t i l l i t f la m e d a n d s p a r k le d in h is m o u t h , a n d so r e m a in e d t i l l t h o o y s t e r g a p e d a n d w a s q u i t e b o i le d . T h e n h e m o l te d p i t c h a n d w a x to g e th e r w i th s u lp h u r , w h ic h h o d r a n k d o w n a s i t f la m e d , I s a w i t f la m in g in h is m o u th a g o o d w h ilo ; h o a ls o to o k n p a th i c k p ie c e o f ir o n , s u c h a s l a u n d r e s s e s u se to p u t in t h e i r s m o o th in g - b o x e s , w h e n i t w a s f ie ry h o t , h e h e ld ifc b e tw e e n h is t e e th , th e n in h is h a n d , a n d th r e w i t a b o u t l ik e a s t o n e ; bufc t h i s , I o b s e r v e d , h e c a r e d n o t to h o ld v e r y l o n g . ’

“ A S ig n o r a J o s e p h in e G ir a d e l l i a a t t r a c t e d m o s t f a s h io n a b le m e t r o p o l i t a n a u d i ­e n c e s i n t h e e a r l y p a r t o f t h e p r e s e n t c e n t u r y , b y h e r f e a t s w i th f i r e . S h e s to o d w i th h e r n a k e d f e e t o n a p l a t e o f r e d - h o t i r o n , a n d s u b s e q u e n t l y d r e w th o s a m e p l a t e o v e r h e r h a i r a n d to n g u e .”

N o d o u b t m a n y m o r e in s ta n c e s c o u ld b e a d d u c e d . T h e a b o v e a ro q u o te d to s h o w t h a t t r i c k e r y is p o s s ib lo in s im i l a r c a s e s .— E d t

B o o k s .

R. writes nsking for lists of books on tlie identity of tbe individual and nniversal soul. In Sanskrit he should begin with tho ten Upanishads, the Brahm a Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, together wit li all Sankai acharya’s works. In modern science he will tind the lectures of Tyndall, Huxley and Helmholtz useful, also Clifford's essays and the “ Unseen Universe” , but we wonld remind R. that the modern scientist does not as a rule, occupy himself with the proof or disproof of the operations of ihe soul.

. ’ C l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f P r i n c i p l e s .

I t seoms a pity that the time and energies of our brothers should be employed in a fruitless weighing of opposition technologies.

The Septenary Division has performed many valuable services, and has been the means of imparting much useful instruction to many of us. I t has no doubt, from its complex and elaborate character, been the subject of certain misconceptions.

Very well.The Quaternary Division has been of great value to many, and has

enabled many valuable conceptions to be fonned. I t has, however, owing to its unfamiliarity to certain minds, been the cause of some confusion : again, very well. Let ns do all we can to absorb all that is good in both classitications. Thereseems little doubt that the evolution of the truo theosophy is a slow and gradual process, and that, before its perfection is reached, many stepping stones m ust be used and set aside.

Let ns then turn our efforts to the evolution of the true theosophy and cease to apply them to anything which will not aid this evolution.

C h a r l e s J o h n s t o n , I \ T . S.D u b l i n , Jane 1887.

T h e B e a n o f P y t h a g o r a s .

S i n c e writing on tho vexed question if beans are lawful food, I find o n consulting Baron Muller’s work on Australian Vegetation that he calls tl the bean of Pythagoras” Nelumbo vucifera, and Lind ley in his work “ The Vegetable Kingdom” says, the “ Egyptian bean of Pythagoras was derived from Nelumbium speciosum — Now it is not difficult to conceive th a t Pythagoras may have forbidden his chelas to eat of the f r u i t of the Sacred Lotus. Lindley recognises tbe flower as tha t iC Mythic Lotus”, which so often occurs on “ Tbe monumeuts of Egypt and India” I t cer­tainly would appear that the sage was more likely to forbid his disciples to destroy a sacred flower for the sake of its seeds, than to forbid th e m to e a t beana—a com m on and apparently harmless food.

H. H. M o r g a n , F. T. S.,M ajor General,

GENERAL REPORT

O F T IIE

ELEVENTH CONVENTION AND ANNIVERSARY

O F T H E

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

A N D OF T H E P R O C E E D I N G S OF C O U N C I L

A T T H E H EA D -G U A R TER S, AD YAR , M A D R A S, DECEM BER 27 t h - 30 th , 1886 .

S H lttb a r r o m p a n p tn g J B o c u n u n ts .

M A D R A S :

P u b l i s h e d b y t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y , a n d P r i n t e d a t t h e

S c o t t i s h P r e s s , b y G r a v e s , C o o k s o n & Co.

Anantapur.—Messrs. J . Sreenevasa Row ; AV. Gopal Swami Naidoo ;B. P. N arasim iah ; H . S itaram Row ; V asudeva Row ; M. V ijaya Ragha- valu Naidoo ; D. K ris tn a Row.

Bangalore City.—Messrs. C. Shun- m ugum V ela P illay ; A. Gopala C harlu ; P . Sunjeeva Naidoo Garu.

Bangalore Cant.—Messrs. P. Sadaseva M udaliar; N aguppa M udaliar; P.C. Y eera R agliava P illay ; T. R a­jah Ram.

Bengal.—B abu Jad u b C hunder M it­te r ; Babu D evendra N ath Goswami.

Bellary.—C. A. P arthasarad liy M uda­liar.

Berhampore.—B abu D ina N ath Gan- guly.

Bhavnagar.—Mr. N athuram Shankar Raol.

Bombay.—M essrs. D r. V ithal Row P andurang M alitre ; Rustom je A. M a s te r ; Peroze Shah R. M eh ta ; Jeh an g ir C ursetjee D a ji ; Cursetjee R ustom jee ; V inayak Row Dino N a th ; T ukaram T atya ;

Chittoor.—M essrs. T. Prornaswam i P illay ; C. A nnam ala M udaliar; M. Mohin R unga P illay ; C. Masila- money M udaliar; P. Sambasiva M udaliar ;T. Shada Gopa Pillay ; A. V ardara ja li M udalia r; N. Srinivasa Y arada Charloo ; A. Gopal K rishna P illay ; Y. P. M udaliar.

Chingleput.—M. U m apathy Mudaliar.

Coconada.—M. Y". Subba R o w ; S. Go­pal K risnam iah.

Coimbatore.—Messrs. N . Rama Swami Iy e r ; J . Sasha G heri Row; T. M» Sundarum P il la y ; N. Anilaswami Row ; A. Ponnuswami Mudaliar; T. Sitharam Sing,

Cuddapah.—Messrs. F und it N. Bha- shia C haryar; A. N an ju n d ap p ah ;S. C. Gopal C h a r r i a r D . Bheema Row ; K. Seshia Garu ; P. S u b b iah ;S. Ram iah Clietty.

Combaconum.—Mr. K. N ariyansw am i Iyer.

Colombo— Messrs. U lukw atti M edan­kara (Yiksu H eneratgoda) ; Sara- nathsa (P r ie s t) ; Wm. D. A brew ; P e te r D. Abrew ; H . Don David.

Gooty.—-Messrs. J . Sreenivasa Row ; J.G ovin Rowr ; O. Mathoo Row ; N. N arasim ha Chari.

Hoshangabad.—Mr. N. B. A treya ;

Ilyderabad(Deccan).— Mr. Namazeen.

Guntur.—Messrs. R. V enkata Rufc- nam ; J . P u rnayya ; J . S ingaravelu M udaliar.

Karur.—Messrs. L utchm inarayaniah Iy e r ; T. V enkata Rama Iyengar ; T. R. Ram C hunder Iy e r ; C. S. ilam a- sw am iah ; T. L. Subba R o w ; T. Subram ania Iy e r ; T. Padam ana- bhiah.

Karnool.—Mr. C. Muniswami Naidoo.

Madras.—Messrs. P. Sreenivasa Row; T. Subba4R ow ; C. H annah; J. Lux- m ikan ta R ow ; Toke V enkafapati N aidoo; R. S iva-Sankara Pandiah; P. P arthasara thy C lietty and others.

Madura.—Messrs. C. Narainaswam i I y e r ; S. R. Sreenivasa Iyer.

Nagpur.—Messrs. P. Peary L a l ; L ala lsw ari P ro sa d ; A nunta L a l ; P . K eshub Row.

Negapatam.—Mr. R. V enkata R am Iyer.

Nellore.—Messrs.B. R unea R e d d y ; M. Subram aniah ; M. M ahadeva Iy e r ; T. Jaya Ram N aidoo; A. M ahadeva Shastree.

D E L E G A T E S . — ( C o n t i n u e d . )

Ootacamund.—Major General H. R. Morgan; Messrs. G. Venkataramiah ; Mrs. E. R. Batchelor; T. Venkata Rama Iyengar.

Palghat.—Messrs. Veera Raghava Iy e r; Venguni Iy e r ;

Rajshahye.—Babu Baroda Prosaud Bose.

Rangoon.—Mr. V. Ruthna Mudaliar.

Tanjore.—Mr. S. Rungaswami Iyen­gar.

Tinnevelly.—Messrs. S. Sundram Iy e r; Shanmugiun Pillay.

Trichinopolly.—Messrs T. Samiah; N. Somenathia; Bhut Guraswami;S. Krisnama Chary.

Silliguri.—Babu Bishnu Chunder Das.

Vellore.—Mr. A. Naryan Simhla.

AUTHORS OP CONGRATULATORY POEMS.T h e best th an k s of the Society are due to the underm entioned

learned P a n d its who k in d ly composed stanzas in S a n sk rit, Zend, P e h le vi, P a li, P ersian and T am il, in honour of the opening of the A d y a r O rien tal L ib ra ry :—

jU nitsk rih

Pandit Rama Sastri,—Benares.Pandit Gangadhara Sastri,—Bena• res.

Pandit Govinda Rama Probhakara,— Phagwara, Panjab.

Pandit Hara Charan Kabiraj,—Ben*gal •

Pandit Jaya Raja Row,—Combaco- num.

Pandit Joy Chundra, Sidhyantabhoo- axmy—Kalighat, Calcutta.

Pandit Narain Dutt Sastri,—Luck­now.

Pandit Siva Sankara Pandiah,—Mad­ras.

Pandit Triumbaklal Muni,—Bombay.

Pandit C. Venkataratnam,—Madras.

Pandit P. Venkata Narsimha Sidd- anti,—Mysore Province.

A Pandit of Bankura,—Bengal.

A member of the Berhampore Branch of the Theosophical Society.

a ith

Rustoinji Mobed,—Bombay.

Ulukwatti Medankara (Viksu Heneratgoda.)

Jp jjrsia tt.

Mr. Namazeen,—Hyderabad, Deccan.

1 ' W n m il

Pandit T. Venkatarama Aiyerigar,— Ootacamund,

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D O N A T IO N .

The T reasurer of the Theosophical Society acknowledges, with thc thank* of the Council, receipt of a donation of £50 towards the general purposes of the Society, from Edward T. Sturdy, Esq., F. T. S., of Woodville, llaw koa Bay, New Zealand.

ADONI.A d o n i S a n s c r i t S c h o o l .

Mr. W. Peddu C hetty, F. T. S., of Adoni, reports th a t the Sanscrit School lately started a t Adoni under the auspices of the Adoni Branch Thcosophical Society has 25 studen ts ou its roll. I t has secured the patrouage of the officials and of some of the m erchants of the place. An accumulation of Rs. KJO is now deposited in the Savings Bank in its name. The gentlemen manager* invite donations for the school.

O RA I T H E O SO P H IC A L SO CIETY .A t a m eeting held a t the house of T haku r Ganesh Singh, it was resolved

th a t a B ranch Theosophical Society be organized, and an application for tho issue of a C harter and the sanction of Rules be made to the President-Foun* der, A dyar, M adras.

A set of rules were proposed for the guidance of the m eeting and passed by the G eneral M eeting.

The following persons were unanimously elected as officers of the Society : T hakur Ganesh S ingh. President; P and it Lachm an Prosad Pachouri, Secy. T hakur Ganesh S ingh then read his Lecture on the religions and m oral degradation of the people of India—How Theosophy in time laid hold of the falling, opened th e ir eyes, and put them to the r igh t path followed by the ir w orthy ancestors.

R U L E S OF T H E O RAI T H E O S O P H IC A L SO C IET Y .

1. This Society is established with the following objects:—(a) To cultivate the feeling of Universal Brotherhood of M ankind.(b) To raise the moral and sp iritua l sta tus of our fellowmen.(c) To encourage the study ot Sanscrit and other E astern literatures

andSciences.2. Tbe Society shall observe complete religious neutrality .3. The Society shall elect from its mem bers the following office-bearers

President, V ice-Presidents, Secretary, A ssistan t Secretary, Treasurer, A ccount­ant, and Librarian.

The above officers will be appointed for one year only.A vacancy occurring before expiry of the period will be filled up by election

in a Bpecial general meeting.4. Each m em ber will have to give a m onthly subscription of at least two

annas, unless the M anaging Committee exem pt any member from payment.5. There will be a general meeting of the Society held once a month.6. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, will pre­

side a t a general meeting. But if neither of these officers is present a t tho m eeting, the m em bers will elect a C hairm an for the occasion from am ong themselves.

7. The C hairm an will have the casting vote at all the meetings.8. For the transaction of ordinary and every day business, there will be

a M anaging Comm ittee of three members, which m ust include the P residen t and the Secretary.

9. The M anaging Committee will meet ouce a ^veek or as often as ncces* wary.

10. Five members will form a quorum at a general meeting, and three ab a meeting of the Managing Committee.

11. Members will be at liberty to present the Society With any donations of cash, books, or any other article or property they may wish to give.

12. Sums of money or books or other articles or property, onco presented to the Society, will become the property of the Society, and neither the donor himself, his heirs, successors, nor assignees, will have any right to any such Bums of money, books or other articles or property as aforesaid.

13. In emergent cases the President and the Secretary have each power to incur expenditure up to Rs. 2. But all such proceedings must be reported for confirmation to the Managing Committee at their first meeting.

r 14. The Managing Committee will have power to sanction expenditure up ‘to Rs. 5 (five) in each case.

15. No expediture of above Rs. 5 (five) can be incurred without the previous sanction of a general meeting.

16. The proceedings at every meeting will be recorded in a book to be kept for the purpose by the Secretary, who will be responsible for the safe

. custody of the same.17. The Treasurer will receive, acknowledge and credit in the Society’s

accounts all sums of money paid to him on account of the Society. He will be responsible that no money is paid by him without proper authority, and

. that proper vouchers are obtained by him before money is paid.18. For the sum sanctioned by the President or the Secretary under

Rule 13, an order signed by any of those officers will be sufficient authority for the Treasurer to make payments. For sums sanctioned by the Manag.

• ing Committee the order should be signed by Chairman and the Secretary- The charges sanctioned at a general meeting should, however, be supported by an order signed by the Chairman, tho Secretary and two other member^.

19. Members misconducting themselves in any way will be reported to the Managing Committee who will, in the first instance, warn the members concerned. If this warning has no effect, the matter will be laid before a general meeting for such action as may appear to them proper.

20. All decisions and orders of the Managing Committee are subject to appeal to a general meeting, whose orders again are liable to be altered or cancelled by the President of the Parent Society.

21. It will be the duty of the Secretary to convene a special generalmeeting whenever requested in writing to do so either

I—By the President, or II— Any three Members.22. The Treasurer will prepare a monthly statement of all sums received

.andpaid by him during the previous month, and place it duly countersignedby tne Secretary before the ordinary general meeting.

23. The proceedings of the Society should be in English.24. No political matter whatever shall in any manner be discussed or

otherwise dealt with by the Society25. No additions to, or alterations in, these rules will be valid unless madr*

and sanctioned by a special general meeting and approved by the President- Founder in Council.

G a n e s h S i n g h , ;

Approved: President.II. S. O lcott, L. P. P achouri,

P. T. S. Secretary.

B ER H A M PO R E .

Pandit Keshava Chandra Yidyaratna, who was deputed to visit the branch Societies of Saidpur, Siliguri, and Darjeeling, received a hearty reception in all the branches he visited. His lectures in Bengalee delivered in each were highly interesting and gave satisfaction. He convened special meetings of Brothers, and answered the various questions put to him on Theosophibal subjects. He has, in fact, breathed vitality into the several branches and induced the members to adopt such plans of work as will ensure steady progress. The Secretaries of the above branches have written to Babu ^ina Nath Ganguly to include their Societies in the Theosophical Co­operative Association of Bengal and to send them the plan of work which ho has published. Moreover, it is highly gratifying to notice that in the Anni-

T e r s a r y of the Saidpur “ Arya Dharma Pracharini Sabha.” which took place very recently and in which there was an assemblage of Pandits from Bikram- pur, Rungpur, Barisal and Calcutta, our brother Pandit Keshava Chandra Vidyaratna was requested to address the meeting. In this address he ably expounded the basic principles of Theosophy, proving the samo by Texts quoted from S h a s t r a s .

After this address, Pandit. Kristo Das Vcdantavagish of Calcutta, and the Rungpur Ilindu Preacher, testified their gratitude to the T. S. and its leaders, Madame II. P. Blavatsky and Col. H. S. Olcott for the invaluable services which they have been and are still rendering in re-awakening a senso of profound reverence for the Rishis of old and for their Philosophy, Religion and Science.

CIHTTOOR.

The Chittoor Branch T. S. has elected the following Office-bearers for t.be­coming year; N. Srinivasa Varadu Charlu, President; G. Masilamani Muda­liar , Secretary and Trestirer; V. Pachappa Mudaliar, T. Ponnusami Pillni. and M. Mohunaranga Pillai, Members of the Managing Committer. The Branch “ has been reconstituted on a solid basis.”

T H E B A N G A LO R E (CANTONM ENT) T. S.

Buies and Bye-laws.In addition to the Rules and Bye-laws of the Parent Society, the following

have been adopted especially for this Branch :1. The Society shall be called and known by the name of “ Bangalore

(Cantonment) Theosophical Society.”2. Tho affiairs of the Society shall be managed by a President, two Vice-

Presidents, a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian and a Council of five members, the Office-bearers being Ex-officio members of the Council. The Managing Committee shall have power to increase their number, if necessary three members of the Couucil shall form a quorum.

3. The Council shall meet once a fortnight, or as often as it may bo necessary.

4. A general meeting of all the members shall bo convened once in three months to disposo of all matters laid before the meeting by the Council as also for the general purposes of the Branch. At such meetings one-tliird of the number of members shall form a quorum.

5. The Secretary shall be at liberty to convene meetings at the request of any five or more members for the purposes of discussing any useful topic of social, moral, intellectual or spiritual importance—due notice shall be given by the Secretary to all the members of the date of such meeting at least three days before the date fixed.

(5. The Secretary shall keep a book for entering therein the proceedings of the general meetings and resolutions adopted at such meeting. The pro­ceedings of the Council shall also be recorded in a book, and snch ot tiie Councirs proceedings as are to be brought to the notice of the general body of members shall be laid before the general meeting to be held once in three, months. The accounts, proceedings and such other books of the Society shall be open to the inspection of all members of the Branch.

7. A n y proposal which any member may have to make regarding the work of the Society shall be communicated in writing by such member to the Council through the Secretary; should the proposal be such as would in­volve an alteration in the existing rules of the Branch, it shall be laid before the quarterly general meeting and its adoption or rejection shall be decided by a majority.

8. All resolutions passed at tho general meetings shall be binding on all members present or absent at such meetings—such resolutions or amendments as are voted for by the majority present at the meetings shall be considered as resolutions duly adopted—when votes are equal, the Chairman shall have the casting vote.

9. None b u t fellows of th e S o c ie ty , w h e t h e r members of t h e B r a n c h or not, Ehall be allowed afc the meetings of the Branch, Persons learned or proficient

in ancient sciences or philosophy and gentlemen sym pathizing w ith tho objects of the Society m ay be allowed to a ttend a t the lec tu re meetings.

10. The annual general m eetihg of the Society shall be held in A ugust when the annual report on the operations of the Socicty shall be subm itted by tho Council,1 the office-bearers for tho next year elected, any alterations o r additions to* the existing Bye-laws made and such othor propositions as aro la id before the m eeting disposed of;. 11. Every mem ber shall pay a m onthly subscription of not less than e igh tannas per m onth tow ards the form ation of a General F und from which tho general expenses of the Society shall be met. I t is optional with members to pay suitable m onthly subscriptions. Members unable to pay the prescribed rate of subscription may be exempted from paym ent a t the discretion of tho Council. ... ‘

12. All paym ents on behalf of the Society shall be made to the T reasurer, who shall keep a regu lar account of money received and disbursed on behalf of the Society. A balance sheet shew ing the receipts and expenditure shall be prepared once in th ree months and laid before tbe quarterly general rneet^ ing through the Council for the inform ation of the members of the Branch.

13. All charges connected w ith the up-keep of the Society including the establishm ent shall be incurred by the T reasurer oh the authority of the Secretary , bu t no new charge shall be incurred w ithout the previous sanction of the Council. :

14. A L ibrary consisting of useful works in English and V ernacu lar languages, bearing 011 Theosophy, A ryan literature, sciences and sim ilar subjects shall be formed for the use of the members of the Society and shall bo under the direct control of the L ibrarian , who shall, with the sanction of the Council, frame such subsidiary rules as are necessary for the proper and efficient m anagem ent of the L ibrary. I t shall be optional w ith the b ro thers pf the Society to make contribution in money or books for extending tbe use­fulness of the L ibrary. Such g ifts become the property of the Society. Gentlemen evincing sym pathy in the cause of theosophy, though not members, m ay be allowed access to the L ibrary, b u t they shall conform to the rules of the L ibrary.

15 A S anskrit pundit shall, if the funds of the Society perm it, be engaged to teach the Sanskrit language to such of th e members as are disposed to Btudy it.

16. The connection of a m em ber w ith the Branch shall, a t the discretion of th e Council, cease if he absents him self w ithont a w ritten excuse continually for th ree consecutive m eetings, or allows his subscription to fall in arrears fo r three consecutive m onths or otherwise breaks the rules of th is Branch.

17. Should any mem ber by im proper or immoral conduct become an annoyance to the res t of the members or a disgrace to the Branch, and tho efforts and personal influence of o ther m em bers fail to b ring him back to th e r ig h t path , his conduct shall be b rought to the notice of the P aren t Society:

18. Should any person when jo in ing th e Society stipulate th a t his namoshall be kept secret, his wishes snail be complied w ith. '

19. I t will be competent for the m em bers assembled a t a general m eeting, should the sta te of the funds of the Society allow it, to vote out of the same any sum or sum s of money for any charitable purpose, for helping any indi-

.v idual or any local or foreign charity .20. Should any of the office-bearers vacate his place du ring the year by

reason of tran sfer from the station or any other cause, the Council shall, sub ­jec t to the sanction of th e quarterly general m eeting, elect another m em ber to th e vacan t office for the rem aining portion of the year.

21. The general m eeting shall have power to add, or alter, modify or annu l the above rules and the same shall be reported to the P aren t Society.

A. S ingaravelu , 1A pproved: Secretary.

II. S. O lc o tt, V. T. S.

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N O V E M B E R 1 8 8 6.

T H E D U T IE S OF A RY AN YOUTH TO T H E M SE L V E S AND TO T H E IR COUNTRY.

A Lecture was delivered by Colonel Olcott upon the above topic, on l.lio evenin '- of tlie Urd instant, before the Triplicane Juvenile Association a t tho house of Rajah Ishw aru Dass, Triplicane, M adras. A crowded audience wiw present, and tho orator was, as usual, applauded and cheered throughout-.A t the conclusion of his rem arks, the C hairm an th a t venerable patrio t and reform er, Dewan B ahadur II. R aghunath Row—made a brief address which excited great enthusiasm . He eulogized in the w arm est term s the ioundeis o f th e Theosopical Society and the work of the Society itself. No one, lift Baid, could fail to be struck with the results actually achieved w ithin tho sho rt space of six or seven years : it was a perfect miracle. He, tho C hair­m an, firmly believed th a t the hand ol God was constantly guiding hum an affairs, and he saw th a t Divine guidance displayed in th is Society s work. C hris tian friends of Ind ia had for many years been laboring to awaken the religious sp irit in our country-men, and had spent millions of pounds sterling in th is end, in the way they thought the best. Yet w hat had they accom­plished P We need only g l a n c e at w hat Ind ia was six years ago to see th a tscarcely anyth ing had been effected. B ut here are two foreigners who come here w ithout any of those advantages, and arouse the soul or the whole peo­ple of Ind ia : doing more in six years than any other reform ers had done in sixty or six hundred. Perhaps, one reason for th is was th a t the others had had their interested motives, they wanted to accomplish a purpose intei esting oi im portant to them selves, while these two real friends of India, had nothing o pain bu t the accom plishment of duty to all m ankind. Ihe lecturer had de­picted to us the intense lovo of other people to their native lands, such as t-lio heroic Montenegrins, the Swiss and tho Chinese. H e had described how tho C hinam an’s one g rea t yearning passion when in foreign lands, was to hoard up enough money to take him home again some day, so th a t he m ight lay nw bones in the bosom of the land of his b irth , or if he should die abroad, at least to have his remains carried to China for interm ent. "We had seen all 1 10 foreigners coming to Ind ia with the same aim in v iew ; to accumulate n» competency, and go home to Europe to spend it. B ut how ditie ien t 1 10 case of the founders of the Thcosophical Socicty ! They came here leaving a behind, even the wish to be buried among their k indred ; hying, to woi w ith heart and soul for India, and dying, to mingle the ir dust with her sacred soil. This was the proof of deep and u n s e l f i s h love and he—the Chairm an— cave due notice th a t he was commissioned, on behalf of the Ilindn peop e, to send for the bones of thoso dear friends from whatsoever country they m igh t by accident have been tem porarily deposited in, and bring them ac to India, to the people the founders loved so well. Six years ago, he, tho speaker, could not have ventured to speak publicly, as he was now con­stan tly doing, on our national religions w ithout the certainty of being hissc by his own countrym en, bu t now, thanks solely to the Theosophical oock y and to the Divine o,gen cy th a t was im pelling its work—the whole country w js aroused to enquire into the Ilin d u jShavtras and religious principles. e

h ari p a t q u ie t ly , w h ile C o lonel O lcott. w as c lea rly la y in g dow n th e d u t ie s o t A 1*3' a n y o u th , a n d sh o w in g how fchey m igh t, a t t a in th e h ig h es t, h a p p in e s s fo r th e m s e lv e s a n d p ro s p e r i ty fo r I n d ia , a n d h a d g o n e th r o u g h a w o n d e rfu l e x ­p e r ie n c e . A s th e C olonel w a s fo rm in g h is id eas in to E n g l is h se n te n c e s , th e s p e a k e r sa w m en ta l ly f la sh in g p a s t h is c o n sc io u sn e ss th e se lf-sa m e id e a s ns th e y a r e w r i t te n m S a n s k r i t in o u r Shastras. l ’he v e ry w o rd s of M a n n , o u r g r e a t

a w g iv e r a n d R is h i, a n d th o se of th e a u th o r of th e B h a g a v a tg ita , w ere h e in " p p o k e n b y th e m o u th of th i s A m e r ic a n b r o th e r ! T h is w a s so m e th in g l ik e a m ira c le , w a s i t n o t F H o w co m es i t t h a t th is g e n tle m a n , fo r w h o m S a n s k r i t is a se a le d book , ta lk s th e d o c tr in e s of o u r sa g e s , as p re se rv e d in o u r h o ly l a n ­g u a g e j' J le , th e sp e a k e r , h a d an e asy e x p la n a tio n ; th e sa m e G od w ho in s p ir e d o u r s c r ip tu r e s w as in s p ir in g th e C o lonel to u t t e r th e se t r u th s , a n d o u r t h a n k s ­g iv in g sh o u ld be r a is e d to H im fo r s e n d in g u s f r ie n d s in th e d a r k e s t h o u r nf

n n d to n g c o n tin u e d a p p la u se , a n d c h e e r s fo r th e T h c o ­so p h ic a l S o c ie ty a n d i ts ioundcr s .^ In d ia n Mirror.

