This pioneering work harmonizes Hindu Vedanta philosophy with the Christian vision of the Word made flesh through the Spirit of God's love.An introduction to the Vedic scriptures which shows that God has also lavished his riches on non-Christian people and how we must relate ourselves to these other sources of truth. “Without Christianity I don't think the oriental religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, can answer the needs of the modern world. But without the enrichmen...

One of today's foremost mystics introduces readers to the thought of one of the most important spiritual teachers of the past century.Bede Griffiths—English Benedictine monk and lifelong friend of C.S. Lewis, who was his tutor at Oxford—wrote in 1955 to a friend: "I'm going out to India to seek the other half of my soul." There, he explored the intersection of Hinduism and Christianity and was a driving force behind the growth of interspiritual awareness so common ...

Provides readers with an intriguing view into the thoughts, beliefs, and life of this champion of interreligious acceptance and harmony. This volume is the first in-depth study of Bede Griffiths' contemplative experience and thought.

Father Bede, says Harvey, was "the simplest and most eloquent spokesman of the Holy Spirit that our time has seen ... one of the most important people of this century, an authentic prophet, someone who lived out the life of Christ." Listen in to a thoughtful, inspiring explanation of why this is so.

This discussion with a remarkable Benedictine monk who founded an ashram in South India is a beautiful, stirring exploration of human spirituality. In a rare synthesis of Christian, Hindu and modern scientific thought, the late Father Bede discusses the infusing of gross matter and daily life with spirit and much more.

“Ci sono molti metodi di meditazione e vie della vita nel mondo di oggi. Yoga, zen, vipassana e meditazione trascendentale, tutte hanno avuto una vasta influenza per schiudere e rivelare il senso interiore della vita e lo scopo della vita nel mondo”. Parole di Bede Griffiths, tra le molte sue dedicate alla meditazione di cui ha parlato in varie occasioni formandone un insegnamento prezioso. Nella sua prassi e nel suo insegnamento confluiscono Oriente e Occidente che occorre studiare in qua...

The late Brother Wayne Teasdale and the Pauls share their experience of Father Bede, his legacy, and the promise it holds for the world we face today. Father Dom Bede Griffiths was a much-revered mystic who grew beyond his Christian traditions to embrace and embody the philosophical grounding in both eastern and western thought.

Seit den Tagen von Descartes ist die Schere zwischen Spiritualität einerseits und Naturwissenschaft andererseits immer weiter auseinandergegangen – mit verheerenden Folgen für die Menschheit. Jetzt ist die Zeit gekommen, um die beiden Welten wieder zu verbinden und zu erkennen: Die Welt ist eins!Renée Weber, Professorin der angesehenen Princeton-Universität, gelingt in ihremWerk der Brückenschlag zwischen den nur scheinbar getrennten Reichen durch einen faszinierenden Dialog ...

This book examines the space of meeting between two religions that open up when there are honest attempts at interreligious learning. Taking Abhishiktananda and Bede Griffiths as examplars, and the meeting between Advaita Vedanta and Christianity, the nature of the theological movements within this ‹Third Space› are identified, and the resultant hybridities are assessed for their relevance to each tradition. After brief biographical sketches, the author considers how these two monks relate...