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Charles W. Leadbeater

Charles W. Leadbeater was a former Anglican clergyman and a prominent member of the Theosophical Society, which he joined in 1883. In 1889, during his travels to India, he found Currupumullage Jinarajadasa, who he believed to be the reincarnation of his deceased younger brother. Leadbeater brought Jinarajadasa to England where he tutored him before Jinarajadasa gained admission into the University of Cambridge.

In 1910, Leadbeater 'discovered' Jiddu Krishnamurti in Adyar. Leadbeater believed that Krishnamurti was the reincarnation of the World Teacher/Messiah and drew him to the attention of Annie Besant, who took Krishnamurti and his brother under her wing. Before this, in 1906, Leadbeater had been charged with 'perversion' against young boys and had resigned from the Theosophical Society. The charges were never proved and when Annie Besant became President of the Society in 1907, she reinstated Leadbeater. Krishnamurti's father underwent a protracted custody battle against Besant and Leadbeater over the two boys, but eventually the Theosophists were able

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Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa

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Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa (16 December 1875 – 18 June 1953), was a Sri Lankan scholar, lecturer, and writer who served as the fourth President of the Theosophical Society based in Adyar, Chennai, India from 1945 to 1953. An accomplished linguist, he traveled extensively for fifty years as an international lecturer, speaking in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as Sinhalese and Tamil. He was known to his wide circle of friends as "Raja", "Brother Raja", or "CJ".

Early years and education

Mr. Jinarājadāsa was born on December 16, 1875 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) of Sinhalese Buddhist parents in a town about fifteen miles (24 km) south of the capital city, Colombo. He was in the Goygama caste.^[1] The name Curuppumullage indicates a person "Curuppu" living in the house or town of Mullage. The surname Jinarājadāsa can be interpreted in various ways, but is a combination of three words: jin

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Born: Thursday, 16 December 1875
Died: Thursday, 18 June 1953

C. Jinarajadasa was a Co-Mason, Theosophist, author, speaker and mystic who was responsible not only for the spread of Theosophical ideas around the globe but for the flourishing of Co-Masonry in the Americas.

When most people think of Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa today, they do not think of him as anything but “theosophical.” In fact, as one looks around at the copious Internet references to him, nearly all of it has a focus on his abundant and wonderful contributions to the Theosophical Society and theosophy in general. As the President of the Theosophical Society for eight years, until the end of his life in 1953, he traveled the world promoting theosophical principles and the Society itself. However, he was a tour de force for Universal Freemasonry as well, across not only Europe and India, but also very importantly, the Americas.

Jinarajadasa was born in Ceylon, modern day Sri Lanka, in December 1875. Not much is spoken about in his early l