[Buddha-l] The Aquarian Gospel: Jesus, India, & Buddhism

[Steve Hopkins]

Denizens -

A report in today's Guardian of a new film in the making that  
'portrays Jesus as a holy man and teacher inspired by a myriad of  
eastern religions in India' might interest Buddha l'ers.   'We think  
that Indian religions and Buddhism, especially with the idea of  
meditation, played a big part in Christ's thinking. In the film we  
are looking beyond the canonised gospels to the 'lost' gospels," said  
William Sees Keenan, the producer.'  The report also includes this:  
"I have seen the scrolls which show Buddhist monks talking about  
Jesus's visits. There are also coins from that period which show Yuzu  
or have the legend Issa on them, referring to Jesus from that  
period," said Fida Hassnain, former director of archaeology at the  
University of Srinagar.
Hassnain, who has written books on the legend of Jesus in India,  
points out that there was extensive traffic between the Mediterranean  
and India around the time of Jesus's life. The academic pointed out  
that in Srinagar a tomb of Issa is still venerated. "It is the  
Catholic church which has closed its mind on the subject. Historians  
have not."

You can find the article here: http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/ 
0,,2213087,00.html

Regards,

Steve Hopkins