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B O M B A Y .

mce“ "S of t,,c Bombay branch of tbo Thcosophical Sociof.y w m S b r „ / t a J .a ^ n l *?n ^ -thc F™ ni™ Oowasjce In s titu te , M r 'iT jU r n of H l g ^ 0teK t0 , t,heCuh air ' n o s a id in the absence of tbo c h a " ' H n fL Of H ^°™ bay hr/ nc^ the Rao B!lha,lui- Gopalrao H ari U a m u k h H i, ^D ab lc h t r l \ C, i" . T ? '1 ",PT ,lini- bn t wislle(l tl.n-t some one more e X r f a l t tW °nC Cd of him . H e thon. in the cour.se of certain

rem arks, denied th a t lheosophy had proved a failure, as had been sta ted ind r e c i L qU Tr r R’o r d eul0F izn thQ " 0rk d° " e % O k o tt in th is

80TO" y.eara OMstonco of the Socicty showed th a t it had donen i r i r Ps fro r j 00 ’ r ’ Sp'.te ° f *!10 m an>' enGm’es it. had raised in m any •Utemnt f W w t ^ 7 ^ ° f lts w ork ' N otw ithstanding tbe diabolical;V „ '° P mad!: K°me tw ° years and a half ago in a particu lar part offlouW shin? M r • f Y ’ th ° !a tte r was still flourishing and going on

tU»e ' i Bustom J®e A rdesir Daroowalla, Secretary to the Socioty then T T i rep° rtl of which the following is a * r a a r y S e r

T he branch had h ' ^ 7^ fo’,ndod on the 17th Septem ber 1875 a t Now York, nnd o n o th e r nlih t o ° ^ ?nc°Jlra g ed aild supported a t its anniversaries H S O lcott - h u t L T T i0I? u y theJ csP ^ d President of the Society, Col. rv e n in g o n a c e o n n to fu y i not bcen ab ' R to favour them with his presence thafc creascfftbe t r e ^ r L f • p,reBS,ng engagem ents. As tho Society’s moans in-o u t th e world The b n il r r^ T ^ °,ckcd " P w,ero t0 be dissem inated through- and thp nm * * huildm gs for the lib rary and museum had been completed •rention in D PceShCr emDfy JR? take.Pla<* ** the time of the anniversary con! Ind value o f T n " ' ^ Socicfc hoPcd in c011rsc of thnt tlfc sizethe most le^rnd W , / arJnand mVseum w°uM attract the cleverest, pundits, the ™heoswhicTl Swlrfr D w 'l and tllat Adyar, the head-quarters of infellectuaWnptrn nl f /i ^ uld b^ ome altn°st, a second Alexandria, anber= and onp »ilL. 'S ° i ° • Jlhere were nine admissions of new mom-*li„ ^ tt ” t adhesion of a member in a well-known Dbvsican Dr Tt-,I

m t k d; i K l^ ^ ^ na r ad e k a rr Am; ngSfc t,le W r w S j ™ lDm e ST hakore tJr! , ro civilian of th is Presidency, Mr. S hripat Babaiee K ban l ’c Tbe Thio Wyf rS’ , v f r ' ? ham rao Vitln.l and M irza H o o ^ in co ries of ih» T W l “ SOp,l!cf Publication F und Committee had prin ted 2,000 b X L u tra n d a tio " of the Bhn.gvat Gita, nearly all of which had& M o f f i # • " » & of w h 'i c h 'n Srd on the 7<3+ Tnixr ioo^ j •- Homoeopathic C haiitable D ispensary was open*was 40 063 w hirl i - ° num ber of cases treated d u ring the two years

cent. M r. MirTa HooReiifTCliol M a®°i ) recovery had reached to 80 per

Times of India, 19th Ocf, ° T° to the chairman.—

B R N A ltK S T il K O SO PIIIC A L SOCTRTV.B ai h j K a n y a L a l D a s s , A ssistan t Secretary of thc Kasi (Benares) Tattwn*

Theosophical Society w rites :“ Three years ago, a Sanskrit L ibrary,'called th o '“ Bala Sarasw ati Bhava-

na,” was started here to perpetuate the name of the late lam ented P und it Bala Sastri, Professor-of G ram m ar in the Benares College. A Committee, composed of the members of the Bhavana, was formed to take care of it. Bub it collapsed. The local B ranch of the Theosophical Society, viz.. the Kasi. Tafctwa Sabha, has now come forward nnd;taken up tlie work. The Sabha. feels much indebted to the donors, whose names 1 give below, of the llharari<<% who have kindly consented to transfer tlieir j ’o n trib u tio n jo the custody and. m anagem ent of the Sabha :—

H. If. the M aharajah of jD urbhunga ... Rs. Wm)Babu P ram ada Dass M itter ... ... ,, 1,M)Babu M okshada Dass M itter ... .........

H is H ighness the Mahara.jah of D urbhunga has further granted the gene­rous sum of Rs. 150 to the English L ibrary, at tached t.o the Sabha.”

This is a strik ing case; one could scarcely find a better illustration of the ephemeral influence in Transitional India of genius, scholarship and peisonnl influence. As thc w aters close in after the passage of the boat's keel, so does indifference now obliterate the effcct of a g rea t name. The lat e I’ami if Bala S as tri was perhaps the most eminent man of his school in India, lie was looked up to w ith the greatest reverence by m ost native sovereigns, aud re­garded as an oracle upon points of orthodoxy, l ie was President of t he Sans­k r it Sabha of Benares, whose members are the m ost learned in thc Holy ( ’ity. H e had a face which, once seen, could not be forgotten—calmly m ajestic as t ha t of a typical sage, and large, liquid eyes th a t seemed wells of intelligence. Some of his adm irers and disciples rightly though t the}' could raise no nobler m onum ent to his memory than by founding a S anskrit L ibrary a t Benares, and under the lead of his late d istinguished colleague, Babn Pram ada Dasa M ittra, the books were collected. B ut thc terrib le sp irit of apathy, now so prevalent, prevented the full consummation of the project, and the sequel is shown above. Thc collection has fallen into the reverent keeping of our So­ciety in which, a t least, the name of Bala S astri will not be soon forgotten.

BA N G A LO RE.

Hindoos To Tin; F ro n t.—I t will be rem embered th a t a t Colonel Olcott s, last v isit to the S tation he established a local branch of the Thcosophical Society here. In connection with this we now learn th a t the services of a P u n d it have been retained, whose duty it is to deliver lectures iu thc V erna­cu lar twice a week on the A ryan system of Philosophy as described in the H indoo Shastras. The m eetings are well attended, and th rough the exertions of the Secretary a large L ibrary has been opened which contains works dwell­in g on Theosophy and lite ra tu re in general.—Bangalore Spcdator.

A N A N TA PU R T H E O S O P H IC A L SOCIETY.T h e first anniversary of the above Society was celebrated on the evening of

the 16th instant, in the Municipal School house. There was a large audience includ ing some friends from Gooty and Bellary. Mr. A. J . Cooper Oakley ■from the A dyar, was voted to the chair. The Secretary, Mr. V. E. Sudarsa,- na M.udelliar, then read the report of the Society for the past year, and Messrs. T. R am achendra Rau, b . a . , b . l . , D istric t M unsif of Gooty, and T. Chidambara. H au, B . a . , Pleader, addressed the m eeting, explaining the objects of the movement;, a u d i t s beneficial results. Mr. ,J. Srinivasa Ran then delivered a speech in Telugu. The proceedings were brought to a close with three cheers for Colonel Olcott and Madame Blavsitsky, and a vote of thanks to th^ P res iden t. Pan sv.pari was then d istributed , and rose-water sprinkled, while a band of nat-iy(^musicians assisted to en terta in the.audience.

C OIM BATORE.

Branch, 12th September, Mr. N. Ahnnsamlni Row thn Snnr f eS|'^,ng’ retirement of Mr. Meeiiatchisundrain Pillni from’ he0 i"*1VCBltJ1’ Was ™l"ctantly consen^d to, J i

Iyer was u n an im ^X 7 Iv ' 3 Va,lmb,e sprvices- Ml*. N. Ramasawnu Assistant Secretary 7 °Se“ Secreta,>> and M»- Raghavendra Row,

“iia 's K t r . ' t «*

N A G P tT R .

-The Secretary’s report shows that during the last year 21 ordinarv moofinrr.s

W d S w W sT 1 1 ‘ th?,Se ^ **, f Pandi‘ Bhawani E k o r ? ^ f t

this branch, ^ w h l ^ h e ^ ^ S ^ j f nCe t0 ^ m°mberS °f

mc^onfd !- t0piCS °f diSCUSSi° U in th° nicctw^> the following may bo

™ 4 l K S 5 [ S t e S T t a T i S j * 0 * * . F “ * ' W o ! « « a tten tio n o f H o

tlieobfect o ! '^ a,taf Cd *? V10 Sri?'-y for tbc USR of ita members. Withallowed subiect to tho'?iilV"0WffiKC a •'cosophical literature, outsiders aro

of a monthly subscription of riot'lessthSJn g 'a ^ J 80 ^ “ brary “ W 1™ *

d i l u t e d on t L w . X e m ^ ’o ^ f ^ " 4 ^ ° f flour and Pulse were

N r it y a G o p a i . B osk ,

Secretary.

' A M E R IC A .

« » “ 1 " iri"C*;ronetl', but not withont

•ml, in fnct. ■ » * ! » » ! ■ * * %plan sen t over by the A dvar Pnnnnil il rntl°ns- lh e reconstructiveby an organisatfon o f i n i S c a n e c t i t " T h^ P 3 the1Br?ard of P a t r o l acted upon in December and it k h n ^ oil u ®n e ia Council, is to be A ryan (New York) Thnosonhim l f i ma/ p leasantly settled. The

SUPPLEMENT TO

T H E TIIEOSOPHIST.

D E C E M B E R 1 8 8 6.

JA N U A R Y ' NUM BER OF T H E T IIE O R O P IIIS T .As announced last year, the January num ber of the Theosophist will contain

the official report of the proceedings of the Convention and will, therefore, not appear un til a few days later than usual.

TH E C O N V EN TIO N .All necessary arrangem ents are completed for tho reception, lodging and

feeding of Delegates, the dispatch of business, the inauguration of the Ori­ental L ibrary , the usual public celebration of the anniversary, etc. The L ibrary and Council H all buildings will be ready in time, and both will bo found w orthy of the Society and well adapted to th e ir respective purposes. Wo would again rem ind members and well-wishers th a t donations of books, prin ted or on palm-leaves, in Sanskrit, Zend, Pahlevi, Pali, or any vernacular language, especially such as trea t npon religion, philosophy, ancient scienco or art, will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged, either publicly or privately as the donors may prefer. As the Theosophical Society firsfc showed the practicability of bringing together in friendly council lay repre­sentatives of all the A siatic religions, races and castes, so th is year it will show the unprecedented spectacle of the amicable concurrence of H indu B rahm ans, T arsi mobeds, and—unless the Sinhalese break the ir prom ises—- B uddhist monks, to inaugurate the O riental Library. W hat no ono has h itherto effected by less worthy means, we hope and expect to b ring about by kindness and to lerant m utual respect. P resen t indications w arran t tho anticipation of a large attendance of m em bers a t the Convention, and it is m ost desirable th a t every Delegate should arrange, if possible, to sleep a« well as take his meals a t Adyar, on the 27th, 28th, and 29th instan t.

Poems by g rea t A siatic Pandits, congratu lating the Society upon tbo opening of the A dyar Oriental Library, have begun to come in. Most appro­priately, the first two are from Holy Benares and the au tho rs— Pandits G angadharam Sastri and his brother, P an d it Ram a Sastri—are among tho m ost em inent in India. W e hear th a t the m ost famous pandits of Bengal, the Panjab , M adras and Bombay, are expected to honour the great event in a sim ilar m anner. There will be A ryan sacred music and S anskrit recita­tions, addresses in English and vernaculars, etc.

D EW A N BAH AD UR R. R A G H U N A T H A ROW.Tho Executive Council of tho Thoosophical Society is about losing the

services of ono of its most im portant mem bers, by the removal of Dewan B ahadur R. R aghunatha Row to Indore, of which great Feudatory Raj he has been appointed Prim e M inister by If. H . the H olkar M aharajah. The selection of our eminent colleague for th is high ollice is a most judicious one for the Prince, because of the Dewan B ahadur’s patriotic sym pathies, religious earnestness, and well recognized probity of character and able statesm anship. The Indian press have unanimously expressed their pleasure, and there is b u t ono opinion as to his fitness for the Dewanship of Indore, which office, in fact, he held from 1875 to the close of 1879. How deep an in terest he takes in our Society was seen in the report—copied into last m onth’s Theosophist, from the Indian Mirror—of his address a t Col. O lcott’s recent lecture a t Tripli- cane. By his request he will be continued as a non-resident member of the Executive Council and nether resident gentlem an be added.

B OM B AY .

TheTJon’ble Mr. Dayaram Jaithmuland liis partner, Mr. Oodcram Mulchand, have sent a donation of lls. 100 to the Thcosophical Society’s Homoeopathic Charitable Dispensary.

. SY D N E Y .

A correspondent writing from Sydney, N. S. "W\, reports that there aro many people there who are interested in Esoteric Science. New books on the subject are in great demand at the School of Arts Library. In fact, it is hard to get a reading of one without waiting for weeks for a turn.

K U R N O O L .

Messrs. C. Munisami Naidu and A. Lakshmana Das having resigned their respective offices as Fresident and Secretary of the Branch, the follow­ing persons have been elected for tho ensuing year.

M. R. Ry. Y. VENKATASASHYYA CHETTY GaRU, Pr6Bident. M. R. Ry. T. Kumarasamiachari, Secretary.

C E YLO N .

National Buddhist Fund.—The money-pots distributed are now being collected and the amount found in them is said to average about Rs. 10 a day.

The Buddhist English School has just been opened and promises to succeed well.

The King of Siam has sent a donation of Rs. 5,000 to the Yidyodaya Col­lege.

The High Priest Sumungala, on being asked by a travelling English clergyman to mention the name of a European who knew Buddhism, said that Colonel Olcott and Madame Blavatsky were its best exponents.

D r . H O S H A N G JAM ASP.

The Parsees of the Deccan are to be congratulated on the elevation of their high priest, Sirdar Khan Bahadoor Dastoor Hoshang Jamasp, to the Docto­rate of Philosophy, for his services in the field of Zend and Pehlvi philology. 1 he learned Dastoor was unanimously recommended for the distinction by the faculty of Philosophy of the University of Vienna.

H Y D E R A B A D T H E O S O P H IC A L . SOCIETY.

The annual report of this Branch shows that regular weekly meetings have been held throughout the year. Then public lectures have" been delivered. The number of books in the Library has been increased by twenty-live new volumes.

Tho following office-bearers have been elected:—

M b . P . I y a l u N a i d u ........................................................................President.„ M o o l l a A b d o o l K h y o o m ..............................................Vice-President.

C a p t a i n R . L a c a n ...................................................................................... Bo.C a p t a i n G. R u g h o o n a t h .......................................................... 1 t • * aM r . J e h a n g h e e r j i S o r a b j i ............................................. ^ Joint Secretaries.

„ B h e e m a j i R o w ..........................................................................Treasurer.a V i s h n u B a s h k a r L e l e ..............................................Librarian.

Managing Committee for 1886-87.M e s s r s . P . I t a l u N a i d u , Ex-officio Chairman, D a r a b j i D o s a b i i o t ,

D r . A g h o r n a t h C i i a t t o p a d t a t , R a g h u n a t h P r a s a d , B . A . , B h e e m a j i R o w ,

J e h a n g h e e r j i S o r a b j i , C a p t a i n G-. R u g h o o n a t h , Ex-officio Secretary.

SABITA T H E O S O P H IC A L SOCIETY, (DAK SIIINESW AR .)

Th« present office-bearers have been elected for another term.

CUD DA I* A FT.

Bv invitation ofthe principal Hindu gentlemen of Cuddapah Col ■Olcott visited that place on the 20th ultimo to lorm a local branch of the I. » .M. 11. Ry. L. V. V. Nayadu, F. T. S., accompanied lum. Ihcy were honoi- ably received at the railway platform and, on the oPresident received a numerously signed Address of welcome, umhidi th..

"H t fs s z s z c s s f ;* * . ”!•' -“ "I: ,r tnotions of individual members of the Society of \' u< \ y °!'a’c "j'l! ,■ ’ |fall agree upon the fact that your labours are clKUva t0r,zedl.yasprtoHo!- sacrifice and a. singleness of purpose which command the admn.ition ol . • impartial thinkers. During your short stay in 1 iidia—short comiutml wit i the inagnitude of the work you have done—your labour of love has .il c, y borno Fruit in the great stimulus which it has everywhere given to se.u- li after truth. All around us wo see a renewal of ohi-establishc. modes of thinking and a springing up of anew life. W e are convinced that all . ms m < no to the working of the Thcosophical Socioty and, judging frorr the. si which it has attained, in spite of many adverse influences, we feel su.c it is destined to achieve something grand and noble.

A complimentary and very erudite address m 1 clugu was then made l y Pandit ]S? Bashiacharriar, and a response from Col. O l c o t t brought the meet­ing to a ciose. The Chairman, on behalf of tliose present, gave garlands and bouquets to the guest, and rose-leaves were showered into his carriage as In,

dlOn the cvenintr of the 20th, Col. Olcott lectured in the school-building to a

crowd. 0 & to Ml ta h o t , r ; S M Uin tho verandahs. The subiect was “ lheosophy and the Ihcosoplucal Society,’ and the speaker clearly showed tho difference between he wo a* well as their mutual relations. The applause was const*int throug out An unusually l a r g e number of Europeans, among them the District Judge and o t h e r important officials, were present. On the 21st, new members wero admitted into the Society and the Cuddapah Theosophical Society was oigan- ized l’ublicinterest had now become so aroused that, by unanimous r c q n e s >

Col. Olcott consented to stop another day and deliver a second lecture, upon the subiect of “ Man'and his Future,” in which t h e distinction between mirnl and soiil should be defined. The audicnce was, this time, as large and evenmore enthusiastic than at the first lecture. As n o notes were taken and tho discourse was entirely an extemporaneous one it is impossible to give a report. The President and Mr. Nayadu left at 10 p m . b y the m a i l ti am jot Madras, a large number of gentlemen attending at the station to bid them

farewell.

The following Offices were then elected

P r e s i d e n t ............................ Pandit N. Bhashiacharrier Avergal.Vice 'President..................... T. Kristna Row Garu.Treasurer............................ K. Vencata Subbiah Chetty Garn.SecretaryZ Z \ ..................... A. Nunjundappah GaruC o u n c i l l o r s : —P. Shadyappa Modaliar Avergal; V. Govindaraju Bnnga-

vathar Avergal; D. Bheema Row Garu.

ANGLO- BUDDHISM .

( G lo h e . )

There must be fashions in speculation as well as in other things, and pome people say that what Oxford is thinking of and talking about ono month the rest of England will be thinking of and talking about six months later. Manifestly then it would be years out of date to speak of _ Anglo-Buddliisrp now as the latest “ Oxford movement.” But no doubt, an interest in Indian s t u d i e s originates in Oxford among the entourage of Professor Max Muller. For several years past, with the help of almost equally distinguished friends, the Professor has been producing a series of E n g l i s h translations ofthe sacred books of the East, numbering by this time nearly thirty large octavo volumes, so that it is no longer necessary to be an Oriental scholar in order to have an acquaintance with the Rig Veda, to know the difference between Brahmana*

and Sutras, and even to hold an opinion on the nature of Nirvana and the v irtue t hat may lie in the repetition of th e monosyllable Om. B ut to be aufa.it in Anglo-Buddhism it will not suffice to have m astered the doctrines of iSakya-Muni, and the study may be pursued out of sigh t of th e spires of Oxford or the m inarets of Benares. The favored haunt of spiritualism , or spiritism , as people now prefer to call it, of table-rapping, hypnotism , clairvoyance, or any other occult m ystery, has for the modern age alw ays lain ih the o ther hemisphere. I t involved one of those large synthetical generali­sations w hich are the peculiar possession of original scientific genius, to em brace both E ast and W est in ono to ta lity , and to affiliate the m edium istie m anifestations of A merican society upon the mysterious arcana of O riental m agic. Founded in New Y ork little more than a decade ago, and transp lan ted thence to Bombay and M adras, to th e land of the yogi and the fakir , th e Theosophie Society becomes the au thorita tive exponent of esoteric B uddhism , of w hich it is perm itted and even desired th a t some inform ation should be conveyed to the W estern scientific world. Meanwhile, the Society extends its fra ternal sym pathy to the k indred Association for Psychical Research established in th is coun try ; it gently disapproves and endeavours to in s tru c t the crude m ethods and notions of the sp iritualism it has outgrown; it courage­ously undertakes the defence not m erely of the dead Count C agliostro against Carlyle, b u t of the living m edium Slade against Professor Ray L ankester. R u t w hether M adame Blavatsky and the Theosophie Society are accepted or not, th e cu lt of A nglo-Buddhisih is certain ly alive. I t m ay astonish the pimple m inds of qu iet country scien tists to learn tha t the new doctrine does no t sh rink from including among its prophets the “ arch-quacks” and thaum a- tu rg is ts of every age and country from Paracelsus to K atie K in g ; nor from d istingu ish ing the philosopher’s stone, the elixir of life, astrology, palm istry , even Baphom et and W itches’ Sabbaths, among its a rc a n a ; while its sacred books range from the Jew ish Cabbala to the Golden Ass of A puleius. T he suggestion is th a t the science of the W est has been for the m ost p a rt on th e w rong t a c k ; instead of investigating external phenomena, i t should have experim ented on the inner powers of the hum an will and the possibilities o f ‘‘ odic” force, and thence obtained add itional faculty by whicli to penetrate in to th e secrets of N ature. This m ethod, however, is alleged to have been pursued in the E a s t; the In d ian A rh a ts or Mahatmas are religious or philosophic anchorites, and the m iraculous powers of St. F rancis arc a tta ined by the same severe discipline. In the rem ote recesses of T hibet are believed to exist a m ysterious “ Brotherhood” of “ A dep ts,” handing down the trad itions of occult m agic through many generations. I t is maintained th a t besides his n a tu ra l body, every hum an being possesses an “ astra l” body which, wheu duly in s truc ted , he is able to project along th e astra l ether, and th u s present him self to his friends in various qu arte rs of the globe. T hrough th e samo m edium he is able to make his will operate in external phenom ena, causing objects to disappear, and again “ m ateria lising” them, suspending the action of g rav ita tion , &c. Thus, among duly-qualified o p e r a t o r s , there may be trem endous conflicts continually going on in the invisible sphere, and th is is the case w ith the uninitiated also to some degree, bu t only half consciously. T here is considerable sobriety in m odern occultism . I t detects its processes in the fam iliar facts of experience. W arn ings and presentim ents may well be th e messages of some finer other a ttrac tions and antipathies which are generated by th e exertion of will-force. I t is g ra tify ing to suppose th a t from a distance, a m an can m ake himself p resent to th e th ough t of his friend, and th a t the pers isten t exercise of malevolence may. in some inscrutable way, do in ju ry to one’s enemy. S tartling and decisive “ m anifestations” are only possible to a g ifted few, or as the fru it of long and severe study and discipline ; the adept is more occupied in perpetuating and developing his science th an m in s tru c tin g the vulgar, and there is a solemn prohibition against em ploying these superior powers for the purpose of display.

P r i n t e d by Graves, Cookson and Co., j»t t h o S c o tt is h T r e s s , Madras, nr»d F n h lis l ie c l

f o r t h e P r o p r i e t o r s b y th e B u s in e s s M a n a g e r , M r. C h a r le s W . L e a d b e a t e r , at A d y a r , M a d ra s .

SUmiiMliNT TO

T H E TIIEOSOPHIST.

J A N U A R Y 1887.

GENERAL REPORT

OF THE

ELEVENTH CONVENTION AND ANNIVERSARY

OF TIIK

T H E O S O P H I C A L S O C I E T Y

A t the H e a d -q u a r te rs , A dyar, Madras, D f.cf.mder 27tii- 3 0 t.i, 1886,

H U ll nttom ttaittjittg

r n H E friends of tho Theosophical Socicty g a th e red m nm isuaI force th is year to celebrate its E leven th A nniversary , and

every th ing passed off in a highly satisfactory and enconragnig n rin n er ^ ’L o w e r e present 137 rep resen ta tives of B ranches a« m anner i necessary a ttendance of m any

“ / a u t o C ongress * it i , o s t i .^ t -„(i fc]ia t perhaps fifty moro would have been reg iste ied . l h e now L ib rary build ing and Council H all w ere g reatly adm ired and a

ssrswsrtiS®,** u % t .Row evcTy m orning, who trea ted his sub jec t w ith exceptional e rudition and ability . Three evening lectures were also g iven bv M r P S reen ev a sa Row, upon some spec.al researches he ha* W on nrikino- iu the Sanskrit S h astras; a n d we w ere also favoured w ith one lec tu re upon the Zoroastrian relig ion by Mr. I irozshaw K ustom ii M ehta, a P arsi D elegate from the Bombay B ranch . Of the several Ind ian provinces, besides M adras, Bombay, e n g .i , th e N o rth -W est Provinces, C entral Provinces and Ceylon sen t representatives. Tho ceremonial opening of the Adynr L ibrai y was a t once unique and impressive, blessings being invoked upon the en terprise by H indu, Parsi, B ud d h is t and M ohammedan pi icsts, mol>eds bhik k u s and maulvis, respectively . I t was a s ig h t never to be forgotten to s e e these various religionists m ounting succcs-

sively th e speaker’s tr ib u n e to perform tlie ir several bened ic to ry rite s or u tte r th e ir p rayers. Only th e Theosophical Society has w rough t th is a ltru istic m arvel, tho u g h it is to be hoped it m ay find im itators.

ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT-FOUNDER.

I H A V E peculiar pleasure, G entlem en and B ro thers, in b idd ing you welcome th is year to our A dyar home, for tlie bu ild ings

au tho rized by the last C onvention are v irtually com pleted, and th e Council now sits in its own H all.

T he favorable outlook a t th e close of th e first decennial period has n o t been belied by th e developm ents of th e p a s t year. T he Society has lost no g round as regards its ag g reg a te w ork, while in various directions a su b stan tia l advance is to be observed. T he m ost im portan t fea tu re is the g rad u a l recovery of ex ternal p restig e Kild frestbratiota of itite rnal confidence, both of w hich w ere shaken by tlie inim ical a ttack s of th e year 1884. Tim e, tho H ealer, is doing h is beneficent work fo r us by giving us tho chance to show how useful our Society is a t bottom , and how little of its real s tre n g th w&s derived from m ere sensationalism . E ven the p re ­jud iced m ay now see, if they choose to enquire, th a t, ou tside th o n lystical b ranch bf s tudy im plied in the th ird of tho Society’s avowed objects, we have a w ide field of potential usefulness. Two fac to rs of an opposing ten d en cy m ust, however, be alw ays ta k e n in to account. These a re the un restfu l s ta te of th e w orld’s m ind, and m isconception am ong our m em bersw ith respect to th e Society. W ith the p rospect of g re a t w ars in th e n ea r fu tu re , te rrib le commercial fluctuations, and ra p id sp read of h ab its of sensual indulgence, m ovem ents to prom ote sp iritua l asp iration can b u t serve, a t best, as correctives to tendencies tow ards social d eg rad a tio n . Theosophy accom plishes its m ission w hen it infuses a love of v irtue, an u n d ers tan d in g of n a tu re , and reg a rd for religion in to th e popular m ind. I f am id th e storm of anim al passion we can see b u t th is s ta r of hope sh in ing th ro u g h a cloud-rift, we m ay s tee r the b ark boldly on its appoin ted course. I th in k th is hope is ours. G reat changes have occurred in relig ious th o u g h t w ith in a decade, an d it seems widely acknow ­ledged th a t th is Society has he lped to effect them . T h a t i t h as h a d an influence upon contem poraneous opinion in E ng lish -speak ing countries, as elsew here, is a p p a re n t in th e m ystical ta s te of tho read in g public as well as in the s tead y increase in th e num ber of our own publications, of S an sk rit re p r in ts , and of vernacu lar tra n s ­la tions of, and orig inal w orks upon , ancien t classics. W hile th e re w ere la s t year tw enty-one publications included in our sta tis tica l lis t, we have th is year to repo rt tw en ty -e ig h t. They are th e following ;—

L is t o f Boolts, etc., p u b lis h e d :

1. A G erm an transla tion of O lcott’s B u d d h is t Catechis'in, inc lud ing th e N otes of P rof. Coues.

2. P ro h h a d h a c h a n d ra d a y a .3. T h e P u rp o s e o f T h eo so p h y— cheap In d ian edition .4. P sy c h o m e try agxd T h o u g h t-tra n sfere n ce , by N . C*

l : com i,noJ ' , y A - p -

S i,T “ 'A M i a n edition of f t .

10. A Urivedi.] 1 A Compendium <>j Raj Yog, b y1 2 . W hat i t Theosophy ? Anon ( A m e r i c a ) .

13. Sayings o f Grecian B f f 6*'. . b Co]. Olcott.1 4 . Perils o f In d ia n y j D B l i c k .1 5 . The N ature and A im o f Iheosopliy, J ^ d o _

Ifi The Secret Doctrine J

& Ition that In d ia needs. Relictions, by D hunjh ibhoy

19 The Zoroastrian and other Ueiigiom, »y

V ic h a r a S ahara, in H i — , •* * « > >'? S1" ™ ‘

S t P republished w ith Notes, b y W . 0 .

“ “ r S S « L a ! b y B ; w . B etts and 1,. Cook.

New Magazines.

1 ; “ L “ ,Jness, D uchesse de Pom ar. „ x edite(l by R ene Cnillio.

