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A thought-provoking documentary shows that a Jewish religious leader and preacher that became the central figure of Christianity, Jesus Christ—was a Buddhist Monk. It also reveals that Jesus wasn’t crucified and that He spent many years travelling. The documentary also suggests that He was laid to rest after His death at the Roza Bal Shrine in Srinagar, Kashmir.
Research shows that the main reason why there isn’t any Biblical record of the whereabouts of Jesus Christ is that He was significantly influenced by Buddhism.
According to the BBC documentary, Jesus Christ was a Buddhist monk and He wasn’t crucified. Moreover, the thought-provoking documentary asks a number of questions that a lot of people have refused to answer.
According to the documentary, the story of Christianity presents the most popular event in history, i.e., the crucifixion; and the most popular name in history.
For most true believers, the fact that Jesus was crucified, rose again as well as ascended into heaven, is considered to be a definitive truth. But, some people have questioned these events throughout history. Would a man die after only 6 hours on the cross? What actually happened in the Sepulcher? Was Jesus drugged? And in case He didn’t ascend into heaven, where did He go?
Additionally, the most essential part of the story behind Jesus—which most Christians do believe—is the ‘notion’ that Jesus rose from the dead.
Furthermore, the documentary questions His life and asks a number of controversial questions, such as did Jesus flee to the Himalayas or was He excommunicated?
As noted in the documentary, He spent a couple of decades teaching in many holy cities, such as Benares, Jagannath, and Rajagriha. What’s more, Jesus also fled to the Himalayas in order to continue His studies in Buddhism.
A large number of authors, including a German scholar named Holger Kersten, wrote about Jesus Christ and his life indicating that Jesus had settled in Sindh, among the Aryans.
According to the BBC documentary, He fled as well as escaped death to Afghanistan with a few Jewish settlers.
In addition, local stories may prove the theory claiming that He spent decades in the Kashmir Valley until He died at the age of eighty.
According to the New Testament, the dark years actually refer to the undocumented period between the Jesus’ infancy and His ministry’s beginning.
Additionally, the Gospels relate the nativity of Jesus, and the subsequent trip to Egypt to escape the fury of Herod.
As noted in the Gospels of Mathew and Luke, the young Jesus and Mary lived in Nazareth.
According to the Gospel of Luke; Jesus, Joseph, and Mary visited the city of Jerusalem in order to celebrate the Passover when Jesus was 12 years old.
But, afterwards, there is actually a gap in history, which covers 18 years in the life of Jesus (from twelve to thirty years).
Aside from the generic allusion that He was advancing in stature, wisdom, and in the favor of man and God, there isn’t any record about Jesus’ life during this period of time in the Bible.
Christians commonly assume that He lived in Nazareth during that period.
What’s more interesting about this is that the authors Kersten and Gruber also note that Buddhism had a substantial impact on the teachings and life of Jesus. Both authors state that he was influenced by the practices and teachings of the “Therapists” described by the authors as teachers of the Theravada Buddhist School in Judea.
Kersten and Gruber claim that He taught Buddhism to his disciples as well as lived the life of a perfect Buddhist. In fact, their work follows in the footsteps of Barnett Hillman Streeter, Oxford New Testament scholar that established in the 1930s that the moral teaching of Buddha has 4 striking resemblances to the collection of teachings and sayings credited to Jesus that emphasizes his moral teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew. The collection of teachings and sayings credited to Jesus is titled the Sermon on the Mount.
It’s actually the longest continuous section of Jesus speaking present in the New Testament. Also, it has been among the most extensively quoted elements of the Canonical Gospels.
A number of scholars think that Jesus Christ might have been inspired by the Buddhist religion. They also believe that the manuscript texts found in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, as well as the Gospel of Thomas reflect this possibility.
Moreover, these theories are discussed in the following books: The Original Jesus by Kersten and Gruber; and The Agnostic and Beyond Beliefs: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels.
Furthermore, Nicholas Notovitch, Russian author, visited Tibet and India in 1887. Notovitch noted that he heard of a manuscript on the “Life of Saint Issa, the Best of the Sons of Men” in the monastery of Hemis Ladakh.
Issa is actually the Arabic name of Jesus. That’s not all, in 1894, its history as well as a text translated from the “Life of Saint Issa” were published in French under the name “The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ”, and translated into Italian, Spanish, German, and English.
Data: http://www.positivethingsonly.com/documentary-jesus-buddhist-monk/