ABSTRACT
In January 1909 Mrs Besant officially intimated that Mr Leadbeater had been re-admitted into the Theosophical Society. One day Mr Leadbeater caught sight of Mr Narayaniah’s two youngest sons bathing in the river, which runs through the grounds. He discovered that one of the boys, Krishnamurti, was to be the vehicle of the new world-teacher, the Lord Maitreya, one of the loftiest of the Masters, whose last incarnation on earth had been as Christ! Mrs Besant at once accepted and proclaimed the fact. Soon Mr Leadbeater felt, very naturally, that Krishnamurti was entitled to more comfort and instruction than his father could give him. Mr Leadbeater’s peculiar opinions being public property Mrs Besant took the fight into the enemy’s camp by bringing actions against the local newspapers which had accused Mr Leadbeater of being a sexual degenerate; the Judge found against her.
