Programme for February 2016

. BLAVATSKY LODGE: 7 French Bridge, Mumbai 400007.

DAY	TIME	DETAILS
Fri     5	6.00 pm	Members’ Meeting - Talk on ‘Demystifying Pathanjali’ by Bro. Arni Narendran
Sun    7	10.00am 10.30 am	Bharat Samaj Pooja BTF Council Meeting
Fri   12	6.00 pm  6.15 pm	Members’ Meeting – ‘Life of Alcyone – Introduction’ by Sis. Kashmora Khambatta Talk by Dr. Darius H. Umrigar (in Lobby)
Sun  14	10.30 am 10.30 am	To gather for preparation for the Ritual Mystic Star Ritual
Wed  17	6.15 pm	Adyar Day Meeting jointly with BTF
Fri    19	4.30 pm   6.00 pm	Blavatsky Lodge Managing Committee Meeting Members’ Meeting - Talk on ‘Demystifying Pathanjali’ by Bro. Arni Narendran
Fri    26	6.00 pm	Members’ Meeting – ‘Life of Alcyone – Introduction’ by Sis. Kashmora Khambatta
Sun   28	10.45 am	Maitreya Round Table
Tues    2 Tues    9 Tues  16 Tues  23	5.00 pm  5.00 pm  5.00 pm  5.00 pm	SS Meeting SS Meeting SS Meeting SS Meeting

THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF

 THE BOMBAY THEOSOPHICAL FEDERATION

Volume 85

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No.5

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February 2016

CONTENTS

Quotes of Jiddu Krishnamurti	Cover
Support Convention 2015-2016	2-8
Remembering Ms Joy Mills by Arni Narendran	8-10
Practical Theosophy by Radha Burnier	10-14
BTF & Lodge Programmes February 2016	15-16

SUPPORT CONVENTION 2015-2016

Opening of the Support Convention – 1st January 2016

2016 was heralded at Blavatsky Lodge with Festive decorations of Christmas Spirit by Sis. Navaz Dhalla and Opening of the Support Convention 2015-2016. The Support Convention was opened with The Prayers of All Religions & the Universal Prayer. Brethren condoled the passing away of Past International Vice-President Miss Joy Mills. Tributes were paid to her by Bro. Arni Narendran (printed in this Bulletin).

Bro. Navin Kumar showed the video of the Presidential Address delivered by Mr. Tim Boyd at the Opening of the 140th International Convention at Adyar on 31st December 2015. Speaking on the theme of the Convention ‘Compassion and Universal Responsibility’ Mr. Tim Boyd said that Brethren should develop responsibility to take Compassionate Action. The World is interconnected and Life is not separate. Reading is good, but one has to experience beyond reading. There is an expression that, ‘You must not only learn the Truth; you must suffer it.’

Editor – Bro. Rustom R. Dalal     Cover Page By: Sis. Kashmira Khambatta

Editorial Committee – Sis. Mahazaver Dalal (in charge of Mailing List), Sis.  Kashmira Khambatta,  Sis. Aban Patel and Ex-Officio: President Dr. Ajay Hora, Secretary  Sis. Aban Amroliwalla.  Note: News, Notes and Programmes to be printed in the Bulletin, be forwarded by e-mail to: rrpdalal@hotmail.com    or kashmirakhambatta@yahoo.com latest by 16th each month.

After the video the floor was open to share thoughts on ‘Compassion’. Bro. Rustom Dalal, Bro. Arni Narendran, Bro. Navin Kumar, Sis. Aban Patel, Ms. Shernaz Vatchha  and Sis. Mahazaver Dalal shared their thoughts.

2nd January 2016 – Cultural Evening

It was a Cultural Evening in the spirit of Community singing held during the International Support Conventions. Bro. Navin Kumar with opening handed over charge of the evening to Master of Ceremony Sis. Aban Patel. BTF President Dr. Ajay Hora led the Universal Prayer and welcomed all with playing the song ‘Swagatam, Shubha Swagatam’ sung by renowned artists, which is usually played at International events.

This year the Cultural Evening was dedicated to ‘Children of India’. Video of ‘Art Festival of Lady Engineer High School’ was screened. The creativity of students displayed through their paintings on varied themes, clay-work of Ganesha & other idols, ‘Best out of Waste’ and projects to spread awareness on educational, social & ecological issues were praise worthy. M.C. Sis Aban, who had seen the Art Festival, praised their Art Teacher Mr. Anand, who taught all different modes of art to students.

