A Christian pilgrim in India : the spiritual journey of Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri Le Saux) / by Harry Oldmeadow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oldmeadow, Harry, 1947-

Series:

Library of perennial philosophy

Perennial philosophy series

The library of perennial philosophy

The perennial philosophy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abhishiktananda, Swami, 1910-1973.

Abhishiktananda.

Spiritual biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Ind. : World Wisdom, [2008]

Summary:

How the French Benedictine monk, Henri Le Saux, became Swami Abhishiktananda in India: This-book offers a unique and comprehensive biography of Henri Le Saux (1910-1973), an extraordinary Catholic monk who answered an inner call to India where he spent the rest of his life as a renunciate, becoming known as Swami Abhishiktananda; includes a compilation of Abhishiktananda's spiritual aphorisms as well as a full bibliography of his writings; contains 21 black-and-white illustrations from his life and times.

Contents:

"Consecrated to God" : life and work

A biographical sketch

Friends and influences

Writings

"In the mystery of God" : spiritual themes in Abhishiktananda's writings

The monk's vocation and Sannyāsa

Advaita

The cosmic theophany

Way stations on the spiritual path

Signs : the limits of religious forms

Dialogue : meeting in the cave of the heart

"Unity in diversity" : Abhishiktananda in perspective

Abhishiktananda and the perennial philosophy

Abhishiktananda's gift.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-303) and index.

ISBN:

9781933316451

1933316454

OCLC:

167512659