Jesus In India — Page 94
94 J e s u s i n I n d i a above-mentioned book further reinforces the conviction that for the guidance of those people God had created two appropriate circumstances: Firstly, by virtue of the title Asif , mentioned in Genesis 3:10, 44 which means ‘one who rallies a people’, it was inevitable that Jesus should visit the land to which the Jews had migrated and settled; secondly, in accordance with the prophecy of the Buddha, it was necessary that the followers of the Buddha should meet Jesus and profit from him spiritually. Considering both these points together, it looks almost certain that Jesus must have visited Tibet. The fact that Christian teaching and ritual have so deeply influenced Tibetan Buddhism necessitates the belief that Jesus must have visited the Tibetan people also. Moreover, the fact that the zealous followers of Buddhism, as stated in Buddhistic records, had always eagerly expected to meet him, cries out aloud that this desire on their part had become the prelude to Jesus’ visit to this country. In the face of both these facts, an impartial person has no need to search through Buddhistic records to discover for himself the statement that Jesus did in fact come to Tibet. For, in accordance with the prophecy of the Buddha, the desire for the Buddha’s second advent being so strong, the prophecy itself must have attracted Jesus to Tibet. It must be noted that the word ‘Metteyya’ so frequently mentioned in Buddhistic books undoubtedly means ‘Messiah’. On page 14 of the book, Tibet, Tartary, Mongolia, by H. T. Prinsep, it is stated concerning Metteya Buddha, which in reality is Messiah, that the first Christian 44 The sense of the quotation is correct but it seems there is a misprint in the first edition. Please read 49:10 instead of 3:10 (Translator)