27. f t . , * * . t t r n m H »ebbe Scl.leide,,,2 8 . The S p h in x ( G e r m a n y ) , e d i t y

r l x : ■D ‘ t h e S o c i e t y a n d M e m b e r s h i p .

T h ere exists, am ong somo a T to T liT f mstifcutioii,m em bers, a good deal o j ical g ociet y, to which a fewdu ty and powers of th e lh e . F» ^ fol.med by a few per-w ords should b e d e v o te d .^ 1 ^ y J k _ Brane1ie3 sprang up m sons m the yeai Cr w ork on th e original lines otE urope, receiving charters from x.. ^ d ence an(] effort. Eachsectarian n eu tra lity and mdi « ^ F’ rt,ers aud received hisnew m em ber ^ ^ g i s t r e d ^ ] t o th is day ;diploma from thence ■ f * onc original stock, each

each Branch is but «a ” 5fll _ secondary relation— suscep-person a member of that bo y, « ^ dependent uponlible of indefinite modification fiom time to t ^ P ^ o{ ^

convenience— w ith a B ianc . G eneral Council, and th eSociety changed th e first f ^ ? ^ c r a t i c into a parlia-Executive A dm inistration from, a n ^ rh a rte red na th e A ryan

T h e S o p l S 'S o r i r t v of N?w Y o ,k . T h . partieipntioaof ,n d „ « lu « l

m em bers in tlie general direction, possible in tlie orig inal sm all group of New Y ork, becam e im practicable when m em bers came to be counted by thousands, B ranches by scores, and our field of activ ity grew to be as wide as the world. The P residents of B ranches had then to be organized into a G eneral Council, and an annual Convention, or quasi parliam ent, held to review th e s ta te of our m ovem ent, m odify and im prove our Rules and Bye-laws in tho lig h t of experience, and agree upon th e policy of each com ing year. T he fundam ental principlo of th e Society being to encourage self-reform and self-evolntion, any th eo ry of supervision over, or re s tra in t of, the individual w ould bo re p u g n an t to th a t theory , and ten d to debase our body to the level of a m ere sect. The common bond of m em bers is to be found in adhesion to the declared objects of the S o cie tj\ Tho R ules provide for the system atic adm ission of m em bers w ith as few form alities as possible. Some regulations are indispensable to corporate existence, and there is a point beyond which ind iv idual license could no t be perm itted . F o r exam ple, a H indu , B u d d h ist, P arsi, Jew , or any o ther m em ber belonging to a sect, who should assum e to declare th a t the Socicty as a body accepted a certa in dogm a of his sect, would do in ju ry to us by totally m isrepresen ting our avowedly neu tra l a ttitu d e . So, one who should give out th a t th e Society favoured a certa in costum e, d iet, social hab it, po litical policy, or n a tio n a lity ; or who should try to fasten upon it respon­sib ility for his theories of sexual relation , com m ercial expediency, sp iritu a l in tercourse, psychical education, the existence and pow­ers of M ahatm as, or any o ther question betw een m an and m an, no t specifically defined in the declared objects of the Society, would be tran scen d in g his rig h ts and com prom ising us as a whole. W hile n o th ing can be m ore tran sp a ren tly true , th a n th a t everybody outside th e Society is a t p e rfec t liberty to call him scif Theosophist or w hatever he chooses, and to baptize his w ildest vagaries as theosophy or even div ine revelation, it is equally certa in th a t our Society has th e r ig h t to forbid every person ho ld ing its diplom a, to p re ten d th a t it is in the sm allest degree responsib le .for liis or her p riv a te views upon any su b jec t w hatever. E ach of us, of w hatever g rad e of relationship to th e Society, and w hatsoever race> religion, color or sex, s tan d s upon his own pedestal, m akes h is own responsibility , and m ust ta k e all the consequences. A s in all o ther social system s of associated effort, each of us resigns enough of th e theo re tica l license of personal action to crea te an adm in istra tive nucleus for the gen era l d irection of a m ovem ent p ro ­ceeding .upon m arked lines. T his nucleus acquires a business h e a d ­q u arte rs , a fund for its expenses, im m ovable or m oveable p roperty , a lib ra ry , and an organic existence. T he m anagem ent of these details is th e function of a Council rep resen ta tive of th e whole body of m em bers. B ut th e Council n ev er has nor ever would a ttem p t to in te rfe re w ith ind iv idual m em bers c r branches, so long as th ey keep well w ith in the lines of th e Society’s constitu tion and bye- law s. I f d u ring th e earlier days and before our Council grew in to th e parliam en tary body it now is, th e re w ere in fractions of th is b road rule, excuse m ay be m ade on the score of the survival of old

m i l i t a r y hab its in tho P residen t, his infirm ity of judgm ent, and th e n o v e l character of the movem ent in general. In spite of all, however, there has been practical autonom y, ind iv idual and cor­pora te , from the beginning .

The charge of violation of our declared policy oi fra te rn a l to le r­ance has been laid a t our door, sometimes, no doubt, ju stly . B u t le t it not be fo rgo tten , th a t this is a h igh, alm ost divine ideal, and one th a t can only be attained by th e g randest souls. Y et, w ithout a h igh ideal w hat is there to brace up and draw out tho h ig h e r na tu re ? A nd if we bu t keep it in view we shall be m ount- inp- inch by inch, though we fail daily to satisfy conscience. L ike all hum an societies, we have the two classes of egoists and a ltru is ts am ong our m em bers, lift}’ of the form er to one of tlio la tte r . W e, too, have our carping, sneering , scheming, dog-in- m anger colleagues, who are too selfish to pay th e ir share of tlie expenses, too indifferent or morally indolen t to work, too vain to accept any position below theoretical d ictatorship , and too narrow to fo rge t th e in terest of sect, caste or nationality in favor of a ltru istic labour. Such are the rebellious m anifestations of th e lower propensities of our common na tu re , asserting th em ­selves against the restra in t of the sp iritua l self. These persons jo ined our m ovem ent, perhaps out of curiosity , or an innate a ttra c ­tion tow ards new societies, or a passing sym pathy for onr avowed platform , or because th e ir friends joined. I t is hard to p u t up w ith th e ir vagaries, ye t it is im perative to do so, and one can only try his best to do his duty and tru s t to results for v ind i­cation. As for myself, I feel m y incom petency for tho position which the affectionate loyalty of my b ro thers forces me to re ta in , and my chief desire is to find somebody who would fill i t better.

T h e G e n e r a l C o u n c i l .

In addition to B rancli-Presidents th e Council now includes a num ber of non-official gentlem en, of whom all were when selected and most now are sym pathizers. The ram ifications of the Society a re now so w orld-w ide th a t I shall request the Committee 011 R ules to consider the question of e ith er abolishing th is non-official group of Councillors, or of asking each personally w hether lie is w illing to continue to serve us, as h ith erto , in the capacity of adviser and patron . I shall also ask th e Com m ittee’s decision w ith re g a rd to the E xecutive Council, and th e form ation of foreign sections of the G eneral Council.

To a special com m ittee I shall re fe r the question of legalising th e Society by reg istra tion , under th e B ritish Ind ian S ta tu tes. T he last Convention voted against th is step, bu t since then I have ind irectly le a rn t th a t the Society has lost a bequest of £ 8,000 (over a lac of rupees), alleged to have been m ade to it by a B ritish sym pathizer, because of its having no legal s ta tus. H ow ever th is m ay be, I am very anxious th a t there should be 110 precaution neglected against th e Society’s e ither suffering losses such as th e above, or a t my decease, falling into legal entanglem ents, th rough its p roperty stand ing in my individual nam e, and so m aking necessary the procurem ent of releases from my personal heirs.

F inancial.T he long p ro trac ted and lam ented illness of tlie T reasurer, B abu

N ivaran Gh. M ukerji, has throw n a double burden upon our noble- h ea rted and devoted S ecretary , M r. T. V ijia R aghava C harlu, and liis own tem porary absence and those of others of the H e a d ­q u arte rs staff has m ade it very difficult to keep the accounts in order. The A udit Com m ittee chosen by you yesterday has, however, been able to satisfy them selves th a t the income has been honestly expended , and th a t we should delay no longer in com ing to a fixed determ ination as to the best plan to keep the Society out of th e bottom less quagm ire of debt. There are some who advise thafc th e P erm an en t F u n d should be reg a rd ed ra th e r as a Reserve F und , ag a in s t which annual deficits m ig h t be charged up. L ast year, you will recollect, th e re was an apparen t surplus in G eneral A ccount of Rs. 1,916-3-2, b u t th is year our ex trao rd inary ex­penses for bu ild ing , repairs, fu rn itu re , and o ther purposes havo absorbed th is and left a deficiency of Rs. 1,002-15-0 to be m et. T his lias been borrow ed from th e Theosophist office. Tow ards the con­struc tion of th is Council H all, our B ro ther Mr. P . S reenevasa Row has generously loaned us Rs. 400 w ithout in terest.

T he annual subscrip tion of Rs. 1,000, kindly prom ised by H . H . tlie M ahara jah of D urbungha, has not reached us in tim e to be included in the yearly account, though H is H ighness has te le ­g ra p h e d me th a t it will be forthcom ing : when received, th e ap p a­re n t deficit will be correspondingly reduced. I have also te leg rap h ic advices from our B ro th e r Prince H aris in g h ji Rup- s in g h ji of Rs. 1,700, as donations from him self and the Princess, of Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 700 respectively , being on its way here. F o r th e inform ation of new m em bers it may be well to s ta te th a t th e sources of income are from (a) E n trance Fees ; (/;) D onations ; (c) Sales of ag ricu ltu ra l produce— as yet a p e tty item ; (d) The annual p er capita subscrip tion of a rupee (2.?.). Some erroneously suppose th a t the last-nam ed contribution goes to swell th e P erm an en t F und , b u t it has been very distinctly explained m ore th a n once th a t th is m akes up a fund to m eet the cost of th e an n u a l conventions of th e Council, th e en terta inm en t of guests, an d , w hen a surplus is available, cu rren t expenses. The ungenerous negligence shown by m any in forw ard ing this small an n u a l contribution is sim ply equivalen t to abandoning the Society to th e charity of a few staunch m em bers ready to m ake any sacrifices for its sake. One need only glance a t the T reasu re r’s an n u a l s ta tem ents for a few years p a s t to understand the situation of affairs. I f each m em ber would b u t send us his rupee, wo should h e a r no moro of deficits and forced loans. B u t there are some w ho seem to fancy th a t th e w ork ing staff of the Society need n o th in g b u t a ir to live upon and ca rry on the w ork w ithal. A m em ber who w illingly spends an h u n d red rupees, or dollars, or pounds, or francs upon a passing whim or a pleasure party , bufc canno t spare a rupee fo r th e support of a ph ilan th rop ic and learned Society , m ust have a very hazy conception of th e operation of th e law of K arm a, and is no t to be cong ra tu la ted upon his p robable f u ture.

T iie A d y a r L ib r a r y .

O ur long-clierished dream to found a non-sectarian O riental L ib ra ry , as an ad ju n c t tow ards the a tta inm en t of th e second of tho Society 's declared objects, is a t last fulfilled. T he beautifu l bu ild ing , in th e portico of which we are now assem bled, is a w orthy slirine io r the lite ra ry rem ains of the w orld’s sages, as the m arble- floored annexe is for the ir portraits. F rom every q u arte r of In d ia an d from Ceylon have come congratu latory poems, in S an sk rit, P a li and Zend, from learned priests and pand its— so m any, in fac t, th a t it will be inconvenient to have them read in full a t th e opening cerem ony. Several hundred volumes have been sen t a lready as g ifts, and hundreds more are being collected. As I havo said before, i t will be quite an easy th in g for our Branches to g a th e r to g e th e r here, a t a minimum of cost and trouble, a largo lib ra ry of O rien tal books. A nd then , hav ing the build ing and tho books, our n ex t step will be to collect a fund for m ain tain ing it in a style w orthy of its d ign ity and usefulness. The services of good p an d its m ay be secured, no doubt, a t from Rs. 25 to 30 per mensem, and owing to the polyglott n a tu re of our collection, we could iind useful em ploym ent for several such scholars. T here should also be a w ell-invested Publication F und , from the m onthly increm ent of w hich th e publication of th e useful handbooks upon ancient science, a rt, philosophy and religion, a t very cheap prices to encourage a w ide circulation, m igh t be m ade. W e m igh t do worse th a n im itate th e exam ple of th e C hristians, who long ago founded th e ir publication societies and organized excellent system s of d istribu tion throughou t the world.

T iiE o s o r iiY A b r o a d a n d a t H o m e .

Tho S ecre ta ry ’s sum m ary view of the m ovem ent renders unnecessary m y traversing th e same ground, l h e conflicting elem ents above alluded to, and th e inevitab le ja r of strong peison- alities are g iv ing us always more or less annoyance and add ing to the burdens of executive supervision. Personally , I have g re a t re luctance to in te rfe re in passing d isagreem ents betw een two or m ore colleagues who m ay be b e tte r educated and otherw ise superior to myself. M oral, intellectual and sp iritua l s tren g th alw ays find th e ir level, and tru th m ust always come out victoi in th e long run. Tim e is no t so param ount an elem ent in sociological evolution as to compel us to hasten to th e controversial fray. 1 am more th an w illing to w ait pa tien tly , ra th e r absta in ing from in terference th an vo lunteering it. T here is a theosophical storm - cen tre m oving over A m erica ju st now, and another o \c i a portion of Europe, b u t the end is no t yet, and wisdom will havo its way u ltim ately . T he expansion of th e Society in the U n ited S ta tes has outgrow n th e ten tative m achinery of th e A m erican B oard of Control, and our Executive Council adopted, in Ju n o last, a resolution recom m ending our A m erican B ranches to federalize into th e form of a section of th e General Council. T his was recently done in convention a t C incinnati, and M r. W . Q. Ju d g e , one of our founders, was elected perm anent S ecre tary . T u rn in g to Ind ia , wo see much listless apathy in some qu arte rs .

offset by ex trao rd inary ac tiv ity in o thers. W ith o u t w ishing to bo invidious, J. would like to cite as exam ples of models of b ranch usefulness, th e societies of Bom bay and B erham pur (B engal). Causes quite uncontrollable, viz., the tra n sfe r of G overnm ent servan ts from one sta tion to an o th er in th e due course of service, aro continually tak in g aw ay some of our best m em bers from branches of th e ir own in itia l form ation, and sending them to stations w here wo have as y e t no local nucleus. T here is a good as well as a bad side to th is , fo r— as we have seen very recen tly in certa in instances— th e zealous Theosophist a t once sets him self to organize a fresh branch . To such a tra n s fe r we owe th e b irth of the C uddapah B ranch, one of th e g re a te r successes of the year, one w hich secures to our cause and our L ib ra ry tlio services of a b rillian t p an d it, an accom plished E nglish scholar, an d a gentlem an of la rge adm in istra tive ab ility , whose presence a t th is m eeting p reven ts m y en la rg in g upon his m erits.*

E x pa n sio n o f t h e M o v e m e n t .

T he tidal-w ave seems no t to have spent itse lf, as thc following m em orandum will tes tify :

Y e a r . 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884.' 1885.1

1886.

C h a r te r s e x is t in g a t c loso o f y e a r . • • i 1 2 2 2 11 27 51 93 104. 121 136

D educt four ch arte rs lapsed or ex tinguished , and we have as th e to ta l living ch arte rs up to d a te 132. T heir geographical d istribu tion is th e following :—

In d ia 96 (5 new ly fo rm e d ); B urm a 3 ; Ceylon 8 ; E ng land 1 ; S cotland 1 ; Ire lan d 1 (new ly form ed) ; F rance 1 ; G erm any 1 ; U . S. A m erica 13 (7 new ly form ed) ; G reece 1 ; H olland 1 ; R ussia1 ; W est Indies 2 (1 new ly form ed) ; A frica 1 (newly form ed) ; A u stra lia 1. The In d ia n B ranches are thus d is trib u ted :—B engal 21 ; B ehar 8 ; N . W . P ., Oudh and P u n jab 2 1 ; C. P . 4 ; Bom bay 6 ; K a th iaw ar 2 ; M adras 38. Of th e y e a r’s new b ranches there are in A m erica 7, Ire lan d 1, W est In d ies 1, A frica 1, B engal 1, N . P . W .1, M adras 3, Total 15. T heir title s are :—

I n d i a n :— B angalore City : B angalo re C an to n m en t; C uddapah ; N o a k h a li; Orai.

F o r e ig n : — B oston ; C in c in n a ti; D ublin L o d g e ; G ita (A ldrich, A la) ; Golden Gate, (San Francisco) ; H ay tien (P ort-au -P rince , W .I . ) ; K eystone, (Philadelphia,) ; M alden (M alden, Mass.) ; Occident, (N ew Y o rk ) ; Q ueenstown, (Cape Colony, A frica.)

M a d a m e B l a v a t sk y .

O ur dear colleague and founder has been u n d e r m edical t re a t­m en t th rou g h o u t the year, b u t h e r general h ea lth is fa ir enough to perm it h e r to labor incessan tly on h e r “ S ecre t D octrine .” Tho

* Pandit Bhashya Chariar, of Cuddapah,

M SS. of the first volum e has been sen t me, and is undergoing revision. I t will g ra tify you to learn th a t it m ore th a n m aintains h e r rep u ta tio n for learn ing and lite ra ry ability. T he w ork will p robab ly ex tend to five volumes, of about th e size of a volume ot Is is Unveiled, and the first, or In troductory , volume shortly be pu b ­lished a t London and N ew Y ork.

C o n c l u sio n .

I need dwell no fu rth e r upon details, as the various docum ents abou t to be read will embody all necessary inform ation. L e t us feel encouraged a t th e outlook of the whole situation and each do h is u tm ost to m ake th e nam e of th is Society respected by all good

^ T li is f is a Society w ithout means, w ithout pa tronage, w ith social p re jud ice a rray ed aga inst it, and vested in terests its n a tu ra l foes; a Socicty that* appeals to no sectarian loyalty, th a t holds out no w orldly inducem ent, b u t the reverse, to those who join its ranks ; a Society professedly devoted to th e study and propagation of philo­sophy, th e declared foe of vice and censor of selfish indulgence, teach in g th e h ighest moral ideal, and affirm ing the essential u n ity of religions, and the necessary suprem acy of tru th over a l l ; yet we see i t w ith in the short space of ten years spreading over a good portion of the ea rth ’s surface, hav ing charte red 136 b ranches, of which only four have lapsed, and w ith m en of all th e e a r th ’s old religions its en thusiastic adheren ts. W h e th e r tho Society has been rid ing upon th e crest of a wave of thou g h t, caused by the general upheaval of old prejudices, or itself has been a s trong pow er beh ind the wave, i t is not for us to s a y ; bu t tho p reg n an t fac t is th a t it exists, and is a social force of the day, w ith a prospect of a prolonged and useful career. I t is— it m ust be— due to th e b read th of its p latform an d the judiciousness of its policy of tolerance and b ro therly good-will tow ards all.

SECRETARY’S REPORT OF ASIATIC BRANCHES.

TH E S e c r e t a r y t h e n r e a d th o f o l lo w in g s u m m a r i z e d r e p o r t s o f

B r a n c h S o c ie t i e s d u r i n g t h e y e a r 1886 B o m b a y T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c i e t y .— T h i s B r a n c h h a d 33 m e e t in g s

d u r i n g t h e y e a r , a t w h ic h d is c u s s io n s w e r e h e l d o n v a r io u s s u b je c t s . T h e T h e o s o p h ic a l P u b l i c a t i o n F u n d C o m m it te e r e p o r t t h a t t h e y h a v e p r i n t e d 2,000 c o p ie s o f a n E n g l i s h t r a n s l a t i o n o f t h e B h a g v a t G ita , of w hich nearly all have been sold. A thousand copies o£ P a ta n ja l i’s Y oga Philosophy have been p rin ted and more th an oOO sold. T he com pendium of R a ja Y oga, S ankhya K ar.ka an d P ra b o d h C handrodaya, in English, a d ram a on th e V edantic 1 hi- losophy, are in th e press and will be issued as soon as certa in necessary transla tions are com pleted. Tho four V edas are also to be p r in te d by th e Com m ittee. T he Com m ittee are g ra tefu l to M rs. S in n e tt fo r h e r generous perm ission to publish a cheap edition o t her valuab le w ork— “ T he Purpose of Theosophy — the first copy a rriv ed a t A dyar a s these lines wero being w ritten— of w hich th e price is five annas. T he Com m ittee reports a balance of Rs. 2,000 m hand . The Sum of Rs. 200 were collected by thc R ranch for

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t h e r e l i e f o f t h o s u f f e r e r s f r o m t h e e a r t h q u a k e s i n C a s h m e r e . T h o B r a n c h a l s o c o n t r i b u t e d R s . 1 7 6 t o t h e G e n e r a l F u n d o f t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y .

T h e H o m o e o p a t h i c C h a r i t a b l e D i s p e n s a r y w a s o p e n e d o n t h e 1 s t J u l y 1 8 8 4 b y t h e e x e r t i o n s o f t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e B r a n c h , h e a d e d b y t h e i n d e f a t i g a b l e a n d d e v o t e d B r o . T o o k a r a m T a t y a . T h e t o t a l n u m b e r o f c a s e s t r e a t e d d u r i n g t h e t w o y e a r s w a s 4 0 , 0 6 3 , w h i c h g i v e s a d a i l y a v e r a g e o f a b o u t 6 5 c a s e s . A m o n g s t t h e p a ­t i e n t s t r e a t e d i n t h i s D i s p e n s a r y t h e r e w e r e m a n y w h o h a d f a i l e d o f r e l i e f i n o t h e r h o s p i t a l s a n d p r i v a t e d i s p e n s a r i e s , y e t t h e a v e r a g e o f r e c o v e r y r e a c h e d 8 0 p e r c e n t . A b o u t R s . 1 , 4 0 0 h a v e b e e n c o n ­t r i b u t e d t o t h e D i s p e n s a r y , w h i c h s u m i s a l l o w e d t o a c c u m u l a t e , s o t l i a t e v e n t u a l l y a f u n d m a y b e f o r m e d t o m a k e t h e D i s p e n s a r y a s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g a n d p e r m a n e n t i n s t i t u t i o n . T h e a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e B r a n c h w a s c e l e b r a t e d w i t h g r e a t e n t h u s i a s m o n t l i e 1 8 t h o f O c t o b e r a t t h e F r a m j e e j K a v a s j e e I n s t i t u t e , w h e n e l o q u e n t s p e e c h e s w e r e d e l i v e r e d t o a c r o w d e d a u d i e n c e .

T h e S a b h i t a T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( D a k s h i n e s w a r ) h a s o n l y b e e n i n e x i s t e n c e a b o u t a y e a r . M o n t h l y m e e t i n g s h a v e b e e n h e l d . T w o m e m b e r s h a v e b e e n s u c c e s s f u l i n h e a l i n g s i c k n e s s b y m e s m e r i s m , a n d t h e P r e s i d e n t h a s d i s t r i b u t e d m e d i c i n e s . M o r o e x t e n d e d w o r k i s i n c o n t e m p l a t i o n , s u c h a s t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a S a n s k r i t s c h o o l , b u t t i m e i s n e c e s s a r y t o g i v e t h e s c h e m e f u l l e f f e c t .

C h i t t o o r THEOSornicAL S o c ie ty .— F o r t n i g h t l y m e e t i n g s o f t h i s B r a n c h h a v e b e e n h e l d , b e s i d e s m e e t i n g s o f s o m e m e m b e r s i n t h e S e c r e t a r y ' s h o u s e e v e r y e v e n i n g f o r t h e s t u d y o f s p e c i a l T h e o s o p h i ­c a l w o r k s . T h e P r e s i d e n t h a s b e e n e n g a g e d i n m e s m e r i c e x p e r i ­m e n t s . A c o m m i t t e e o f f o u r o f t h e m e m b e r s h a s d e c i d e d t o m a k e o c c a s i o n a l v i s i t s t o t h e i m p o r t a n t s a c r e d p l a c e s i n t h e d i s t r i c t , w i t h a v i e w o f a s c e r t a i n i n g t h e i r h i s t o r y a n d g i v i n g t h e p e o p l e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y a n d i t s a i m s . T w o s u c h t o u r s w e r e m a d e d u r i n g t h e p a s t y e a r .

T h e S a r v a H i t k a r i T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( G o r a k h p u r ) . — T h i s B r a n c h h a s e s t a b l i s h e d a S a n m a r g h a S a b h a a t G o r a k h p u r a n d a n o t h e r a t M o r a d a b a d . T h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S u n d a y S c h o o l i s i n a f l o u r i s h i n g c o n d i t i o n u n d e r t h e m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e J o i n t S e c r e ­t a r y . T h e l a t e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e B r a n c h h a s f o u n d e d a B r a n c h a t O r a i , a n d a n o t h e r m e m b e r i s b e g i n n i n g t o s p r e a d T h e o s o p h y a t N a i n i T a i .

N o a k h a l i T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty .— T h i s B r a n c h h a s o n l y b e e n i n e x i s t e n c e s i n c e J u l y . W e e k l y m e e t i n g s o f m e m b e r s h a v e b e e n h e l d . A s u b s c r i p t i o n h a s b e e n s t a r t e d f o r t h e e r e c t i o n o f a h o u s e f o r t h e S o c i e t y a n d a b o u t R s . 5 0 0 h a v e b e e n c o l l e c t e d , a n d i t i s h o p e d t h a t t h e S o c i e t y w i l l s o o n h a v e a m e e t i n g - p l a c e o f i t s o w n .

G o o ty T h e o s o p ii tc a l S o c ie ty .— T h e r e h a v e b e e n i n f o r m a l m e e t ­i n g s o f m e m b e r s f o r t h e d i s c u s s i o n o f T h e o s o p h i c a l t o p i c s a l m o s t e v e r y e v e n i n g . L e c t u r e s w e r e d e l i v e r e d b y t h e P r e s i d e n t a n d t h o S e c r e t a r y . U n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h e S o c i e t y , a s o c i e t y c a l l e d t h o H i n d u J a n o b a n k t l i a S a b h a w a s s t a r t e d f o r r e a d i n g p a p e r s a n d d i s c u s s i o n s i n t h e v e r n a c u l a r o n r e l i g i o u s a n d s o c i a l q u e s t i o n s ; l e c t u r e s w e r e d e l i v e r e d o n P u r a n a s , U p a n i s h a d s , c t c .

The Sanskrit school continues to make satisfactory p ioges the boys in the highest class are now r e a d i n g ' t a At tho Anniversary of tlie Branch held in February, delegates and visito attended f i w Anantapur, Bellary Gnntakul and U d i g j h . ^

C oimbatore T heosophical S ociely . I h i s y c m eJtin o -spppded in securing a suitable building in which to hold meetings,

A U>“ T pB» n d it , M r. V e n c n ta S n b h a S a s t r y A v e r g a 1, h a s £ , e , p U , " , i „ g t h e " V e d a n t a . S a r a ” to th o m e m b e r* I b o r e have been frequent meetings and discussions at tho Society s house, atwhich onts?ders are often present, and the result is that much interest in Theosophy has been created, and l t i s gaining moie am more hold on the minds of the thinking portion of tho people Some members have been very successful in curing sick pc‘SotL by means of mesmerism. We may especially mention a veiy obstinate case of paralysis that had baffled the skill of tho doctois and a case of ague that had been given up as hopeless.

A nanta,'UR Theosophicat, S o cie ty . This Branch has held weekly meetings for the study and discussion of Theosophical_topics. Besides S is some of the members met nightly to study » G.yana Vasisl - tarn ” a Sanskrit work, explained by a learned f11 end. Nine pn lie lectures were delivered during the year, lh e Vice-I resident has translated several of Sankaracharya s works from tlie Sanskrit.

H y p f ^ a d Theosophicai, S o c ie ty . A Sanskri school lias been founded by some of the members. Some 2 5 volumes have been added to the library. About 4 5 meetings have been held and threo lectures h a v e been delivered. The report shows he Society is in a flourishing condition, and that good work is being done by its

T h eosophical S ociety ( P a l g h a t ) . - T h e r e h a v e b e e n fre- o u e n t m e e t i n g s o f t h e m e m b e r s o f t h i s B r a n c h t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r .

