--Lay Chela
Some Inquiries Suggested by Mr. Sinnett's "Esoteric Buddhism"
The object of the following paper is to submit certain questions which
have occurred to some English readers of "Esoteric Buddhism." We have
had the great advantage of hearing Mr. Sinnett himself explain many
points which perplexed us; and it is with his sanction that we now
venture to ask that such light as is permissible may be thrown upon some
difficulties which, so far as we can discover, remain as yet unsolved.
We have refrained from asking questions on subjects on which we
understand that the Adepts forbid inquiry, and we respectfully hope
that, as we approach the subject with a genuine wish to arrive at all
the truth possible to us, our perplexities may be thought worthy of an
authorized solution.
We begin, then, with some obvious scientific difficulties.
1. Is the Nebular Theory, as generally held, denied by the Adepts? It
seems hard to conceive of the alternate evolution from the sun's central
mass of planets, some of them visible and heavy, others invisible,--and
apparently without weight, as they have no influence on the movements of
the visible planets.
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