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B P Wadia Online texts – Now 109 articles
Bomanji Pestonji Wadia
(1881 - 1958)
Theosophy
Online of B.P.W.
[now a collection of 110 articles]
SHRI B. P. WADIA A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
Mr. B. P. Wadia was born on 8 October 1881, the eldest son of Mr Pestonji
Cursetji and Mrs. Mithibai Wadia. He had three sisters and one brother. Mr.Cursetji Wadia
was a descendent of the famous Wadia family of shipbuilders. The Wadias
came from Siganpore, a small village near Surat. Some of the sailing ships built by
the Wadias are referred to even today. The Trincomalee, later renamed Foudroyant,
is still preserved at Portsmouth Harbour as ”the ony surviving frigate of the old
sailing navy.”
As a young student Shri Wadia studied at New High School, Bombay, conducted by J.D.
Bharda and K.B. Murzban. In 1900 (on 1 January, to be exact) his father had him join his
office, when be was working for a well-known British firm doing textile business.
Mr. Wadia's uncle, Mr. Khursetji J.B. Wadia, was then a member of the Theosophical Society
in Bombay. In 1904, Mr. B.P. Wadia joined the Bombay Branch of the Theosophical
Society. He became an active member of the Branch and later in 1907 he left
Bombay and went to Adyar, Madras, to stay and work there.
At Adyar Mr. Wadia was involved in a number of activities. He was assistent editor of New
India. He worked in the Home Rule movernent and was interned at Ooty along with Mrs.
Annie Besant and Mr. George Arundale. He started the first labour union
known in Indian labour history. In 1919 be went abroad to attend a conference on the trade
union movement.
He had seen for some time now a difference between his own ”back to
Blavatsky” thinking and what was in actuality taking place at Adyar and he :finally
severed his connection through a Statement of Resignation issued in July 1922.
From 1922 to1928 Mr. Wadia toured the United States, came into contact with the United
Lodge of Theosophists, founded by Mr Robert Crosbie, and worked for it. He was
concerned in the starting of U.L.T. Centres at New York, Philadelphia, and
Washington, D.C. In 1925 plans were made to issue a photographic facsimile of the
original edition of The Secret Doctrine. In that year plans were
also made to start a U.L.T. Centre in London, U.K.
In 1922 he married Smt. Sophia Wadia, and later in 1929 he visited Europe and together
with her started several U.L.T centres. They returned to India on 31 May 1929 and after
staying for a period of time both in Bombay and at Ooty, started the first U.L.T.
centre in India at Bombay on the 17th of November, 1929. It was then situated at
51 Esplanade Road, later renamed Mahatma Gandhi Road.
In January 1930 The Aryan Path made its appearance. ”Shravaka” wrote in the editorial in Vol 1, No 1, p. 20:
So much ”original” writing is done today, so much ”self-expression”
is indulged in that, in the glamour that is raised, the chants of the Gods remain unheard.
One of our tasks is to bring home the truth that it is not derogatory to respect
the old age facts of the science of the soul. The study of the wise ancients convinces us
that our forefathers knew better and more than we do. ...It is one of the tasks of this
journal to awaken an intelligent appreciation of the hoary past so that an intelligent
adaptation of some of the old truths to modern life and conditions may take place.
Shravaka is an old Theosophist who has learnt the virtue and acquired the power of
saying – ”Thus Have I Heard.”
On 17 November 1930, a year after the formation of the first U.L.T. Centre at Bombay, a
four-page Bulletin was issued under the title The Theosophical
Movement. In it all articles were unsigned to draw attention to the contents
rather than to persons. The original articles of H.P. Blavatsky and W.Q. Judge were
made available by reprinting.
In 1938 a suburban centre of the U.L.T was formed at Matunga, Bombay, and in
1942, on 12 August, the Bangalore U.L.T. came into being at Maitri Bhavan.
In 1945 The Indian Institute of Culture in Bangalore was formed with
Dr L.S. Doraiswamy as its first Secretary. Later the name was altered to make it The
Indian Institute of World Culture. The road on which it is situated was
originally called North Public Square Road, and some mail still comes to the
Institute with that address.
In 1945 the William Quan Judge Cosmopolitan Home was started on a
noncommunal basis, to provide wholesome food and inculcate discipline directed at
encouraging habits of cleanliness, tidiness, punctuality and responsibility; and this
practical expression of Universal Brotherhood was the nucleus of the Institute.
The Institute is a non-sectarian, non-govermental, private voluntary body with
its chief aim to promote intercultural exchange and universal brotherhood without
distinctions of any kind. It began to invite eminent persons from abroad and in India and
has had persons of great eminence on its platform. Today it is a prominent landmark in
Bangalore and the road on which it is situated has been re-named, after the Founder's
demise, Shri B. P. Wadia Road.
In 1954, the foundation stone for the present home of the Bombay U.L.T., Theosophy Hall
was laid and in the same year in November the Silver Jubilee of that centre was
celebrated. In 1957 Theosophy Hall was opened for its first inaugural meeting on the
17th.of November to an overflowing audience. The Theosophical Movement
had meanwhile enlarged by stages to a 40-page monthly magazine. It
has been devoted to ”the Living of the Higher Life.”
On 20 August 1958 Shri B. P. Wadia passed away at Bangalore, a few
days after his stirring Address entitled Our Soul's Need had been delivered at the
Indian Institute of World Culture, which subsequently published it.
”Thus closed a life of selfless service. His vast insight, his courage and the breadth
of his mind made him a builder of those things in life that are foundational to true
living. He was an example to all of what life should be. His compassionate heart, his
utter devotion to the work he had undertaken, his self-sacrifice in time, energy and
money, made his life a monument of strength to those who knew him
personally, and the work that he did has inspired and will continue to inspire countless
human beings all over the world in their struggle through life.” (Theodore Leslie Crombie, Friend of India by E. Beswick)
Published in 1981 by:
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WORLD CULTURE
6 Shri B P Wadia Road
Bangalore 560 004
INDIA
A larger biography on B P Wadia is written by Dallas
TenBroeck:
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