The National Anthem of India was the Silent National Anthem by hand and face actions and expressions of Deaf children. Members of Maitreya Round Table created an uplifting atmosphere with Meera’s Bhajan ‘Mane Chakar Rakhoji’. Bro. Birthram Redwood sang a soothing and inspiring Healing Song.

It was an evening which unfolded the talents of Brethren.  Sis. Urvi Hora’s students Dr. Khevana Desai & Deepal Pandya entertained all with a Gujarati Folk Dance. As Khevana explained, a Folk Dance of the folks, by the folks, for the folks unites all. Bro. Navin Kumar regaled the audience with a Magic trick and a song on a Mouthorgan. Sis. Tanya Noor Baig played Russian and Western pieces on piano. Sis. Freny Paghdiwala gave piano accompaniment for some songs. Sis. Zeena Rastomji charmed every one with her enacted song ‘Whenever you feel afraid’. There were solo songs by Bro. Keki Palkhiwalla, Bro. Rustom Dalal, Bro. Khusroav Pavri and invitee Mrs. Chaudhari. Sis. Kerman Patel & Bro. Berthram Redwood sang a duet. Group songs were by Brn. Navin Kumar, Navaz Dhalla, Jesmine Cawasji & Keki Palkhiwalla. Sis. Pilloo Battiwalla played a song on Key-board. The surprise of the evening was a dance by Latha & Navin Kumar on a popular Hindi song. There were devotional songs by Sis. Silloo Shroff & Sis. Freny Paghdiwala. The finale of the evening was a group danceby many participating members, in which Bro. Noor Baig & Arni Narendran also joined, on the carol ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ and to wish ‘Merry Christmas & Happy New Year’.

The evening made the participants and audience experience that ‘Music washes away from soul all dust of life’ and ‘Family that sings & dances together, enjoys together’.

3rd January 2016

­­­­­­  Bro Zinoo Master’s Talk on

‘Tani Ravani, geti Minoani – in the Light of Theosophy’

Bro. Zinoo Master said that Jiddu Krishnamurti would say during his talks: “The speaker is not here to speak and the listeners are not here to listen but we are all together embarking upon a journey to discover the truth” Let us follow in Krishnaji’s footsteps and discover the truth of the words “tani Ravani geti Minoani” These words form part of a prayer recited by Zoroastrians while tying the sacred thread (Kusti).

The context in which these words are said is that the devotee denounces Bad / Wrong Thoughts / Words / Actions and resolves to turn back (Patet) and is repentant (Pasheman) for all sins committed by him by his physical (tan) or non-physical (Ravan) bodies in the seen world (geti) or unseen world (Mino).

Our physical body is made of the food we eat, namely Carbohydrates, Proteins, Water, salt etc. which are compounds of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sodium & Chlorine (common salt), Calcium/ Iron / Iodine, etc. found in the physical world. Similarly our astral & mental bodies are made up of astral & mental matter.

He quoted from At The Feet of The Master that we are not the physical/ astral /mental bodies. We are the Higher Self (Atma / Buddhi /Manas). He told a story about the disciple of a Guruji who told his Master “I saw my body coming from there to here” when the Guruji beckoned him to come near him. He also quoted Sri Ramana Maharshi who asked his disciples “Who are the others?” when the disciples wanted to know how to help others.

Thus we are not our bodies but we are the Self and our Self is identical with and in union with all other Selves. Our goal as well as the ultimate goal of humanity is to attain Initiation & then Adeptship. We have to achieve this goal not for our own aggrandizement but in order to be able to help humanity and lift a little of the heavy burden and to help the Masters in Their Work. Just as the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step (Chinese Proverb) we have to take the First Step NOW.

The journey is long and there is plenty of time before the “Cut Off” point is reached but we must not be complacent. We must not allow ourselves to float with the current of the river but swim vigorously to reach the Sea of Perfection.

He explained that in the middle of the Fifth Round and latest on its Sixth globe the door will be shut and only those who have “entered the stream” (Srotapatti), i.e. attained the First Initiation will be able to re incarnate thereafter in the Sixth and Seventh Rounds to reach Adeptship which is the Goal of Humanity in this Chain. The rest will re incarnate in the humanity of the next Chain to carry on their growth. The choice is ours – whether we choose to suffer for fifty more lives or for five hundred.  Therefore we have to live our lives not for the sake of our bodies but for our Higher Self which is our True Self.

