Vedanta And The West

"This important book fills a gap in our knowledge.... Highly recommended."Â -- Library Journal "... highly recommended... " -- Choice "With admirable clarity and remarkable brevity, Jackson surveys the history of the movement and raises... important issues... " -- The Journal of American History An important history of the Ramakrishna movement, the very first and in many ways the most important Asian religious group to appear in the United States.

Based on the spiritual classic Vedanta for the Western World. Included are articles by some of this century's finest writers on spirituality: Huston Smith, Fr. Thomas Keating, Pico Iyer, Rabbi Asher Block. A fresh and timeless contribution to the literature of spiritual inquiry.

Articles Include The Vision Of God In His Universal Form, Chapter 11 Of The Bhagavad Gita; Realize The Truth, By Swami Yatiswarananda; The Cultural Heritage Of India Part 1, By Swami Nikhilananda; The Philosophia Perennis, By Gerald Heard; The Sermon On The Mount Part 4, By Swami Prabhavananda; And Some Techniques Of Western Monasticism Part 2, By Donald Hayne.