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[[File:0001166 jesus-approaching-ladakh-900-G 600.jpeg|thumb | [[File:0001166 jesus-approaching-ladakh-900-G 600.jpeg|thumb|alt=caption|Jesus Approaching Ladakh as a Youth]] | ||
[[File:Issa-pond-le.jpg|thumb|upright|''Issa Pond'', Nicholas Roerich (c. 1926)]] | |||
In 1887, a Russian physician, Nicolas Notovitch, journeyed to the Tibetan city of Himis, high in the Himalayan range, in search of ancient writings on the life of a man the Buddhists called Saint Issa. At the Himis monastery, the head lama read to him from ancient manuscripts, and Notovitch wrote down the story of Issa—an Israelite who traveled to the East to study the sacred scriptures and then returned to teach his people in Palestine, where he was crucified. | In 1887, a Russian physician, Nicolas Notovitch, journeyed to the Tibetan city of Himis, high in the Himalayan range, in search of ancient writings on the life of a man the Buddhists called Saint Issa. At the Himis monastery, the head lama read to him from ancient manuscripts, and Notovitch wrote down the story of Issa—an Israelite who traveled to the East to study the sacred scriptures and then returned to teach his people in Palestine, where he was crucified. | ||