Author : Kenneth Rose Ph. D.
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,75 MB
Release : 2019-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781794541047
Book Description
The Bhagavad Gita or the Bible? Krishna or Jesus? One way or many ways? These questions led Kenneth Rose on a journey of spiritual discovery to the Hare Krishna movement, a fundamentalist Bible college, a Trappist monastery, Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions, and India, where he had an audience with the Dalai Lama, a personal encounter with Papaji, and encountered the living presence of Sri Ramana Maharshi in his ashram in the shadow of the sacred mountain known as Arunachala. At each stop on this journey, he gained new insights into the spiritual life, but the radical differences between these spiritual traditions raised the question of which--if any--of these paths is ultimate.This question has never been more relevant than now because yogis and meditators often encounter evangelical and nondenominational Christians who claim to have the only true spirituality. Because some Christians feel uneasy or disloyal to Jesus and God when they practice yoga and meditation, they may stop practicing while others try to Christianize these practices. Still others blend traditions but feel uncertain about whether they really fit together.As a spiritual practitioner who has moved between the usually separate worlds of evangelical Christianity and Hindu and Buddhist spiritualities, Kenneth Rose tells in The Light of the Self: A Memoir of a Spiritual Awakening how the wisdom of teachers as diverse as Thomas Merton, Alan Watts, the Buddha, Joseph Campbell, Meister Eckhart, Dionysius the Areopagite, John of the Cross, Sri Ramana Maharshi, Patanjali, D. T. Suzuki, Osho, and Gopi Krishna pointed out the steps that led him from exclusivistic religion to the practice of nondual teachings in Hinduism, Buddhism, and mystical Christianity.In a book that is both a compelling spiritual memoir playing out on three continents and a skillful guide to mind-altering mystical teachings in Hinduism, Buddhism, and mystical Christianity, Kenneth Rose traces his personal spiritual pilgrimage and shares the teachings that transformed his life--and that can transform yours as well.Kenneth Rose, Ph.D., has been a professor of philosophy and religion for nearly three decades. His degrees include an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School and an M.A. and Ph.D. in the Study of Religion from Harvard University. His books include Yoga, Meditation, and Mysticism: Contemplative Universals (Bloomsbury Academic) and Meditative Landmarks and Pluralism: The Future of Religion (Bloomsbury Academic).https://anahatarose.com/[email protected]/author/kennethrose
