Source: Back to Jerusalem, May 2022
Buddhism [is] an important religion in many of the countries in Asia, but has also crept into the hearts and homes of people all around the world. In the UK, you don’t have to go far to see a Buddhist statue peering out of a neighbor’s window or nestled in their front garden. Mindfulness meditation has become extremely popular, with shops even aiming related books at children.
Practicing Buddhist monks fill their lives with serious debating in order to find truth. They do this in the hope of attaining enlightenment, [but] only the monks who turn to Jesus find true enlightenment—for Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
One enlightened former monk is Tenzin Lahkpa. He bravely tried to bring the truth he’d learned about Jesus to his own people through the Buddhist debate system. The response from his fellow monks was imprisonment and torture. Brave Tenzin kept his faith in God, and God miraculously set him free. In time, God led Tenzin to return to his village to love and bless the people who tortured and disowned him. The love, power, and peace that Jesus Christ imparts to his devoted followers like Tenzin are incredible proofs that Jesus is who he said he is—the Son of God, Lord of lords, and King of kings.
Read the rest of the article. For more of Tenzin’s story, see the book Leaving Buddha: A Tibetan Monk’s Encounter with the Living God and (for kids) Tales from Fu Fu’s Forest: The Power of Love. The latter is part of a whole series of true stories about Chinese missionaries, told for children by fictional characters. Looks fun.
Asia Harvest recently shared an encouraging word from another Tibetan, Elijah Gergan, evidently a fifth-generation Tibetan follower of Jesus. Can’t be many of those. To go deeper, read Paul Hattaway’s complete chronicle of Christianity in Tibet.