Deepak Chopra only knows hehe :) .i do believe although Jesus was born in Bethlehem .in Middle east ..then he travelled east to India and around there ..imbibed the teachings of Hinduism ...perhaps Buddhism ..and headed back to Jerusalem ..thats how no one had heard of him until he was 30 years old Deepak is another talented disciple of Maharishi, just like the Sri,sri,sri......
Maharishi was not satisfied by living like Swami Brahmananda (Guru) or Karpatri Maharaj( a brother disciple), he instead started popularizing yoga to improve material and mental conditions of wealthier countries. Appears that Deepak's and Sri sri sri's material and mental conditions are pretty good. Rich people come to these folks for help and they are glad to pay thousands -why would that make other NRIs distressed? There are thousands of people in USA who sell expensive condominums, may be even located next to slaughterhouses, they are not considered blameworthy, so a guy selling stuff near a yoga resort is definitely praiseworthy.
Chopra's contention that super consciousness etc. is same as God, or Jesus or Rama or Krishna etc. is something known to most Indians for good 3000 years; why is it such a big deal? I am sorry that not all NRIs can mint money like popular Yoga teachers of the wealthy but we do try to make whatever money we can in our chosen profession. I don’t think Indians gain anything by criticizing other Indians who are minting money without using unethical means.
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jokes apart, this is something interesting i found
The article quoted below was texted by dr. arisyosantos . This probably answers your question on jesus. This is one of the comparative reading that I found interesting, because the person has explored linguistic possibilities.
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[START] "I think the time is come where certain things can be disclosed. For the Third Millennium is dawning upon the world, and the epoch has come for the long awaited Third Coming. I don't know if a person called Jesus ever went toIndia to be initiated. But I do know that a god variously named Issa, Isha, Ichtos, Iesus, Ieshuah, Joshuah, Jesus, etc. is indisputably originary from India.
In fact, Jesus' life and, particularly, his childhood deeds were copied from those ofKrishna . A well-known instance of this is the so-called Evangel of the Infancy, an apocryphal (i. e. "secret evangel") directly cribbed from its Indian precursor. Even the Church Doctors have recognized this undeniable fact, hiding away such books and rejecting them. But, in fact ALL evangels are really apocryphal, having been written by anonymous writers under the pseudonym of the Apostles. The whole history of Jesus is a fraud, for he never existed at all, at least as a real person.
But Issa/Ieshuah is not indeedKrishna , as his name is taken directly from that of Ishvara, "the Lord of the Universe" (Ish-vara, in Skt.). Ishvara — pronounced "Ishwar" — is also called Ishva ("Lord"), pronounced "Ishwa". The name of Ieshua or Ioshuah means "Saviour" in Hebrew, and is taken directly from the above Sanskrit term, which also has this acception, particularly when applied to Vishnu and to Shiva. Ishvara (Ishwar) is widely worshipped in the Far East , being also called Isha (or Ishana) in India , Issara in Pali, Isuan in Thai, Jizu (or Jizai) in Japanese, and so on.
In turn, Issa (or Issi) is a corrupted form of the Skt. Rishi (or Riksha). Issa is how the Muslims call Jesus Christ, whom they acknowledge as a sort of saint. The Rishis are the "Sages" or "Seers" who revealed the Vedas (Hindu evangels) to the world. They date from Vedic times inIndia , being far older than the times of Christ, and even of Israel as a Biblical nation in Palestine . The Rishis are widely worshipped in the Far East , whence their cult passed to the Near Orient and, thence, through Alexandria , into Greece and Rome .
The several etyms of the name of Jesus/Issa in Sanskrit reveal the Indian origin of both his myth and his onomastic. Isha (or Ishan or Ishwa) means "Lord", as we already said. Emmanuel or Manuel derives from Manu-el, that is "Lord Manu", meaning "Saviour Lord". Ishva (read "Ishwa") means "Master" ( = Rabbi, a frequent designative of Christ). Ishi (or Isha) means "Rishi", that is, "the one who reveals the Evangels", like the Seven Rishis, who preceded him, and whose myth he copied.
The Essenes — from whom most of the doctrines allegedly preached by Jesus were copied — called such initiates and prophets by the name of Issar (plural Issarim). In Sanskrit (the sacred language ofIndia in which such myths were composed) many etyms are telltale of the true origin of the myth of Christ. In it, Ishu means "missile" and, more exactly "envoy", "messenger", emissary". Jesus/Ishu is thus "the Celestial Messenger" or "Angel" (Angelos in Greek means just this), the avatar commemorated in the Mass (Latin Missa = Emissa = Emissary").