Theos-Talk Archives (August 2005 Message tt00302)

We find many references in the Mahatma Letters that it's better to be
a vegetarian and that Maha Chohan was happy to know that Ana Kingsford
was a vegetarian.

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> Ryan Rocheleau wrote:
> > Well, there is actually... It sounds trite, but I'm
> > wondering if it compulsory to be a vegetarian?
> 
> If you are asking if this is true in Theosophy, let me point out that 
> H. P. Blavatsky was NOT a vegetarian. Many theosophists encourage it, 
> but, as we are not Mahatmas, we have to balance the karma we create for 
> ourselves.
> 
> Now, membership in the Esoteric Section requires that one be a 
> vegetarian, but that organization lost its relevance (but, 
> unfortunately, not its influence) decades ago.
> 
> Bart