The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 55
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI he called his teachings 'Bushra' which means good news like the. Gospels. . The presence of Jesus in India is mentioned in ancient Indian literature, both Hindu and Buddhist. Bhavishya Maha Purana is one of the old Hindu books in Sanskrit. It is stated in it that Israelites were found in Northwest India. In this book there is a narration of a meeting of King Shaliwahin in the mountains at Wien near Srinagar, with a dignified person of white complexion and wearing white robes. . When King asked him his name, he replied that he was the son of. God, born of a virgin and preacher of a foreign religion. This saint also said that he appeared in a foreign country as Messiah (Verses 1732). This is a most important reference in ancient Hindu literature. . Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India writes that all over central Asia, in Kashmir, Ladakh and Tibet, there is still a strong belief that Jesus or Isa travelled about there (Glimpses of. World History). American author, Pearl S. Buck has expressed the possibility of Jesus having visited Nepal in India during his youth (My Several Worlds). . Buddhists in their literature changed the name YUZ ASAF to. Budasaf. Book of Budasaf, compiled in medieval period mentions ancient Indian traditions that YUZ ASAF was a prophet who came from outside India and settled in Kashmir. . There is unusual and extraordinary resemblance between. Christianity and Buddhism. Life events and teachings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels are strikingly similar to life events and moral teachings of Buddha as recorded in Buddhist writings. Many authors. have commented on it since the 19th century. Many of the titles ascribed to Buddha are the same as of Jesus. . One theory to explain this marked resemblance is that Jesus went to India as a youth -- the period years about which the Gospels are silent. The theory claims that Jesus studied Buddhism in India and was influenced by it and that on his return to Palestine he imitated the life of Buddha. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad rejects this theory. . There is no historical evidence that Buddhism had reached Palestine in those days. There was no need for Jesus to undertake such a long 55