Unknown Life of Jesus Christ New Edition 2009 Publication

Author(s): Nicholas Notovitch, Virchand R Gandhi, Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: World Jain Confederation

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Editor's Note
to seperate in man good intent from the thought of evil. Your best thoughts must belong to Woman.”
"Gather from them your moral strength, which you must possess to sustain your near ones. Do not humiliate her, for therein you will humiliate yourselves. And all which you will do to mother, to wife, to widow or to another woman in sorrow - that shall you also do for the Spirit."
Virchand Gandhi, the translator, refers to Issa's life in India when he visited the country. It is said that for the few years the Himalayas had become Jesus' home. During that period Jesus meditated in a cave, north of the present-day city of Rishikesh, one of the most sacred locates of India, and also on the banks of the Ganges in the holy city of Hardwar. In the years He spent in the Himalayas, He attained the supreme heights of spiritual realization.
Having attained perfect inner wisdom in the Himalayas, Jesus journeyed to the Gangetic plane to engage in the formal study that would prepare Him for the public teaching of Sanatana Dharma both in India and in the countries lying between India and Israel as well as in Israel itself.
First he went to live in Benares, the spiritual heart of India, the city most consecrated to the worship of Shiva and the major center of Vedic learning in entire India. During His time in the Himalayas, Jesus' endeavors had been centered almost exclusively on the practice of yoga. In Benares, Jesus engaged in intense study of the spiritual teachings embodied in the Vedic scriptures-especially the books of spiritual philosophy known as the Upanishads.
He then journeyed to the sacred city of Jagannath Puri, which at that time was a great center of the worship of Shiva, second only to Benares. In Puri, Jesus officially adopted the
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