Unknown Life of Jesus Christ Old Edition 1894 Publication

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

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THE UNKNOWN LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST.
Issa, blessed of God, crossed the Sindh and established himself among the Aryas, in the cherished country of God.
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The fame of this wonderful youth spread throughout Northern Sindh; when he crossed the country of. the five rivers and Rajputana, the worshippers of the Jaina God implored him to dwell with them.
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But he left them and went to Jagannath, in the country of Orissa, where lie the mortal remains of Vyasa-Krishna. Here the white priests of Brahma rcceived him joyfully.
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They taught him to read and understand the Vedas, to cure with the aid of prayers, to teach and explain the holy scriptures to the people, to drive away the evil spirit from the body of man, and to restore to him the human form.
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He spent six years in Jagannath, Rajagriha, Benares and other holy cities. Every one loved Issa, for he lived in peace with the Vaishyas and Shudras, to whom he taught the holy scripture.
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But the Brahmins and Kshatriyas said to him that the great Para-Bratıma had forbidden them to approach those whom he had created from his belly and from his feet;
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That the Vaishyas were authorized to hear the reading of the Vedas only on the festival days,
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That the Shudras were not only forbidden to attend the reading of the Vedas, but even to look at them; for