A s e c t i o n o f t h e S a n m a r g h a S a b h a h a s b e e n f o r m e d in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e B r a n c h . A s p i r i t o f e n q u i r y i s p e r c e p t i b l e i n t h e d i s t r i c t . A f e w o f the members have been c a r e f u l l y s t u d y i n g the Bhagvat

G iCuDDAPAH Theosophicat, S o c i E T Y . - T h i s Branch has only been « £ » t o , . e b . The members hold (r e c e n t meeting, and the President has given a public lecture on Bhagvat G i t a , ana i n t e n d s next year, to deliver a course of lectures on the same sub- iect The Branch hopes to soon open a Sanskrit school. A local missionary S e r e d aPpublic lecture a g a i n s t Theosophy, and mem- L ! nf fL Society who were present took the opportunity of rem oving som e of the misconceptions of the lecturer and ot clearingthe doubts of those present. This Branch

The A dyodha Theosophicat, S o c t b t y (Fyzabad).— Ihis J3ra lias held weekly meetings at which lectures were delivered and se­lectedTheosophical works discussed. Homoeopath.c medicines K e been distributed to the poor and the founda -cm of a l a- ritoble dispensary is in contem plation, for the benefit ot wmcn S £ n Cha™ Chandra Ghose has offered his gratuitous serv.ccs

Thf Trtottinopoi,y Theosophicat, SociE T Y .-T he members of this Branch h ave held regular meetings for the study of BhagvatG ita, Mr. V. T. W infred delivered an in teresting and instructive

l e c t u r e o n “ C h e l a s h i p , ” a n d m e m b e r s o f t l i e b r a n c h h a v e d e l i ­v e r e d o t h e r p u b l i c l e c t u r e s o n T h e o s o p h i c a l s u b j e c t s .

T h e J a m a lp u r T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty .— T h i s B r a n c h h a s h e l d w e e k l y m e e t i n g s f o r t h e s t u d y o f T h e o s o p h i c a l l i t e r a t u r e a s w e l l a s B h a g v a t G i t a a n d o t h e r S a n s k r i t w o r k s . T h e S a n s k r i t S u n d a y S c h o o l c o n t i n u e s t o m a k e f a i r p r o g r e s s . S e v e r a l m e m b e r s o f t h e B e r h a m p o r e a n d B h a g a l p u r B r a n c h e s h a v e v i s i t e d J a m a l p u r d u r i n g t h e y e a r , w h i l e m e m b e r s o f t h i s B r a n c h h a v e p a i d v i s i t s t o o t h e r p l a c e s . T h o B r a n c h r e c o r d s w i t h r e g r e t t h e d e a t h o f B r o t h e r H a r i N a t h B h a t t a c h a r j e , a n e a r n e s t a n d e n t h u s i a s t i c m e m b e r o f t h e S o c i e t y .

T h e N a rm a d a T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( f i o s h a n g a b a d ) . — M e e t i n g s w e r e h e l d n i g h t l y f o r s o m e t i m e , d u r i n g w h i c h s e v e r a l b o o k s w e r e s t u d i e d ; b u t t h e s e m e e t i n g s h a d t o b e g i v e n u p t h r o u g h u n a v o i d ­a b l e c i r c u m s t a n c e s . A l 3 e n a r e s p a n d i t w a s e n g a g e d b y t h e S o c i e t y t o g i v e l e c t u r e s e x p l a n a t o r y o f t h e d i f f e r e n t s c h o o l s o f H i n d u p h i l o s o p h y . P a n d i t B h a v a n i S h a n k a r v i s i t e d t h i s B r a n c h a n d t h e

m e m b e r s d e r i v e d m u c h p r o f i t f r o m h i s i n s t r u c t i o n . A c h a r i t a b l e h o m o e o p a t h i c d i s p e n s a r y h a s b e e n o p e n e d b y t h e B r a n c h f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e s u f f e r i n g p o o r . T h e l i b r a r y h a s r e c e i v e d c o n s i d e r ­a b l e a d d i t i o n s . M u c h i n t e r e s t i n T h e o s o p h y i s b e i n g a t v a k e n e d i n H o s h a n g a b a d a n d t h e n e i g h b o u r h o o d .

T h e V a s i s h t h a T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( V i z i a n a g r a m ) . — M e e t i n g s h a v e b e e n h e l d f o r t h e S t u d y o f S a n s k r i t a n d o t h e r w o r k s *

T h e S a n s k r i t C o l l e g e i n T a l u r c o n t i n u e s t o m a k e s t e a d y p r o g r e s s a n d a V e d i c P r o f e s s o r s h i p h a s b e e n f o u n d e d t h e r e i n b y t h e m e m ­b e r s o f t h e B r a n c h . T h e s t a f f o f t h e S a n s k r i t C o l l e g e i n t h e t o w n h a s a l s o b e e n i n c r e a s e d b y t h e a d d i t i o n o f t w o m o r e m a s t e r s . T h e m o r a l c l a s s a t t a c h e d t o t h e S o c i e t y m e e t s r e g u l a r l y e v e r y S a t u r d a y . T h e B r a n c h s t i l l h o p e s t o s t a r t a V e r n a c u l a r j o u r n a l , b u t p e c u n i a r y d i f f i c u l t i e s h a v e n o t y e t b e e n s u r m o u n t e d .

T h e K a s i T a tw a S a b h a T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( B e n a r e s ) . — T h i s B r a n c h h a s h e l d a b o u t t w e n t y m e e t i n g s d u r i n g t h e y e a r , a t s o m e o f w h i c h o u t s i d e r s w e r e a l s o p r e s e n t . U n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h e S o c i e t y a Y o u n g M e n ’s A s s o c i a t i o n i s b e i n g f o r m e d f o r t h e p r o m o ­tion o f r e l i g i o n a n d p h i l o s o p h y . T h e S a b h a i s g r a t e f u l t o p a n d i t s w h o h a v e g i v e n d i s c o u r s e s f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e m e m b e r s o n t h e p r a c t i c a l bearings o f t h e t h e o r i e s o f t h e Vedanta. R u p e e s 2 1 7 w e r e c o l l e c t e d b y t h e S a b h a f o r t h e r e l i e f o f t h e s u f f e r e r s f r o m t h o f l o o d s i n B e n g a l . T h a n k s t o t h e l i b e r a l i t y o f B a b u M o k s h a d a D a s M i t t r a a n d H . H . t h e M a h a r a j a h o f D a r b a n g h a , t h e S o c i e t y h a s b e e n e n a b l e d t o h a v e a n o f f i c e o f i t s o w n , a n d t o m a k e s e v e r a l u s e ­f u l a d d i t i o n s t o i t s l i b r a r y . M e d i c i n e s h a v e b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d t o t h e p o o r , a n d s o m e s u c c e s s f u l m e s m e r i c c u r e s h a v e b e e n e f f e c t e d . T h e S a b h a h o p e s b e f o r e l o n g t o i s s u e a T h e o s o p h i c a l m a g a z i n e i n H i n d i .

T h e S a n je e v a n T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( B a n k u r a ) . — S e v e r a l m e e t ­i n g s h a v e b e e n h e l d f o r r e a d i n g and d i s c u s s i o n . T h e m e m b e r s o f t h e S o c i e t y h a v e e x e r t e d t h e m s e l v e s t o d i s s e m i n a t e a k n o w l e d g e o f T h e o s o p h y a m o n g t h e e d u c a t e d c l a s s e s o f t h e i r c o m m u n i t y , a n d h a v e s u c c e e d e d i n a w a k e n i n g i n t e r e s t , a n d t o s o m e e x t e n t in c h e c k ­i n g i r r e l i g i o u s and m a t e r i a l i s t i c t e n d e n c i e s . T h e y h a v e a l s o w o r k e d

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•— B e s i d e s t h r e e s p e c i a l m e e t i n g s t h i s B r a n c h h a s h e l d 4 8 r e g u l a r w e e k l y o n e s . I n o r d e r t o a v o i d d e s u l t o r y c o n v e r s a t i o n t h e s u b j e c t f o r e a c h o c c a s i o n w a s s e l e c t e d a t t h e p r e v i o u s m e e t i n g . A r e c o r d o f a l l i m p o r t a n t d i s c u s s i o n s w a s k e p t a n d e x t r a c t s t h e r e f r o m s e n t f r o m t i m e t o t i m e t o o t h e r B r a n c h e s . F i f t y - o n e v o l u m e s w e r e a d d e d t o t h e L i b r a r y d u r i n g t h e y e a r . A t t h e i n s t i g a t i o n o f t h i s B r a n c h a m o v e m e n t h a s b e e n s e t o n f o o t t o b r i n g a b o u t a c l o s e r

u n i o n o f t h e B e n g a l B r a n c h e s . T o t h i s e n d a “ T h e o s o p h i c a l C o ­o p e r a t i v e A s s o c i a t i o n ” h a s b e e n s t a r t e d . A s a r e s u l t t h e P r e s i ­d e n t a n d o t h e r m e m b e r s h a v e v i s i t e d o t h e r B r a n c h e s i n B e n g a l i n d e e d P a n d i t K . C . B i d y a r a t n a v i s i t e d a l m o s t a l l t h e B r a n c h e s i n N o r t h B e n g a l — w i t h a m o s t b e n e f i c i a l r e s u l t . T h e c o n s e q u e n c e o f t h i s m o v e m e n t h a s b e e n t o i n f u s e n e w l i f e i n t o t h e B e n g a l B r a n c h e s b y m u t u a l h e l p a n d i n t e r c h a n g e o f i d e a s . I t i s e x p e c t e d t h a t i n t h e c o m i n g y e a r t h e m e a s u r e o f s u c c e s s w i l l b e e v e n g r e a t e r , a n d w e h o p e t h a t B r a n c h e s i n o t h e r p a r t s o f I n d i a w i l l f o l l o w t h e e x a m p l e o f B e r h a m p o r e . T h e S u n i t i S u n c h a r i n i S a r a o f B e r h a m ­p o r e , e s t a b l i s h e d s o m e s i x y e a r s a g o , i s n o w e n t i r e l y u n d e r t h o s u p e r v i s i o n a n d m a n a g e m e n t o f o f B a b u D . N . G a n g u l y a n d P a n d i t K . C . B i d y a r a t n a . I t c o n s i s t s o f a b o u t f i v e a n d t w e n t y p r o m i s i n g y o u n g m e n w h o m e e t r e g u l a r l y e v e r y S u n d a y m o r n i n g w h e n r e l i g i o u s l e c t u r e s a r e g i v e n — e s p e c i a l l y o n t h e t e x t s c o n t a i n e d i n t h e “ E p i t o m e o f A r y a n M o r a l s .” T h e o u t s i d e p u b l i c a r e n o w b e g i n n i n g t o f e e l t h a t t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y a r o d e v o t e d a d m i r e r s o f A r y a D h a r m a , a n d a r e e v e r r e a d y t o h e l p a n y i n s t i t u t i o n h a v i n g f o r i t s o b j e c t t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f h i g h m o r a l a s p i r a t i o n i n t h e r i s i n g g e n e r a t i o n a n d t h e s p i r i t u a l r e g e n e ­

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t r a n s l a t e d i n t o B e n g a l i . <c L i g h t o n t h e P a t h ” w i t h a n n o t a t i o n s i s b e i n g t r a n s l a t e d . I t i s e x p e c t e d t h a t t h e A n g l o - V e r n a c u l a r S c h o o l w i l l e r e l o n g b e m a d e o v e r t o t h e m a n a g e m e n t o f t h o T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y , i n w h i c h c a s e S a n s k r i t w i l l f o r m a p a r t o f t h e c u r r i c u l u m . I n B a b u T i l a k C h a n d N a h a r t h e S o c i e t y h a s

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T h i s B r a n c h h a s a g o o d l i b r a r y , t h e b o o k s o f w h i c h a r e a v a i l a b l e t o o u t s i d e r s a s w e l l a s m e m b e r s . A s u b s c r i p t i o n h a s b e e n r a i s e d f o r t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f m e d i c i n e g r a t i s t o t h e p o o r . T h e P r e s i ­d e n t o f t h i s B r a n c h i s e n g a g e d i n t h o i m p o r t a n t t a s k o f p u b l i s h i n g a n e w e d i t i o n ( w i t h a d d i t i o n s ) o f t h e S a n s k r i t D i c t i o n a r y c a l l e d S a b d a k a l p a d r u m a , a m o n u m e n t a l w o r k t h a t c a n n o t f a i l t o r e n d e r

m o s t i m p o r t a n t a i d t o S a n s k r i t s c h o l a r s t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d . T h e s c h o o l f o u n d e d b y t h e P r e s i d e n t i n h i s n a t i v e v i l l a g e c o n t i n u e s t o p r o s p e r .

T h e G y a n a n k u r T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( S a i d p u r ) . — W e e k l y m e e t i n g s h a v e b e e n h e l d t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r . S o m e o f t h e m e m b e r s h a v e s u c c e s s f u l l y p r a c t i s e d m e s m e r i c h e a l i n g . A S u n d a y s c h o o l h a s b e e n o p e n e d f o r t h e m o r a l i m p r o v e m e n t o f y o u n g b o y s . T h e m e m b e r s h a v e b e e n e n g a g e d i n t h o s t u d y o f B h a g v a t G ita d u r i n g t h e y e a r . M e m b e r s o f t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y h a v e v i s i t ­e d t h i s p l a c e f r o m B e r h a m p o r e a n d o t h e r p l a c e s .

T h e B a n g a lo r e C a n to n m e n t T h e o so p h ic a ti S o c ie ty .— T h i s B r a n c h h a s o n l y r e c e n t l y b e e n f o r m e d . A g o o d l i b r a r y i s i n c o u r s e

o f f o r m a t i o n , a n d a c o n v e n i e n t p l a c e h a s b e e n r e n t e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e s o f t h e S o c i e t y . R e g u l a r m e e t i n g s a r e h e l d f o r r e a d i n g a n d d i s c u s s i o n . A f e w m e m b e r s a r e s t u d y i n g m e s m e r i s m , w h i l e o t h e r s h a v e f o r m e d t h e m s e l v e s i n t o c l a s s e s f o r t h e s t u d y o f S a n s ­k r i t l i t e r a t u r e u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f a p a n d i t w h o s e s e r v i c e s h a v e b e e n e n g a g e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e .

T h e C a l c u t t a T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y .— T h i s B r a n c h h a s h e l d r e g u l a r f o r t n i g h t l y m e e t i n g s . B a b u D i n a N a t h G a n g u l y p a i d t h r e e v i s i t s t o C a l c u t t a , a n d t h e m e m b e r s w e r e m u c h b e n e f i t e d b y h i s i n s t r u c t i o n a n d a d v i c e . T h e s e r v i c e s o f a l e a r n e d p a n d i t w e r e s e c u r e d , f r o m w h o m i n s t r u c t i o n w a s r e c e i v e d i n A s i a t i c p h i l o s o p h y a n d r e l i g i o n . A g e n e r a l i m p r o v e m e n t i s t o b e n o t i c e d i n t h e e a r n e s t n e s s o f t h e m e m b e r s b o t h a s r e g a r d s p e r s o n a l l i f e a n d e f f o r t s t o d i s s e ­m i n a t e T h e o s o p h y . T h e P r e s i d e n t d e l i v e r e d a l e c t u r e o n T h e o s o p h y b e f o r e t h e B e t h u n e S o c i e t y a n d t h i s l e c t u r e h a s b e e n p r i n t e d f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n . U p w a r d s o f R s . 1 , 3 0 0 w e r e r a i s e d b y t h e B r a n c h i n a i d o f t h e s u f f e r e r s b y t h e l a t e d i s a s t r o u s f l o o d s , a n d m e m b e r s w e r e d e p u t e d t o d i s t r i b u t e f o o d , c l o t h i n g a n d m o n e y t o t h e f a m i s h e d p e o p l e . M e d i c i n e h a s b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d g r a t i s t o t h e p o o r , a n d b e t w e e n t h r e e a n d f o u r h u n d r e d p o o r p a t i e n t s h a v o r e c e i v e d s p e c i a l m e d i c a l a t t e n t i o n f r o m o u r m e m b e r s . T h e m e m b e r s o f t h i s B r a n c h n o t i c e w i t h p l e a s u r e t h e s u c c e s s t h a t h a s a t t e n d e d t h e e f f o r t s o f t h e B e n g a l T h e o s o p h i c a l C o - o p e r a t i v e A s s o c i a t i o n , a n d b e l i e v e t h a t i t s u s e f u l n e s s w i l l b e s t i l l m o r e m a r k e d i n f u t u r e y e a r s .

T h e ( B a n g a lo r e C ity T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty .— L i k e t h e B a n ­g a l o r e C a n t o n m e n t T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y , t h i s B r a n c h w a s o n l y r e c e n t l y f o u n d e d a t t h e t i m e o f C o l . O l c o t t ’s v i s i t t o M y s o r e . M e e t i n g s a r e h e l d w e e k l y f o r s t u d y a n d d i s c u s s i o n , a n d l e c t u r e s a r e o c c a s i o n a l l y d e l i v e r e d . T h e B r a n c h h a s f a i r l y s t a r t e d , a n d i t s m e m b e r s l o o k f o r w a r d t o a u s e f u l a n d p r o s p e r o u s c a r e e r f o r t h e S o c i e t y .

T h e B r i g u f s h e t r a T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( J u b b u l p o r e ) . — M a n y m e m b e r s o f t l i i s B r a n c h h a v e b e e n t r a n s f e r r e d t o o t h e r p l a c e s a n d t h r o u g h t h e i r e x e r t i o n s t h e r e n e w B r a n c h e s h a v e b e e n f o r m e d . T h e S a n s k r i t s c h o o l c o n t i n u e s t o m a k e g o o d p r o g r e s s ; t h e r e a r e n o w 4 3 b o y s o n t h e r o l l . T h e r e v e n u e o f t h e s c h o o l i s d e r i v e d f r o m t h e s a l e o f A t t a w h i c h i s d a i l y c o l l e c t e d , b y h a n d f u l s , f r o m d i f f e r e n t h o u s e s i n t h e t o w n . L a s t y e a r t h e r e w a s a s u r p l u s o f K s . 1 0 9 . •

T h e H o m o e o p a t h i c D i s p e n s a r y r e c e i v e s , o n a n a v e r a g e , n e a r l y 4 5 0 p a t i e n t s p e r m o n t h , a n d i s b e c o m i n g v e r y p o p u l a r .

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T h e A tm a B odtc T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( M o r a d a b a d ) . — T l i e m e e t i n g s o f t h i s B r a n c h h a v e b e e n s o m e w h a t i r r e g u l a r , b u t s e v e r a l b o o k s h a v e b e e n c a r e f u l l y s t u d i e d b y t h e m e m b e r s . T w o m e m ­b e r s h a v e b e e n s u c c e s s f u l i n c u r i n g s c o r p i o n - b i t e a n d o t h e r a i l ­m e n t s b y m e a n s o f m e s m e r i s m .

A m o n t h l y j o u r n a l , Jama-ul-iiloom, i s c o n d u c t e d u n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s o f t h i s B r a n c h a n d c o n t a i n s t r a n s l a t i o n s o f t h e m o r e i m p o r t a n t a r t i c l e s i n t h e Theosophist, a s w e l l a s o r i g i n a l w o r k o n m o r a l a n d s c i e n t i f i c s u b j e c t s . T h e B u d d h i s t C a t e c h i s m i s b e i n g t r a n s l a t e d i n t o U r d o o .

T h e K r i s h n a T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty ( G u n t o o r ) . — T h e S a n s k r i t s c h o o l f o u n d e d b y M r . S a m b i a C h e t t y G a r u , n o w r e s i d e n t i n M a d r a s , i s i n a m o s t f l o u r i s h i n g c o n d i t i o n w i t h a t o t a l o f 1 3 0 p u p i l s . T h e g i r l s 5 s c h o o l i s a l s o p r o g r e s s i n g w e l l . T h e a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e B r a n c h w a s a g r e a t s u c c e s s .

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„ Y . C h a u d a p p a ...T h e B o m b ay T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty ...M r. R u s to m ji A rd c sh ir M as te r (B o m b ay )

” „ T o o k a ra m T a ty a (B o m b ay ).. ,, I n te r e s t . .. ••• •**

R s. A.. P .

T o ta l R u p ees .

DISBURSEMENTS.

B y I n te r e s t pn id io S o c ic tyBalance at interest in Savings Bank ...

” G o v e r n m e n t P ro m isso ry N o tes @ 4 p e r c e n t . ,, C ash in h a n d

6 ,0281,000

25252

355073

123

5015

600100

77

50001075250

10100

210

510

97

100230

8,5G1

2304 ,4143,501

414

500000000000000

Oi 0

161

10

T o ta l R u p ees ... 8,5G1 5 G

HEAD-QUARTERS.

21th December 1885 to 26th December 1886.

Dr. Cr.

Receipts. Amounts. Disbursements. Amounts.

To sales of gardenproduce ...Ks. 115-0-0

To sales of fur­niture . ...Rs. 138-6-0

Balanco

Total Rupees..

3534,723

5,077

By expense account:—Main­tenance, Food, Clothing, Lights, Keeping of animals, Blacksinithery, Land rent, Entertainment of Guests, Painting and repairs of three Bungalows, Building, Stationery, Postage, etc....

Total Rupees...

RS,

5,077

5,077

TRAVELLING.

2*lth December 1885 to 2Gth December 1886.

Dr, Cr.

Receipts. Artiounts. Disbursements. Amounts.

To Travelling Expenses

Total Rupees..,

BS.

581

581 12

By Col. Olcott’s and Mr. L’s expenses to and from Ceylon

,, Mr. Leadbeater’s expenses in Ceylon while on depu tation

„ Mr. Cooper-Oakley’8 expen­ses to and from Pulney Hills...

,, Mr. Babaji’s expenses (on deputation in Germany).

Amount returned from Coylon tour.., ...

Total Rupees...

RS.

105

71

50

2S0

74

581 12

THE THEOSOPHIST.

DONATIONS.

Z llh December 1885 to 26th December 1886.

Dr.Cr.

Receipts.Am ounts. I Disbursements.

Amounts.

To Mr. Debi Pada Roy (Cawnpore)

To A. German F. T. S.

,, An English F. T. S.

„ An European Lady F. T.S

„ Mr. Anant.Ram Ghosh ..

Total Rupees..

RS* A. p.

100 0 0

625 0 0

10 0 0

62 8 0

25 0 0

822

By Balanco

Total Rupees... 822

822

LOANS.

27th December 1885 to 26th December 1886.

D*-.Cr.

Receipts. Amounts. Disbursements.

To Mr. S. Ramaswamy Iyer (Madura)

To Mr. C. Ramiah (Madras)

To Mr. Devi Pad Roy

To the Theosophist Office ..

Total Rupees..

BS.

500

750

1,200

2,342

4,7&2

By Mr. S. Ramaswamy Iyer..

„ Mr. C. Ramiah

„ The Theosophist Office .

Balanco ... *«

1510

Amounts.

Total Rupees...

Rs. A. p.

500 0 0

750 0 0

700 0 0

2,843 15 10

4,793 15 10

12

THE GENERAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS.

,2/fTi December 1885 to 20th December 1880;

Or.

Receipts. . Amounts. Disbursements* . Amounts

RS. A. p. RS. A. r.

To Balance in band ..........Initiation Fees

j, Donations „ Sale of Furniture ,, Loan from Theosophist

Office,, Income from Garden ,, Amount refundod on

Ceylon tour ...„ Interest on Permanent

Fund,, Interest on S. B. B.

1,9161,963

822138

2,342115

74

23034

31086

110

12

1113

2000

100

0

1G

By Expenses at Head Quar­ters ..................

,, Travelling Expenses ,, Loans Repaid ...,, Telegrams„ Balance in Sayings Bank..

5,039581

1,9503710

5 1206 4

70000

Total Rupees... 7,628 11 7 Total Rupees... 7,018 111 7

A ll th e above accounts aud ited an d certified as correct. II. R. M o r g a n , Ch'n f in a n c e C om m itee.

A dyar , 27th December 1886.

F I N A N C E C O M M IT T E E .

M r . N . B . A t r e y a t h e n r e a d t h e r e p o r t o f t h e F i n a n c e C o m ­m i t t e e c e r t i f y i n g t o t h e c o r r e c t n e s s o f t h e a c c o u n t s a n d m a k i n g t h e f o l l o w i n g r e c o m m e n d a t i o n :—

Y o u r C o m m i t t e e h a v e t o b r i n g t o y o u r n o t i c e t h a t t h e y f e l t c o n ­s i d e r a b l e d i f f i c u l t y i n a r r i v i n g a t t h e c o r r e c t r e s u l t o w i n g t o t h e a c c o u n t s n o t h a v i n g b e e n k e p t b y a c o m p e t e n t a c c o u n t a n t . T h e y

t h e r e f o r e r e c o m m e n d t h a t i n f u t u r e t h e a c c o u n t s b o k e p t i n p r o p e r f o r m b y i n t r o d u c i n g C a s h B o o k a n d L e d g e r . T h e a c c o u n t s f r o m

t h e C a s h B o o k s h o u l d b e p o s t e d i n t h e L e d g e r o n c e a w e e k b y a c o m p e t e n t a c c o u n t a n t .

H . R . M o rg a n , Chairman, T o o k a ra m T a ty a , W . D ’A b re w , N . B . A t r e y a , Secretary.

D I S C U S S I O N O N T H E S A M E .

M r . T o o k a ra m T a ty a c a l l e d a t t e n t i o n t o t h e d e f i c i t i n t h e L i b r a r y a c c o u n t a n d G e n e r a l F u n d w h i c h , i f n o t m e t n o w , w o u l d r e m a i n o n t h e d e b i t s i d e a n d m i g h t l e a d t o g r e a t i n c o n v e n i e n c e s . H e t h e r e ­f o r e p r o p o s e d t h a t a s u b s c r i p t i o n l i s t b e o p e n e d t o f i l l u p t h e g a p . M r . A . G o p a la C h a r l u s e c o n d e d t h e m o t i o n .

A s u b s c r i p t i o n l i s t w a s t h e n o p e n e d .

C o m m i t t e e s w e r e t l i e n a p p o i n t e d ( 1 ) F o r t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f 1 10 R u l e s . ( 2 ) T o c o n s i d e r t h e q u e s t i o n o f registering t h e b o c i e t y .( 3 ) T o d r a w u p a s c h e m e f o r t h e m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e L i b r a r y .

( 4 ) T o a w a r d t h e S u b b a H o w M e d a l .

M r . R u s t o m j i A r d k s h i r M a s t e r p r o p o s e d , t h a t a l e t t e r b e w r i t ­t e n f r o m t h e C o n v e n t i o n t o M a d a m e B l a v a t s k y e x p r e s s i n g t h e b L s t w i s h e s o f t h e m e m b e r s f o r t h e r e s t o r a t i o n o t h e r h e a l t h a n d s u e -

c e s s i n h e r w o r k .

T h e m o t i o n w a s c a r r i e d b y a c c l a m a t i o n .

T h e C o n v e n t i o n t h e n a d j o u r n e d .

S e c o n d D a y . T u e s d a y , 2 8 t h D e c e m b e r 1 8 8 6 .

M r . C o o i 'e r - O a k le y m o v e d t h e d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e R e p o r t o f t h o

F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e . . , r n i iT h e P r e s i d e n t s a i d t h a t t h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e h a d f o u n d t h a t

t l i e a c c o u n t s w e r e n o t k e p t in a c o m m e r c i a l f o r m w h i c h , o t c o u r s e , w a a d u e t o t h e f a c t t h a t t l i e S o c i e t y h a d n o b o o k - k e e p e r s o r m e r ­c h a n t s o n d u t y a t H e a d - q u a r t e r s , a n d t h a t i t w a s t o o p o o r

p r o f e s s i o n a l s e r v i c e s o f t h i s s o r t . , •M r . T o o k a ra m T a ty a t h o u g h t t h a t t h e m a t t e r o f k e e p i n g t h e

a c c o u n t s w a s a v e r y s i m p l e o n o . I f a l e d g e r w e r o c e p , d i f f i c u l t i e s n o w f e l t b y p e o p l e a t t h e 1H e a d - q u a r t e i - s ^a v o i d e d . T h e s p e a k e r , a n d h i s b r o t h e r , M r . A t r e y a , h a d c o n s e n t e d

t o u n d e r t a k e t o s h o w t h e m t h e w a y o f k e e p i n g d e a r _ » c c 0 ' " 1 " w i t h o u t a n y g r e a t l o s s o f t i m e a n d , v e r y l i k e l y , n e x t y e a r t h e y

w o u l d b e a b l e t o s h o w m o r e s y s t e m a t i s e ^ a c ? ° ’l n t s - p , 1PTTyB ab u D in a N a t h G a n g u ly t h e n m o v e d a n d M r . S .am biai •

s e c o n d e d t h a t t h e r e p o r t o f t h o F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e b e a d o p t e .

T h e r e s o l u t i o n w a s p u t t o t h e m e e t i n g a n d c a r r i e d nem. con.

r e p o r t o f t h e c o m m i t t e e o n t h e o r i e n t a l l i b r a r y .

T h e f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t w a s r e a d b y t h e S e c r e t a r y , M u . C o o ie r -

O a k le y . . .

