The Tomb of Jesus — Page 44
44. CHAPTER IV. Jesus' Journey to India According. To Buddhist Records. It is a fact of singular interest that the ancient Buddhist records of Tibet reveal statements concerning the life and teachings of. Buddha which correspond in a remarkable manner to traditions recorded in the Gospels about the life and doctrines of Jesus Christ. The parallels between the Buddhist and the Christian religion are so striking that it seems as though they are essentially the same. Authorities on the subject have enumerated a large number of analogies between the history, the doctrines and the ethics of Budda and those of Jesus. A considerable part of Prof. Seydel's book¹ deals with "Buddhist-Christian Gospel harmony" wherein are set forth no less that fifty one particulars of harmony between the two stories. . The following quotations throw a strong light on this point: "The earliest travels in Tibet Proper which have been transmitted to us, are those of Jesuit 1 Das Evangelium Von Jesu in Seinen Verhaltnissen Zu Budda Sage und Buddha Lebre, Leipzig, 1880.