4th January 2016 - Mystic Star Ritual

Inspiring uplifting ceremony of Mystic Star Ritual was performed with Sis. Jasmine Cawasji as ‘Power’ and all other officers. Sis. Mahazaver Dalal explained the salient features and purpose of the Ritual written by C. Jinarajadasa.

5th January 2016  - Closing of the Support Convention

With Over-view of the 140th International Convention

Bro. Navin Kumar screened a specially prepared Over-view of the 140th International Convention. At the outset he showed part of ‘Mini Tour of Adyar’, which was presented by President Tim Boyd at the Convention. He covered snippets of the programmes from the Opening Day 31st December 2015 to the Closing Day 5th January 2016. He tried to show the Delegates coming from many countries and different parts of India. At the Indian Section Convention he showed the BTF greetings given by Bro. Vinayak Pandya. He covered Mr. Tim Boyd’s Inaugural Address for the India Section Convention when he urged Brethren to practice compassion with responsibility & insight into wisdom, as Compassion is the Law of our very existence.  One has to improve oneself and the environment around him. One must open oneself deeply for higher possibilities, which are waiting for us. Convention is ‘a Gathering of Consciousness for a Purpose’. One needs to become compassionate, not just wise.

The screening was followed by sharing of thoughts by Sis. Mahazaver Dalala and Bros. Berthram Redwood, Arni Narendran & Dhananjay Singh.

The Support Convention ended with thanks to Bro. Navin Kumar for organizing the programme, to participants and to Brethren, who by attending joined in attuning energy towards Adyar for the 140th International Convention. 

8th January 2016

Impressions of the 140th International Convention

By BTF Vice-President Bro. Vinayak Pandya

Bro. Vinayak Pandya was the only member of Bombay Theosophical Federation to attend the 140th International Convention at Adyar. Hence, he prepared a special PP Presentation with 50+ slides. As he said he tried to show, what was not covered by the screening for U-Tube and there were many firsts at this Convention, starting with the Lighting of Lamp and prayers by Olcott School students. There were PP Presentations and a live talk on screen of a speaker who could not come to Adyar. At Q & A Session, this time all four members of the Panel had to give answers. He showed the induction of New Members by President Mr. Tim Boyd. One of them was his wife Malti Pandya, who was touched by this Convention and after many years had decided to join TS.

He had conveyed the Greetings of BTF at the Indian section Convention. His suggestion was accepted to avoid reading of the Annual Report, which is already circulated and to use that time for contemplation and sharing views. As the BTF Representative to Indian Section Council, he had attended IS Council Meetings. He contributed to the smooth swift working of the Council and unanimous election of the Office Bearers and Executive Committee Members.

Sis. Mahazaver Dalal thanked Bro. Vinayak Pandya for representing BTF at the Convention. She also explained the purpose of the meeting for ‘Impressions of the TS Convention’.

Bro. Vinayak Pandya answering Bro. Navin Kumar’s question ‘What is the difference between Love & Compassion’ said: The difference cannot be described. It has to be observed, experienced. Ahimsa of Jainism is nothing but compassion, as it believes in not hurting any being. If one visits a sick person and cheers him up with a smile, it is compassion and his love strengthens the sick. Jesus Christ’s last words on the Cross, were compassionate. Compassion cannot come overnight. Our Lodge Meetings are to recharge our compassion. Where ever we are working compassion has to be shown. 

Bro. Vinayak Pandya’s daughter added that Love is within you, compassion comes from other person. Bros. Berthram Redwood, Arni Narendran, Dhananjay Singh, Fali Cooper & Rustom Dalal also shred their thoughts. In the end Bro. Navin Kumar thanked Bro. Vinayak Pandya for recreating the Adyar atmosphere.

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REMEMBERING Ms JOY MILLS

Past International Vice-President 

by Bro. Arni Narendran

At Opening of BTF Support Convention 2016

The International Convention at Adyar was due to begin on the  31st of December 2015. News of passing away of Sister Joy Mills, an outstanding Theosophist at 10.35 a.m. on 29th December 2015 started appearing on the Facebook page of Theosophists all over the world.  Joy Mills was born on 9th October 1920 at Lakewood, Ohio in the United States, to a father who was an Engineer and a mother who was a Teacher. At the age of eight she lost her mother at a premature age of forty nine, which impacted her very deeply. On her father’s remarriage she was adopted by the Mills couple with whom she grew up. During one of her childhood trips to the Ozarks Mountain she encountered an unusual Experience, standing in front of a Tree, she was able to sense ‘A feeling of Oneness’ with the Tree.  This encounter was a Life changing experience which made her ponder beyond the physical realm.  Madam Blavatsky describes such experience as ‘Direct Beholding’.

