East Meets West.
Title:
East Meets West.
Author:
Adago, John.
ISBN:
9780856834165
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (173 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Seekers of Truth -- Chapter 2: Gurdjieff In Russia -- Chapter 3: P.D. Ouspensky: The Work Comes to London -- Chapter 4: Willem A. Nyland: Firefly -- Chapter 5: Forty Days -- Chapter 6: Andrew Maclaren: Standing for Justice -- Chapter 7: Leon Maclaren: A School is Born -- Chapter 8: Adi Shankara -- Chapter 9: Shri Gurudeva - Swami Brahmananda Saraswati -- Chapter 10: Vedanta and Western Philosophy -- Chapter 11: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Flower Power - The Spirit of the Sixties -- Chapter 12: Swami Muktananda: Growing Roses in Concrete -- Chapter 13: Shantananda Saraswati -- Chapter 14: Dr Francis Roles: Return to the Source -- Chapter 15: Satsanga: Good Company -- Chapter 16: Joy Dillingham and Nicolai Rabeneck: Guarding the Light -- Chapter 17: Last Days -- Chapter 18: The Bridge -- The Author -- Appendix 1 - Words of the Wise -- Appendix 2 - The Enneagram -- Appendix 3 - Philosophy and Christianity -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
An account of how the philosophy of the East came to be so integrated into the everyday lives of millions in the West, this book focuses on a select group of men and women who endeavored tirelessly to inject Eastern wisdom into a lacking Western worldview. From G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky, who first perceived a missing element in Western thought, through Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced meditation to the West, to Shantananda Sarawati, who taught the philosophy of nondualism to Francis Roles and Leon MacLaren, this history looks at the lives and work of those individuals who were primarily responsible for bridging the cultural divide. The book also discusses the author's own experiences with a number of teachers and organizations that have taught meditation, Eastern philosophy, and the "Fourth Way.".
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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