T h a t f S t a n d i n g C o m m i t t e e s h o u l d b e a p p o i n t e d , t o b e c o m p o s e d

C . R am iah , T . S ubba R o w , B havan,

S T h a r M R . T S J . JC o L r - O A KKLEY b e a p p o i n t e d S e c r e t a r y o f t h i s

C o m m i t t e e . , , ,T h a t t h e f u n c t i o n s o f t h e C o m m i t t e e s h o u l d b e :

1. T o t a k e c h a r g e o f t h e L i b r a r y .

2 . T o c a t a l o g u e t h e b o o k s . l l n . f ;ritl n r3 . T o i n v i t e t h e c o - o p e r a t i o n o f B r a n c h e s f o r t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f

f u n d s a n d W k s . ^ ^ q£ p u b H c a t i o n s r c i a U n g t o O r i e n t a l

r e l i g i o n a n d l e a r n i n g .

5 . I f f u n d s b e a v a i l a b l e , t b e n g a g e t l i e s e r v i c e s o f c o p y i s t s a n d p a n d i t s .

6 . T o f r a m e r u l e s f o r t h e p r o p e r c o n d u c t o f t h e L i b r a r y .7 . T o a p p l y s u c h o t h e r m e a s u r e s a s t h e y m a y t h i n k b e s t f o r

t h e i n c r e a s e o f t h e L i b r a r y a n d t h e e x t e n s i o n o f i t s u t i l i t y .H . R . M organ, Chairman. C . R am iah , P . S reenevasa R o w ,

C. A ravamudu A iyangar, T ookaram T atya, T . V encata R ama A iyangar , C. M asillamany M oodaliar , B hashya C ha ry ar , R ustomji M obed, .B havani S hankar G a n e s h , A . J . C ooper-O ak ley , Secretary.

D iscussion on th e same .T h e P re sid en t t h e n s a i d :— I s i t t h e o p i n i o n o f t h i s C o n v e n t i o n

th a fc a t r u s t s h o u l d b e c r e a t e d t o r e c e i v e t h e f u n d s w h i c h m a y h e r e ­a f t e r b e s u b s c r i b e d f o r t h e m a i n t e n a n c e o f t h e L i b r a r y , o r s h a l l t h e s e f u n d s m e r g e i n t h e g e n e r a l f u n d s o f t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y ? I t i s f o r t h e C o n v e n t i o n t o d e c i d e w h e t h e r p a r t i c u l a r c o n t r i b u t i o n s

f o r t h e u p - k e e p o f t h e L i b r a r y s h o u l d b e p u t i n t h e h a n d s o f s p e c i a l

t r u s t e e s o r n o t ?M r . T ookaram T atya ( B o m b a y ) t h o u g h t t h a t t h e r e w a s n o s e p a ­

r a t e r e g i s t r a t i o n o r t r u s t n e c e s s a r y . H e b e l i e v e d t h a t i f t h e y w i s h e d t o s u p p o r t a L i b r a r y , t h e y w o u l d t a k e n o o b j e c t i o n t o i t s c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y . I t h a d b e e n s t a r t e d b y t h e S o c i e t y a n d t h e r e s h o u l d b e n o s e p a r a t e r e g i s t r a t i o n .

M r . A . G opala C harlu ( B a n g a l o r e ) a g r e e d w i t h M r . T o o k a r a m T a t y a , a n d s a i d th a fc t h e L i b r a r y o u g h t t o b e t r e a t e d a s a b r a n c h a n d p o r t i o n o f t h e S o c i e t y .

M r . P . S reenevasa R o w ( M a d r a s ) w a s o f o p i n i o n t h a t t h e L i b r a r y s h o u l d n o t b e d i s s e v e r e d f r o m t h e S o c i e t y , bufc o u g h t t o f o r m a p o r t i o n o f i t . T h a t w a s n o t o n l y h i s o w n v i e w b u t a l s o t h a t o f t h e g e n t l e m e n w i t h w h o m h e h a d c o n s u l t e d . L e t t h e m w a i t f o r o n e y e a r o r s o , a n d i f t h e r e o c c u r r e d a n y n e c e s s i t y f o r c h a n g e , t h e n ifc w o u l d b e t i m e t o c o n s i d e r . F o r t h e p r e s e n t t h e L i b r a r y o u g h t t o r e s t w i t h t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y ( a p p l a u s e ) . L e t t h e I n s t i t u t i o n a n d t h e L i b r a r y r e m a i n f o r t h e p r e s e n t c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e S o c i e t y a n d s h a r e i t s f a t e .

B abu D inanath G anguly ( B e n g a l ) d i d n o t t h i n k i t n e c e s s a r y t o w a i t f o r o n e y e a r . T h e r e c o u l d b e n o t w o o p i n i o n s t h a t t h i s L i b r a r y w a s t o b e c o n s i d e r e d a s a p a r t a n d p a r c e l o f t h o T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y . A s s u c h , i f t h e S o c i e t y w a s t o b e r e g i s t e r e d , p r o v i s i o n s c o u l d b e m a d e f o r t h e L i b r a r y .

M r . N . B . A treya ( C e n t r a l P r o v i n c e s ) p r o p o s e d a n d M r . N amazeen ( H y d e r a b a d ) s e c o n d e d , t h a t t h e r e p o r t o f t h e O r i e n t a l L i b r a r y C o m m i t t e e b e a d o p t e d . T h e r e s o l u t i o n , o n b e i n g p u t t o t h e m e e t i n g , w a s u n a n i m o u s l y c a r r i e d .

R E P O R T O F T H E C O M M IT T E E O N R U L E S .

M r . L eadbeater t h e n r e a d t h e f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t :—A f t e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e s u b j e c t s proposed f o r i t s d i s c u s s i o n ,

y o u r C o m m i t t e e a d o p t s t h e f o l l o w i n g R e s o l u t i o n s :—1 . T h a t n o a l t e r a t i o n i n t h e R u l e s i s n e c e s s a r y .2 . T h a t a c i r c u l a r l e t t e r b e s e n t t o a l l t h o u n o f f i c i a l m e m b e r s

o f t h e G e n e r a l C o u n c i l t o a s c e r t a i n w h e t h e r t h e y w i s h t h e i r n a m e s

t o r e m a i n o n t h e l i s t .A . J . C oo per-O akley , Chairman. J . S reenevasa R o w , D ina N ath

G anguly, V ithalrao P andurang, R . S ubbaya, L akshmi K ant R o w , C. W . L ea dbeater , Secretary.

M r . T ookaram T atya t h e n p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e r e p o r t o f t h o C o m ­

m i t t e e o n R u l e s b e a d o p t e d .P andit B h a sh ya C hariar h a v i n g s e c o n d e d t h e r e s o l u t i o n , i t w a s

a d o p t e d .A d i s c u s s i o n e n s u i n g u p o n t h e q u e s t i o n w h e t h e r t h e T . S u b b a

R o w M e d a l s h o u l d b e a w a r d e d t o a n y m e m b e r f o r o r i g i n a l r e s e a r c h e s i n a n c i e n t e s o t e r i c p h i l o s o p h y a n d s c i e n c e , t h e m a t t e r w a s c o n s i d e r e d b y a S p e c i a l C o m m i t t e e , r e p o r t e d b a c k t o t h e C o n ­v e n t i o n , a n d f i n a l l y r e f e r r e d t o t h e E x e c u t i v e C o u n c i l , w i t h p o w e r s .

C ongratulatory T elegrams .

T h e P resid ent n e x t r e a d t e l e g r a m s f r o m M e s s r s . N o r e n d r o N a t h S e n o f C a l c u t t a , J e h a n g i r S a r a b j i o f H y d e r a b a d a n d S h i s l i i r K u m a r G h o s e , a l s o o f C a l c u t t a , w i s h i n g s u c c e s s t o T h e o s o p h y a n d

r e g r e t t i n g i n a b i l i t y t o a t t e n d .

S pecial M o t io ns .M r . T ookaram T atya s a i d t h a t s i n c o t h e r e m o v a l o f t h e T h e o s o ­

p h i c a l S o c i e t y t o M a d r a s , h e h a d b e e n r e g u l a r l y a t t e n d i n g a t t l i o H e a d - Q u a r t e r s e v e r y y e a r . H e h a d b e e n m a r k i n g th a fc t l i o T h e o s o p h i c a l C o n v e n t i o n s w e r e g e t t i n g m o r e a n d m o r e i n t e r e s t i n g , a n d t h a t d e l e g a t e s t o o k g r e a t t r o u b l e i n c o m i n g f r o m l o n g d i s ­t a n c e s . T h e p r e s e n t w a s t h e m o s t p e c u l i a r o f a l l t h e y e a r s . T h e y w e r e a l l s a t i s f i e d w i t h t h e i n t e l l e c t u a l t r e a t a f f o r d e d b y t h e l e c t u r e s o f t h e i r t w o w o r t h y b r o t h e r s , M r . P . S r e e n e v a s a R o w a n d M r . T . S u b b a R o w ( H e a r , h e a r , a n d a p p l a u s e ) . H e h o p e d t h a t s o m e s t e p s w o u ) d b e t a k e n t o i n d u c e d e l e g a t e s t o r e g u l a r l y a t t e n d a t t h e C o n ­v e n t i o n s . H e w o u l d t h e r e f o r e r e q u e s t a b l e m e m b e r s , l i k e M e s s r s . S r e e n e v a s a R o w a n d S u b b a R o w , t o u n d e r t a k e t o g i v e t h e m l e c ­t u r e s e v e r y y e a r .

[ T h e P resid ent r e a d a l e t t e r f r o m M r . S^ R a m a s a w m y I y e r r e g r e t t i n g i n a b i l i t y t o a t t e n d a n d s e n d i n g a d o n a t i o n o f M a x M u l l e r ’s

e d i t i o n o f t h e “ R i g Y e d a S a n h i t a ” t o t h e L i b r a r y . ]T n E P re sid ent s a i d t h a t t h e i r e s t e e m e d b r o t h e r , M r . T o o k a r a m ’s ,

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P r e s i d e n c y , ,t o g i v e r e c i t a t i o n s a n d e x h i b i t t h e i r s c h o l a r s h i p . T I10 a w a r d o f h o n o r a r y d i s t i n c t i o n s t o t h e m c o u l d b e p u t i n t o t h o h a n d s o f t h e i r o w n e m i n e n t s c h o l a r s , M r . S u b b a R o w , M r . S r e e n e ­v a s a R o w , a n d P a n d i t B h a s h y a C h a r y a . A t f i r s t t h e y m i g h t h o l d t h o s e c o n v o c a t i o n s o n c e i n t w o , o r t h r e e , o r f i v e y e a r s ; a n d i n c o u r s e o f t i m e t h e n u m b e r m i g h t i n c r e a s e i n p r o p o r t i o n t o t h o g r o w t h o f t h e i r m e a n s . H e w o u l d b e g l a d i f s o m e o f t h e i r m e m ­b e r s l e a r n e d i n t h e S h a s t r a s w o u l d t e l l t h e m w h a t t h e y w o u l d r e c o m m e n d a s a p r a c t i c a l w o r k i n g b a s i s f o r r e a l i s i n g , i f p r a c t i c a b l e , t h a t i d e a o f a l i t e r a r y t o u r n a m e n t o r l i t e r a r y c o n v o c a t i o n . T h i s J e a r h e h a d a r r a n g e d t o i n c l u d e s o m e A r y a n m u s i c , t o b e g i v e n b y H i n d u g e n t l e m e n a m a t e u r s . T h e A r y a n m u s i c h a d a p h i l o s o ­p h i c a l c h a r a c t e r o f i t s o w n , b a s e d u p o n a c e r t a i n s y s t e m o f n o t a ­

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M r . T o o k a ra m T a ty a r e p e a t e d t h a t s o m e m e a s u r e s m u s t b o t a k e n t o s e c u r e i n t e l l e c t u a l t r e a t s f o r t h e i r d e l e g a t e s . D e l e g a t e s w h o h a d t o t r a v e l l o n g d i s t a n c e s — s a y t h o s e f r o m B e n g a l a n d P u n ­j a b a t t e n d e d t h e C o n v e n t i o n a t t h e s a c r i f i c e o f t h e i r p r i v a t e i n t e r e s t s , s u r e l y i n t h e h o p e o f g e t t i n g s o m e t h i n g s u b s t a n t i a l . M r. P ir o z s h a w R . M e h ta a g r e e d w i t h M r . T o o k a ram T a ty a a n d s a i d t h a t h e h a d b e e n d e l i g h t e d t o h e a r t h e l e c t u r e s d e l i v e r e d b y t h e i r e s t e e m e d a n d r e v e r e d b r o t h e r , M r . S u b b a R o w . H e h a d n o d o u b t t h a t e v e r y b r o t h e r p r e s e n t w o u l d c a r r y a v e r y p l e a s a n t r e m i n i ­s c e n c e o f h i s v i s i t t o t h e C o n v e n t i o n . I n o r d e r t h a t s o m e i n t e r e s t m i g h t b e m a i n t a i n e d , w h a t w a s d e s i r e d w a s t h a t t h e y m i g h t i n f u s e s o m e p e r m a n e n t i n t e r e s t i n t o t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f t h e C o n v e n t i o n s . H e s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e S u b b a R o w M o d a l b e a w a r d e d f o r t h e b e s t o t t h e l e c t u r e s d e l i v e r e d a t f u t u r e C o n v e n t i o n s .

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c a s e o f h i s d e c e a s e t h e y w o u l d b e e n a b l e d t o e f f e c t u a l l y m a n a g e t h o p r o p e r t i e s h e l d b y t h e m . F o r t h a t , t h e y m u s t h a v e a g e n e r a l m e e t ­i n g o f t h o m e m b e r s t o e x e c u t e t h e t r u s t d e e d , a n d t h e s p e a k e r t h o u g h t t h a t t h a t c o u l d b e d o n e b y o b t a i n i n g a u t h o r i t i e s f r o m t h e m e m b e r s . S u c h o f t h e m e m b e r s a s d i d n o t p a y a n y t h i n g , h a d n o r i g h t t o v o t o a n d c o u l d n o t e x e r c i s e a n y r i g h t o f p r o p e r t y o v e r a n y o f t h e p o s ­s e s s i o n s o f t h e S o c i e t y . T h e P r e s i d e n t s o f t h e B r a n c h e s m i g h t b o r e q u e s t e d t o o b t a i n t h e o p i n i o n s o f t h e i r m e m b e r s . T h e s p e a k e r b e l i e v e d t h a t i f t h o m a t t e r w a s a g a i n a g i t a t e d , s o m e t h i n g w o u l d

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o b t a i n t h e o p i n i o n s o f a l l o r e v e n a m a j o r i t y o f t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e B r a n c h e s w a s a b s o l u t e l y i m p r a c t i c a b l e . T h e p r i m e q u e s t i o n a n d o n l y p r a c t i c a l o n e w a s w h e t h e r t h i s b o d y , a s a t p r e s e n t c o n s t i t u t e d , — t h i s G e n e r a l C o u n c i l i n C o n v e n t i o n a s s e m b l e d — h a d o r h a d n o t i n i t s e l f t h e p o w e r o f a d o p t i n g r e s o l u t i o n s i n r e g a r d t o t h e s e l e c t i o n o f t r u s t e e s — r e s o l u t i o n s w h i c h d i d n o t r e q u i r e t h e c o n s e n t o r c o n ­c u r r e n c e o f t h e a b s e n t m e m b e r s w h o h a d f a i l e d t o e x e r c i s e t h e i r i n d i ­v i d u a l o r c o l l e c t i v e r i g h t o f a t t e n d a n c e a n d v o t i n g . ( H e a r , h e a r . )

M r . C . R a m i a h ( T a h s i l d a r o f M a d r a s , ) p r e s u m e d t h a t t h e A c t r e q u i r e d t h a t i n o r d e r t o d i s c u s s t h e q u e s t i o n o f r e g i s t r a t i o n , a n o t i c e s h o u l d b e s e r v e d o n t h e b r a n c h e s , b u t n o n o t i c e h a d b e e n i s s u e d . H e t h o u g h t i t q u i t e n e c e s s a r y t h a t t h e q u e s t i o n s h o u l d h a v o b e e n p l a c e d b e f o r e e v e r y m e m b e r , a n d t h e y w e r e q u i t e i n c o m p e ­t e n t t o d i s p o s e o f i t n o w . I t w o u l d b e q u i t e n e c e s s a r y t o s e r v e a n o t i c e o n e a c h m e m b e r t h a t t h e q u e s t i o n o f i n c o r p o r a t i o n w o u l d b o d i s c u s s e d a t s o m e p a r t i c u l a r m e e t i n g , a n d t o r e q u e s t t h e b r a n c h e s t o s e n d v o t e s b y p r o x y . F o r t h e l a s t 3 0 m o n t h s t h e q u e s t i o n h a d b e e n b r o u g h t t o h i s n o t i c e , a n d d u r i n g a l l t h a t t i m e , h e h a d b e e n g i v i n g i t h i s b e s t c o n s i d e r a t i o n . T a k i n g i t a s a w h o l e , i t w a s u t t e r l y i m p o s s i b l e t o b r i n g t h e S o c i e t y ’s r e g i s t r a t i o n u n d e r t h e A c t . E v e r y d i f f i c u l t y w o u l d b e a v o i d e d b y t h e P r e s i d e n t e x e c u t i n g h i s W i l l , a n d a d d i n g c o d i c i l s f r o m t i m e t o t i m e , a s a d d i t i o n a l p r o p e r t i e s

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t h e l e g a l a s p e c t o f t h e q u e s t i o n . I f t h e y w e r e t o r e g i s t e r t h o S o c i e t y , i t m u s t b e u n d e r S e c t i o n I . U n d e r t h a t s e c t i o n a l l t h e m e m b e r s o u g h t t o s u b s c r i b e t o t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n . T h e S o c i e t y m u s t c o n s i s t o f s e v e n o r m o r e m e m b e r s . T h a t m e a n t t h a t n o S o c i e t y c a n b e r e g i s t e r e d u p o n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f l e s s t h a n s e v e n m e m b e r s , a n d t h a t i n a l l S o c i e t i e s w h o s e m e m b e r s n u m b e r e d

s e v e n o r m o r e , t h e a p p l i c a t i o n m u s t e m a n a t e f r o m a l l t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e S o c i e t y . I t w a s s a i d t h a t t h e y m i g h t r e g i s t e r i t a s a S o c i e t y c o n s i s t i n g o f s e v e n . T h e m o m e n t t h e y f o r m e d a n e w b o d y , t h e y w e r e d i s s e v e r e d f r o m a l l t h e 1 3 6 b r a n c h e s ( H e a r , h e a r ) n o w f o r m e d , a n d t h e v e r y h a l l i n w h i c h t h e y w e r e n o w s i t t i n g w o u l d c e a s o t o b e l o n g t o t h e m . E v e n t h e l i t t l e t r e e s i n p o t s i n t h i s h o u s e w e r o t h e p r o p e r t y o f t h e t h o u s a n d - a n d - o n e m e m b e r s o f t h e S o c i e t y . A s s u c h , a n y c o n v e y a n c e b y a n y o n e o r m o r e w o u l d b e o f n o a v a i l i n l a w . F o r a c o n v e y a n c e - d e e d t h e y m u s t o b t a i n s i g n a t u r e s ; t h e y s h o u l d a l s o o b t a i n s i g n a t u r e s f o r t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f o r r e g i s t r a t i o n .

T h e r e w e r e t h u s l e g a l d i f f i c u l t i e s i n f o r m i n g a n e w a s s o c i a t i o n , a n d p r a c t i c a l d i f f i c u l t i e s i n r e g i s t e r i n g i t a s i d e n t i c a l w i t h t h e e x i s t i n g S o c i e t y . T h e q u e s t i o n o f r e g i s t e r i n g t h e S o c i e t y m i g h t b e g i v e n u p a t p r e s e n t , f o r t h e r e m i g h t , i n c o u r s e o f t i m e , b e a c h a n g e i n t h e l a w o r i n t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n i t s e l f . T i l l t h e n , a b o a r d o f d i r e c t o r s m i g h t b e c r e a t e d t o t a k e c h a r g e o f b e q u e s t s . L e t e a c h b e q u e s t b e a s s i g n e d a n d c o n v e y e d i n t h e n a m e o f a b o d y o f m e m b e r s w h o w o u l d b e h e l d r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e s a m e . T h e O o t a c a m u n d L i b r a r y w a s r e g i s t e r e d a t t h e b e g i n n i n g , w h e n t h e r e w e r e n o d i f f i c u l t i e s . S e v e n m e m b e r s o r s o a t t h e b e g i n n i n g w e n t t o t h e R e g i s t r a t i o n O f f ic e a n d e a s i l y r e g i s t e r e d t h e i r L i b r a r y S o c i e t y , a n d n e w m e m b e r s c a m e i n , s u b j e c t t o t h e r u l e s t h a t e x i s t e d a l r e a d y . B u t t h £ T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y w a s n o t o f t h a t k i n d . I t h a d b e e n i n e x i s t ­e n c e f o r t h e p a s t e l e v e n y e a r s . H e p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e q u e s t i o n o f r e g i s t r a t i o n b e g i v e n u p f o r t h e p r e s e n t , a n d s o m e o t h e r m e a ­s u r e s b e d e v i s e d i n s t e a d .

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B a b u D in a N a t h G a n g o o ly s u g g e s t e d t h a t , w i t h o u t e n t e r i n g i n t o t h e c o m p l i c a t e d q u e s t i o n s t h a t h a d b e e n a g i t a t i n g t h e i r m i n d s , t h e y , a s l o y a l s u b j e c t s o f H e r M a j e s t y , m i g h t p e t i t i o n t h e G o v e r n ^ m e n t o f I n d i a f o r a n e w e n a c t m e n t t o c o v e r t h e i r c a s e . A s t h e y w e r e a l l a w a r e , t h e B r a h m o S a m a j m o v e d t h e B e n g a l G o v e r n m e n t f o r a s p e c i a l e n a c t m e n t , a u d h e t h o u g h t t h a t t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s u n d e r w h i c l i t h e m e m b e r s o f t h i s b o d y w e r e l a b o u r i n g w e r e s u c h a s t o d e s e r v e d u e c o n s i d e r a t i o n f r o m t h e i r G o v e r n m e n t . I t w a s n o t a d v i s a b l e t o w a i t i n a c t i v e l y u n t i l G o v e r n m e n t p a s s e d s o m e n e ^ g e n e r a l e n a c t m e n t . H e t h e n p r o p o s e d “ t h a t a m e m o r i a l b e p r e ­s e n t e d t o t h e G o v e r n m e n t o f I n d i a f o r t h e p a s s i n g o f a n e n a c t m e n t , a c c o r d i n g t o a d r a f t t o b e p r e p a r e d b y a s p e c i a l c o m m i t t e e , t o b o • c h o s e n b y t h i s C o n v e n t i o n .

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S o c i e t y . T h e s u g g e s t i o n w a s n o d o u b t a S e n s i b l e o n e a n d ' m i g h t b e p l a c e d o n r e c o r d . H e p r o p o s e d a s a n a m e n d m e n t i€ t h a t a c e r t a i n n u m b e r o f t r u s t e e s s h a l l n o w b e c h o s e n , t o w h o m t h e P r e s i d e n t m a y m a k e o v e r b y W i l l a n y p r o p e r t y t h a t m a y b e S t a n d i n g i n h i s n a m e a t t h e t i m e o f h i s d e c e a s e , a n d t h a t t h e C o m m i t t e e s h a l l i s s u e c i r c u l a r s t o t h e B r a n c h e s a n d t o t h e s c a t t e r e d m e m b e r s t h r o u g h o u t t h o w o r l d , e n d e a v o u r i n g t o o b t a i n t h e i r a p p r o v a l f o r a n y f u r t h e r s t e p s i n r e g a r d t o p e t i t i o n i n g t h a l e g i s l a t u r e ” B o t h t h e o r i g i n a l r e s o l u t i o n a n d t h e a m e n d m e n t w e r e c a r r i e d a m i d s t a c c l a m a t i o n . T h e C o m t n i t t e e t h e n r o s e , a n d t h e C h a i r m a n r e p o r t i n g i t s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s t o t h e C o n v e n t i o n , t h o l a t t e r b o d y a d o p t e d t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f t h e C o m m i t t e e o f t h e W h o l e . T h e f o l l o w i n g g e n t l e m e n w e r e t h e n u n a n i m o u s l y c h o s e n a s t r u s t e e s f o r t h e p r o p e r t y o f t h e S o c i e t y i n c a s e o f t h e P r e s i d e n t s d e a t h , t h e C o n v e n t i o n r e s e r v i n g t h o r i g h t t o f i l l f u t u r e v a c a n c i e s , a n d t h e P r e s i d e n t b e i n g r c q u d s t c d t o c x e c u t c a W i l l t o t h i s c f f c c t

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I t c o n c e r n e d i t s e l f w i t h i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e r e l i g i o n s and p h i l o s o - p h i e s ° f a l l t h e w o r l d . l h e y h o p e d s o m e d a ,y t o e v o l v e a s t h e r e s u l t o f t l i e i r r e s e a r c h e s a s y s t e m o f p h i l o s o p h y , o r s o m e s o r t o f w o r k i n g h y p o t h e s i s , w h i c h w o u l d g u i d e m e n i n t l i e i r t h o u g h t s a b o u t a h i g h e r l i f e . T h a t h a d n o t b e e n e v o l v e d a s y e t in a c o m ­p l e t e f o r m ; h o w e v e r , a l a r g e a m o u n t o f l i t e r a t u r e h a d b e e n p u b ­l i s h e d o n t h e s u b j e c t b y t h e S o c i e t y . T h e y a l s o h o p e d t o p r o v i d e m e n w i t h a r u l e o f h e t o l i v e i n a n d b y , a n d a s o / i n d s y s t e m o f

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3 . T h e S o c i e t y a p p e a l s f o r s u p p o r t t o a l l w l i o t r u l y l o v e t h e i r f e l l o w - m e n a n d d e s i r e t h e e r a d i c a t i o n o f t h o e v i l s c a u s e d b y t h o b a r r i e r s c r e a t e d b y r a c e , c r e e d o r c o l o u r , t h a t h a v e s o l o n g i m ­p e d e d h u m a n p r o g r e s s ; t o a l l s c h o l a r s , a l l s i n c e r e l o v e r s o f t i e u t h , wheresoever it may be found, a n d a l l p h i l o s o p h e r s a l i k e i n t h e

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4 . T h e S o c i e t y r e p r e s e n t s n o p a r t i c u l a r r e l i g i o u s c r e e d , i s e n t i r e ­l y u n s e c t a r i a n , a n d i n c l u d e s p r o f e s s o r s o f a l l f a i t h s . I t e x a c t s f r o m e a c h m e m b e r o n l y t h a t t o l e r a t i o n o f t h e b e l i e f s o f o t h e r s w h i c l i h o d e s i r e s e a c h a n d a l l o f l i i s b r o t h e r - m e m b e r s t o e x h i b i t i n r e g a r d t o h i s o w n f a i t h . I t i n c l u d e s m e m b e r s w h o t a k e a m e r e l y p h i l a n - t h r o p l i i c a l o r i n t e l l e c t u a l i n t e r e s t i n i t s a s p i r a t i o n s , a s w e l l a s t h o s e w h o , b e l i e v i n g t h a t O r i e n t a l P h i l o s o p h y e m b o d i e s t r u t h s w o r t h y o f a l i f e ’s d e v o t i o n , s e e k t h r o u g h i t s i n s t r u m e n t a l i t y a c c e s s t o t h e r e c e s s e s o f a n c i e n t c u l t u r e .

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1 7 . ( a . ) T h e S o c i e t y s h a l l h a v e a P r e s i d e n t , a C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r e t a r y , o n e o r m o r e S e c r e t a r i e s , a T r e a s u r e r a n d L i b r a r i a n , t o b e e l e c t e d a n n u a l l y : p r o v i d e d , h o w e v e r , t h a t C o l o n e l H . S . O l c o t t a n d M a d a m e H . P . B l a v a t s k y — b o t h f o u n d e r s — s h a l l h o l d t h e i r o f f i c e s o f P r e s i d e n t a n d C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r e t a r y f o r l i f e .

(b.) T h e P r e s i d e n t a n d O f f i c e r s a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d s h a l l b e r e ­s p e c t i v e l y P r e s i d e n t a n d O f f i c e r s o f t h e G e n e r a l C o u n c i l , C o n v e n t i o n , a n d E x e c u t i v e C o u n c i l , a n d s h a l l b e ex-ojjicio m e m b e r s o f t h e s a m e .

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(b.) S u c h B r a n c h e s a s w i s h t o h a v e t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f a n I n s p e c t o r s h a l l b e a r a l l t h e e x p e n s e s t h a t m a y b e n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e p u r p o s e .

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1 9 . M e m b e r s h i p i n t h e S o c i e t y i s o p e n t o p e r s o n s w i t h o u t d i s ­t i n c t i o n o f s e x , r a c e , c r e e d o r c a s t e ; b u t n o A s i a t i c f e m a l e , a n d n o p e r s o n u n d e r e i g h t e e n , s h a l l b e a d m i t t e d t o m e m b e r s h i p w i t h o u t t h e c o n s e n t o f t h e l e g a l g u a r d i a n . A k n o w l e d g e o f E n g l i s h i s n o t a n e s s e n t i a l q u a l i f i c a t i o n .