Even before her exposure to the Theosophical  Society she had developed interest in Dzogchen path of Tibetan Budhism which probably explains her excitement when she happened to meet the Dalai Lama at Dharamsala in 1972 along with Quest Books Editor Ms Helen Zahara, in connection with a publication. She later had an opportunity to have Tea with him during the 1975 centenary year of the Society at Adyar, which memory she cherished till her last days. She had the privilege of introducing the works of Madam Blavatsky to the Dalai Lama.

Except for a brief period of professional Teaching assignments, she was mostly working at the TS Headquarters at Wheaton, Illinois. She was later President of the Theosophical Society of America between 1965 to 1974 and thereafter International Vice President at the Adyar HQ 1974 to 1980. She also served the TS in Australia for a few years. She spent the rest of her life initially as a Director of the Krotona Institute of Theosophy and thereafter in writing books and lecturing. At the age of 96, she penned her last words of Wisdom in a message for the Convention which was read out in the Inaugural Presidential Address by Bro Tim Boyd.

I had the good fortune of interacting with her while I was  a resident at Adyar as Manager of the International Youth Centre, in the 70s. She would invariably reflect upon her Theosophical wisdom in her conversations. We were awed by her clarity and knowledge. As a TS youth leader in 1940, the question of attracting youth was her major concern as it is even today. 

During the ‘100 Years of Ethics in the Secret Doctrine’ Conference in 1988, Bro Jan Kind, the Dutch Theosophist from Brazil  had interviewed her and described her as an ‘Icon in the Theosophical World’. Sis Joy Mills lectured across fifty countries and among her Books that stand out are – ‘Reflections on an Ageless wisdom’, a commentary on the Mahatma Letters; ‘One True Advance in Theosophy and the quest for its Meaning’.   Among her milestone contributions to Theosophy, was helping set up over 100 Lodges in her country and the establishment of the Quest Publishing House - a communication arm of the TS in America.  She remained Single, remarking jokingly that she would have been a terrible Housewife.

Regarding ‘The Secret Doctrine’ she says that the wisdom expounded in the Book is the path of the Bodhisattva. One word to describe the Book is – ‘COMPASSION’. Sister Joy Mills is no more in her Body but her contribution to Theosophy and the Society is eternal. All of us will surely miss a ‘Guiding Star’. To quote her own words:

“The Mind likes to separate ‘Me’   from the ‘Other’. We need to be aware of that because it brings us back to the fundamental question ‘Who am I’ and this question evolves as you evolve.”

As HPB said in so many different ways, once we have felt ‘Compassion’ for another Human being, we have begun to Awaken to the very purpose of Meaning of Existence. That is the Essence of Theosophy.”

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PRACTICAL THEOSOPHY

RADHA BURNIER

Past International President &

General Secretary of Indian Section from 1961 to1978

Courtesy:

The Indian Theosophist Special issue of Oct. & Nov. 2015

on the occasion of 125 Years of Indian Section TS

In the early days of the Theosophical Society, the great Adepts who were the inspiration behind the founding of the Society made it clear that they were not interested in the progress of any particular individuals, however intellectual or qualified they considered themselves to be. Letters to A.P. Sinnet point out that the adepts are interested only in humanity as a whole and in individuals only to the extent to which the individuals are willing to subordinate their own interests for the good of humanity. In The Key to Theosophy, H.P.B. says that the aims of Theosophy are several: “but the most important are those which are likely to lead to the relief of human suffering under any or every form, moral as well as physical”. Therefore we might say that the entire purpose of the Theosophical Society is to bring about the upliftment and good of humanity. The purpose is not to help just a few individuals, to gather here and there pleasant groups of like-minded people. The Society exists to disseminate that Wisdom which we call Theosophy, which confers benefit on all people alike.

The Adepts also make it clear in a number of letters that the knowledge which is at their disposal can be made available only on certain conditions. They specify that there must be a real hunger for the wisdom in anyone who wishes to receive instructions and knowledge from them. This fact has been known in all ancient traditions. In At the Feet of the Master, the qualifications on the path are described as Discrimination, Desirelessness, Good conduct and Love, the last of which, in ancient days, was denoted by the Sanskrit word mumukshutva, which means thirst for liberation. Without a real thirst for wisdom, a hunger for it, as the adepts say, it is not possible to obtain or disseminate wisdom. 

