JESUS OF TIBET
JESUS OF TIBET: MYSTERY YEARS REVEALED
The Gospels record Jesus age twelve in the temple. Then about age thirty at the river Jordan. That leaves approximately seventeen years unaccounted for. During those so called lost years, the child ‘increased in wisdom and stature,’ Luke wrote. But was it in the carpenter shop at Nazareth?
According to ancient Tibetan manuscripts, Jesus secretly withdrew from the home of Mary and Joseph at age thirteen. Young ‘Issa’ joined a merchant caravan. Destination: India and the Himalayas. At Juggernaut, “the white priests of Brahma made him a joyous welcome. They taught him to read and understand the Vedas, to cure by aid of prayer, to teach, to explain the Holy Scriptures [1] to the people, and to drive out evil spirits from the bodies of men.
• Buddhist scholoras documented “The life of Saint Isssa’ two thousand years ago.
• Nicolos Notovitch discovered the long-lost document in 1887 at the Himis monastery in Ladakh.
• Swami Abhedananada published a Bengali translation of the Himis manuscript in 1929.
• Nicholas Roerich quoted the same verses in a 1929 travel diary of his Asian expedition.
• And in 1939, a beaming lama at Himis presented a set of parchments to Elisabeth Caspari with the words:
“These books say your Jesus was here”
Now you can read the controversial stories of these travelers together with the original Buddhist scriptures on the most important events that shaped the life and work of the savior Jesus Christ.
A historical breakthrough that will shake the foundations of modern Christendom!
Above is a gleaning from the book titled “The Lost Years of Jesus” and subtitled ‘Documentary evidence of Jesus’s 17-year journey to India, Nepal and Tibet written by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. ISBN-13: 978-81-8495-019-9, 1984
Above text is annotated on both sides of a single leaf sandwiched between the two title pages and three pages of Critical Acclaim in the beginning of the book.
Moreover, following gleaning is off the rear cover of the same book:
Ancient texts reveal that Jesus spent seventeen years in the Orient. They say that from age 13 to age 29 he was both student and teacher. The events of his pilgrimage from Jerusalem to India were recorded by Buddhist historians.
For the first time Elizabeth Clare Prophet brings together the testimony of four eye witnesses of these remarkable documents. With the thoroughness of a determined disciple turned detective she tells the intriguing story of the international controversy that arose when the manuscripts were first discovered in 1887 by Nicolas Notovitch-how experts “proved” they did not exist, only to have them rediscovered in this century by Swami Abhedananda, Professor Nicolas Roerich, and Mme Elisabeth Caspari.
Now you can read in one volume the chronicled and legends of what Jesus did and said in India, Nepal, Ladakh, and Tibet prior to his Palestinian mission-and the heartwarming personal accounts of those who made the trek to the Himalayas and brought back the most revolutionary message of our time.
The book consists of
Content page
Chapter 1 :THE LOST YEARS OF JESUS
Analysis of eyewitness accounts of travelers who have made the trek to Himis: Case for Issa
Illustrations: paintings
Chapter 2: THE UNKNOWN LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST
Nicolas Notovitch’s original work, including The Life of Saint Issa: Photograph of Nicolas Notovitch; Translators note; To the Publishers; preface; Journey to Tibet; The Life of Saint Issa –Best of the Sons of Men
Engravings: The Author’s Itinerary across India; The Author’s Itinerary across- Kashmir and Ladak; Portrait of the Governor of Ladak; Musicians of the Monastery; Masquerades with Conical Hats, Copper Masks; Thlogan-Pouduma-Jungnas; Masqueradore in the Suite of the Gods; Masquerades with olden Crowns; The God of Animals; Youth Dressed as Warriors
Chapter 3: ON THE TRAIL TO HIMIS
Selections from Swami Abhedananda’s In Kashmir and Tibet with his translation of the Himis manuscript: Photograph of Swami Abhedananda; Editors Note; Himis Monastery; Jesus Christ, the Leader of Men As Described in the Manuscripts of the Himis Retreat
Chapter 4: LEGENDS OF THE EAST
Nicholas Roerich-Excerpts from Altai-Himalaya, Heart of Asia, and Himalaya with original texts on Saint Issa; Photograph of Nicholas Rorich; Roerich the Man, His Expeditions and Finds; The Ancient Texts on Christ in India, Nepal, Ladakh, and Tibet
Chapter 5: THESE BOOKS SAY YOUR JESUS WAS HERE!
Elisabeth Caspari’s testimony on the texts at Himis: Photograph of Elisabeth Caspari; The Parchment in Hand; Photographs by Charles and Elisabeth Caspari
Chapter 6: LADAKH TODAY-IMPRESSIONS OF A CULTURAL ANTHROLPOGIST
Dr. Robert S. Ravicz traces the traditions of life and worship to the present: Colorful Crossroads of An Ancient Culture
Chapter 7: EPILOGUE: A Tale of Two Worlds: Jesus Approaching Ladakh as a Youth by J. Michael Spooner; A Few Final Questions
Chapter 8: CREDITS: After the Final Curtain: A tribute to the Scriptwriter and the Cast: Acknowledgement of Collaborators
Notes, Bibliography and Letters From Readers
Given below are the first three entries of the critical reviews of this groundbreaking wealth of information, the fascinating story of the lost years of Jesus.
(1) The first review is by no other than John c. Trever, Ph. D., Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project of the school of Theology at Claremont, California, U. S. A. Here are his words:
“An interesting addition to the ongoing investigation into the lost years of Jesus. The sources for the traditions of Jesus’ journey to the East apparently grew out of medieval observations that similarities in the teachings of Buddha and Jesus were not a coincidence that two traditions-but must have had some sort of logical connection. I would like to suggest another chapter be added discussing not only what Jesus did in his early life but some believe he did in Kashmir after the Crucifixion.”
(2) The second review is by John Dependahl, Chairman of the Religion Department, Seabury Hall Hawaii, U.S. A. http://www.seaburyhall.org/
“The book may well change the way academia, clergy and the laity view the son of God. Moreover, it may well set a foundation for a transcultural hermeneutic that unites the religious disciples of East and West. Guaranteed to set off an array of theological fermentations! I heartily recommend it.”
(3) “I have read the whole book. It is interesting and very important. We should be grateful to you for publishing this book”
Religions in Ladakh | ||||
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Religion | Percent | |||
Hindus | 8.1% | |||
Muslims | 13.7% | |||
Buddhists | 77.2% | |||
Others† | 1% | |||
Distribution of religions
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Following footnotes are by bunpeiris
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
First Buddhist Council
Location: Sattapanni Cave near mount Vebhara in Rajagaha, India
Time: 544 BC, three months after the demise of Buddha
Duration: seven months
Presided by: Buddhist monk venerable Mahakassapa
Participants: Five hundred Elder Arahant monks [Supremely enlightened monks]
Patron: King Ajatasattu
Objective: to preserve the Buddha’s sayings (suttas) and the monastic discipline or rules (Vinaya). The Suttas were recited by Ananda, and the Vinaya was recited by Upali. According to some sources, the Abhidhamma Pitaka, or its matika, was also included. Also the Sangha made the unanimous decision to keep all the rules of the Vinaya, even the lesser and minor rules.
Second Buddhist Council
Third Buddhist Council
Fourth Buddhist Council