Is it possible that Jesus went into India and studied the religions there in his lost years?

Question

There has been many old texts that have mentioned Jesus came into India and studied. One knows waht happened between the years 14 through 30.

Nicholas Notovitch wrote the book The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. he showed proof that Jesus studied in India.
The book The Life of Saint Issa: Best of the Sons of Men. This book talkes about Jesus arriving in India and settleling among the Aryas, in the country "Beloved by God". It also talkes about the Brahman priests taught him to heal illness by prayer, to teach sacred scriptures, and drive out evil desires from men and make him in the likeness of God.

Many other writtings claim the same things of Notovitch's. Like the Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquarian Gospel. And many other writers.

What I want to know is, could this assumption be correct sense there is no writting records in the Bible. I know that the atheist will say it's a myth ,or he don't exist. But that's not what I'm asking.

Answer 1

There are many texts that document that he was many places teaching and studying. And for 2000 years the church has done its best to make sure you don't know about it.

Answer 2

Many things are possible. It is not inconcievable that Jesus spent time in India both before and after the crucifixion event. However, the religious similarities between Jesus and some schools of Hindism may not have been due to Jesus travelling to India during his teenage and early adult years.

Some scholars believe that ancient Judaism had many similarities to Hinduism (ie: belief in reincarnation, belief in angels or demigods whom serve God, etc). Such split in tradition may have occured around the time of Solomon. The chief priest to solomon started a sect known as the Zadokites. This sect hold many views consistent with Hindu belief. Zadokites developed in to the Essene Jewsof the 1st century AD/CE. During the time of Jesus, Essene's led a monastic lifestyle, prefering not to mix with non essene's. John the babtist was thought to have led a sect of Essene's that believed in spreading their message to others, known as the Nazarene's (so the theory goes). If this is the case, it is possible that Jesus led a monastic life with the Essene's, until his 30th birthday. During this time, he may have undergone 40days/40nights fasting and meditation (as this was required for initiation into the Nazarene sect.

There are other evidences that Judaism is directly descended from some school of Hinduism. For instance, Abraham is almost an anagram of Brahma who is the creator demigod in the Hindu systems. Also, Abraham has a wife called Sara, and Brahma has a female equivalent called Sarasvati. This could be a coincidence, but many cultures accross the middle east tell of a wandering holy man whom travelled from somewhere near the Indus valley, though Persia and ending up in Egypt.

On top of these points, there are shared myths that are found in the Jewish Torah, and the Hindi Srimad Bhagavatam. The tower of babel, Noah's ark, Jonah and the whale, all have equivalent stories in the Bhagavatam.

Answer 3

Here's one atheist who doesn't think it's a myth. During my life this idea has popped up a number of times and I think it quite rational. I've made note of Notovitch's book and intend to order it the next time I have discretionary money to spend at Amazon.com. Good one!

It's been many decades, but I seem to recall that Christ was thought to have visited the Indus valley. I also recall there was some physical evidence that Christ's brother James was a merchant in the Indus valley. There was also some weak evidence that after Christ survived his crucifixion, He traveled to the Indus valley to join his brother and there's even some speculation that the "resurrected" Christ assumed his brother's name and lived happily ever after, wholesaling jewelery to Arab traders.

FYI: I've never meant an atheist who denied the existence of the the living human being named Jesus Christ. It's only the associated superstitious mysticism that atheists can't manage to gag down.

Answer 4

Interesting information you have proposed.

Will cut and paste an answer, to a Question which an experienced Buddhist{of over 30 yrs) asked:

"There WERE Buddhist missionaries in Greece at the time of Jesus Christ and they were likely in Palestine, too. There are many philosophical ideas common to both Buddha and Jesus, that may well be the reason. Some scholars have proposed this idea."

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Personally, this was more likely to have taken place. Jesus having learned the Buddhist Philosophical Ideas from Buddhist Missionaries in Greece and Palestine,
through Jesus' teens years, up until the start of his Three and a Half Year Ministry.

*Thank You for your question.

-It will be interesting to read answers from both Buddhists and Christians.

With Metta, to Everyone. *Peace from a Buddhist.

Answer 5

Jesus, the missing years. Without doubt, much time was spent on esoteric religious training. There are many aspects of Jesus and Christianity that suggest his knowledge came from widespread sources. His tomb is claimed to be in India, he certainly had contact with Egyptian mystery schools, and was familiar to the Essenes. All these `other` religious doctrines are present within Christianity, and the Bible. The fact that Christianity avoids the missing years, (he was working as a carpenter?) suggests that nothing can come from it to Rome`s advantage.

Answer 6

The question isn't whether Jesus is God or whether he mandatory to check. The question makes no assumption approximately Jesus being (or no longer being) god. The question assumes that someone referred to as Jesus extremely existed and that this person's area and works have been unknown for some years. consistent with those unproven assumptions, we are being asked to wager the place he grew to become into and what he did throughout the time of those years. in addition to, we are being asked whether something that Jesus did in his existence might have made him a various person. If Jesus (or anybody, extremely) studied Hindusim and Buddhism, his study might have had some religious impact on him -- until eventually, of direction, he grew to become into completely insensitive and lacking in intelligence, wherein case he might have on no account executed the recognition he now has. So, assuming that Jesus existed and that he grew to become into clever, mushy, and curious, the possibilities are high that his study of particularly some religions might have made him an exceedingly tolerant and spiritually enlightened person -- as he's, in actuality, reported to be. and doubtless he did might desire to study -- at no element does Jesus declare to be god. Jesus is even baptised -- god, probably, does not might desire to be baptised, as between the justifications for baptism is to introduce the youngster to god and yet another is to bathe away sin. even nevertheless, maximum great non secular leaders studied the religions that already existed of their time. Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism, all pre-dated Jesus, so ti is extremely probably that, whether or no longer he went to India or Israel or everywhere else, he in all risk did study numerous religions. and that's in all risk between the justifications that human beings of varioss religions have been interested in Jesus if, certainly, one in all those person existed.

Answer 7

I suppose we could make many assumptions about what Jesus did during those years. I would not be so bold as to assume that Jesus was taught by Brahman priests, as He was God's Son. He did not need such instruction. He had the power of His Father.

Answer 8

It is possible. But since the Bible says that He was uneducated and that Joseph and Mary were poor and were having at least two girls and at least three more boys, then I doubt that He would have had the funds to make it there. I understand that gasoline wasn't that high then, and flying was not an option, but it still cost some moolah to travel.

Answer 9

For your information the Dead Sea Scrolls didn't mention anything about Jesus!!!

Answer 10

That is interesting. I will read the book. Whoever you think Jesus was or is, He was a great healer and we can all learn to do as He did.