Really to fulfill the purpose for which the Society was founded members must have not only the hunger for wisdom but also the love of humanity. In various letters the Adepts speak about this too. On one occasion they wrote that he alone can gain their secrets who has “the love of humanity at heart, who is capable of grasping thoroughly the idea of regenerating practical brotherhood”. Practical Theosophy implies that one must have the capacity to help the world. Knowledge which does not enable one to bring about the upliftment of the world, in the true sense, is not practical Theosophy; it is speculative, theoretical. Perhaps it is not Theosophy at all, because it is not wisdom. Wisdom is what brings about the good, which draws out the purest, the best in everyone. H.P.B. says that “the only decree of Karma- an eternal and immutable decree- is absolute Harmony in the world of matter, as it is in the world of Spirit”. It “guards the good”. Whenever imbalance is created by human beings, by the human mind, the law which stands for the good puts it right.

The essence of wisdom, of Theosophy is to be able, at every moment, in every situation in which one is placed, to do that which is truly beneficial to the life around, to help it to grow and to reveal the goodness which is in it. The entire evolutionary plan is one in which at all times everything which exists is unfolding something of its own goodness, some hidden meaning or significance which is within it. At every point where life manifests itself, it is trying to convey in a greater measure hidden goodness, which one might call beauty or truth or love. By the wisdom which discovers goodness, in other things and helps them to reveal the good more fully, one reveals what is best in oneself more fully. The two go together.   

 

All opening out of one’s faculties is the perception of what is true and good in another. The average person sees very little. Mostly his eyes perceive only concrete things, but even they are observed very incompletely. If he walks in a park, for example, he is not aware of all that lies there, of the fullness of beauty, of the harmony of colours, of the light and shade in all its glory. We rarely give our attention, our heart to what we look at. When we look at human being we see only casually what is outside. But there is a great deal besides what is concrete and external in the garden, the river, the mountain, the person in front. There may be underlying beauty, harmony, many hidden virtues. Being unaware of virtue, we remain partly blind; we fail to see that which it is really trying to reveal. When the observer does realize the hidden harmony, then he is opening something within himself, an area of consciousness which heretofore had not functioned and sensed the harmony. So at the moment when it senses something other than the concrete, it is also unfolding some faculty within itself which was not functioning before. To perceive the truth, the goodness which is hidden in other things is truly a flowering of the faculties and sensibilities within oneself.  

To receive a hidden message is not a matter of doing it once and for all. All that is of real value- goodness, truth, beauty- reveals itself afresh all the time. The sacred word Om is said to represent all manifestation and also that which is unmanifest. That word called Pranava in Sanskrit, signifies that which is always extraordinarily new. It suggests that manifestation at any level is all the time revealing not only qualities which are of eternal value, but, revealing them afresh in new modes and new ways. To illustrate: Watching quietly a beautiful mountain, observing not merely the outer form, at one moment there may be awareness of the great dignity and loftiness it reveals. One may go away and come another evening to look at the same mountain, to find it reveals something quite different- perhaps a sense of marvelous purity evoked by the whiteness of the snow which lies there. A third time, it may allude to that which is enduring, stable and immutable. So looking at it on different occasions, sensing the beauty of loftiness, great dignity, of indestructibility, of purity, each time that one is open to it, there is the truth of something different. But if the heart is not open, a person who sees the same mountain suffers that misfortune which is called “getting used to it”. The consciousness becomes opaque and so what is, does not make any impress upon it at all.

We act according to what we see. Those who perceive only the outer form, and that too in a fragmentary and incomplete way, miss what is essential in life- the goodness and the truth which is revealing from within, which underlies the outward things. Then all their actions are wrong, they are bound to create disharmony, conflict and suffering. Therefore, it is important for a person who searches for wisdom to see rightly. Perception always requires the use of organs of sense and also that of inner organ which is the mind. If the mind is not “present”, one does not see even when the physical sense organ comes into contact with an object. A person may walk through the garden, and if he is preoccupied with various things-some quarrel with his wife,  a problem in his office- and is completely absorbed in them, he may not know what is in that garden.

Theosophy is altruism, first and last. On noticing a need, it is possible that it says “This needs to be done, somebody ought to do it” there is also the possibility that it says “Yes I will do it” and derives sense of satisfaction, of virtue and smugness. Every one of these manifestations of the personal self, distorts perception of things as they are. It is only by self-observation and self-knowledge that one can be aware of deceptions and limitations.   

