Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 178
? 178 are written in the Pali tongue, and are now at Lassa; but we possess one copy in our own tongue; that is in the Tibetan language. ’ (p. 93) Finally yielding to my earnest solicitations, he brought forth two big volumes in cardboard covers with leaves yel- lowed by the lapse of time, and read the biography of Issa, which I carefully copied from the translation of my inter- preter. This curious document is written in the form of isolated verses which frequently bear no connection with each other. (p. 96) According to these ancient writings, Issa ( Jesus) was thirteen years of age when an Israelite should take a wife, he left his father’s house, went out of Jerusalem, and in company with some merchants, travelled towards Sind that he might perfect himself in the divine word and study the laws of the Great Buddha. (p. 107) In the course of his fourteenth year, young Issa (blessed by God) journeyed beyond Sind and settled among Aryas. The fame of his name spread along the Northern Sind. When he passed through the country of the five rivers and Radjipoutada, the worshippers of the god Djaine begged him to remain in their midst. (p. 107) Then he visited Juggernaut, in the province of Orsis. The white priests of Brahma taught him to read and under- stand the Vedas, to heal by prayer, to teach and explain the Holy Scripture, to cast out evil spirits from the body of man, and give back to him human semblance. He spent six years in Juggernaut, Rajegriha, Benares, and other holy cit- ies. All loved him for Issa lived in peace with Vaisyas and