History Of Jesus Journey To The East Essay

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JESUS TRAVELS TO THE EAST

From England, Joseph and Jesus returned to Nazareth, and Joseph made arrangements for Jesus to continue his education by enrolling him in a program of studies in the ancient monasteries and temples in the Middle East and India. According to the written records in these monasteries and temples, Jesus traveled along “the Old Silk Road” and spent years at a time studying and meditating in the ancient temples and monasteries in Persia, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Tibet and Kashmir.

Jesus started his journey to the East - to the “Land of the Mystics” – in a comfortable caravan provided by his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea, by travelling north from Palestine to reach the “Old Silk Road,” and, …show more content…

The Jagannath Temple – Puri, India

Hinduism is neither a polytheistic nor a pagan religion – unlike the Roman religion existing at the time of Jesus – but rather a monotheistic religion. Hinduism established a monotheistic religion tens of thousands of years ago. The many manifestations of God – including Ganesha, the Elephant God, and Hanuman, the Monkey God – are merely expressions of one Supreme Being – representations of a single Divine Entity.

The teachings of Hinduism can be traced back to the Vedas which go back hundreds of thousands of years ago. Hinduism already existed long before Krishna – who lived 5,000 years ago – and even existed before Rama – who lived 10,000 years ago. In Puri Jesus officially adopted the monastic life and lived some time as a member of the Govardhan Math, the monastery founded three centuries before his birth by the foremost philosopher-saint of India known as Adi Shankaracharya. There Jesus perfected the synthesis of yoga, philosophy, and renunciation, and, eventually, he began to publicly teach the Eternal