From the Garland of Guru's Sayings by 'Who' Cont'd.

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> Verse 72. The inner meaning of the (Biblical) narrative,

> that Jesus rose

> up after being crucified and went to heaven, has been shown

> by the Guru as

> follows:

>

> Verse 73. The body is the cross; the sense of its

> self-hood is named

> Jesus; his attainment of the State of the Real Self by the

> extinction of

> that sense is the resurrection.(39)

>

> Verse 74. All those men that have won this State are

> (alike) Sons of God,

> since they have overcome Maya (illusion); they are worthy

> of being

> adored.(40)

>

>

> (39) The body resembles the cross, since the varied

> experience of embodied

> existence leads indirectly, through discrimination, to the

> extinction of

> the ego.

>

> (40) The Christian dogma, that Jesus is the only Son of

> God, is not

> approved.

>

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> These quotations are from the book,

> Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, "

> published by Sri Ramanasramam.