Nicolas Notovitch: The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ - eBook

One of the mysteries of the Bible has always been where Jesus was during his twenties. There is a huge gap in the biography from puberty until about three years before the crucifixion (approx. between his 13th and 29th year). One rumor that has circulated for years has been that Jesus went to India during this time.

This eBook is the source of that rumor. In the late nineteenth century a Russian, Nicolas Notovitch, published a travelogue of a trip through India, into Kashmir, eventually reaching Ladakh in Tibet. And there a lama informs him that Jesus is revered as a Boddhisattva, under the name Issa, by a splinter sect of the Tibetan Buddhists. While Notovitch is convalescing from a broken leg, an ancient manuscript read to him about Issa - you will find in this eBook complete translation of this manuscript - chapter "The life of Saint Issa". This tells of Jesus traveling to India to study the Vedas and Buddhism. Jesus stirs up a caste war against the Brahmins and has to leave India. Then Jesus returns home, stopping off briefly in Persia, where he preaches against Zoroastrianism.

Other travelers to Tibet, such as Swami Abhedenada, Nicholas Roerich, and others claimed that they have been told similar stories by monks.

There are some parallels between the traditional stories of Krishna and Christ (not to mention the similar names). Buddhism and Christianity have more in common than their adherents are usually willing to admit.

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