Book Title: 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. 67 their condition was to serve forever as slaves to the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas and even the Vaishyas;
"Dcath alone can free them from their scrvitude," Para-Brahma has said: "Leave them, therefore, and come and worship with us the gods that will be angry with you if you disobey them."
---10-- But Issa did not heed their words, and went among the Shudras to preach against the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas.
IIHe strongly denounced the doctrine that gives to men the power of robbing their fellow-men of their human rights; in truth, he said: "God the Father has cstablished no difference between his children, who are all cqually dear to him."
- 12-- Issa denied the diyine origin of the Vedas and the Puranas, for he taught his followers that one law had been given to man to guide him in his actions:
--13-- " Fear thy God, bond thy knce only before Him, and bring to Him alone thy offerings which come from thy labors."
---14Issa dcnicd the Trimurti and the incarnation of l'ara-Brahma in Vishnu, Shiva and other gods; for hc said:
---15-- “The Eternal fudge, the Eternal Spirit composes the one individual soul of the universe, which alone crcates, contains and vivifics the wholc."
-16-- "It is He alone who has willed and created, who
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