Jesus In India — Page 130
120 JESUS IN INDIA can deny it. And then, apart from this, we see that the parables and the moral teachings of the Gospels are positively to be found in Buddhist books compiled in the time of Jesus, the Messiah. These two points, when considered together, leave no doubt whatsoever that definitely Jesus, the Messiah, came to this country. Thus, the evidence which we wanted to find in the books of the Buddhist faith has, thanks be to God, been discovered in full. Section Three Evidence from those books which Prove that the Journeying to Punjab and its Neighbouring Territories, of Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, was Indispensable Because the question naturally arises as to why Jesus the Messiah, may peace be on him, should have come to this country after his escape from the cross, and what need could have induced him to take on such a long journey, so it seems necessary to give a detailed answer to this question. And though I have written on this a little already, I feel it necessary to include a full discussion of this ques- tion here. Let it be clearly known, therefore, that it was extremely nec- essary, by reason of his office as divine messenger, for Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, to have journeyed to the Punjab and its neighbourhood. This was so because the ten tribes of Israel, who in the Gospels have been called the lost sheep of Israel, had migrated to this country - a fact which no historian denies. It