A Walk With Four Spiritual Guides

by Harvey, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781893361737
• ISBN10: 189336173X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Skylight Paths Pub

Summary

Andrew Harvey's warm and personal introduction to each guide offers his own experiences of learning from their wisdom. 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 -- in one beautiful volume. Includes selections from four classic texts: Bhagavad Gita (Krishna) Dhammapada (Buddha) The Gospel of Thomas (Jesus) The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Ramakrishna) Andrew Harvey is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Son of Man, and A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides. His memoir A Journey to 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.

Author Biography

Andrew Harvey is the series editor of SkyLight Illuminations.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Krishna	1	(44)
Buddha	45	(36)
Jesus	81	(48)
Ramakrishna	129	(37)
Notes	166	(4)
About SkyLight Paths	170