17 We use the hammer to drive home the truth, and pound it in until it is a part of every part. 18 We use the plane to smooth the rough, uneven surfaces of joint, and block, and board that go to build the temple for the truth. 19 The chisel, line, the plummet and the saw all have their uses in the workshop of the mind. 20 And then this ladder with its trinity of steps, faith, hope and love; on it we climb up to the dome of purity in life. 21 And on the twelve-step ladder we ascend until we reach the pinnacle of that which life is spent to build--the Temple of Perfected Man. SECTION VI. VAU. _Life and Works of Jesus in India._ CHAPTER 21. _Ravanna sees Jesus in the temple and is captivated. Hillel tells him about the boy. Ravanna finds Jesus in Nazareth and gives a feast in his honor. Ravanna becomes patron of Jesus, and takes him to India to study the Brahmic religion._ A royal prince of India, Ravanna of Orissa in the south, was at the Jewish feast. 2 Ravanna was a man of wealth; and he was just, and with a band of Brahmic priests sought wisdom in the West. 3 When Jesus stood among the Jewish priests and read and spoke, Ravanna heard and was amazed. 4 And when he asked who Jesus was, from whence he came and what he was, chief Hillel said, 5 We call this child the Day Star from on high, for he has come to bring to men a light, the light of life; to lighten up the way of men and to redeem his people, Israel. 6 And Hillel told Ravanna all about the child; about the prophecies concerning him; about the wonders of the night when he was born; about the visit of the magian priests; 7 About the way in which he was protected from the wrath of evil men; about his flight to Egypt-land, and how he then was serving with his father as a carpenter in Nazareth. 8 Ravanna was entranced, and asked to know the way to Nazareth, that he might go and honor such a one as son of God. 9 And with his gorgeous train he journeyed on the way and came to Nazareth of Galilee. 10 He found the object of his search engaged in building dwellings for the sons of men. 11 And when he first saw Jesus he was climbing up a twelve-step ladder, and he carried in his hands a compass, square and ax. 12 Ravanna said, All hail, most favored son of heaven! 13 And at the inn Ravanna made a feast for all the people of the town; and Jesus and his parents were the honored guests. 14 For certain days Ravanna was a guest in Joseph’s home on Marmion Way; he sought to learn the secret of the wisdom of the son; but it was all too great for him. 15 And then he asked that he might be the patron of the child; might take him to the East where he could learn the wisdom of the Brahms. 16 And Jesus longed to go that he might learn: and after many days his parents gave consent.