Evidence for Jesus having lived in India.
Another extensive site detailing evidence for Jesus having lived in India after the crucifixion, and suggesting that his burial-place is in Kashmir. Comments.
A New Ecumenism Based Upon Reexamination of the "Lost Years" [of Jesus] Evidence by James W. Deardorff, Oregon State University, including a discussion of reincarnation in the original source of the Gospel of Matthew.
Brief historical accounts of child prodigy cases
*I am using the word "genuine" to mean that these masters are either spiritually Perfect (God-Realized), or that they are, in my estimation or understanding, genuinely spiritually advanced or stationed on the higher planes of consciousness. I use the word "genuine" to distinguish from philosophers who are developing an intellectual system, and from teachers who are either self-deluded or intentionally posing as having a spiritual authority they don't really have. Most people, when they have been exposed to what they believe to be spiritual teachings, have actually been encountering this latter variety. The teaching of a spiritually Perfect master, to the extent it is accurately preserved, is the safest and most reliable, and its hallmark is a simplicity, grandeur and depth beyond the scope of any philosophical treatise. It also gives one intuitive, direct contact with the Source of the teaching to the extent one is spiritually prepared to receive it. Because this kind of teaching comes from the Ocean of Knowing, it is not read like philosophy. You will gain more by deeply absorbing and concentrating on one expressed thought in these works, if by doing that you get a touch of that Ocean, than you will by trying to intellectualize entire chapters. Think of it as rare vintage wine, which is best sipped and savoured rather than gulped.
In the above list, those masters whom I understand to have been spiritually Perfect are Krishna, Buddha, Meher Baba, Sri Ramakrishna, Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir and Sai Baba of Shirdi (not Satya Sai Baba). I believe Attar is also in this group, and the only reason I would qualify that is that I don't know as much about him. In one case, that of Baba Hari Dass, I can personally confirm based on attending a retreat led by him in 1974 that he is genuine in the sense used above, but I don't know what his spiritual station is. In the case of Meher Baba, my own master, I can confirm from personal contact with many of his direct disciples and from my own inner experience of following him for over 30 years, that he was genuine and God-Realized, to the extent that any ordinary person could judge. Sai Baba of Shirdi was the master of Meher Baba's master. I have also studied Sri Ramakrishna intensively for the same amount of time, and feel an inner connection with him. It is clear to me that he was God-Realized, as also confirmed by Meher Baba. The status of the rest of the God-Realized masters listed above (Krishna, Buddha, Rumi, Hafiz and Kabir) has been agreed upon by history as well as confirmed by Meher Baba. This list is, of course, not exhaustive, but in my estimation it is correct.
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Music opening this page: "The Seeker" by Pete Townshend, album: The Oceanic Concerts (Pete Townshend & Raphael Rudd)