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power of the early Christian church and thus church authorities branded the Gnostics as heretics and enemies of the people. Thus they were forced to go underground and they hid their writings in secret places.
Of course, when Jesus came to India, his divine nature and birth were already well-known. When he arrived at Nalanda University where he learned and taught, he was named Yishu, which means the Messiah. And to this day, his name remains cut in stone among the list of persons who attended this ancient university.
While in India, Jesus learned many things not practiced outside of India. Among them were the science of celibacy, the belief of reincarnation, and the knowledge of kundalini energy. But since Jesus possessed infinite knowledge and he was a divine healer, he could work miracles. In these respects, Jesus was like Lord Mahavira, Lord Buddha, and Lord Krishna, who had appeared in India before him.
At the age of 24, some six years after he went to India, Jesus was urged by his friend, the Jain monk at Nalanda University, to return to the place of his birth, to teach and to heal, for the people were waiting for him. Jesus returned to Jerusalem as a Rabbi who had absorbed the spiritual knowledge of ancient India. There he started what we now call Christianity.
And what did Christ teach? Jesus Christ taught mostly about the divinity and the love of the supreme Self within each person. He taught that without self control and self
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