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Koot Hoomi (also spelled Kuthumi, and frequently referred to simply as K.H.) is one of the Mahatmas that inspired the founding of the Theosophical Society. He engaged in a correspondence with two English Theosophists living in India, A. P. Sinnett and A. O. Hume, correspondence was published in the book The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett. == Personal features == Little descriptive references to K.H. occur in The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett and the writings of Mme. Blavatsky. The name Koot Hoomi seems to be a pseudonym. We find a reference to a "Rishi Kuthumi" in several Puranas, as for example in the Vishnu Purana (Book 3, Chapter 6) where he is said to be a pupil of Paushyinji. In reference to this Mme. Blavatsky wrote: The name of Rishi Koothumi is mentioned in more than one Purana, and his Code is among the 18 Codes written by the various Rishis and preserved at Calcutta in the library of the Asiatic Society. But we have not been told whether there is any connection between our Mahatma of that name, and the Rishi, and we do not feel justified in speculating upon the subject. All we know is, that both are Northern Brahmans, while the Môryas are Kshatriyas.〔Blavatsky, H. P., ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI, (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1979), 41.〕 K.H.'s early letters to Sinnett are signed with the name Koot Hoomi Lal Sing. However, later in the correspondence, he says the "Lal Singh" was an addition made by his disciple Djwal Khool: Why have you printed the Occult World before sending it to me for revision? I would have never allowed the passage to pass; nor the "Lal Sing" either foolishly invented as half a nom de plume by Djwal K. and carelessly allowed by me to take root without thinking of the consequences. . .〔Hao Chin, Vic., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' No. 136, (Quezon City, Philippines: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 450.〕 In an interview by Charles Johnston to H. P. Blavatsky, he described the handwriting of Master K.H. in the following way: . . . evidently a man of very gentle and even character, but of tremendously strong will; logical, easy-going, and taking endless pains to make his meaning clear. It was altogether the handwriting of a cultivated and very sympathetic man.〔Blavatsky, H. P., ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII, (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1979), 399.〕 Master KH is said to live in a house in a ravine in Tibet, near the house of Master Morya. In 1881, Colonel Henry S. Olcott wrote to A. O. Hume: I have also personally known (Koot Hoomi ) since 1875. He is of quite a different, a gentler, type, yet the bosom friend of the other (Morya ). They live near each other with a small Buddhist Temple about midway between their houses. Mme. Blavatsky, in a letter to Mrs. Hollis Billings wrote: Now Morya lives generally with Koot-Hoomi who has his house in the direction of the Kara Korum () Mountains, beyond Ladak, which is in Little Tibet and belongs now to Kashmire. It is a large wooden building in the Chinese fashion pagoda-like, between a lake and a beautiful mountain. . . .〔Blavatsky, H.P., ''The Theosophical Forum'' (Point Loma, California: May 1936), 345.〕 This is confirmed by a reference given by Mahatma K. H. himself, in a letter to A. P. Sinnett: I was coming down the defiles of Kouenlun — Karakorum you call them . . . and was crossing over to Lhadak on my way home.〔Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 5 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Koot Hoomi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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