A Christian Pilgrim in India: The Spiritual Journey of Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri Le Saux)This book provides a biographical account of the remarkable Benedictine monk, Henri Le Saux (1910-1973), who spent the last two-and-a-half decades of his life in India where he immersed himself in Hindu spirituality. It traces the central themes of his prolific writings on religious and mystical topics. |
Contents
| 3 | |
Friends and Influences | 33 |
Writings | 63 |
Spiritual Themes | 99 |
Advaita | 119 |
The Cosmic Theophany | 157 |
Way Stations on the Spiritual Path | 181 |
The Limits of Religious Forms | 205 |
Meeting in the Cave of the Heart | 225 |
Abhishiktananda in Perspective | 245 |
Abhishiktanandas Gift | 271 |
Appendix | 279 |
Glossary of Sanskrit and Hindi Terms | 289 |
Acknowledgments | 304 |
Common terms and phrases
Abhi Abhishik Abhishiktananda Absolute acosmic advaita Advaita Vedanta advaitic experience Ananda Ananda Coomaraswamy Arunachala awakening Bäumer Baumer-Despeigne Bede Griffiths Christ Christian Ashram contemplative Coomaraswamy cosmic depth dharma divine doctrine esoteric Essays eternal faith formal Friesen Frithjof Frithjof Schuon Further Shore Gandhi Gnanananda Guénon Guru and Disciple HCMP heart Hindu Hinduism holy human India inner intellectual interreligious dialogue intuition Islam Jesus journal Jules Monchanin Jyotiniketan Klaus Klostermaier Klostermaier letter light living Logic and Transcendence māyā metaphysical monastic monk mountain mystery mystical nature non-duality passage Perennial Philosophy prayer principle Quoted Raimon Panikkar Ramana Maharshi reality religious forms religious pluralism religious tradition René Guénon renunciation Revelation Rishikesh S.H. Nasr Saccidananda sacred sages Sankara sannyāsa Schuon Scriptures Secret of Arunachala sense Shantivanam silence soul Spiritual Perspectives Swami Abhishiktananda symbol theology tion traditionalist truth understanding Unity of Religions universal Upanishads Vedanta Western words World Wisdom writings wrote