Buddhism contains quite a number of references that perfectly elucidate a Christian theology. These fragments are embedded inside the Buddhist philosophy. They are clearly laid out, not cryptic and well thought through. While this sounds too unbelievable to be true - given the fact that Buddhism originated in the Ganges valley about five hundred years before Jesus started preaching to his apostles and a geographic gap of several thousand miles, the reader of this documentation can only come to one conclusion: that there is more behind the scenes than meets the eye and traditional religious...

This new book by scholar orientalist and sceptic Dennis P. Samuels follows the mysterious journey of young Jesus at a time that ancient Buddhist wisdom washed over the Middle East, ancient Greece and Egyptian Alexandria. A novel, a historic investigation and a modern spiritual exploration of the early ties of Christianity with Eastern spirituality - an experiment that upset the Jewish culture and changed the course of history. Based on Christian apocrypha, Greek artefacts and authentic Buddhist Suttas "Buddha Laughed" will challenge everything you thought you knew about (your) religion.