Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt01392)

Friends,

Tillett writes below on "At the Feet of the Master" : 

"I think there is little doubt that the book was the work of  Leadbeater."

And this is consensus. 

Carlos. 

 


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Data:Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:20:03 +1100 (EST)

Assunto:Theos-World "At The Feet of The Master"

> What happened to the original manuscript of ?At The Feet of the Master??
> 
> There was no ?original manuscript? of ?At The Feet of The Master? in the
> strict sense. Krishnamurti is said to have ?laboriously? (because his
> English was not good) written down notes each morning of what he recalled
> of the Master?s teachings on the astral plane the previous night.
> Eventually, Leadbeater typed these out, and (he said) took them to the
> Master for ?editing?, and to the Lord Maitreya for approval. It was then
> printed as a book at Mrs Besant?s direction in December, 1910. A specially
> bound edition was sent to the Master KH to be placed in the ?Occult
> Museum?: it was placed under Krishnamurti?s pillow one night before he
> went to sleep, and by the morning it has disappeared.
> 
> As to the authorship of the book, Krishnamurti (Alcyone) never claimed it;
> at most he claimed to have written down the words, in note form, of his
> Master. Leadbeater compiled the notes and the Master edited them. However,
> in real terms, I think there is little doubt that the book was the work of
> Leadbeater. This was the opinion of Ernest Wood (who had been present when
> it was produced), Lady Emily Lutyens (probably Krishnamurti?s closest
> friend) and Dick Balfour-Clarke (one of Krishnamurti?s companions at the
> time the book was supposedly written). Balfour-Clarke believed that
> Leadbeater had based the book on the ?Viveka-Chudamani? (?Crest-Jewel of
> Wisdom?) of Samkaracarya (788-838). This had been translated by Mohini
> Chatterji in the early days of the TS, and the translation was published
> in ?The Theosophist? between 1885 and 1888. It was only published in book
> form in 1932.
> 
> Dr Gregory Tillett
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