20. O f F e l l o w s t h e r e a r e t h r e e c l a s s e s , v i z . , C o r r e s p o n d i n g , H o n o r a r y , a n d A c t i v e . T h e g r a d e o f C o r r e s p o n d i n g F e l l o w e m ­b r a c e s p e r s o n s o f l e a r n i n g a n d d i s t i n c t i o n , w h o a r e w i l l i n g t o f u r n i s h i n f o r m a t i o n o f i n t e r e s t t o t h e S o c i e t y ; a n d t h e D i p l o m a o f H o n o r a r y F e l l o w i s e x c l u s i v e l y r e s e r v e d f o r p e r s o n s e m i n e n t f o r t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o T h e o s o p h i c a l k n o w l e d g e , o r f o r t h e i r s e r v i c e s t o h u m a n i t y . A d m i s s i o n t o t h e s e t w o g r a d e s s h a l l r e s t w i t h t h o P r e s i d e n t i n C o u n c i l , a n d t h e s e m e m b e r s s h a l l h a v e n o n e o f t h o r i g h t s o r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a t t a c h i n g t o a c t i v e f e l l o w s h i p .

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a c t i v e F e l l o w o f t l i e S o c i e t y , s l i a l l s u b m i t a n a p p l i c a t i o n i n w r i t i n g a c c o r d i n g t o f o r m A , d u l y s i g n e d b y h i m s e l f a n d c o u n t e r s i g n e d b y t w o a c t i v e F e l l o w s o f t h e S o c i e t y .

(b.) T h e a p p l i c a t i o n s h a l l b e a c c o m p a n i e d b y a n e n t r a n c e f e e o f £1 o r i t s e q u i v a l e n t i n o t h e r c u r r e n c i e s .

(c.) S u c h a p p l i c a t i o n s h a l l b e m a d e e i t h e r t o t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e S o c i e t y o r t o t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e p a r t i c u l a r B r a n c h w h i c h t h e p e r s o n w i s h e s t o j o i n . O n b e i n g a c c e p t e d b y t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t l i e S o c i e t y o r e l e c t e d b y t h e B r a n c h , a s t h e c a s e m a y b e , t h e c a n d i ­d a t e s h a l l b e f u r n i s h e d w i t h a d i p l o m a s i g n e d b y t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y ; a n d n o p e r s o n s h a l l b e a F e l l o w o f t h e S o c i e t y u n l e s s f u r n i s h e d w i t h a d i p l o m a i s s u e d i n p r o p e r f o r m .

(d.) A n a n n u a l s u b s c r i p t i o n o f t w o s h i l l i n g s (o r o n e r u p e e i n A s i a ) h a l l a l w a y s b e p a i d i n a d v a n c e b y all t h e a c t i v e F e l l o w s o f t h e S o c i e t y . * T h e a n n u a l s u b s c r i p t i o n a f t e r t h e f i r s t p a y m e n t s h a l l b e c o m e d u e o n t h e 1 s t J a n u a r y o f e a c h y e a r ; e x c e p t i n t h e c a s e o f t h o s e a d m i t t e d d u r i n g t h e l a s t q u a r t e r , w h e n a n e x t e n s i o n o f t h r e e m o n t h s s h a l l b e g i v e n .

2 2 . A p e r s o n m a y b e a F e l l o w o f t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y w i t h o u t j o i n i n g h i m s e l f t o a n y p a r t i c u l a r B r a n c h .

2 3 . N o B r a n c h s h a l l b e c o m p e l l e d t o a c c e p t a p e r s o n a s a m e m ­b e r o f i t s b o d y , w^lio h a s n o t b e e n d u l y e l e c t e d b y t h e B r a n c h a n d a g r e e d t o a b i d e b y i t s b y e - l a w s a n d r u l e s .

2 4 . A m e m b e r o f t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y c a n n o t b e a m e m b e r o f m o r e t h a n o n e B r a n c h a t o n e t i m e . I f h e b e c o m e s a m e m b e r o f a n o t h e r B r a n c h , h i s m e m b e r s h i p i n t h e B r a n c h t o w h i c h h e p r e ­v i o u s l y b e l o n g e d c e a s e s u n t i l h e a g a i n a c q u i r e s m e m b e r s h i p b y e l e c t i o n .

2 5 . T h e S o c i e t y h a v i n g t o d e a l o n l y w i t h s c i e n t i f i c a n d p h i l ­o s o p h i c a l s u b j e c t s , a n d h a v i n g B r a n c h e s i n d i f f e r e n t p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d u n d e r v a r i o u s f o r m s o f G o v e r n m e n t , d o e s n o t p e r m i t i t s

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2 7 . N o F e U ° w s l i a l l s l a n d e r a n y o t h e r T h e o s o p h i s t o r t v r i t e o r u t t e r a n y w o r d s c a l c u l a t e d t o i n d i v i d u a l l y i n j u r e s u c h .

2 8 . A n y F e l l o w v i o l a t i n g R u l e 2 5 o r 2 6 o r 2 7 o r c o n v i c t e d o f a n o f f e n c e a g a i n s t t h e p e n a l l a w s o f t h e c o u n t r y h e i n h a b i t s , i n v o l v i n g m o r a l t u r p i t u d e , s h a l l b e e x p e l l e d f r o m t h e S o c i e t y a f t e r o p p o r t u n i t y o f d e f e n c e h a s b e e n g i v e n , a n d d u e i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o t h e f a c t s m a d e o n b e h a l f o f t h e S o c i e t y , a n d t h e a c c u s e d f o u n d g u i l t y . N o t i c e o f s u c h e x p u l s i o n s h a l l b e g i v e n t o t h e B r a n c h e s .

2 9 . S h o u l d a n y d i s p u t e o r d i s a g r e e m e n t a r i s e a m o n g t w o B r a n c h e s o r t w o F e l l o w s o f a B r a n c h i n r e g a r d to m a t t e r s c o n n e c t -

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be i J t t e i [ r sr 3 Wr h ,t0 r^ kle aPark Head-quarters mayon the uromwJ 7 (110^ m Council to erect private buildings build L 1 ! the Society at their own expense, and theso thev .-m ^a'y exclusively occupied by such Fellows as long ast t g £ £ ? ,ne,,,berS ° f th° S,Jci^ * bllfc persons or th e!ro c c u p T ; CV w h n o a H I lU r e n ° r , g i ,fc 0 V e ,‘ r c h ^hov t h a n1>» . . . l i SM’e i r i c , l lb e r s , a n d w h e n t h e y d i e o r c e a s e t o

m e m b e r s , t h o s e b u i l d i n g s s h a l l v e s t e x c l u s i v e l y i n t h e S o c i e t y .

A f f i l i a t i o n .

Tfc b e c o m P a t e n t t o t h e P r e s i d e n t i n C o u n c i l t oa f i i l i a t e a n y S o c i e t y w i t h t h e T h e o s o p h i c a l S o c i e t y a t h i s d i s c r e t i o n .

Note. The following have already beer* affiliated.

«j i H . T h ® S a “ 8KBIT S a ijiia o f B e n a r e s , w i t h P a n d i t B a p u D e v a S l i a s t r i a s P r e s i d e n t . F

P n m ' \ i T 1 ' e IQ ,n ':KAU1' ^ c i e t y OF B e n a r e s P a n d i t s , w i t h P a n d i t

a s i t e P r e s e n t ' P r o f e s s o r o f ^ h y a , B e n a r e s C o l l e g e , .

A v e r o - l i * 5 ® a ' Z V-uT A> f o n " d e d l , y M - R - % • A . S a u k a r i a h ■ a . \ c i0 a l , B . A . , N a i b D e w a n o f C o c h i n .

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( F o r m A . )

A P P L I C A T I O N F O R F E L L O W S H I P .

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being in sympathy with the objects of the Theosophical Society, and being willing to conform, with its rules, hereby make application for ad miss ion as a fellow thereof.

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We, the undersigned Fellows of the Theosophical Society, herebycertify that------ —---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------

a candidate for admission to the said Society, is a person who, to the best of our belief ‘ ivill be a worthy member of the same.

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Dated a t----------------------- this---------------------------- day of________________ 1887 .

( T h i s A p p l i c a t i o n m u s t b e a c c o m p a n ie d w i t h t h e E n t r a n c e - F e e £ 1 — o r

T e n R u p e e s — a n d t h e A n n u a l S u b s c r i p t i o n ^ O n e R u p e e .)

--------- No part of the Society's income is paid to the Founders, whoseservices are gratuitously given.

# This recommendation must be signed by at least two Fellows.

(F o rm B . )

B E Q U E S T S :

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C O R R E S P O N D I N G S E C R E T A R Y .

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L I B R A R I A N .

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Y a c h a s p a t i M is ra , C a lc u tta ,presented by P andit N , Bhashyacharya,.

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T h is is th e e x p la n a tio n of a c o n d itio n of th in g s a t w h ich , I b e liev e o n r a s s a i la n ts a re s u rp r is e d . T h eso h a v e o n ly o c c u p ie d th e m se lv e s w ith m in o r in c id e n ts on th e su r fa c e of th e T h e o so p h ic m o v e m e n t, a n d h av e e n te r ta in e d n o su s p ic io n c o n c e rn in g th e d e p th of th e c u r re n t . T h e y c a n n o t m a k e o u t w h y T h e o s o p h is ts sh o u ld re m a in t r u e to th e i r p r in c ip le s , w h en th e s e a re c le a r ly c a lc u la te d to p ro v o k e p o p u la r c o n te m p t, a n d a re n o ’lo n g e r associa ted w ith th e t h r i l l in g e n te r ta in m e n t to be d e r iv e d f ro m th a u m a tu r g ie phenn m e n a . T h e t r u th is t h a t a T h e o so p h ic c o m p re h e n s io n of o u r ow n n a tu r e c o n d u c ts u s p a s t t h a t tu r n in g p o in t in e v o lu tio n w h ic h m a y be r e g a r d e d *i < t h e a t t a in m e n t b y m a n of h is s p ir i tu a l m a jo r i ty ,— a s th e so u l’s co miner ‘0 r a g e . P re v io u s to t h a t p e r io d a m a n in h is re la t io n s w ith th e su p re m e noivei-«i o f N a tu r e is s t i l l in h is s p ir i tu a l n o n a g e , no m a t te r how h ig h ly c u l t i v i t o ) h is in te l l ig e n c e , a n d how r ic h ly s to re d h is m in d m a y be. H is a s p ira t io n s m a v b e c re d ita b le , h is c o n d u c t a d m ira b le , a n d h is p e r io d ic rep o se in th e h i e h e r s p h e re s of e x is te n c e c o r re sp o n d in g ly e n jo y a b le . O r h is t a s te ,9 m a r bo e n t i r e ly ig n o b le a n d h is life d e g ra d e d , a n d su f fe r in g m a y be p ro v o k e d b v th e m is d i r e c te d fo rc e s of ig n o ra n c c . S t i l l , m o ra l r e s p o n s ib ili ty in e i th e r case is

r e la t iv e ly l ig h t fo r a h u m a n b e in g w h o h a s n o t yefc le a rn e d t h a t lio h im se lf a n d no e x te rn a l a u th o r i ty is th e a p p o in te d a r b i te r of h is ow n s p ir i tu a l destiri}r. I t is o n ly w h en th e a b s o lu te t r u t h o t t h a t v ie w is b o rn e in on h is u n d e r s ta n d in g w i th i r r e s is t ib le fo rco bv th e se lf-su ffic ie n t a s s u ra n c e s o f t h a t su p re m e s c i­en c e , w h ich s t i l l fo r a w h ile , t i l l th e w o rld ia b e t t e r in s t r u c te d , w e m u s t c a ll o c c u lt, t h a t a T h e o so p h ie s tu d e n t a t t a in s a p o s itio n in N a tu r e f ro m w h ic h h e c a n a p p re c ia te th e s tu p e n d o u s p o s s ib il i t ie s a t t a c h in g to th e f u r th e r p ro g re s s

. o f h is ow n e v o lu tio n . A n d w ith h is r i g h ts o v e r h im se lf t h u s o nce re a lise d ,110 m a n w h o h a s p a s se d t h a t t u r n in g p o in t in h is e x is te n c e w o u ld be w illin g , e v e n if he w e re ab le , to g e t b a c k b e h in d i t a g a in . I t is t r u e t h a t th e e n l ig h t ­e n e d T h e o so p h is t a c q u ire s a u g m e n te d c o n tro l o v e r h is ow n d e s tin ie s fo r ev il a s w ell a s fo r good . H e m a y d is t in c t ly do h im se lf m o re s p i r i tu a l h a rm , if h e ho w ills i t, a s a T h e o so p h is t, t h a n a s a r e la t iv e ly ir re s p o n s ib le u n i t of th e g r e a t ju n io r d iv is io n of h u m a n ity . B u t, to t a k e a h u m b le a n a lo g y fit>m w o r ld ly life , th e r e a r e p ro b a b ly few y o u n g h e ir s to f o r tu n e w ho, 011 a t t a in in g t h e a g e of tw e n ty -o n e , w o u ld d e s ire to b e o n ce m o re in th e i r m in o r i ty fo r f e a r le s t th e y s h o u ld m is u s e t h e i r n e w ly -a c q u ire d p o w er. S o w ith th e a t t a i n ­m e n t of s p i r i tu a l m a jo r i ty , i t is h a r d ly c o n c e iv a b le t h a t a h u m a n b e in g onco in v e s te d w ith i t w o u ld w ish to p u t i t a w a y f ro m h im . F o r ev e ry su c h p e rso n , to b e g in w ith , w ill b e in c lin e d to t r u s t h is o w n d is c re t io n th e n c e fo rw a rd in p r e fe re n c e to th e fo rce s p re v io u s ly c o n tro llin g h im . (w h ic h w ill look lik o b l in d c h a n c e in c o m p a r is o n ) ; a n d , se co n d ly , i t b e c o m e s u n m is ta k a b ly c le a r in th e l ig h t of o c c u lt p h ilo so p h y , t h a t a so u l m ust so o n e r o r la te r a c c e p t i t s s p i r i tu a l c o m in g of a g e — o r d ie . F o r a p la in ly in te l l ig ib le re a so n , m o re o v e r, i t is b e t te r to a c c e p t i t so o n e r t h a n la te r . S a y t h a t a m a n , t a k in g a g lim p se o f th e p o s s ib il i ty of k n o w in g h im se lf a s a s e lf -g o v e rn in g b e in g , th in k s th e r i s k to o g r e a t , a n d tu r n s b a c k to th e a t t i t u d e o f m in d f ro m w h ic h h e h a d a lm o s t e m e rg e d ; sa y t h a t h e e n d e a v o u rs o n ce m o re to lu x u r ia te in th e “ c o m fo rta b le ” b e lie f t h a t he w ill so m e h o w be m a d e p e r fe c t a n d e te rn a lly b l is s fu l , w i th o u t h im se lf t a k in g a n y tro u b le in th e m a t te r , a n d w ith o u t m e a n ­w h ile s u r r e n d e r in g th e v e ry t r a n s i to r y e n jo y m e n ts of a h ig h ly im p e r fe c t s t a te . T h e p o lic y a d o p te d b y t h a t m a n w o u ld m e re ly , in t l ie lo n g r u n , a u g m e n t th e r i s k s of h is t r a n s i t io n , w h en a t l a s t— a t so m e im m e n se ly d i s ta n t p e r io d — h e ‘m ig h t p e rh a p s co m e s p ir i tu a l ly of a g e , e v e n in sp ite of h im se lf , a n d re a lise th e n t h a t h e h a d n o t im e le f t in w h ic h to re c o n q u e r h is lo s t o p p o r tu n it ie s .

I n s p ir i tu a l p ro g re s s , e v e n m o re c e r ta in ly t h a n in p r a c t ic a l b u s in e ss , i t ia a b a d p la n to g e t in to th e w a y of le a v in g u n d o n e to -d a y w h a te v e r looks as if i t c o u ld b e p u t off t i l l to -m o rro w . T h e p e r s is te n c e o f te n d e n c ie s th u s se t u p is a p t to be d is a s t ro u s ly p o w e rfu l. A n d th o u g h , w h e n e v e r a h u m a n b e in g f i r s t e m e rg e s f ro m th e j u n io r in to th e s e n io r d iv is io n of h is ra c e , th e sh o c k of th e n e w e x p e r ie n c e is lia b le to p ro v e s t a r t l i n g , i t is p e r fe c tly u se le ss to s h r in k f ro m i t o n t h a t a c c o u n t. I t w ill be m o re s t a r t l in g th e lo n g e r i t is p u t off. I f o u r c o u rse o f e v o lu tio n to o k u s f i r s t th r o u g h a f ish y s ta te , w e sh o u ld p ro b a b ly g a s p on b e in g in tro d u c e d to th e f in e r m e d iu m of th e a tm o s p h e re , b u t i t m ig h t b e b e t t e r to g a s p th a n to d ro w n , a n d th e d e n s e r f lu id w o u ld b e d e a th in th e lo n g r u n fo r th e b e in g w ho h a s d e v e lo p e d lu n g s a d a p te d to th e b r e a th of th e h ig h e r life .

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M r. A . J . C o o p e r-O a k le y w as th e n in tro d u c e d to t h e a u d ie n c e b y th o P r e s i ­d e n t , a n d h e a d d re s s e d th e m u p o n th e o b je c ts a n d a im s of th e T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty . I n a n im p re s s iv e sp e ech of n e a r ly tw o h o u r s ’ d u ra tio n , h e d w e lt u p o n th e p ra c t ic a l a s p e c ts of th e p r in c ip le s of th e S o c ie ty . H e m o st e m p h a tic a lly o b se rv e d t h a t th o s e t h a t y e a rn a f te r r e a l e x ce llen ce a n d s p i r i tu a l grow th* s h o u ld n o t m e re ly g o a b o u t b e g g in g th e m o re su c c e ss fu l w o rk e rs in th o fie ld of T h e o so p h y to g iv e th e m w h a t p r ic e le ss t r u t h s th e y d isc o v e re d in th d r i c h m in e s of tn e d iv in e w isd o m of th e A ry a n s , b u t m u s t a lso w o rk f o r th e m se lv e s , a n d b y m e d i ta t io n t r y to a s s im ila te a n d re a liz e th e t r u th s le a rn e d .

U n le s s a n d u n t i l s u c h a n a t t i tu d e is a s su m e d b y a s p ira n ts a f to r th e th e o ­so p h ic a l k n o w le d g e in r i g h t e a rn e s t, th e i r la b o u rs w ill en d in n o s u b s ta n t i a l g o o d r e s u l t . T h e s p e a k e r to o k h is s e a t a m id s t lo u d app la iise .

D r . R a m D a s S e n n e x t ro se a n d re a d in B e n g a li a h ig h ly a ffe c tin g a n d m o v in g p a p e r u p o n th e r e n u n c ia t io n of th e p r in c e ly life a n d i ts su r ro u n d in g s , a n d th o b r e a k in g u p of th e d e a re s t b o n d s of th is w o rld b y th e ho ly p r in c e of K a p ila - T a s tu , k n o w n b y h is f a m ily n a m e a s G a u ta m a a n d b y h is royal n am e as S id a r th a ’ A f te r th e o u ts id e p u b lic d e p a r te d th e P re s id e n t r e q u e s te d a ll b ro th e rs p r e s e n t to m e e t a g a in fo r a w h ile to w itn e s s t h e in i t ia t io n of th e th re e g r a d u a te s o f th e U n iv e r s i ty :— B a b u M u ra r i L a l M a ju n d u , B. A., B. L., B a b u K a n a la l B a n n e r j i , B. a .. B a b u P r iy a N a th G a n g u li, B. a .

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T h o C o n v e n tio n of th e B e n g a l B ra n c h e s w as h e ld th e fo llo w in g d ay a t 7 A. M. B a b u D in a N a th G a n g u li la id b efo re th o se p r e s e n t th e s u b je c t w h ic h d e s e rv e d th e i r sp e c ia l c o n s id e ra tio n , v iz ., th e ru le s a n d re so lu tio n s p a s se d la s t y e a r r e g a r d in g th e e s ta b l is h m e n t a n d o p e ra tio n s o f th e C o -o p e ra tiv e A sso ­c ia t io n , B e n g a l. M r. C o o p e r-O a k le y th e n m a d e o b s e rv a tio n s to th e fo llo w in g e ffe c t. T h e g r e a t w a n t n o w k e e n ly fe l t in a ll th e d if fe re n t p a r ts of th e c o u n t r y w h e re T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie tie s e x is t, is a c t iv e c o -o p e ra tio n o f m e m b e rs to w a rd s th e p ro m o tio n of o u r co m m o n o b je c ts . T h e t im e is now r ip e fo r u s e fu l a n d s u b s ta n t ia l w o rk . T h e T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ic ty is n o t a school fo r th e e le c t few to th e e x c lu s io n of th e m a n y . I t is a n i n s t i tu t io n in te n d e d fo r th e s p i r i tu a l e d u c a tio n of o u r fe llo w m e n in g e n e ra l, w h o e n te r i t , a n d t r y to a c t u p o n i t s b ro a d b a s is of m u tu a l to le r a t io n a n d w o rk o u t th e s p i r i tu a l d e v e lo p m e n t o f t h e i r in d iv id u a l se lv es . T h e o b je c t is , in s h o r t , to b r in g b a c k th e r e ig n o f D h a r m a a n d to d r iv e o u t s in , s u f fe r in g a n d se lf is h n e ss fro m th e w o rld . W e h a v e th e r e fo re a g ig a n t ic m iss io n to fu lfil, a n d th e r e m u s t be n o la c k of e x e r ­t io n o r c o -o p e ra tio n 011 o u r p a r t . H e w o u ld th e r e fo re b ese e c h th e m a ll w i th s in c e re d e v o tio n to e n g a g e in th e p u r if ic a t io n of se lf a n d th e m o ra l a n d s p i r i tu a l r e g e n e ra t io n o f th e i r fe llow m en . T h e y sh o u ld re c o lle c t w h a t th o M a s te r s h a v e o f te n tim e s s a id — th o u g h th e a c tu a l w o rd s m a y n o t be th e sa m e . “ B e d e s e rv in g a n d y o u w ill f in d a ll t h a t y o u re q u ire - to h e lp y o u in y o u r s p i r i tu a l a d v a n c e m e n t.” W e m u s t n o t e x p e c t o u r M a s te rs to fo s te r u s lik o b ab ie s . W e sh o u ld w o rk h a r d a n d re so lu te ly fo r se lf re fo rm a n d se lf e v o lu tio n , a n d th e n w e sh a ll f in d e v e ry h e lp re a d y a t h a n d fo r o u r o n w a rd p ro g re s s .

T h e S e c re ta ry of th e C o -o p e ra tiv e A s so c ia tio n th e n re p o r te d th e m e la n c h o ly d e a th s of P u n d i t N i ty a n a n d a M is ra a n d B a b u U p e n d ra N a th M itra S a rv a d h ic a r i ©f B h a g a lp o re , a n d t h a t o w in g to c e r ta in c h a n g e s of c irc u m s ta n c e s M r. P . B r u h l of I la j s h a h y e a n d B a b u J a d a b c h a n d r a M itr a of th e C a lc u tta B ra n c h a r e u n a b le to p e r fo rm th e d u t ie s c o n fe r re d u p o n th e m u n d e r R e so lu tio n 8 o f in s p e c t in g a n d c o -o p e ra tin g w ith th e B ra n c h e s a s s ig n e d to th e m . U p o n th is P u n d i t K e s h u b V id y a ra tn a p ro p o se d th a t B a b u M o ra r i la l M a je n d a r , b .a . , b. l . , a n d B a b u P a t i r a m B a n n e r j i of th e B e rh a m p o ie B ra n c h , b e se le c te d to p e r fo rm th e d u tie s of th o a fo re s a id g e n tle m e n ; B a b u J&fcca M u k e r j i se c o n d e d th e p ro p o sa l, w h ic h w as c a r r ie d u n a n im o u s ly .

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M r. J . S re e n iv a s a R a o r e a d th o S e c r e ta r y ’ s r e p o r t In T e lu g u . M r. P . K e s a v a P i l la i g a v e in E n g l is h th e p u r p o r t o f th e sam e, a n d a d d e d th a t th o sc h o o l o w ed m u c h of i t s p r e s e n t s ta te a n d p ro g re s s to M r. S: R a m a c h c n d ra R a o , B.A., b . l . , D is t r i c t M u n s iff , r e c e n tly t r a n s f e r r e d to N e llo re , w h o zea lo n s ly f in d e x c e lle n tly m a n a g e d th o schoo l as i t s P r e s id e n t fo r a p e r io d of th r e e y e a r s . H e a lso sa id t h a t th e m a n a g e r s h o p e d t h a t th e y w o u ld , b y m a in ta in in g th e sc h o o l, c o n t r ib u te t h e i r h u m b le s h a re to th e r e v iv a l of S a n s k r i t le a r n in g w h ic h is g o in g on a l l o v e r th e c o u n try a n d b e lie v e d t h a t su c h a re v iv a l is d e s t in e d to b ru s h a w a y th e e x c re sc e n c e s of a g e s t h a t h a v e g a th e r e d ro u n d H in d u s a c re d S c r ip tu r e s . T h e n a few bo y s r e c i te d s lo k a m s a n d h y m n s . T h e re f ra s 'a ls o a d ia lo g u e in S a n s k r i t b e tw e e n tw o boys. T h e n tw o p u n d i ts co n v e rg e d in S a n s k r i t o n th e n a tu r e of G od , a n d th e o r ig in o f th e w o rld . T h e p r iz d b o o k s w ere k in d ly d i s t r i b u t e d to th e b o y s b y M rs . S te w a r t . M r. V . E . S u d a r s a n a M u d a ly a r o f A n a n ta p u r r e a d a n a b le p a p e r on th e g lo ry o f S a n s k r i t l i te r a tu r e . T h e C h a irm a n d e liv e re d a m o s t in te r e s t in g sp e e c h in f e e l in g la n g u a g e . H e a l lu d e d to th e a d v a n ta g e s w h ic h w o u ld a c c ru e to t h e I n d i a n s tu d e n t f ro m a s tu d y of S a n s k r i t b y a f fo rd in g fa c il i tie s ; f irs t ly , fo r t r a n s l a t i n g th r o u g h i t s m e d iu m in to th e v e rn a c u la r th e id eas of m o d e rn s c ie n c e a n d a r t s , a lm o s t a ll of w h ic h in o n e sh a p e o r o th e r w ere k n o w n o r e x p re s s e d in t h a t s a c re d la n g u a g e w h e n i t w as m i t s a scen d a n c y , a n d h a d f u l l l ife a n d v ig o r , a n d n 6t a d e a d la n g u a g e a s i t h a d now becom e ; a n d se c o n d ly , fo r o p e n in g u p th o s e r i c h t r e a s u r e s o f k n o w led g e w h ic h h o w r e m a in lo c k e d u p in t h a t g r e a t la n g u a g e , a n d h a v e t h u s becom e in a c c e s s ib le to m a n y a n e a rn e s t s e e k e r a f t e r t r u th , c o n v e r s a n t o n ly w ith o th e r la n g u a g e s . I n th i s c o n n e c tio n , th e b e n e v o le n t a n d l ib e ra l m in d e d C h a irm a n a lso r e fe r re d w i th p le a s u re , to th e g o o d w o rk w h ic h th e g ro w in g T h eo so p h ica l S o c ie ty h a s d o n e in th e w a y of s t a r t i n g u n d e r i t s a u sp ic e s , S a n s k r i t schools, a n d w h a t is m o s t im p o r ta n t , e s ta b l is h in g a S a n s k r i t L ib r a r y a t i ts h e a d -q u a r te rs . H e a lso e a rn e s tly a n d f e e lin g ly d w e lt a t so m e le n g th o n th e im p o rta n c e f ro m b o th w o rld ly a n d s p i r i tu a l p o in ts of v iew , of s ta n d in g b y “ S a ty a m ” o r T r u th i n a li w a lk s of life , t h a t T r u t h w h ic h is so im p re s s iv e ly im m o rta l iz e d in p ro se a n d v e rs e in th e w o rk s e n b o d ie d in S a n s k r i t . I t w as a s th e s tu d e n t of t h a t g r e a t O r ie n ta l is t M ax M u lle r a t O x fo rd he h a d co m e to k n o w of th e la n g u a g e , a n d h a s e v e r s in c e l e a r n t to a p p re c ia te i t s g re a tn e s s .

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T h e B r a n c h a t S t. L o u is , M o., h a s g iv e n u p itte c h a r te r o w in g to S e v e ra l c a u s e s , b u t th e r e a r e m a n y th e o s o p h is ts th e r e .

