<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Aug 22 2009, 01:58 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Aug 22 2009, 01:58 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->While searching Internet Archive I came across this book:
Unknown life of Jesus Christ by <b>Nicholas Notovitch</b>. The editor/translator is Mr. Virchand Gandhi who published the book in 1894 in Chicago![right][snapback]100560[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This dude?
http://hamsa.org/interview.htm (from Ishwar Sharan interview)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>13. There is a certain school of thought that says Jesus Christ came to India and that a lot of what he taught is based on Hindu and Buddhist ideas. Comments?</i>
The idea that Jesus came to India as a boy and studied in a Buddhist monastery or, alternatively, came to India after the crucifixion and married a princess of Kashmir, tickles the romantic imagination of Western travelers and quite a few Indiana too. The story originates in a clever <b>piece of fiction</b> by the <b>Russian forger Nicholas Notovich</b> that was published in Paris in 1894.
It cannot possibly be true, and if it is true it destroys completely the special claims made by Christian doctrine, of the sacrifice made on the cross and the resurrection, and the vicarious salvation of the Christian believer. The Buddhist monastery where Jesus is said to have studied did not exist until the 16th century, and the Srinagar tomb where he is allegedly buried is really the tomb of a Mogul ambassador to Egypt who converted to Christianity while on tour there. The key to unraveling the tale is to study the activities of the 10th century Nestorian Christian missionaries who passed through Kashmir on their way to China and left crosses on rocks and an abundance of children with biblical names in their wake.
The Hindu and Buddhist ideas found in the New Testament books, including the Sermon on the Mount, were picked up by the gospel writers in Alexandria from Indian pundits and monks who were teaching there. But it should be remembered that the New Testament books contain ideas quite the opposite of Hindu ideas of pluralism and tolerance. For example, there is the virulent anti-Semitism and religious bigotry of the gospels. Jesus was perhaps the first religious teacher in history to threaten his critics with eternal damnation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Unknown life of Jesus Christ by <b>Nicholas Notovitch</b>. The editor/translator is Mr. Virchand Gandhi who published the book in 1894 in Chicago![right][snapback]100560[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This dude?
http://hamsa.org/interview.htm (from Ishwar Sharan interview)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>13. There is a certain school of thought that says Jesus Christ came to India and that a lot of what he taught is based on Hindu and Buddhist ideas. Comments?</i>
The idea that Jesus came to India as a boy and studied in a Buddhist monastery or, alternatively, came to India after the crucifixion and married a princess of Kashmir, tickles the romantic imagination of Western travelers and quite a few Indiana too. The story originates in a clever <b>piece of fiction</b> by the <b>Russian forger Nicholas Notovich</b> that was published in Paris in 1894.
It cannot possibly be true, and if it is true it destroys completely the special claims made by Christian doctrine, of the sacrifice made on the cross and the resurrection, and the vicarious salvation of the Christian believer. The Buddhist monastery where Jesus is said to have studied did not exist until the 16th century, and the Srinagar tomb where he is allegedly buried is really the tomb of a Mogul ambassador to Egypt who converted to Christianity while on tour there. The key to unraveling the tale is to study the activities of the 10th century Nestorian Christian missionaries who passed through Kashmir on their way to China and left crosses on rocks and an abundance of children with biblical names in their wake.
The Hindu and Buddhist ideas found in the New Testament books, including the Sermon on the Mount, were picked up by the gospel writers in Alexandria from Indian pundits and monks who were teaching there. But it should be remembered that the New Testament books contain ideas quite the opposite of Hindu ideas of pluralism and tolerance. For example, there is the virulent anti-Semitism and religious bigotry of the gospels. Jesus was perhaps the first religious teacher in history to threaten his critics with eternal damnation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->