Blavatsky on the knighted Oxford Sanskritist who could speak no Sanskrit

The Oxford Sanskritist, who attributed Buddha’s death to eating “too much dried boar’s flesh,” has never been under the influence of the author of “Esoteric Buddhism.”

Asiatic mystery in any form has a great charm for a certain class of minds.

The Theosophist and the Sanskritist approach eastern philosophy form different perspectives.

The one seeks guidance and enlightenment; the other, merely to satisfy his intellectual curiosity and advance his career.