00083)

Tom:
>Charles Leadbeater, probably in "Masters and the Path," wrote about
>how these beings compare to each other.  He wrote of 10 possible
>initiations, that he knew of, that an individual could attain.  He
>wrote that an Arhat is one who had passed the 4th initiation, an Adept
>is one who had passed the 5th initiation, a Chohan is one who had
>passed the 6th initiation, a Manu, Bodhisattva, or a Mahachohan is one
>who had passed the 7th initiation, a Pratyeka Buddha or a Buddha is
>one who had passed the 8th initiation, a Lord of the World is one who
>had passed the 9th initiation, and a Silent Watcher is one who had
>passed the 10th initiation.

	This is an interesting idea, but the notion of the Pratyeka-
Buddha being above the Bodhisattva would cause laughter from Tibetan
Buddhists.  Of course, the real problem with this kind of thing is
that who can say who has had a "5th" initiation or whatever?  Thus
CWL opened up a great opportunity for self-professed gurus.

Jerry S.
Member, TI


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