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Christopher Isherwood
Vedanta for the Western World Paperback – Abridged, 1 October 1985
by Christopher Isherwood (Author)
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Does a spiritual classic need updating? Vedanta philosophy is, by definition, timeless. But while spiritual truths are eternal, the society which interprets them changes from generation to generation. Each generation looks at the world through its own prism of experience. For this reason Living Wisdom: Vedanta in the West has been born.
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Christopher Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) was one of the most prominent writers of his generation. He is the author of many works of fiction, including All the Conspirators, The Memorial, Mr. Norris Changes Trains, and Goodbye to Berlin, on which the musical Cabaret was based, as well as works of nonfiction and biography.erience shopping for books on Amazon today?
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Lynne
5.0 out of 5 stars ExcellentReviewed in France on 22 September 2014
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Well worth reading for an overall appreciation of the sense of Vedanta for a western mind. I love Isherwood's introduction
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David Kiebert
4.0 out of 5 stars East Meets WestReviewed in the United States on 4 November 2011
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This book is a very interesting introduction to the ideas of Indian Vedanta philosophy for the Western reader. Many of the essays included were written by eminent Westerners such as Christopher Isherwood and Aldous Huxley, but there are also very eloquent essays by Indian clerical writers. There are a couple of very illuminating essays about the practice of meditation that I found especially useful. The only things I disliked were the apparent attempt to express Hindu ideas in Christian or Biblical terms and the seemingly puritanical attitude toward the human body and the physical world. All in all, though, a very good read.
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