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   [204] This program would have been greatly facilitated by a secret passage   
   into and out of the tomb – something which was not uncommon to find in the   
   catacombs constructed in those times. And this tomb had been newly built by a   
   wealthy man who supported    
   Jesus, so it is likely that the tomb had been constructed specifically to   
   serve the needs of the post-crucifixion burial, and would therefore have just   
   such a hidden entrance and exit.   
      
   [205] Matthew 20:17-19; John 18:31-32.   
      
   [206] Matthew 7:15-20.   
      
   [207] Jeremiah 39:11-14.   
      
   [208] Luke 23:12.   
      
   [209] Exodus 4:22.   
      
   [210] John 1:18, 3:16, 10:19-40, 14:6.   
      
   [211] John 20:29.   
      
   [212] Matthew 6:30, 7:5, 7:11, 16:4, 23:33; Luke 11:29, 12:28.   
      
   [213] Matthew 19:23-24.   
      
   Jesus even gave one parable – the rich man and Lazarus – conveying the   
   unmistakable purport that poverty is somehow a great virtue that invariably   
   guarantees a place in heaven, whereas wealth is a sure crime that inescapably   
   leads to eternal torment in    
   hell. (See Luke 16:19-31.)   
      
   [214] Matthew 5:38-48.   
      
   [215] Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:19-25.   
      
   [216] Luke 12:51-53.   
      
   [217] Matthew 5:19.   
      
   [218] This manner of working is not nearly so incredible as it may at first   
   sound. In fact, it has been the basic operational formula for quite a number   
   of out-standing military, political and religious figures though, regrettably,   
   the vast majority of    
   those historical personalities had something other than the welfare of   
   humanity in mind. Similarly, although the Church has achieved considerably   
   more political success than Jesus could manage during his lifetime, an   
   objective examination of historical    
   and present-day activities of the Church will reveal use of the same basic   
   tactics.   
      
   [219] Matthew 2:16-20.   
      
   [220] Matthew 14:3-12.   
      
   [221] There are some who maintain that Jesus died in Kashmir, and the evidence   
   they present is not unconvincing. See, for example, Jesus Died in Kashmir:   
   Jesus, Moses and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel by Andreas Faber Kaiser.   
      
   [222] Matthew 19:16-17; Mark 10:17-18; Luke 18:18-19; John 10:30.   
      
   [223] Prabhat Sam'giita is the compilation of mostly Bengali Songs, the words   
   and melody of which have been given by Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar, the sage   
   propounder of Neo-Humanism. Never before has such a vast body of sublime music   
   so suddenly    
   appeared in this world. On 10 September 1982 Mr. Sarkar taught his first song   
   and, as of the present time (December 1983), there are already well over one   
   thousand songs, creating a cultural and spiritual revolution in the fields of   
   poetry and music.    
   These songs are unique in their blending of Eastern and Western melodies, as   
   well as in their presentation of the fines: examples of all past and present   
   musical forms. Moreover, the poetry of Prabhat Sam'giita has been acclaimed by   
   many intellectuals    
   conversant in Bengali literature as being superior even to the works of Nobel   
   Prize laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. Each song expresses another side, or   
   secret, of the unalloyed love existing between pure-minded devotees and the   
   Lord. Taken as a whole,    
   Prabhat Sam'giita is the ideal musical and lyrical expression of Neo-Humanism.   
      
   [224] Matthew 6:28-29.   
      
   [225] Matthew 6:24-34.   
      
   [226] Luke 10:38-42.   
      
   [227] See, for example, The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ by Nicholas Notovich.   
   Some scholars have also surmised that the word, “Christ”, was derived not from   
   the Greek word, Khristos, but rather from the Sam'skrta word, Krishna, the   
   name of India's    
   unparalleled spiritual master who lived around 1500 B.C. (For more information   
   about Krishna and Krishna’s teachings, see the book, Namami Krsna Sundaram, by   
   Shrii Shrii Anandamurti.) These scholars have suggested that Jesus returned   
   from India having    
   acquired a Sam'skrta name, as is traditional upon learning meditation. In the   
   case of Jesus, the name given, so they say, was “Krishna”.   
      
   [228] John 10:30.   
      
   [229] John 14:6.   
      
   In early 1983, a Gallup Poll was conducted in the U.S.A., in which more than   
   1500 Americans were interviewed on subjects related to Christianity. That   
   survey revealed an undeniable and widespread ignorance concerning what Jesus   
   was alleged to have said    
   and done. Nevertheless, nine out of ten Americans questioned said that they   
   had been influenced by Jesus as a moral and ethical teacher. Seven out of ten   
   claimed they were deepening their personal relationship with him. And almost   
   six out of ten believed    
   that they followed Jesus' example “very” or “fairly” closely. Perhaps, most   
   significant of all is that two out of three Americans questioned felt that one   
   cannot attain eternal life without accepting Jesus.   
      
   [230] Mark 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:22.   
      
   [231] Luke 11:9-13.   
      
   [232] Matthew 21:21-22.   
      
   [233] Matthew 7:5, 7:11; Luke 18:9-14.   
      
   [234] Matthew 5:20, 5:46-48.   
      
   [235] Matthew 13:24-30.   
      
   Presumably, this parable indicates that evil will be punished only at the time   
   of the so-called Judgement Day, when all the graves will supposedly be opened   
   so that everyone can arise and march before God's “great white throne”. (See   
   Revelation 20:11-15.)   
    And, if we accept the implication of this parable, until that Judgement Day   
   comes, all the good people of the world should simply turn a blind eye to the   
   corruption which has led to untold sufferings of the downtrodden masses – who   
   are, in truth, our    
   sisters and our brothers.   
      
   [236] Matthew 5:39.   
      
   [237] A close study of Mahatma Gandhi's passive resistance reveals that it   
   always had the tendency to serve the interests of the ruling power. Although   
   Gandhi preached non-violence on the part of ordinary citizens, he never   
   rejected the right of those in    
   power to use weapons, or military force, to achieve their goals. Thus, on at   
   least one occasion he declared that, in the course of India's struggle for   
   independence, any number of Indians might die but not a single Briton should   
   be killed. Furthermore,    
   Gandhi made it clear that when he should come into political power, he also   
   expected to use military force; and indeed, soon after independence, the   
   Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, deployed the Indian army against   
   Pakistan, without a single word    
   of protest from Mahatma Gandhi. The fact is that Gandhi was nothing but a   
   vocal revolutionary or, in more blunt language, a political opportunist; and   
   that is why all of his maneuvers reflected his primary concern – to come into   
   power without overly    
   disturbing the existing machinery of exploitation. As with a great many   
   popular religious and political leaders before him, Gandhi found that the most   
   convenient method to gain his selfish and self-serving goals was by making a   
   secret arrangement with    
   the enemy, to sell out his own people in exchange for some largely cosmetic   
   political concessions. These concessions were designed to enhance Gandhi's   
   prestige, but would still keep open the highway of psycho-economic   
   exploitation that the enemy desired.   
      
      
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