Nicholas Notovitch - The Discovery
During the latter part of the 1870s, Notovitch
decided to embark on an “extended journey through the Orient.”
In 1887 Notovitch visited the famous Golden Temple at Amritsar India,
eventually moving on to Ladak. He went to Kargil where he began
a horseback trek on his way to Leh, the capital of Ladak. At a place
called Mulbek near the Wakha River, he decided to visit two monasteries,
one of which was Buddhist, located above a hill. There he met a
Lama, and the two conversed about religion. At one point in the
conversation, the monk stated:
"We also respect the one whom you recognize as Son
of the one God. The spirit of Buddha was indeed incarnate in the
sacred person of Issa [Jesus], who without aid of fire or sword,
spread knowledge of our great and true religion throughout the world.
Issa is a great prophet, one of the first after twenty-two Buddhas.
His name and acts are recorded in our writings."
Notovitch then left the area, but while riding his horse near Hemis
Monastery, Notovitch suffered a terrible fall from his horse and
broke his right leg, and he was forced to remain under the care
of the Buddhist monks at Hemis until his leg healed. During this
time he had the scrolls read to him and his translators translated
it for him. Notovitch took notes, and this formed the core content
for his book. Read extracts here.
Introduction | The
Discovery | Was he there? | Hemis
Visits
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