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Originally Posted by niranjan  SWAMI ABHEDANANDA AND JESUS CHRIST
Swami Abhedananda was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and brother-disciple of Swami Vivekananda.
In Hemis Monastery, he discovered a manuscript on the unknown life of Jesus Christ, which has been incorporated in the book Swami Abhedananda's Journey Into Kashmir & Tibet published by the Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Kolkata.
The monks there not only assured them that Notovitch had spent some time in the monastery as he claimed, they also showed them the manuscript-part of which they translated for Swami Abhedananda, who knew from having read Notovitch's book that it was indeed the same writing found in The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. Subsequently, Abhedananda had the English translation of Notovitch's text printed in India where the Christian authorities had until then prohibited both its publication or its importation and sale.
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Mark Mason wrote a book "In Search of the Loving God" that excerpts a large section of Notovitch's "Unknown Life of Jesus Christ". Mason notes that while all 4 "gospels" blame the Jews for Jesus' death (Issa in the Hindu/Pali writings). The Issa Scriptures however, put the full blame for the death on the Romans and credit Jewish authorities with going out of their way to try to save Jesus/Issa. If true, it would indicate tampering with the gospels.
It's interesting who gets credit for all this investigation. In addition to Notovitch being authenticated by Swami Abhedananda, a Mrs. Harvey wrote of the existence of the scripts on Issa in her book "The Adventures of a Lady in Tartary, China and Cashmir (1854), 33 years before Notovich or the Swami.