Author: Swami Siddeshwarananda
Translator(s): William Buchanan
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 172
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120815106
Description
This study in comparative mysticism explores the relationship between Hindu mystics and Christian Carmelite mystics using Jnana, bhakti, and raja yogas as a basis for comparison as well as the sacred scriptures of both traditions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
SWAMI SIDDHESWARANANDA (1897-1957) was a prince of the House of Cochin who after serving the order of Ramakrishna many years in India was sent to France in 1937 to found a Vedanta Centre near Paris. He was well known in France as an author and lecturer.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:
This book has been translated from French by William Buchanan- a retired professor of Humanities now living at the Vivekananda Monastery and Retreat in Ganges, Michigan, USA.
Contents
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON SWAMI SIDDHESWARANANDA
LETTER OF APPRECIATION
PREFACE
ABBREVIATIONS USED
Hindu Thought and Carmelite Spirituality
Spiritual Practice
The Study of Yoga in St John of the Cross
Bhakti-Yoga and St John of the Cross
The Yoga of St John of the Cross and the Theological Roots of Faith
The Raja-Yoga of St John of the Cross
NOTES ON PERSONS AND BOOKS
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR
GLOSSARY OF SANSKRIT TERMS
INDEX