I n v a r io u s p a r ts o f th e U . S . th e r e a re n u m e ro u s u n a t ta c h e d m e m b e rs , a n d th e r e 19 g r e a t h ope th a t se v e ra l n ew B ra n c h e s w ill s h o r t ly be fo u n d e d . T h e re is a w ide s p re a d in te r e s t a m o n g a ll peop le h e re r e g a r d in g th e p h ilo so p h y so fa r b r o u g h t to th e i r a t te n t io n b y th e T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty , a n a th e d a ily n ew s­p a p e rs c o n s ta n tly h a v e a r t ic le s on th e su b je c t . O f c o u rse m u c h m is a p p re h e n ­s io n p re v a ils , b u t th e in te r e s t is so g e n e ra l t h a t a ll th e cau se n e e d s h e re no w a r e so m e d e v o te d w o rk e rs w h o h a v e a t th e sa m e t im e th e le isu re , th e d e v o tio n a n d th e a b il i ty to e x p o u n d th e t r u th s c o n ta in e d in th e V e d a n t ic P h ilo s o p h y . S u c h w o rk e rs a re r a re , a n d th e y n e e d a b il i ty , b e c a u se th e A m e r ic a n a v e ra g e in te l l ig e n c e a n d e d u c a t io n a re v e ry h ig h .

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W h ereas , w e, th e u n d e r s ig n e d F e llo w s of th e T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty , f in d in g o u rse lv e s in s u b s ta n t ia l a c c o rd w ith th e d o c tr in e s of T h e o so p h y , a n d s u b s c r i ­b in g w ith o u t r e s e rv a t io n to th e p la tfo rm a n d b y e - la w s of th e P a r e n t S o c ie ty , d o h e r e b y a d o p t fo r th e lo ca l r e g u la t io n a n d g o v e rn m e n t of th e B o s to n T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty , th e fo llo w in g b y e-law s, s u b je c t to A r t ic le 12 of th e bye- la w s of th e P a r e n t S o c ie ty .

A r t i c l e I .— N am e. Pow er.

T h is B ra n c h sh a ll b e k n o w n a s th e B o s to n T h c o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty . B y v i r ­t u e o f a c h a r te r g r a n te d by th e A m e r ic a n B o a rd of C o n tro l, F e b ru a ry , 1886, i t is e m p o w e re d to m a k e i ts ow n b y e -law s, p ro v id e d th e y c o n fo rm to th e law s’o f th e P a r e n t S o c ie ty , a n d a re a p p ro v e d b y th e P re s id e n t F o u n d e r in C o u n c il.

A r t i c l e I I . — Officers.

T h e e le c tiv e o fficers o f th e B ra n c h sh a ll b e a P re s id e n t , S e c re ta ry , n n d T re a s u r e r , to be e le c te d a n n u a lly by a m a jo r i ty v o te w ith w r i t te n o r p r in te d b a llo ts a t th e la s t m e e tin g in J a n u a r y a n d in s ta l le d a t th e f i r s t m e e tin g in F e b r u a r y o r as so o n th e r e a f te r a s p r a c t ic a b le .

A r t i c l e I I I . — D uties' o f Officers.

S e c . I .— I t sh a ll b e th e d u ty of th e P re s id e n t to p r e s id e a t all m e e tin g s o f th e B ra n c h , a n d en fo rc e a s t r i c t o b se rv a n c e o f th e R u le s a n d B y e -law s of th e S o c ie ty .

H e s h a ll a p p o in t d u r in g h is te rm of office s u c h officers a s he m a y d eem e x ­p e d ie n t a n d n o t o th e rw ise p ro v id e d fo r ; so t h a t th e se v e ra l officers p e rfo rm th e i r r e s p e c tiv e d u tie s , g iv in g th e d e c id in g v o te in case of t i e ; b u t in w r i t te n , p r in te d , o r b a ll b a llo ts , h e sh a ll be e n t i t le d to v o te ; d i r e c t th e S e c re ta ry to ca ll sp e c ia l m e e tin g s ; d ra w u p o n th e T re a s u r e r fo r a ll s u m s a p p ro v e d b y th e B ra n c h , a n d s h a ll h a v e a c c e ss to a ll b o o k s k e p t b y th e B ra n c h a t r e a s o n a b le t im e s .

S ec . I I . — T h e S e c re ta ry sh a ll k e e p a fa ir a n d im p a r tia l r e c o rd of th e p ro c e e d ­in g s of a ll m e e tin g s , n o tify to m e m b e rs w h e n re q u e s te d by th e P re s id e n t , a t t e s t a ll d r a f t s d ra w n u p o n th e T re a s u ry , a n d h a v e a ll books a n d p a p e rs r e a d y fo r e x a m in a tio n b y th e P re s id e n t a t a n y tim e . T h e S e c re ta ry sh a ll, afc th e f i r s t r e g u la r m e e tin g in th e y e a r , p r e s e n t a fu ll r e p o r t of th e w o rk of th e B r a n c h fo r th e p r io r te rm ; v iz ., th e to ta l n u m b e r of m e m b e rs , n u m b e r a d m i t ­te d d u r in g p a s t y e a r , n u m b e r s u sp e n d e d o r w ith d ra w n , n a m e s an d n u m b e r o f a p p l ic a n ts r e je c te d , th e r e c e ip ts a n d f ro m w h a t so u rc e , th e p a y m e n t a n d w o r th

o f th e B ra n c h in c lu d in g c a s h in th e T re a s u r y , a r id d e liv e r to h ia s u c c e s s o r iu officd W ith in o n e w e e k f ro m th e e x p ir a t io n o f |h is te r m a ll b o o k s, p a p e rs , &C.j b e lo n g in g to th e B r a n c h in h is p o sse s s io n o r u n d e r h is c o n tro l.S e c . I I L —-The T r e a s u r e r s h a ll g r a n t r e c e ip t fo r a l l m o n ey p a id to h im a s B r a n c h

fu n d s ; p a y a l l d r a f t s d r a w n u p o n h im b y th e P re s id e n t , a t te s te d b y th e S e c r e ­t a r y ; k e e p a c o r re c t a c c o u n t of th e r e c e ip ts a n d e x p e n d i tu r e s ; f u r n i s h th o Brarifch a n n u a l ly w i th a s ta te m e n t o f r e c e ip ts a n d e x p e n d itu re s , a n d b a la n c e in h a n d } k e e p h is a c c o u n t b o o k a n d p a p e r s o p e n a t a ll tittle s fo r th e in s p e c ­t io n o f th e P r e s id e n t o r S e c re ta ry , a n d p r o m p tly d e liv e r to h is su c c e ss o r iri office, a l l m o n e y , b o o k s , a n d p a p e rs in h is p o sse s s io n b e lo n g in g to th e B r a n c h .

. i A r t i c l e I V .— M eetings« , ,

T h e r e g u la r m e e t in g o f th e B r a n c h s h a l l b e h e ld w e e k ly on T u e s d a y even ingB , a t 7-30 p. M. S p e c ia l m e e t in g s m a y b e c a lle d o r o p en m e e t in g s a p p o in te d b y , t h e P r e s id e n t f ro m tim e to t im e w h e n d e e m e d n e c e s sa ry o r e x p e d ie n t .

A r t i c l e V . — M e m b e r s h i p .

S ec . I .— M e m b e rs h ip in th e B r a n c h is o p e n to a l l p e rso n s w i th o u t d i s t in c ­t io n o f sex , r a c e , c re e d , o r c a s te .

S ec . I I . — A n y p e r s o n d e s i r in g a d m is s io n a s a F e llo w of th o B ra n c h s h a l l m a k e a w r i t te n a p p l ic a t io n to th e P r e s id e n t s t a t i n g h is s y m p a th y wifch th e o b je c ts o f th e S o c ie ty , g iv in g h is fu ll n a m e w i th re fe re n c e s , o r b e v o u c h e d f o r b y tw o F e llo w s o f th e S o c ie ty in g o o d s ta n d in g . I f re fe re n c e s a r e s a t is f a c to ry - t h e S o c ie ty ’s r e g u la t io n a p p lic a tio n fo rm A , s h a ll be fo rw a rd e d , a n d a f te r b e in g d u ly s ig n e d b y h im se lr a n d c o u n te r s ig n e d b y tw o a c tiv e F e llo w s of th e S o c ie ty , th e a p p l ic a t io n a c c o m p a n ie d b y th e e n t r a n c e fee of 5 d o lla rs sh a l l b e Bent to th e P re s id e n t , w h o sh a ll p la c e th e m a t t e r b e fo re th e B r a n c h fo r t h e i r a p p ro v a l , w h ic h m u s t b e u n a n im o u s , to a d m it t h e a p p l ic a n t .

S ec . I I I . — A m o n th ly s u b s c r ip t io n of 25 c. s h a l l b e p a id in a d v a n c e b y a l l m e m b e rs o f th e B ra n c h to th e S e c re ta ry , w h o s h a l l g iv e a .w r i t t e n r e c e ip t f o r th e sa m e , a n d p la c e t h e a m o u n t c o lle c te d i n t h e h a n d s of th e T re a s u re r .

( ' A r t i c l e V I . —-A m e n d m e n t s .

S e c . I .— T h e se B y e -la w s m a y .b e r e v is e d o r a m e n d e d b y a tw o - th ird s v o te o f a ll th e m e m b e r s p r e s e n t a t a n y r e g u la r m e e t in g , p ro v id e d t h a t tw o w eeks* n o t ic e h a s b e e n g iv e n p re v io u s ly b e fo re a c t io n is t a k e n th e re p n .: S ec . I I . — A ll m o tio n s , a m e n d m e n ts , a n d q u e s t io n s v o te d on b y th e B r a n c h m a y b e re c o n s id e re d w ith in tw o w e e k s u p o n a m a jo r i ty v o te of a ll th e m e m ­b e rs p r e s e n t a t a n y r e g u la r m e e tin g , p r o v id e d n o tic e h a s b een g iv e n a t a p r io r m e e t in g .

A rtic le V I I . — M i s c e l l a n e o u s .

а.*—Q u o ru m . S e v e n m e m b e rs o f t h i s B r a n c h , in c lu d in g o n e q u a lif ie d to p re s id e , s h a l l c o n s t i t u t e a q u o ru m fo r th e t r a n s a c t io n of b u s in e s s .

б.-—Iri th e a b s e n c e o f th e P re s id e n t, t h e S e c re ta ry S hall b e d u ly q u a lif ie d to p r e s id e a n d p e r fo r m s u c h d u tie s as th e o c c a s io n re q u ire s .

c.— I f t h e m e m b e r s h ip of th e B ra n c h a t a n y t im e c o n s is ts of le s s t h a n se v e n F e llo w s in g o o d s ta n d in g , a l l b o o k s, p a p e r s , fu n d s , <fec., w it l i th e c h a r - ter* sh a ll b e f o rw a r d e d to th e P r e s id e n t o f th e P a r e n t S o c ie ty , A d y a r , In d ia * a n d th e B ra n c h b e d e c la re d non est. A n y s u c h a c t io n h o w e v e r sh a ll n o t in a n y w a y re le a se m e m b e r s fro m th e i r o b lig a t io n s o r r e n d e r th e m a n y t h e le s s F e llo w s o f t h e T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty . ; .

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1. F o r e n c o u ra g in g a n d r e v iv in g th e s tu d y of S a n s k r i t l i t e r a tu r e , b y r t ia k in g d o n a tio n s to V e r n a c u la r a n d A n g lo -V e rn a c u la r S ch o o ls in N a g p u r a n d K a m p - te e , fo r o p e n in g S a n s k r i t c la s se s a n d e m p lo y in g a d d i t io n a l te a c h e r s , a n d a ls o b y g iv in g p r iz e s to d e s e rv in g s tu d e n ts le a r n in g S a n s k r i t .

2. F o r r e l ie v in g th e w a n ts o f th e p o o r a n d h e lp le s s a n d d o in g o th e r a c ts o f c h a r i ty .

I n o rd e r to r a is e f u n d s f ro m th o se w h o c a n n o t a ffo rd to p a y d o n a tio n a n d s u b s c r ip tio n , o r th o s e w h o in te n d to g iv e in a d d i t io n to d o n a tio n o r s u b s c r ip ­t io n o r b o th , i t h a s b e e n p ro p o se d a lso t h a t th o s e w h o a re w il l in g to s u p p o r t t h i s c a u se b e r e q u e s te d to k e e p o n e h a n d f u l o f r ic e o r a n y o th e r g r a in in a v e sse l in th e i r r e s p e c tiv e h o u se s e v e ry d a y , a n d th e s e a f te r th e y h a d b e e n co lle c te d a r e to b e so ld a n d th e p ro c e e d s a r e to b e s p e n t in p ro m o tin g th o o b je c ts ab o v e m e n tio n e d .

A l ib ra ry , c o n s is t in g of 72 b o o k s , is a t t a c h e d to th e S o c ie ty fo r th e u se o f i t s m e m b e rs . W i th t h e o b je c t of d if fu s in g k n o w le d g e of T h e o so p h ic a l L i t e ­r a tu r e , o u ts id e r s a r e a llo w ed , s u b je c t to th e r u le s of th e S o c ie ty , to u se th o L ib r a r y on p a y m e n t o f a m o n th ly s u b s c r ip t io n o f n o t le s s t h a n 8 a n n a s .

T h e P re s id e n t F o u n d e r w a s w ell p le a s e d w ith t h e p ro g re s s a n d th e w o rk in g o f th e b r a n c h a n d sp o k e v e ry h ig h ly of i t . I n th e e v e n in g of th e 1 s t M a y ho s t a r t e d fo r H o s h u n g a b a d . A ll th e m e m b e rs of th e b r a n c h a n d a few g e n t le m e n o f th e C ity w e re p r e s e n t in th e s ta t io n to b id h im fa re w e ll.

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g io n s a n d sc ie n c e s . . „ , * * i * j i3 r d . T o in v e s t ig a te u n e x p la in e d la w s o f n a t u r e a n d to d e v e lo p h id d e n

^ ° 2 .e T h e S o c ie ty a p p e a ls f o r s u p p o r t to a l l w h o t r u ly lo v e th e i r fe llo w m a n , to a ll s c h o la rs , a ll s in c e re lo v e rs of t r u t h w h e re so e v e r th e y m a y be fo u n d , a n d to a l l p h i lo s o p h e rs a lik e in th e E a s t a n d in th e W e s t, to a ll w h o lo v o I n d i a a n d w o u ld see t h e r e v iv a l of h e r a n c ie n t g lo r ie s , in te l le c tu a l o r s p i r i tu a l , a n d la s tly , to a ll w h o a s p ire to h ig h e r a n d b e t t e r th in g s t h a n th e m e re p le a s u re s a n d in te r e s t s o f a w o rld ly life , a n d a r e p r e p a r e d to m a k e t h e sa c rif ic e s b y w h ic h a lo n e a k n o w le d g e o f th e m c a n be a t ta in e d .

3 T h e S o c ie ty r e p re s e n ts no p a r t i c u l a r r e l ig io u s c re e d , is e n t i r e ly u n s e c ­t a r i a n a n d in c lu d e s p ro fe s so rs of a ll f a i th s . I t o n ly e x a c ts f ro m e a c h m e m b e r t h a t to le r a t io n of th e b e lie fs of o th e r s w h ic h h e d e s ire s e a c h a n d a ll o f h is b ro th e r -m e m b e rs to e x h ib i t in r e g a r d to h is o w n f a i th . I t in c lu d e s m e m b e rs w h o ta k e a m e re ly p h i la n th ro p ic a l o r in te l le c tu a l i n t e r e s t in i t s a s p ira t io n s , a s w ell a s th o s e w h o , b e lie v in g t h a t O r ie n ta l P h i lo s o p h y em b o d ie s t r u t h s w o r th y of a l i fe ’s d e v o tio n a n d se e k s th r o u g h i t s i n s t r u m e n ta l i ty a c c e ss to t h e

.re c e s se s of a n c ie n t c u l tu r e . ,4 . T h e S o c ie ty d o e s nofc in te r fe r e w i th c a s te r u le s a n d o th e r so c ia l o b se r ­

v a n c e s . ' _K ule s a n d B y e-l a w s .

1. T h e m a n a g e m e n t of th i s b ra n c h S o c ie ty s h a l l b e v e s te d in a C o m m itte e c o n s is t in g o f th e fo llo w in g officers

A P re s id e n t , a V ic e -P re s id e n t , a S e c re ta ry a n d a T re a s u re r , a ll to oo c le c te d a n n u a l ly b y th e m e m b e rs of th e b r a n c h . E a c h o f th e m s h a ll h o ld office fo r o n e y e a r o n ly a n d s h a ll b e e lig ib le fo r re -e le c tio n .

2 . T h e P re s id e n t of th e S o c ie ty , o r, in h is ab se n c e , th e V ic e -P re s id e n t, sh a ll ta k e th e c h a ir a t th e m e e t in g s of th e M a n a g in g C o m m itte e , a s w ell as th o o rd in a ry m e e tin g s of th e S o c ie ty , a n d sh a ll d e liv e r a n a d d re s s a t th e S o c ie ty ’s a n n u a l m e e tin g s , g iv in g a re v ie w of th e p a s t y e a r ’s w o rk a n d o ffe r in g s u g ­g e s tio n s fo r th e f u tu r e g u id a n c e of th e b r a n c n . T h e P re s id e n t sh a ll h av o po w er to n o m in a te a n y m e m b e r to a n office v a c a te d b y re s ig n a t io n , &c., s u b je c t to th e c o n firm a tio n of th e S o c ie ty .

3. T h e S e c re ta ry sh a ll k e e p a r e c o rd of a ll th o p ro c e e d in g s of th e S o c ie ty , a n d sh a l l h a v e c h a rg e of i t s c o r re sp o n d e n c e . H e sh a ll h a v e th e p o w er to co n v en e e x t r a o rd in a ry m e e tin g s if n e c e s s a ry w ith th e c o n s e n t of th e P re s i ­d e n t . H e sh a ll a lso h a v e c h a rg e of th e S o c ie ty ’s l ib ra ry . T h e T re a s u r e r sh a ll k e e p a n a c c o u n t of th e re c e ip ts a n d d is b u r s e m e n ts of th e S o c ie ty .

4. T h e g e n e ra l m e e tin g s of th e S o c ie ty s h a ll be h e ld on e v e ry S u n d a y a t6 p. m. w h e n T h e o so p h ic a l b o o k s sh a ll b e s tu d ie d , w r i t te n a n d o ra l le c tu r e s s h a ll be g i v en b y one o r m o re of th e m e m b e rs , a n d th o P r e s id e n t o r by a. m e m b e r o r b y P re s id e n t a lo n e , o n s u b je c ts in co n n e c tio n w ith th e o b je c ts of th e S o c ie ty , a n d m e m b e rs s h a ll c o m m u n ic a te to e a c h o th e r a n v in fo rm a tio n o f v a lu e w h ic h th e y m ay h a v e a c q u ir e d d u r in g th e co u rse of th e w eek .

5. A n y m e m b e r a b s e n t in g h im se lf w i th o u t su ffic ien t c a u se fo r a p e r io d o f ono m o n th f ro m th e S o c ie ty , s h a l l be r e p o r te d , a f te r d u e w a rn in g , to th e P r e s id e n t fo r in d iffe re n c e .

G. T h e m e m b e rs m a y p a y a m o n th ly su b s c r ip t io n of n o t le s s th a n f o u r a n n a s e a c h to f u r th e r th e o b je c ts o f th e S o c ie ty .

7. T h e ru le s of th e S o c ie ty c a n be a l te r e d a t th e a n n u a l g e n e ra l m e e tin g o f th e S o c ie ty , a n d a lso a t e x t r a o rd in a r y g e n e ra l m e e tin g s c o n v e n e d fo r th o p u rp o se , b u t a t no o th e r tim e .

8 . A n y m e m b e r w h o se c o n d u c t is c o n s id e re d b y th e S o c ie ty to bo d is g ra c e fu l , sh a ll, a f te r f u l l e n q u iry o n b e h a lf of th e S o c ie ty , b e ex p e lled i f fo u n d g u i l ty , s u b je c t to th e P r e s id e n t of th e P a r e n t S o c ie ty .

9. A l l q u e s tio n s c o m in g b e fo re th e m e e tin g sh a ll be d e c id e d b y a m a jo r i ty of v o te s of th o m e m b e rs p r e s e n t a t th e m e e tin g w ith th e c o n s e n t of th o P r e s id e n t if th e q u e s tio n b e o f le ss im p o rta n c e , a n d by a m a jo r i ty o f th e v o te s of th e m e m b e rs p r e s e n t a t th e m e e tin g to a ll of w h o m a m em o , sh o w in g th e q u e s tio n w ill be c i r c u la te d if i t be of m o re im p o rta n c e .

10 . A n y m e m b e r d e s ir in g to se v e r h is c o n n e c tio n w ith th e S o c ic ty s h a l l h a v e th e o p tio n to do so on s ig n i f y in g th e sam o in w r i t in g to th e S e c r e ta ry , b u t s u c h se v e ra n c e sh a ll in no w ay re lie v e h im f ro m th e so le m n e n g a g e ­m e n ts in to w h ic h h e h a s e n te r e d a t th e tim e of h is in i t ia t io n .

1 1 . T h e S o c ie ty s h a ll a d m i t a s m e m b e rs o n ly th o se t h a t a re a lr e a d y feWows of th e T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty .

1 2 . T h e sp e c ia l a n d o r d in a ry b u s in e s s m e e tin g s o f th e S o c ie ty sh a ll bo o pen to T h e o so p h is ts o n ly , b u t a ll m e n of g o o d m o ra l c o n d u c t w ill be a llo w ed to h e a r le c tu r e s w h ic h m a y be g e n e ra l , b u t th e le c tu re s in c o n n e c tio n w ith th o • u b je c ts .a l lu d e d to in th e O b je c t I , p a ra . 3, w ill be o p e n to T h e o so p h is ts o n ly .

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P ro c e e d in g s of a g e n e r a l m e e t in g o f th e C h o h a n T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty , l ie ld a t th e h o u se of B a b u B ire s w a r C h u c k e rb u t ty , on 2 9 th D e c e m b e r 188(3, a t 7 P. N .

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1 . T h a t t h e r e s ig n a t io n of B a b u H a r y h u r C h a t te r je e of th e P re s id e n ts h ip o f th is B r a n c h — a s e m b o d ie d in h is l e t t e r d a te d 1 7 th A u g u s t 1886 be a c c e p te d .

2. T h a t th e r e s ig n a t io n of B a b u H a r y h u r C h a t te r je e of th e m e m b e rs h ip o f t h i s B ra n c h — a s c o m m u n ic a te d th r o u g h D r . M . N . G a n g u li b e a lso a c c e p te d .

2>. P ro p o s e d b y B a b u D e v ip a d a R o y a n d se c o n d e d b y th e C h a irm a n , t h a t B a b u N ilm a d h a b B a n e r je e b e a d m it te d a m e m b e r o f th is B ra n c h .— C a r r ie d u n a n im o u s ly . .

4. P ro p o s e d b y B a b u B ir e s w a r C h u c k e rb u t ty a n d se c o n d e d b y B . R a m n a r a in B a n e r je e , t h a t B a b u N i lm a d h a b B a n e r je e b e e le c te d P re s id e n t o f th i s B ra n c h in p la c e of B a b u H a r y h u r , r e s ig n e d .— C a rr ie d u n an im o n sl} '.

5. B . B ir e s w a r C h u c k e rb u t ty h a v in g re s ig n e d th e S e c re ta ry s h ip of th e b r a n c h o w in g to ill h e a l th , i t is p ro p o se d b y B. R a m n a ra in B a n e r je e a n d se c o n d e d b y th e C h a irm a n , t h a t 13. M a h e n d ra n a th C h u c k e rb u t ty , B . A ., b e e le c te d S e c re ta ry in h is p la c e .— C a rr ie d .

6 . T l ia t th e r e g u la r m e e tin g s of th is B ra n c h b e h e ld a s n s u a l on th e 7 th , 1 7 th a n d 2 7 th o f e v e ry m o n th a t 7 P. M.

7. T h a t th r e e m e m b e rs w ill fo rm a q u o ru m .8 . T h a t a copy of r e s o lu tio n s N o s. 1 a n d 2 b e s e n t t o B a b u H a r y h u r

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B e n a re s , A lla h a b a d a n d C a w n p o re , f ro m w h ic h la s t-n a m e d p laces , o u r la te s t a d v ic e s w ere r e c e iv e d b e fo re g o in g to p re ss . T h e t o u r se em s to be p ro v in g a n e n t i r e su c c e ss , a u d th e p u b lic le c tu r e s to be a t t e n d e d b y la rg e a u d ie n c e s , d e s p i te th e tei*rific h e a t o f th e w e a th e r . C e n tr a l a n d N o r th e rn I n d ia p re n o te d fo r t h e i r d ry h e a t d u r in g th is se a so n of th e y e a r , th e m e rc u ry s ta n d in g

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V a c h a s p a t i , C a lc u tta .presented by P andit B hashy acharya.

A d w a i t a & i d d h i , b y M a d h u S u d a n a S a ra s w a ti , T e lu g u c h a r a c te r ! M S S ‘.presented hy P andit N . B hashy acharya.

B r a h m a n a n d i y a C i i e n d r i k a , a C o m m e n ta ry on A d w a ita S id d h i, b y B ra h m a - n a u d a , o n e of th e b e s t w o rk s on A d w a ita , M S S . (P a lm lea f) G r a n d h a c h a r a c te r ,

~ ^ . . presented by P andit N . B hashy acharya.\ a t i n d r a M a t a D i f i k a , b y S rm iv a s a c h a r y a (2 c o p ies), M a d ra s ,

presented by P andit N . B hashyacharya \ e d a n t a D i p a a n d V e d a n t a S a r a of R a m a n u ja c h a ry a , M S S . G r a n d h a

c h a r a c te r (P a lm leaf),presented by P andit N . Bhashyacharya.

S a r t r a k a M i m a m s a B h a s h y a , b y R a m a n u ja c h a ry a , M S S . T e lu g u c h a ra c te r . S a r i r a k a M i m a m s a B h a s h y a , by R a m a n u ja c h a ry a , M S S . T e lu g u c h a ra c te r .

2 cop ies (one in p a lm lea f an d a n o th e r on p a p e r)€ presented by K rishnam acharlu , Esq.

V e d a r t h a S a n g r a h a o f R a m a n u ja c h a ry a w ith V y a s a c h a ry a ’s c o m m e n ta ry . M a d ra s , J ’

m __ , presented by Mr. P. Sreenivas Row .T a t w a M u k t a K a l a p a of V e d a n ta c h a ry a ,' M S S . (P a lm leaf) G ra n d h a c h a r a c te r ,

„ ■ presented by P andit N . Bh ashy acluxrya.J N a r a y a n a D h a r m a S a r a S a n g r . m i a , M S S . N a g a r i c h a ra c te r .B r a h m a S u t r a r t h a S a r a S a n g r a h a , a c o m m e n ta ry on B ra h m a S u tr a ? by*

I J a y a g r iv a S a ta K o p a Y a ti. M S S . N a g a r i c h a ra c te r. • present cd by Pan<bt. N . Jlhn shy acharya .

S a r i r a k a M im am sa B h a sh y a ,b y R a m a n u ja c h a ry a w ith S ru ta P r a d ip ik a M a d ra s ( In c o m p le te — only 1 s t A d h rk a ra n a )

presented by M r. P. Sreenivas Row . biOTRA BHAsnYA a n d 0 Ha tu s lo r i B h a s h y a , b y V e d a n ta c h a ry a , M a d ra s , T e lu g u

c h a r a c te r (2 cop ies)presented hy M r. P. Sreenivas R ow and P andit N . B hashyacharya .

A g a m a P r a m a n y a , by 1 a m u n a c h a ry a , M a d ra s .

T a t w a S a r a y a n a K a r m a K a n d a , M S S . G r a n d h a c h a r a c te r (P a lm lea f)'presented by Vengu A yer, E sq .

T a t w a U p a s a n a K a n d a , M S S . G r a n d h a (P a lm leaf)'presented by Vengu A yer, Esg.

T a t w a S a n k a r a K a n d a , M S S . G r a n d h a (P a lm lea f)presented by Vengu Ayer, Esq.

V e d a n t a M u k t a v a l i , b y S o o ra p u ra m V a ik a ta c h a ry a , M S S . T e lu g u c h a r a c te r .presented by M r. Sreenivas Row.

T a t w a S a r a , V e d a n t a N y a y a m a l ik a , A d h i k a r a n a S a r a v a t i a n d T a t w a m u k t a K a l a p a , M S S . T e lu g u c h a r a c te r

presented' by M r. P. Sreenivas Row . S a r a v a d a r s i i a n a S a n g r a h a of M a d h a v a c h a ry a , C a lc u tta .

presented by M r. P. Sreenivas Row. P a t a n j a l i ’s Y o g a S u t r a s wifch th e c o m m e n ta r ie s c a lle d M a n ip ra b h a a n d R a ja

M a r ta n d a , B a n g a lo re , C a n a re s e c h a r a c te r (2 co p ie s ).H a t a p r a d i p i k a w ith J o t s n a c o m m e n ta ry , B a n g a lo re , C a n a re s e (2 copies.) P a t a n j a l a D a r s h a n a w ith B h o ja D e v a ’s c o m m e n ta ry c a lle d R a ja M a r ta n d a ,

C a lc u tta .P a t a n j a l a D a r s h a n a w ith a n E n g lis h T ra n s la t io n , C a lc u tta .T h o f i r s t P a r t of P a n c h a d a s i of V id y a ra n y a , C a lc u tta ,

presented by Babu M o h in i Chandra P an t. M im a n s a D a r s a n a w ith t h e c o m m e n ta r y ( in D e v a n a g a r i )

presented by M r. K r ish n a Row H a n u m a n t,

IV.D harm a Sastras.

