THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

Evening Star, Issue 111556, 15 February 1900, Page 2

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

At a public meeting held in the rooms of the Theoßophicnl .Society, Dowling street list evening, Mr A. W. Maurnis gave an address entitled ‘ A Lesson from an Indian Book.’ The book was the ‘Bhagavad Gitn,’ and the leseon deduced therefrom showed that a man had ho work for the sake of duty, not for reward, if he would develop his spiritual faculties ; nor must the idea even of tho development of those faculties intrude upon the unselfish motive required. Referring to those who did good works with the motive of gaining Heaven, this book spoke in a contemptuous way: ‘ Pitiable are those who work for fruit,” yet went on to caution religious teachers against unsettling the minds of those who were unable to rise to the heights of altruism, and showed that men wore at different stages of evolution,, so that what was right for oue man was altogether wron" for another. Reincarnation was plainly taught in this work, which the lecturer claimed was extremely ancient; also that a man became what ho made himself by his thoughts. There was a fair attendance of interested people, who plied the speaker with questions till 10 p.m. Mr G. Richardson occupied the chair.