The odyssey of enlightenment : rare interviews with enlightened teachers of our time

by Berthold Madhukar Thompson

Paperback, 2002

Publication

Imprint: San Rafael, California : Wisdom Editions, 2003.. Responsibility: Berthold Madhukar Thompson. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xxiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Features: Includes glossary.

Call number

GT-H-A / Thomp

Barcode

BK-05355

ISBN

9781931254090

Library's rating

CSS Library Notes

Description: Twelve interviews collected during Thompsons spiritual quest and travels to remote parts of India.

Table of Contents: Surrender and I will take care of your enlightenment / Osho --
Realize who you are and then do whatever you like / Papaji --
Nothing happens by chance-everything is significant / Harish Madhukar --
Listen to the deepest part of your innermost heart / Gangaji --
Knowing the self is being the self / Annamalai Swami --
You cannot attain the self because you already are the self / Lakshmana Swami --
All is destined and according to God's will / Ramesh S. Balsekar --
If you want enlightenment, you must work for it / Dadaji --
Spiritual practices are obstructions to awakening / Kiran --
The worst desire is the desire for enlightenment / UG Krishnamurti --
The essence of enlightenment is having nothing, knowing nothing, and being no one / Andrew Cohen --
Vedanta is the science of reality / D.B. Gangolli.

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Physical description

xxiv, 334 p.; 23 cm

Description

This book chronicles one man's burning quest as he searches for, and tirelessly questions, a total of twelve spiritual teachers who are widely recognized as enlightened. Spurred on by a passionate yearning for truth, Thompson's odyssey takes him to remote parts of India where he engages in dialogues of a quality and depth rarely found in the annals of religion.

Language

Original language

English

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