Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899

AVATÂRAS FOUR LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY AT ADYAR, MADRAS, DECEMBER, 1899 BY ANNIE BESANT _ENGLISH EDITION_ Theosophical Publishing Society 3 Langham Place, London, W. 1900 * * * * * CONTENTS. PAGE LECTURE I.-- WHAT IS AN AVATÂRA? 7 LECTURE II.-- THE SOURCE OF AND NEED FOR AVATÂRAS 31 LECTURE III.-- SOME SPECIAL AVATÂRAS 65 LECTURE IV.-- SHRÎ KṚIṢHṆA 95 * * * * * AVATÂRAS. FIRST LECTURE. BROTHERS:--Every time that we come here together to study the fundamental truths of all religions, I cannot but feel how vast is the subject, how small the expounder, how mighty the horizon that opens before our thoughts, how narrow the words which…

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