M a n a v a D h a r m a S a s t r a h w ith F re n c h n o te s , P a r i spresented by P and it N B h a s h y a chary a.

D o . do . w i th v a r io u s c o m m e n ta r ie s , e d i te d b y V . N . M a n d lik . 2 V o ls . B o m b a y .

presented by the H onorable Subravian i Iyer . M i t a k s h a r a , a c o m m e n ta ry o n Y a g n a v a lk y a S m r i t i M a d ra s .

presented by P a n d it N . B hashyacharya .B r i h a t p a r a s a r a S m r i t i , B o m b a y (L ith ) .

presented by Pa.ndit. N . B hashyacharya. T u b T e n S m r i t i s i n O n e , (B r ih a s p a t i , V y a sa , S a ta ta p a , S a n k h a , D e v a la

P u la s ty a , B u d h a P u rv a n g i r a s a , U t t a r a n g i r a s a a n d G a u ta m a ) M S S . T elug* . c h a r a c te r .

presented by M r. P . Sreenivas R ow . M a n a v a D h a r m a S a s t r a , M a d ra s E d it io n .

presented by M r. P. Sreenivas R ow . A p a s tu m b a G r i h y a S u t r a s w ith G r ih y a M a n tra s , M a d ra s .

presented by M r. P . Sreenivas Row. A p a s t a m b a D iriK A , a C o m m e n ta ry on A p a s ta m b a S u t r a s (S ro u ta ) , a n d K k sa -

v iy a , a C o m m e n ta ry o n A p a s ta m b a P r a y a s c h i t t a A g n i A d h y a y a , M S S . T e lu g u c h a r a c te r .

presented by M r. P . Sreenivas Rout.

P a r a sa r a S m r it i w i t h M a d a v ey a , M a d r a s .presented by M r. P. Sreenivas Roiv.

A p a s t a m b a G r i h t a S u t r a s a n d S m r i t i r a t n a , b y V e n k a t a c h a r y a , M S S . T e lu g u .

presented by M r. P. Sreenivas Row . S a r a s w a t i V i l a s a , b y P r a t a p a R u d r a (V y a v a h a ra K a n d a ) , M S S . T e lu g u .

c h a ra c te r , v e ry r a re .presented by P a n d it N . B hashyacharya ;.

VrAVAHARA M a d h a v iy a , M S S . T e lu g upresented by P andit N . B hashyacharya .

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T 1 IH T H E O S O P H I S T .

J U L Y 1 8 8 7 .

A M R R IC A .

M i n u t e s o f a C o n v e n t i o n o f t h e A m e r i c a n S e c t i o n o f t h e

T h b OvSo p h i c a l S o c iio t y .

H eld at New York, on S u n d a y , A p ril 24, 1887.

T h e C o n v e n tio n w as c a lled to o rd e r a t 3 .3 0 P. m. b y th e G e n e ra l Secrefcnrtr a t M o tt M e m o ria l H a ll , 64, M a d iso n A v e n u e , N ew Y o rk C ity

T h e re w ere p r e s e n t — S y lv e s te r B a x te r , P re s id e n t , M a ld en T S C lia s R K e n d a l l , P re s id e n t , B o s to n T . S., W ill ia m Q. J u d g e , P re s id e n t A rV nn T of N ew f o r k , R. A . R e e d e r, R ic h a rd H a r t , M rs . S a f e r v , M rs . E . C J u s h m a n C o lo h e l I I . N . H o o p e r, S a m u e l H ic k s C la p p , E . D . H a m m o n d ', , A ,!J by JRr o *y a s f o U o w ^ - S B SeK toti C h ic a g o T . S ., R o b e r t H o se a , C in c in n a t i I. S., K a th e r in e W e s te n d o rtf , C in c in n a t i T . S D r Bush r A n g e le s T . S ., W . P . P h e lo n , C h ic a g o T . S ., E l l io t B . P a g e , S t . L o u is T h o s M . J o h n s o n , O sceo la , G eo rg e F re d e r ic P a r so n s , N e w Y o rk A B Gricrcrq" N e w Y o rk , M iss L o u is a A . O ff, L os A n g e le s . ’ * *

S e v e ra l T h e o s o p h is ts n o t m e m b e rs of th e C o u n c il w ere a lso p r e s e n t .M r. W ill ia m Q. J u d g e w as e le c te d C h a irm a n , a n d M r. S H C larm

S e c r e ta r y o f th e C o n v e n tio n . ’ * PP*T h e ca ll fo r th e m e e tin g w as th e n re a d .T h e G e n e ra l S e c re ta ry th e n re a d h is r e p o r t , a n d a lso se v e ra l le t t e r s f ro m

m e m b e rs , e x p re s s in g r e g re t fo r th e i r in a b il i ty to a t te n d .A le t t e r f ro m th e C in c in n a ti T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty w as th e n r e a d c o n ta in -

i n g th e io llo w in g su g g e s tio n s :—1 s t. T h a t th o C in c in n a t i B ra n c h re c o m m e n d s a c o n tin u a n c e of th e p r e s e n t

r e la t io n s b e tw e e n th e P a r e n t S o c ie ty a n d th e A m e r ic a n S e c tio n .2 n d . l l i a t th e a m o u n t of th e in i t ia t io n fee be o p tio n a l w ith e ach B ra n c h

a n ™la t <-lues be 2 d o l l a r s ; 1 d o lla r to g o to I n d ia , a n d 1 to th e A m e r ic a nC o u n c il. A ll o th e r d u e s in B ra n c h e s to be o p tio n a l w ith e a c h B ra n c h .

, 3rcr f 1 ^afc exe™tive committee of 3 to 5 members be created, with power to act tor the Council in the interim betweon Conventions.

. 4 th . T h a t 5 d o l la r s be c h a rg e d fo r a ll C h a r te r s is s u e d , b u t no a d d i t io n a l fee fo r d ip lo m a s to m e m b e rs , th e l a t t e r to be e m b ra c e d in th e a n n u a l d u e s t t x? ™ °fcl0n H10 (f ” ™ n tio n th e n w e n t in to C o m m itte e of th e w ho le w ith Coli l . IM H o o p e r in th e c h a ir , to c o n s id e r a C o n s t i tu t io n a n d B ye-law s to e o v e rn th e A m e r ic a n S e c tio n , a n d s a t u n t i l 6 w h e n i t a d jo u rn e d u n ti l 8 p m

lhe Convention reassembled sitting as a Committee of the whole at th« same place at 8 p. m. ’

Lhe C o m m itte e o l th e w ho le ro se a n d r e p o r te d a c o n s t itu t io n a n d law q t\ h ic li w e re , on m o tio n , a d o p te d , a n d a re a n n e x e d h e re to . * *

O n m o tio n th e fo llo w in g p e rso n s w ere e le c te d a s E x e c u tiv e C o m m itte e fo r t h e e n s u in g y e a r ie e I()r

G e n e ra l A b n e r D o u l.lo d ay , U . S. A . ; C ol. I I . N . H o o p e r ; G e o rg e F re d e r ic k P a r s o n s ; D o c to r J O. B uck ; S y lv e s te r B a x te r ; a n d C has. R . K e n d a ll

e n s u in g y e a r! 'U Judg0 w a s e le c t e d G e n e ra l S e c re ta ry fo r th e

O n m otion i th e G e n e ra l S e c r e ta r y w a s d ire c te d to in fo rm t h e P re s id e n t l ! o u n d e r 111 I n d ia t h a t th is C o n v e n tio n s u g g e s ts fo r tb e c o n s id e r a t io n of tho

n e x t G e n e ra l C o n v e n tio n to be h e ld a t A d y a r , M a d ra s , I n d ia , a n a m e n d m e n t o f th e se co n d o b jc c t of th e S o c ie ty , a s fo llow s :—

“ 2 n d , T o p ro m o te th e s tu d y of A ry a n a n d a l l o th e r l i t e r a tu r e , r e l ig io n s a n d sc ien ces, in t h e i r o c c u lt a n d m y s t ic a l b e a r in g s , a n d d e m o n s tr a te i t s im p o r ta n c e .”

T h e f o l l o w i n g C o u n c illo rs w e re th e n e le c te d : W ill ia m B . S h e lle y , T h o s . A . J o h n s o n , M rs . A . S a v e ry , E . H . G o rse , G e n e ra l A . D o u b le d a y , E l l io t B. P a g e , S a n u e l H . C lap p , W ill ia m T h ro c k m o r to n , D r. J . D . B u c k , E . D . H a m m o n d , C ol. H . N . H o o p e r , M rs . C. F . R e d w itz , Gr. F . P a r s o n s , L o u is a A. O ff, S u s a nE . G a y , M rs . M a r th a B a n g le , M rs . E . C. C u s h m a n , M rs . K . W e s te n d o r f f , D r . A n n ie B ro w n , W . P . P h e lo n , F . S . C o llin s , W . D . S tu a r t , T h eo . G . E . W o lle b , G . W . S a lte r , M rs . H . E . M o rey , R ic h a rd H a r te .

O n m o tio n i t w as re s o lv e d t h a t th e A m e r ic a n S e c tio n of th e G e n e ra l C o u n c il o f tb e T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty h e r e b y d e c la re s i t s lo y a lty a n d a d h e s io n to t h e G e n e ra l C o u n c il of th e S o c ie ty a t A d y a r , M a d ra s , I n d ia , a n d t h a t th o G e n e ra l S e c r e ta r y is d i r e c te d to c o m m u n ic a te th i s r e s o lu t io n to th o P r e s id e n t F o u n d e r Col. H . S. O lc o tt.

A t th e r e q u e s t of th e C o n v e n tio n th e G e n e ra l S e c r e ta r y , W ill ia m Q. J u d g e , a d d r e s s e d th e C o n v e n tio n on th e s u b je c t of U n iv e r s a l B ro th e rh o o d , a n d th a s c ie n tif ic re a so n s fo r th e sa m e ; a f t e r w h ic h th e m e e t in g a d jo u rn e d sine d ie .

* 1 S a m u e l H i c k s C LA rr,

' Secretary .

, A L I G A R H .

A t a m e e tin g of th e A ry a n P a t r io t i c T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty h e ld th is d a y (2 2 n d M a y 1887), th e P re s id e n t F o u n d e r in th e chair* th e fo llo w in g officers w e re e le c te d fo r th e fo llo w in g y e a r : —

P residen t : R a i K ish e n L a l, B . A ., ( la te of C a w n p u r) .Secretary: M u n s h i B a k h ta w a r L a l, B. A .T reasurer i B a b u K e d a r N a th C h a t te r j i , B . A .A f t e r th e t r a n s a c t io n o f th e b u s in e s s th e m e e t in g a d jo u rn e d .

• I j . H. B a k h t a w a R L a l , Secretary. ,

M , B U L A N D S H A H R .

S i r ,— I h a v e th e h o n o r to r e p o r t t h a t a t 9 P. M. on th e 22 n d of M ay 1887, C ol. O lc o tt , th e d e v o te d f r ie n d of h u m a n ity , a r r iv e d a t B u la n d s h a h r , a c c o m ­p a n ie d b y tw o b ro th e r s w h o h a d on th e p re v io u s d a y p ro c e e d e d to A l ig a r h to r e c e iv e h im . H e p u t Up in th e k o th i of S i r N a m a h F a iz A l ik h a n B a h a d u r , K . C . S. I . , o f P a l ia s u , w h ere , o n h is a r r iv a l , h e w a s re c e iv e d b y th e b ro th e r T h e o s o p h is ts a n d so m e o th e r g e n tle m e n , w h o h a d g a th e r e d to g e th e r th e r e fo r th e purposfe. A s is c u s to m a ry on su c h o c c a s io n s th e c e re m o n y of p la c in g g a r la n d s o f flo w ers r o u n d th e n e c k s of th o se p r e s e n t w a s g o n e th r o u g h . T h a k u r G a n e s h S in g h , to w h o se u n o s te n ta t io u s a n d d is in te r e s te d la b o u r s fo r o n r w e lfa re w e a re d e e p ly in d e b te d , th e n r e a d a n a d d re s s in E n g lis h , to w h ic h th e P r e s id e n t F o u n d e r re p lie d in w o rd s a d m ir a b ly s u i te d to th e o c c a s io n . T h e p a r ty th e n b ro k e u p fo r th e n ig h t .

O n th e 2 3 rd th e d a y w a s p a s se d in p le a s in g a n d in s t r u c t iv e c o n v e rs a tio n on t o p i c s c o n n e c te d w i th T h e o so p h y , a n d in th e e v e n in g C o l. O lc o tt le c tu re d on K a rm a to a la rg e a u d ie n c e in th e sp a c io u s c o m p o u n d of t h e K a is r i H a ll . T h e d a y b e in g v e ry h o t , th e m e e t in g w as a r r a n g e d in t h e o p e n a ir , a n d a s th e p la c e h a s b e e n w ell w a te re d a n d a r ra n g e m e n ts fo r p a n k h a s m a d e , no in c o n v e n ie n c e bf a n y s o r t w as fe lt. T h a k u r G a n e s h S in g h o p e n e d th e p ro ­c e e d in g s in a s h o r t a n d s u i ta b le sp e ech , in w h ic h h e in t ro d u c e d th e le c tu r e r to t h e a u d ie n c e a n d e x p la in e d th e o b je c t of h is v is i t . C o l. O lc o tt th e n ro se a n d c o m m e n c e d h is le c tu re , w h ic h , fro m th e v e ry b e g in n in g , e x c ite d so m u c h in te r - e s t t h a t th e w h o le a u d ie n c e w a s a ll e a r to e v e ry w o rd t h a t fe ll f ro m h is m o u th . W h e n C ol. O lc o tt s a t d o w n a m id s t th e e n th u s ia s t ic c h e e r in g , th e le c tu re w as t r a n s l a t e d in to U r d u b y T h a k u r G a n e s h S in g h fo r th e b e n e f i t of s u c h of th e a u d ie n c e a s w ere n o t f a m i lia r w ith th o E n g lis h la n g u a g e . B a b u K ish o r i L a l , th e G o v ern m en t. P le a d e r , th e n ro se a n d in a s h o r t g ra c e fu l sp e e c h th a n k e d th e a u d ie n c e a n d th e le c tu r e r .

O n th e *<ith th e P re s id e n t F o u n d e r o p e n e d a b ra n c h a t B u la n d s h a h r , n n d e r th e n a m e of “ T h e B a ra u T h e o so p h ic a l S o c ie ty ,” B a ra n b e in g th e o ld H in d u n a m e of th e to w n of B u la n d - S h a h r . I n th e e v e n in g Col. O lc o tt d e liv e re d a n o th e r l e c tu r e on M e sm e rism a n d so m e of th e c u s to m s of th e H in d u s b ased on i t ; a n d i t e x c ite d so g r e a t a n i n te r e s t t h a t , a t th e e a r n e s t so lic i ta t io n s of a n u m b e r of p e rso n s , i t is u n d e r c o n te m p la t io n to issu e i ts t r a n s la t io n in th e fo rm of a p a m p h le t . A f te r th e le c tu r e w a s over, Col- O lc o tt d ro v e to th e b u n g a lo w of L h a k u r G a n e s h S in g h , w h e re h e sp e n t a b o u t h a lf a n h o u r in c o n v e rsa tio n . O n th e m o rn in g of th e 2 5 th h e le ft fo r th e C h o la R a ilw a yo t a t ion to r e s u m e h is jo u r n e y fo r th e s a c re d m iss io n of s p r e a d in g th e b le s s ­in g s of U ni v e rsa ! B ro th e rh o o d a m o n g s t m a n k in d .

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L ib ra r ia n , B a b u L a d l i M o h u n G h o se .

Secretary, B a b u I s h a n C h a n d r a M is ra .

L A H O R E .

R ule s of t h e L ahore T iie o so ph ic a l S o ciety .

1. T h c L a h o re T h c o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty is a b r a n c h of, a n d s u b je c t in e v e ry r e s p e c t to , th e P a r e n t S o c ie ty .

2 . T h e o b je c ts o f th i s S o c ie ty a r e th e s a m e a s th o s e o f t h e P a r e n t S o c ie ty .

3. T h e S o c ie ty s h o u ld m e e t a t le a s t o n ce a f o r tn ig h t , o n a p p o in te d d a y s a f t e r s u n s e t , o r a n y t im e c o n v e n ie n t to t h e m e m b e rs .

4. E v e ry m e m b e r o f th e S o c ic ty s h a ll p a y a m in im u m m o n th ly s u b s c r ip ­t io n o f 4 A s . f o r t h e u p -k e e p of th e S o c ie ty . S h o u ld a n y m e m b e r b e fo u n d to o p o o r to p a y th e r e q u i r e d s u b s c r ip t io n , h is q u o ta m a y b e r e d u c c d , o n su ff ic ie n t g r o u n d s b e in g sh o w n .

5. S e v e n m e m b e rs s h a l l fo rm th e M a n a g in g C o m m itte e , o f w hom fo u r s h a l l f o rm a q u o ru m , t h e o ffice -b ea re rs s h a l l b e ex-offic io m e m b e rs o f th ia C o m m itte e .

6 . T h e r u le s o f t h e S o c ie ty s h a ll b e s u b je c t to m o d if ic a tio n w h e n f o u n d n e c e s s a ry .

7. T fic f in a n c ia l a f fa ir s sh a ll b e v e s te d in t h c M a n a g in g C o m m itte e , w i th ­o u t w h o se w r i t te n c o n s e n t n o e x p e n d i tu r e s h a l l b e in c u r r e d b y a n y of th e o ffice -b ea re rs .

8 . E x p e n d i tu r e sh a ll be in c u r re d o n ly to th e e x te n t o f th e fu n d s a v a ila b le o n h a n d , a n d n o l ia b il i ty sh a ll be in c u r re d b y a n y m e m b e r , e i th e r o u h is ow n b e h a lf a s a m e m b e r , o r on b e h a lf of th e S o c ie ty a s a w ho le , a n d th e m e m b e rs jo in t ly a n d s e v e ra lly sh a ll n o t b e l ia b le f o r a n y l ia b i l i ty in c u r r e d c o n t r a ry t o th e s e ru le s .

9. (a.) N o n -T lie o so p h is ts , if p ro f ic ie n t in o r h a v in g sy m p a th y in th e c u l tu r e o f A r y a n p h ilo so p h y , sc ien co a n d r e l ig io n , w ill be a d m it te d to th e o p e n m e e t in g s of th e S o c ie ty on th e r e c o m m e n d a tio n of a t le a s t tw o m e m b e rs .

(b.) T h e P u b l ic w ill be in v i te d w h e n a n y p a p e r o r le c tu r e is to b e r e a d o r g iv e n , s u b je c t to th e d e s ire o f th e le c tu r e r .

10. A n y m e m b e r a b s e n t in g h im se lf fo r th r e o c o n s e c u tiv e m e e t in g s s h a l l lie c a lle d u p o n to r e n d e r s a t is f a c to ry e x p la n a tio n , a n d in d e f a u l t w ill b e w a rn e d , a n d if fo u n d p e r s is te n t ly n e g l ig e n t in a t te n d a n c e , h is c o n d u c t w ill b e se r io u s ly c o n s id e re d a n d e v e n tu a l ly r e p o r te d to th e “ P a r e n t S o c ie ty ”— th e d e c is io n of w h ic h in th e m a t te r s h a ll be fin a l. A n y m e m b e r le a v in g th o s ta t io n m u s t in fo rm th e S e c r e ta r y o r P re s id e n t .

11. A m e m b e r s u s p e c te d of o r fo u n d a c t in g in c o n t r a v e n t io n o f th e r u le s o f th e S o c ic ty , o r d o in g a c ts l ik e ly to d a m a g e th e h a rm o n y o r in ju r e th o r e p u te o f th e S o c ie ty , o r s p r e a d il l-fe e lin g , w ill b e tw ice w a rn e d fo r h is m is ­c o n d u c t ; b u t if a f t e r t h a t no c h a n g e a p p e a r s fo r th e b e tte r , h e sh a ll be r e p o r te d to th e “ P a r e n t S o c ie ty ,” th e d e c is io n o f w h ic h sh a ll b e final.

1 2 . I n t h e a b s e n c e o f th c P r e s id e n t o f th o S o c ie ty , th e V ice -P re s id cn fc s h a l l ta k e t h e c h a i r a t th e m e e t in g o f t h e M a n a g in g C o m m itte e , ris w ell a?* th c o rd in a ry m e e t in g s of th e S o c ie ty , b u t o n o r d in a ry m e e tin g s o n e of th e m e m b e rs p r e s e n t m a y be e le c te d to t a k e th e c h a i r in th o a b s e n c e o f th o P r e s id e n t a n d V ic e -P re s id e n t b y th e m a jo r i ty of th o se p re s e n t .

13. T h e P r e s id e n t sh a l l h a v e p o w o r to n o m in a te a n y m e m b e r to a n office v a c a te d b y d e a th o r r e s ig n a tio n , s u b je c t to c o n f irm a tio n b y th e S o c ie ty .

14. T h e S e c r e ta r y sh a ll k e e p a r e c o r d o f t h e p ro c e e d in g s o f th e S o c ie ty , a n d sh a ll h a v e c h a rg e o f a ll i t s c o r re s p o n d e n c e ; h e sh a ll a lso h a v e th e powei* o f c o n v e n in g e x t r a o rd in a r y m e e t in g s , i f n e c e s s a ry , w i th th e c o n s e n t o f th o P re s id e n t .

15. T h e T r e a s u r e r s h a l l k e e p a n a c c o u n t Of a ll th e r e c e ip ts a n d d i s b u r s e ­m e n ts of t h e S o c ie ty .

16. T w o b o o k s s h a ll b e o p e n e d fo r th e p r e s e n t , o n e fo r r e c o r d in g p ro ceed* in g s a n d th e o th e r f o r k e e p in g th e a c c o u n ts of th e S o c ie ty .

17. T h e S o c ie ty w ill ta k e s te p s t o im p a r t m o ra l te a c h in g to t h e y o u th f u l m e m b e rs o f th e c o m m u n ity .

18. S p e c ia l su b s c r ip t io n s c a n b e r a is e d i f r e q u i r e d o n o ccas io n s .

19. A sp e c ia l m e e t in g w ill b e c a lle d o n th e o c c a s io n of th e a n n iv e r s a r y w h e n th c m e m b e rs a n d o ffice -h o ld ers o f th e E x e c u t iv e C o m m itte e w ill b a e le c te d .

20 . T h c E x e c u t iv e C o m m itte e w ill h o ld s e p a ra te m e e t in g s on e m e rg e n c y .

(S ig n e d .) P u n d i t G o p i N a t i i a n d H u r s u k i i R a i .

R a j K u m a r B a n e r j i , Secretary.

M Y S T IC L I T E R A T U R E .

T h c l ib r a ry o f th c la te F r e d e r ic k H o c k le y , p r in c ip a lly c o n s is t in g o f im p o r ta n t w o rk s r e la t in g to th c O c c u lt S c ie n c e s , b o th in p r in t a n d m a n u s c r ip ts w a s d isp o se d b y a u c t io n in L o n d o n o n A p r i l 6 . T h e c h o ic e s t b o o k s in th i s fa m o u s c o lle c tio n w e re s e c u re d b y M r. G e o rg e R c d w a y , a n d w ill d o u b tle s s bo o ffe red fo r sa le in h is n e x t c a ta lo g u e . I t m a y b e in te r e s t in g to o u r r e a d e r s to re c o rd h e re so m e of th o s e b o o k s w h ic h a r c m o s t s o u g h t a f te r a t p r e s e n t b y th e s tu d e n t a u d b y th o c o lle c to r o f o c c n lt l i te r a tu r e , a n d w h ic h f ig u re d in th o c a ta lo g u e o f M r, H o c k le y ’s co llec tio n .

T h o m a s T a y lo r o n th e E le u s in ia n a n d B a c c h ic M y s te r ie s (1791)— R e ic h e n - b a c h , A s h b u rn e r , T o w n s h e n d , C o lq u h o u n , G re g o ry , N e w n h a m , S a n d b y , D id ie r , T e s te , S c o re sb y , L e e a n d J a m e s o n A n im a l M a g n e t is m o r M e sm e r ism — O x ley ’s G em of t h e A s t r a l S c ie n c e s— “ R a p h a e l” ’s b o o k s o n A s tro lo g y — A r t M a g ic— G h o s t L a n d — S e e re ss o f P r e v o r s t— V a u g h a n ’s H o u r s w ith th o M y s tic s— C u r io u s T h in g s o f th e O u ts id e W o r ld , b y H a r g ra v e J e n n in g s (1861) — D e n to n ’s N a tu r e ’s S e c re ts (1863)— H o w i t t ’s H is to r y o f th e S u p e r n a tu r a l— W ils o n ’s D ic t io n a ry o f A s tro lo g y — G o d w in ’s L iv e s o f th e N e c ro m a n c e rs — — L iv e s of th e A lc h e m is tic a l P h ilo s o p h e rs (1815)— A n a c a ly p s is , b y G o d fre y H ig g in s — H e y d o n ’s H o ly G u id e (1662)— P a r a c e ls u s o f t h e S u p re m e M y s te r ie s o f N a tu r e (1656)— B p . B u t le r ’s A s tro lo g y V in d ic a te d (1680)— H e y d o n ’s t h e W is e M a n ’s C ro w n o f t h e G lo ry o f t h e R o s ie C ro ss (1664)— D ig b y ’s C u re o f W o u n d s b y th e P o w d e r of S y m p a th y (1660)— C o lle c ta n e a C h y m ic a , T e n T re a t i s e s (1684)— H e r m e t ic a l T r iu m p h (1723)— H e r m e t ic k R o m a n c e , o r C h y m ic a l W e d d in g , b y R o s e n c re e n tz , t r a n s . b y F o x c ro f t (1690)-—G adr* * b u r y ’s W o r k s o n A s tro lo g y — V a u g h a n ’s A n th r o s o p h ia T h e o m a g ia a n d A n im a M a g ic a A b s c o n d i ta (1650)— W o rk s o f G e b e r 1678)— V a u g h a n ’s L u m e n d e L u m in e (1651)— P r im u m M o b ile b y P la c id u s — C o ley ’s C la v is o r K e y to A s tro lo g y (1676)— B a s il V a le n t in e ’s T r iu m p h a n t C h a r io t o f A n tim o n y (1678^1-^ G r im o ir e d u P a p e H o n o r iu s — S e c re ts d u P e t i t A lb e r t— T h e Z o is t , 1 3 v o ls . c o m p le te — A s h m o le ’s T h e a t ru m C h e m ic u m B r i ta n n ic u m (1652)— B a r r e t t ’s M a g u s (1801)— A g r ip p a ’s T h re e B o o k s o f O c c u l t P h ilo s o p h y (1651)— a n d th e F o u r t h B o o k (1655)— H e y d o n ’s N e w M e th o d o f R o s ie c ru c ia n P h y s ie k (1658)— M ir r o r o f A lc h e m y b y R o g e r B a c o n (1597)— B is h o p ’s M a rro w o f A s tro lo g y (1688)— D r. J o h n D ee o n S p i r i t s (1659)— N o s tr a d a m u s ’ T ru e P ro p h e c ie s (1672).

T h e m a n u s c r ip t s in M r. H o c k le y ’s L ib r a r y c o m p r is e d e x t r a c t f ro m th e T a b le s o f R o ta lo , N o ta r y A r t o f S o lo m o n , M y s t ic a l v e rse s o f th e P s a lm s o f D a v id , B o o k o f S o lo m o n ’s c a lle d th e P a u l in e A r t — J o u r n a l of a R o s ic ru c ia n P h i lo s o p h e r (1797)— W h e e l of W is d o m — B o o k o f t h e O ffices a n d O rd e rs o f S p i r i t s — M y s tic a l v e r s e s o f th e C a b a la — E x p e r im e n ts in M a g ic b y D u p o te t— O c c u l t S p e lls — R a b b i S o lo m o n o n th e M y s te r ie s o f M a g ic — C o lle c tio n s o f N a t iv i t i e s — T re a t i s e s o n A lc h e m y ; a n d one, b y M r. H o c k le y h im se lf , e n t i t le d “ B o o k of A n g e ls a n d S p i r i t s w h ic h h a v e a p p e a re d in m y M ir ro r a n d C r y s ta ls ,”

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