Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan
Chapter Five
Is Jesus and Krishna one?
Will the true Krist please stand up?
When it was found that many of the teachings of Bhagawat
Gita are very much similar to the Christian teachings, attempts
are being made to prove that Christ is a copycat of Krishna.
Apart from the similarity of teachings, people began to discover
some pragmatic similarity between the life stories. In the very
recent times, it was even suggested that Krishna was
crucified!!. In this chapter, we investigate these similarities and
differences. While the teachings of Krishan follow closely the
teachings of Christ, the life of Krishna is totally at divergence
with that of Christ.
Krishna is a mythical character and not a historical person.
Even the name Krishna is of recent origin. Krishna is of an
amalgamation of various characters old and new – including
Christ – and attributed to some petty King who wanted to be
God.
Krishna was the eighth Avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu, one of
the Hindu Trinity. In this incarnation Vishnu, it is said, "appeared in all
the fullness of his power and glory." His mother was Devaki. He is
believed to be a historical character, but his real history, is entirely
obscured by myths. He is claimed to have been lived from 900 to 1,200
years before the Christian era. But there is no evidence to any such
historical person. The only evidences are the stories found in the
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