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Kashmir is a land of great wisdom. It was the land where Jesus seems to have received his highest wisdom and where he practiced his compassion and against the dictates of the Brahmins and Pandits of that time, he preached to all.

In 1894 Nicolas Notovitch; a Russian doctor published a book called The Unknown Life of Christ. He traveled majestic Vale of Kashmir of the Himalayas. Notovitch learned during his stay that there existed ancient records of the life of Jesus Christ. In the course of his visit at the great convent, he located a Tibetan translation of the legend and carefully noted in his carnet de voyage over two hundred verses from the curious document known as “The Life of St. Issa.“There is also a Buddhist temple in the name of Jesus. He was very much like Buddha and challenged the pundits of that era and also was very passionate

This is also a land where the greatest Hindu scriptures - the Vedas are said to have been written. It is sad therefore to see such a land become prey to violence, religious fundamentalism and murder.

To read Dara Shikoh was very nice here on this blog. It is a sad fact that for some reason, Aurangzeb, who was a despot really and a religious fundamentalist has been elevated in both India and Pakistan and his siblings - Jahanaara and Dara Shikoh - whom he killed and ill-treated have been forgotten. Dara Shikoh was a Sufi in his own right. He was a follower of Hazrat Mian Mir of Lahore. Shikoh had also translated the profound Upanishads into Persian so even the Muslims could benefit from them.

Other than Dara Shikoh and Jahanaara there were several others like Lal Ded (Lalleshwari 1300-1377 A.D.) who did not preach any religion, she even disdained ritual. She projected a way of life quite in harmony without cultural traditions, in which a happy amalgamation was made of what was good in Buddhism and even Islamic. The Hindus called her Lalleshwari and the Muslims Lalla Arifa. But both endearingly called her Lal DED (Grandmother or Grandma).

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