Reddit reviews The Yoga Of Jesus - Understanding the Hidden Teachings of the Gospels (Self-Realization Fellowship) (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

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https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Jesus-Understanding-Self-Realization-Fellowship/dp/0876125569

I've never read the book but I met Christians who were inspired by it.

The yogi Paramahansa Yogananda taught a blend of Hinduism and Christianity. I don't agree with him on some things but he was a very advanced yogi. I think you'd find his writings right up your alley.

Another really great book that discusses this is called The Yoga of Jesus by Paramahansa Yogananda.

Paramahansa goes through the quotes and parables of Jesus and shows how he was teaching concepts of meditation.

Your quest is a very noble one. This is an interesting book on that subject, written by a very interesting person, Paramahansa Yogananda.

You seem to be on the path to knowledge. What I think your father is referring to is Jesus saying to be wary of false prophets. But Jesus said to be wary of false prophets "who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves" (Matt. 7:15). I think that it is clear that the wisdom found in Siddhartha Gautama and the Vedas are neither ravenous nor lupine.

Saying that it will lead you away from the right path is foolish. But you need to determine for yourself if Eastern religions have any part in your own right path.

Nigglereddit is right that it won't be too much of a danger to your faith. Exposure to other ways of thinking (especially ones that have been used by many to attain higher wisdom) can only improve you. So I suggest that (if you have the time), you at least expose yourself to the Dhammapada/Pali Canon/Writings of the Dalai Lama, the Bhagavad Gita/Vedas/Upanishads, and/or the Tao Te Ching. Or any well-written books on Eastern Religions.

And to answer your question, it is unknown if Jesus learned anything about Eastern religions when he was on Earth. There are his "lost years," but then again, they are called his "lost years." However, if you believe Jesus to be God, then there is no limit to what Jesus is exposed to.

If you're interested in how different religions relate together, and specifically how Hinduism and Christianity relate together, you might be interested in the works of Paramahansa Yogananda.

His work focuses on the idea that there is one "inner highway" of nerve centers in the spine that allows people to have higher mystical experiences and that Hindu Yoga and Christianity are very similar once you get past the outer differences of language, culture, etc.

He describes his own experiences with mystical consciousness in Autobiography of a Yogi and he explains the Hinduism / Christianity connection in The Yoga of Jesus and The Second Coming of Christ.

Paramahansa's main work was in bringing practical spiritual techniques to the West that allowed people to have their own direct experience so that spirituality is made practical and scientific (in that everything becomes personally testable and easily understood). His personal experience with these higher states then allows him to explain the correlations between religions in a very easy to understand manner.

He died in 1952, but his books have remained popular enough that you can find them in pretty much any bookstore.