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1. Bowden 1993a.
2. PDB 2013a.
3. Bowden 1993b.
4. PDB 2013e.
5. Along with them embraced Buddhism an active member of the Theosophical Society Damodar K. Mavalankar, who renounced caste Brahmin and worked at headquarters TS.[6]
6. Prebish, Tanaka 1998, p. 198.
7. Blavatsky called her mysterious Masters an "esoteric Buddhists".[7]
8. Blavatsky claimed that before her arrival in America she studied for seven years in Tibet under the direction of mahatmas, and that later she maintained telepathic contact with them, especially with the Masters Kuthumi and Morya – sometimes through dreams and visions, but most of all, through letters, which materialized in her room in a cupboard, or she wrote down them herself by automatic writing.(Melton, 1990)
9. Prebish, Tanaka 1998, p. 199.
10. Melton wrote that Olcott become an avid supporter of Buddhism and a defender of the Sri Lankan Buddhists.[9]
11. Adyar.
12. Bond 2013a.
13. PDB 2013c.
14. Thanks to Blavatsky and Olcott, David in 1880 was open to the world, and he joined the efforts of Olcott on the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon.(Burgan, 2009)
15. Epasinghe.
16. Similarly Olcott is considered a leading figure in the modern history of Sri Lankan Buddhism.[5]
17. Tillett 1986, p. 145.
18. Tillett 1986, p. 147.
19. Previously David received permission of his father. But the day of departure the father changed his mind, because he had a bad dream. The situation was resolved by Blavatsky: she told the father that if David will not be allowed to leave, he will die. Finally Blavatsky led David "by his hand up the gangplank."[15]
20. Lopez 2008, p. 92.
21. Sangharakshita 2013, p. 25.
22. Guruge 1998, p. 368.
23. Sangharakshita 2013, p. 27.
24. Sangharakshita 2013, p. 28.
25. The Smaller Buddhist Catechism was approved and recommended for the instruction of Buddhist children by Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero. It was translated into Sinhala by Anagarika Dharmapala (published in two parts in 1889).[21]
26. Bond 2013b.
27. Sangharakshita 2013, p. 29.
28. Speaking of himself, Jinarajadasa noted: "I am a Buddhist by birth; but I am a Theosophist first and a Buddhist after."[24]
29. June 23, 1886 Blavatsky has sent a letter to Leadbeater in which were rows relating to Sri Lankan Buddhists: "My love and blessings to Don David and all the Brethren. My greatest respectful salams to the High Priest Rev. Sumangala. Ask his blessing to me."[25]
30. Burgan 2009, p. 34.
31. PDB 2013d.
32. Oldmeadow wrote that theosophy, occultism and Buddhism are intricately intertwined in the individual of Humphreys.[28]
33. Humphreys 2013, Chap. 17.
34. Humphreys claimed that the theosophy is concentrated wisdom of mankind.[30]
35. Baumann 2013.
36. Oldmeadow 2004, p. 93.
37. Taylor 1999, Chap. 1.
38. PDB 2013f.
39. Humphreys first met with Watts in the early 1930s.[32]
40. Prebish 2013.
41. PDB 2013b.
42. Edward Conze remained a theosophist throughout his life.[37]
43. One of the most famous buddhologists 20th century Edward Conze was a theosophist.[33]
44. Bowden 1993c.
45. Burgan 2009, p. 84.
46. Algeo 2007.
47. Taylor 1999, Chap. 2.
48. Reigle 2000.
49. Humphreys 2013, pp. 165–166.
50. Humphreys 2012, p. 32.
51. Jinarajadasa 2010, Second letter.
52. "Koot Hoomi... is not the Master's personal name, but the title of his office as a high dignitary of the Koothoompa sect of Tibetan Buddhism."[46]
53. Humphreys 2012, p. 24.
54. Barker 1924, Letter 9.
55. Humphreys 2013, p. 167.
56. Barker 1924, Letter 10.
57. Oldmeadow 2004, p. 131.
58. See The Tibetan Book of the Dead, p. 7 footnote.See also note 24: "The Lama Kazi Dawa Samdup was not only knowledgeable of the Secret Doctrine, like Evans-Wentz, but in a position to confirm the genuineness of some of HPB's statements regarding esoteric Tibetan teachings."[52]
59. Oldmeadow 2004, p. 92.
60. Two of most important Blavatsky's works are The Secret Doctrine and The Voice of the Silence.[3] Hurst wrote: "Blavatsky's Buddhist-influenced book The Secret Doctrine remains influential as a spiritual text and in print after more than a century."[54]
61. Blavatsky 1910, p. 405.
62. Reigle 1983.
63. He said also: "H. P. Blavatsky was one who had truly attained." // Eastern Buddhist, old series. Vol. 5, p. 377.
64. See The Middle Way, August 1965, p. 90.
65. See Blavatsky H. P. The Voice of the Silence, ed. Alice Cleather and Basil Crump. Peking: Chinese Buddhist Research Society, 1927. — P. 113. http://blavatskyarchives.com/voice12.htm
66. See Blavatsky H. P. The Voice of the Silence. Centenary edition. Santa Barbara: Concord Grove Press, 1989. // Foreword by the XIVth Dalai Lama.
67. Kalnitsky 2003, p. 322.
68. Lopez 2008, p. 189.
69. Sinnett 1885, p. 176.
70. Sinnett 1885, p. 177.
71. Sinnett 1885, p. 181.
72. Rhys Davids 1896, pp. 209–210.
73. Nonetheless Humphreys wrote that "Buddha's Teaching was not born from a spiritual vacuum, but was an expression of some portion of that Gupta Vidya 'the accumulated Wisdom of the ages', which antedates all known religions."[63] "Gupta-vidya (Sanskrit) Gupta-vidyā [from gupta from the verbal root gup to conceal, preserve + vidyā knowledge, wisdom] Secret knowledge, secret wisdom; the source of all religions and philosophies known to the world: theosophy, the ancient wisdom-religion, the esoteric philosophy."[64]
74. Sinnett received instruction from Tibetan Masters, and Rhys Davids believed that Lamaism was a Religion not only different from Buddhism, but and being in his time in antagonism with the teachings and the institutions of original Buddhism.[65]
75. Guénon 2004, pp. 91–92.
76. Oldmeadow 2004, pp. 130–131.
77. Devapriya.