Interview with a Mahatma
By
Rajani Kant Brahmachari
At the time I left home
for the Himalayas in search of the SupremeBeing, having adopted
Brahmacharyashrama (religious mendicancy), I was quite ignorant of the fact
that there was any such philosophical sect as the Theosophists existing in
India, who believed in the existence of the Mahatmas or "superior
persons." This and other facts
connected with my journey are perfectly correct as already published, and so
need not be repeated or contradicted.
Now I beg to give a fuller account of my interview with the Mahatmas.
Before and after I met
the so-called Mahatma Koothum-pa, I had the goodfortune of seeing in person
several other Mahatmas of note, a detailed account of whom, I hope, should time
allow, to write to you by-and-by. Here I wish to say something about Koothum-pa
only.
When I was on my way to
Almora from Mansarowar and
Returning their
salutations, I sat down with them, and they entered upon conversation with me
on different subjects, asking me first the place I was coming from and whither
I was going. There was a chief of them sitting
inside the tent, and engaged in reading a book.
I inquired about his name and the book he was reading from, one of his
Chelas, who answered me in rather a serious tone, saying that his name was Guru
Koothum-pa, and the book he was reading was Rig Veda. Long before, I
had been told by some
Pundits of
He understood my object
immediately, and then, having given me some private advice as to my spiritual
progress, bade me farewell. Before this
he had come to know that I was hungry, and so wished me to take some food. He ordered one of his Chelas to supply me
with food, which
he did immediately. In
order to get hot water ready for my ablutions, he prepared fire by blowing into
a cow-dung cake, which burst into flames at once. This is a common practice among the Himalayan
Lamas. It is also fully explained by M.M. Chatterji, and so need not be
repeated.
As long as I was there
with the said Lama, he never persuaded me to accept Buddhism or any other
religion, but only said, "Hinduism is the best religion; you should believe in the Lord Mahadeva--he
will do good to you. You are still quite
a young man--do not be enticed away by the necromancy of anybody." Having
had a conversation with the Mahatma as described above for about three hours, I
at last took leave and resumed my journey.
I am neither a
Theosophist nor a sectarian, but am the worshipper of the only
whom I had an interview,
I never met a better Hindi speaker than he.
As to his birth-place and the place of his residence, I did not ask him
any question. Neither can I say if he is
the Mahatma of the Theosophists. As to the age of the Mahatma Koothum-pa, as I
told Babu M. M. Chatterji
and others, he was an
elderly looking man.
Rajani Kant Brahmachari
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