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**toponlinecasinoer** · 08-04-2011, 09:25 AM

Hello everyone. For a good many years I have been mildly involved in Theosophy.
One of the views posited by this group is the existence of family reincarnation whereby many generations of a family grouping is seen to work out "karmic problems" within the family.
As I have heaps of problems with reincarnation per se, this additional idea confused me even more.
Theosophy claims to have adopted many Hindu and Buddhist teachings (via Madam Blavatsky).
Another confused teaching to me is the view that all monads are given the option to choose a future existence and are given a review of their past errors (how far back?)
Do these notions align with any serious Buddhist teachings? Thank you.

Hi Murchovski,

do not take any thing for granted when it comes to Theosophy. This has nothing to do with the Dharma. Theosophy was founded at the beginning of the 20th century just as an obscure movement of some British Upper Class folks with too much money and time on their hands. Sheer phantasy and "fake spirituality". The founders tried to establish a new religion by claiming that the Maitreya; Buddha of the Future; that he would be, or was discovered by founding member Anne Besant in India. This went totally wrong of course and it caused the appearance of the humanist philosopher Jitu Krishnamurti...who denied their strange claims as long as he lived.

08-04-2011, 09:25 AM	#2
toponlinecasinoer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	Hello everyone. For a good many years I have been mildly involved in Theosophy. One of the views posited by this group is the existence of family reincarnation whereby many generations of a family grouping is seen to work out "karmic problems" within the family. As I have heaps of problems with reincarnation per se, this additional idea confused me even more. Theosophy claims to have adopted many Hindu and Buddhist teachings (via Madam Blavatsky). Another confused teaching to me is the view that all monads are given the option to choose a future existence and are given a review of their past errors (how far back?) Do these notions align with any serious Buddhist teachings? Thank you. Hi Murchovski, do not take any thing for granted when it comes to Theosophy. This has nothing to do with the Dharma. Theosophy was founded at the beginning of the 20th century just as an obscure movement of some British Upper Class folks with too much money and time on their hands. Sheer phantasy and "fake spirituality". The founders tried to establish a new religion by claiming that the Maitreya; Buddha of the Future; that he would be, or was discovered by founding member Anne Besant in India. This went totally wrong of course and it caused the appearance of the humanist philosopher Jitu Krishnamurti...who denied their strange claims as long as he lived.
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