Bede Griffiths
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Bede Griffiths OSB Cam(17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British-born Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in South India and became a noted yogi. Griffiths was a part of the Christian Ashram Movement.
Books
The Golden String
The Biography of Bede Griffiths, Benedictine of Prinknash. This book records the spiritual and intellectual adventures which led a brilliant young man through a labyrinth route from religious skepticism to the Catholic Church and then to a monastery.
Bede Griffiths
Bede Griffiths was an English Benedictine monk who settled in India in 1955, and became a great mystical teacher. In India, Griffiths established a Christian community following the customs of a Hindu ashram, and found wisdom and inspiration for his own Christian faith. Contents include: - A vision of nature - The challenge of Hinduism - Awakening to the feminine - A New Age - Final unity.