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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The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ monastic life and lived some time as a member of the Govardhan Math, the monastery was founded three centuries before His birth by the foremost philosopher-saint of India known as Adi Shankaracharya. There He perfected the synthesis of yoga, philosophy, and renunciation, and eventually began to teach the Eternal Knowledge publicly.
As a teacher, Jesus was popular as He was proficient in teaching, and gained great fame among all the levels of the society. However, because He insisted that all men should learn and be taught the meaning of the Vedas, and their allied scriptures and began teaching the “lower" castes accordingly, and asserted that all could attain spiritual perfection without the intermediary of external, ritualized religion, He incurred the hatred of many religious “professionals” in Puri who began to plot His death. So He left Puri and returned to the Himalayas where He again spent quite some time in meditation, preparing Himself for His return to Israel. He also lived in various Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayan region, studying the wisdom of the Buddha.
Before beginning the long journey westward, instructions were given to Him regarding His mission in the West and the way messages could be sent among Jesus and His Indian teachers. Jesus was aware of the form and purpose of His life and death from His very birth, but it was the Indian Masters who made everything clear to Him. They promised Jesus that He would be sent a container of Himalayan Balsam to be poured upon His head by a close disciple as a sign that His death was imminent, even “at the door."
Jesus, then decided to return to the West and he set forth on His return journey to Israel with the blessings of the Masters. All along his way, Jesus taught those who were drawn to His spiritual magnetism and who sought His counsel, in the divine