The Tomb of Jesus — Page 54
54 name Metteyya bears an extraordinary resemblance to Messiah. 17ܕܕ. The fore-going discussion makes it abundantly clear that five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, Buddha foretold the advent of the Messiah; and in accordance with the prophecy made by the founder of their religion the Tibetan. Buddhists of the time of Jesus had been expecting the appearance of the Messiah. Jesus after having escaped the ignominious death on the cross went to India and paid a visit to Tibet where he delivered his great message to the Buddhists of that country, who readily accepted him as the. Messiah, as he fully answered the description of the prophecy prevailing among them. Jesus taught in Tibet what he taught in Palestine, and the story in both parts of the world could not have been but one and the same. Hence, the parallels between the two stories which have for long confounded the students of religion. Therefore, instead of indulging in the abortive attempt to find the traces of Buddhism in Palestine, search for the blessed foot-steps of Jesus in the hilly lands of Tibet,. Nepal and Kashmir, then the enigma of the identity of the two stories of Buddhism and 17 H. T. Princep, Tibet, Tartary and Mongolia, p. 171.