The Lost Years of Jesus

Did Jesus come to India?

I don't know how often I have heard about the 'lost' years of Jesus- there is scant detail about the first twenty-eight years of his life. There have been many hypotheses- one of which is that Jesus came to India and learnt Yoga and all.

Shravasti Dhammika, in Dhamma Musings, debunks this particular story as mythology:

"We know nothing about Fred Smith of No 32 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam either - quite simply because he did never did anything of any significance beyond his own family (if he had one). If he had shot the prime minister, invented the can opener or painted a masterpiece someone would have taken some notice of him and recorded some facts about him. There are no 'lost years' of Jesus."

It is the same with Shakespeare, Shravasti Dhammika writes.

There are three posts in this topic, and he has made brilliant research of the available resources.

I would like to discuss this further, but may be some of you are better at it. If you do post something, kindly give me a link and I will come and look in.

Be happy!