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Date Posted: 02:36:27 10/28/03 Tue
Author: ketch = 3 Sep 2003
Subject: Re: Yogananda, Notovitch and nonsense
In reply to: yogi - 3 Sep 2003 's message, "Re: Yogananda, Notovitch and nonsense" on 02:35:39 10/28/03 Tue

Ketch- I don't see that Notovitch's claims have been 'refuted quite conclusively' by you.

I did not say they were refuted by me. Believe it or not, I was not actually alive in the late ninteenth century when Notovitch made his claims. They were however refuted by experts at the time, including Max Mueller.

Notovitch seems to have been something akin to an Erich Von Daniken of his era, not placing too much emphasis on the accuracy of his research. Of course there is always a market for such things.

Neither are the various travellers tales relevant. There may have been rumours of someone called Issa in the region, and it may be that Notovitch based his claims on these rumours. What is disputed is the existence of the manuscripts.

It is worth noting that according to Notovitch the manuscripts showed that Issa/Jesus mastered Buddhist teachings whilst in Tibet, however Buddhism did not arrive in Tibet until much later.

If the documents ever existed then where are they, and why did the Tibetans know nothing about them?

http://home.swipnet.se/corbie/Fuskwww/notov.html

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