In The Mahatma Letters, when speaking about the hunger for wisdom as an absolutely essential qualification to find the wisdom the word “unselfish” is added. An “unselfish hunger for wisdom” is necessary in order to learn.

If there is no wisdom in the members of T.S., how can it help the world? It is easy to think in terms of obtaining more members, getting more publicity, distributing more leaflets and so on and so forth. Clearly, it is not enough just to distribute books and literature; something has to flow from the members themselves, something which has the vitality of truth, of wisdom, the power of an unselfish yearning to bring about the good of all things.

The Theosophical Society’s true value is in the undeclared Object, which is to find wisdom, the Theosophy, the knowledge which teaches how to bring about the real good-not temporary good, not what we think is good, but that good which aids every manifestation of life to unfold in the greater measure its beauty, its truth and its significance.

BTF & LODGE PROGRAMMES FEBRUARY 2016

ADYAR DAY MEETING jointly by BTF & Blavatsky Lodge

On Wednesday 17th February 2016 at 6.15 p.m. in Besant Hall

  1. ANANDA LODGE: Theosophical Colony, Juhu, Mumbai 400049. Sunday 21st February 2016 at 12.00 noon. Contact Dr. Smruti Hora Tel: 26151060 for details

2. BLAVATSKY LODGE: 7 French Bridge, Mumbai 400007.

DAY	TIME	DETAILS
Fri     5	6.00 pm	Members’ Meeting - Talk on ‘Demystifying Pathanjali’ by Bro. Arni Narendran
Sun    7	10.00am 10.30 am	Bharat Samaj Pooja BTF Council Meeting
Fri   12	6.00 pm  6.15 pm	Members’ Meeting – ‘Life of Alcyone – Introduction’ by Sis. Kashmora Khambatta Talk by Dr. Darius H. Umrigar (in Lobby)
Sun  14	10.30 am 10.30 am	To gather for preparation for the Ritual Mystic Star Ritual
Wed  17	6.15 pm	Adyar Day Meeting jointly with BTF
Fri    19	4.30 pm   6.00 pm	Blavatsky Lodge Managing Committee Meeting Members’ Meeting - Talk on ‘Demystifying Pathanjali’ by Bro. Arni Narendran
Fri    26	6.00 pm	Members’ Meeting – ‘Life of Alcyone – Introduction’ by Sis. Kashmora Khambatta
Sun   28	10.45 am	Maitreya Round Table
Tues    2 Tues    9 Tues  16 Tues  23	5.00 pm  5.00 pm  5.00 pm  5.00 pm	SS Meeting SS Meeting SS Meeting SS Meeting

3. CENTENARY LODGE: 

Will inform when they are able to hold meeting.

4. JYOTI LODGE: Contact Bro. Taral Munshi, c/o Dr. Ajay Hora, B-7, Juhu   Theosophical Colony, Mumbai 400049 Tel 26151060

5. SHANTI LODGE: C/o Bro. Rustom Dalal, Vijay Niwas, 2nd Floor, Plot    5, Sleater Road, Mumbai 400007    

Thursdays at 6.15 p.m.

4	Study of C. W. Leadbeater’s book ‘Man Visible & Invisible’
11	Study of C. W. Leadbeater’s book ‘Man Visible & Invisible’
18	Talk by Dr. Darius H. Umrigar (at Blavatsky Lodge)
25	Talk by Sis. Bana Mehta

6. UNITY YOUTH LODGE: C/o Blavatsky Lodge

Wed  17

5.30 pm

Theosophical readings guided by Sis. Soonoo Vesuna at her residence Vijay Niwas, 4th Floor, Sleater Road

7 & 8 VASANTA LODGE & GANESH LODGE: Please note NEW ADDRESS: C/O Dr. Ajay Hora, Kamla Sadan 1st Floor, Pherozsha Mehta Rd., Santa Cruz West, Mumbai 400054.

Wednesday  3, 10, 17 & 24 Meetings at 6.30 pm.

9. VIMADALAL BILIA LODGE: Family House, Parsi Colony, Dadar, Mumbai 400014.     

Thurs   4	6.00	Talk on ‘Yoga’ by Sis. Shernaz Vatchha
Thurs 11	6.00	Talk by Bro. Zinoo Master
Thurs 18	6.00	Talk by Bro. Keki Palkhiwalla
Thurs 25	6.00	Lodge Meeting for Members by Sis Armaity Tirandaz

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