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These and other explorers of Asia have written about In other words, they are Immortal Beings—and from unsuspected valleys lost amidst colossal snowy — what is known about this galaxy of illumined peoples, mountains on the Tibetan Plateau, said to lie hidden he concept of reincarnation is an essential part of their somewhere in the vast reaches of the Himalayas. philosophy. Tibetan manuscripts add that "from time The Bhagavata Purana and the Sanskrit encyclopaedia immemorial, a dynasty of wise rulers of celestial origin Vachaspattya locate Shambhala on the northern side of as ruled the Kingdom of Shambhala and preserved the he Himalayas at the foot of Mount Meru, where many priceless legacy of Kalachakra, the mystic science of believe that the temporal and the eternal meet. Amore —_ Esoteric Buddhism" (Giuseppe Tucci, Tibetan Painted defined location is shown on a 17th-century map — Scrolls, Rome, 1949, vol. 1). published in 1830 in Antwerp by Csoma de Kérés, an After seven years in Tibet and China, German author Hungarian philologist who had spent four years in a — Hartwig Hausdorf wrote in his book Die weisse Pyramide Buddhist monastery in Tibet. "The White Pyramid") that the Elders of Shambhala "are He gave Shambhala's geographical bearings as __ not entirely of this world; they smack more of an Alien between 45 and 50 degrees north latitude beyond Lake —— Mind...a species that the Universal Mind has placed on Manus Hu, approx. 100 kilometres east of the village of | our Earth" (Hartwig Hausdorf, Die Weisse Pyramide, aramay. Remarkably, another old monastic document, republished in English by New Paradigm Books, Florida, sighted by Russian explorer 998, pp. 92, 102, passim). Nikolai M. Prjevalsky Since time immemorial, (1839-1888), defines the libetans and other Asian races ongitude of Shambhala as at . . ave believed that in their 88 degrees (N. M. Prievalsky, For millennia, the peoples midst lived sages who had gr ( j y 5 g Marclated by Bore rerengp | OF Asia have believed this J io ee aoeitecd the bout 63). These two coordinates forbidden territory to be and the Universe at will ina ocate the domain of well uarded accessible physical body. Ancients called Shambhala as slightly east of > hem “holy immortals" and he Altai Mountains, a major | —_ Only to the pure of heart. claimed that they had mountain system in Central developed a series’ of Asia, peaking at 4,506 metres alchemical "elixirs of (14,783 feet), and precisely deathlessness", including where the Roerich expeditions powdered jade mixed with trekked on several occasions. cinnabar that they drank to help prepare their bodies for the state of fsien—material immortality in an The Secret Entrance to the "Valley of the Immortals" etherealised body. For millennia, the peoples of Asia have believed this The now-called Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett were forbidden territory to be well guarded, accessible only written between 1880 and 1885 by Mahatmas who were to the pure of heart. But the questions to be addressed said to have actually inhabited Shambhala itself, and are: who are the people that live in this secluded us they represent a first-hand source about the realm area...and what is their nature? Tibetan legend insists rom within the closed circle of the Sages of the East that this secret place is inhabited by "Silent emselves. (Alfred Percy Sinnett [1840-1921] was the Sentinels"—formerly ordinary men and women who __ British editor of the English daily newspaper, the Pioneer, received a "passport" to Shambhala because of their in Allahabad, India, where he lived from 1879 to 1889, spiritual progression. and who was privileged to be admitted into the Andrew Tomas presents impressive evidence from Himalayan Brotherhood of High Yogis.) From this Tibetan sources in ancient monastic libraries that he correspondence, Sinnett wrote The Occult World (1881) was privileged to access, and his findings help us learn —_ and Esoteric Buddhism (1883), both of which had a major more about this enlightened colony: influence in generating public interest in Theosophy. The Brotherhood of Shambhala is presided over by a small The replies and explanations given by the Shambhalan hierarchy of superior beings sometimes alluded to as ahatmas to Sinnett's questions were embodied in Mahatmas, which in Sanskrit means “the great-souled ones". heir letters and published in 1923 as The Mahatma Letters They are superhuman beings with preternatural powers who to A. P. Sinnett. (The original letters from the Mahatmas have completed their evolution on this planet but remain with are preserved in the British Library and can be viewed humanity in order to facilitate its spiritual progress ... the life- by special permission in the Department of Rare span of their bodies is almost indefinite because the Wheel of Manuscripts.) Rebirth has stopped for them. The picture of this mysterious kingdom comes further (Andrew Tomas, Shambhala: Oasis of Light, op. cit., into focus after a study of the writings of the Mahatmas, pp. 43-44, passim) who were believed to be a class of people with For millennia, the peoples of Asia have believed this The Secret Entrance to the "Valley of the Immortals" For millennia, the peoples of Asia have believed this forbidden territory to be well guarded, accessible only to the pure of heart. But the questions to be addressed are: who are the people that live in this secluded area...and what is their nature? Tibetan legend insists that this secret place is inhabited by "Silent Sentinels"—formerly ordinary men and women who received a “passport” to Shambhala because of their spiritual progression. Andrew Tomas presents impressive evidence from Tibetan sources in ancient monastic libraries that he was privileged to access, and his findings help us learn more about this enlightened colony: The Brotherhood of Shambhala is presided over by a small hierarchy of superior beings sometimes alluded to as Mahatmas, which in Sanskrit means “the great-souled ones". They are superhuman beings with preternatural powers who have completed their evolution on this planet but remain with humanity in order to facilitate its spiritual progress ... the life- span of their bodies is almost indefinite because the Wheel of Rebirth has stopped for them. (Andrew Tomas, Shambhala: Oasis of Light, op. cit., pp. 43-44, passim) 56 ¢ NEXUS forbidden territory to be well guarded, accessible only to the pure of heart. www.nexusmagazine.com AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2009