Theos-Talk Archives (October 2000 Message tt00073)

Here's the link to the article you referred to:
http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/
EsotericCharacterOfTheGospels.htm

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--- In theos-talk@egroups.com, "Dennis Kier" <dennw3k@e...> wrote:
> There are some interesting writings that concern some of the things
> raised here, in the article, THE ESOTERIC CHARACTER OF THE GOSPELS,
> written by H.P.Blavatsky (If references to her writings are
permitted
> in this forum). The article appeared in Lucifer, Vol. I, No. 3,
> November, 1887, pp. 173-180. If you don't have access to that, it is
> reprinted in H.P. BLAVATSKY COLLECTED WRITINGS, Volume VIII, 1887,
> Pub. The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Ill. pages 172 to
> 239. I think, but am not sure, but maybe ULT also has a Collected
> Writings series.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Arthur Gregory <arthra999@y...>
> To: <theos-talk@egroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 8:34 AM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Jesus in Tibet?
> 
> 
> > I was able to confirm a few things I did not know before or did
not
> > appreciate as a result of investigating the Jesus in India or
Tibet
> > story:
> >
> > 1) There was a wide use of Aramaic script or derivative scripts
from
> > Sogdiana by use of the Manichaeans as well as in Gandhara through
> the
> > Kharoshti script. So we know there was Aramaean influence in
> Afganistan
> > and Central Asia before the expansion of Islam in those areas.
> >
> > 2) Pali was used in some Buddhist circles as far north as Kashmir.
> > Most scholars assume Pali was not used at all in Kashmir and
Tibet,
> but
> > this has been disproved by the discovery of a Pali document
> regarding
> > Maitreya prophecies found in Kashmir... also we now know that
> > Theravadin and Mahayana Buddhism existed together in the great
> Buddhist
> > schools and universities of northern India.
> >
> > Trade routes between the middle east and India were well
established
> at
> > the time of Christ.
> >
> > I believe that the Qumran community of the Essenes was either
> directly
> > involved in the early origins of Christianity or there may have
been
> a
> > similar Nazorean community separate but similar to the Essenes
that
> was
> > the actual community of "Jesus" and or "John the Baptist". You
can
> > study the Mandaean scriptures to find support for this.
> >
> > - Arthur Gregory
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > "Nothing is higher than Mount Meru nor anything more expansive
than
> the sky. Similarly know that no Dharma is equal to Ahimsa in this
> world."
> >
> > - Bhakta-Parijna: 91
> >
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