| Walk with Four Spiritual Guides: Krishna, Buddha, Jesus and Ramakrishna Contributor(s): Harvey, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594731381 ISBN-13: 9781594731389 Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2005 Annotation: In an engaging style, Andrew Harvey provides a very personal introduction to Krishna's lessons on the immortality of the soul, Buddha's description of the fundamental role of mental conditioning in making us who we are, Jesus's portrayal of the Kingdom of God as a present fact about the world and Ramakrishna's teachings on the truth of all religions. Enhanced with accessible translations of each guide's essential teachings and facing pages of guided commentary from experts, Harvey offers his own joyful experiences of learning from their wisdom and gives you deeper insight into their message for today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Spirituality |
| Dewey: 291.4 |
| Series: SkyLight Illuminations |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 4.92" W x 9.02" (0.58 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Four spiritual guides, four classic texts--timeless wisdom for our complicated Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Ramakrishna: four of the world's most interesting and challenging spiritual masters. The core of their most important teachings--along with annotations from expert scholars and introductions from Andrew Harvey, one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time--now are all in one beautiful volume. A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides contains selections from four classic texts: Bhagavad Gita (Krishna) - Dhammapada (Buddha) - The Gospel of Thomas (Jesus) - Selections from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Ramakrishna) The selections focus on the inspiring themes of devotion and selfless action; serenity and the mind; mysticism and the individual's search for answers; and the direct path to the Divine. Andrew Harvey's warm and personal introduction to each guide offers his own experiences of learning from their wisdom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harvey, Andrew: - Andrew Harvey is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Son of Man. His memoir A Journey in Ladakh was praised as "one of the best books available on the Western experience of Tibetan spiritual life." His just-published memoir Sun at Midnight was praised by Deepak Chopra, who said, "for those who have gone through the dark night of the soul and for those seeking a genuine understanding of spirituality, this is a very inspiring story." Harvey is also the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Born in India, he was the youngest person ever awarded a fellowship to All Souls College, Oxford. He has devoted the past thirty years of his life to study and experiencing the world's spiritual traditions and is widely recognized as one of our greatest communicators of mysticism and contemplative living today. |