East meets West [electronic resource] : the stories of the remarkable men and women from the East and the West who built a bridge across a cultural divide and introduced meditation and Eastern philosophy to the West / John Adago.
2014
CB251 .A33 2014eb
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East meets West [electronic resource] : the stories of the remarkable men and women from the East and the West who built a bridge across a cultural divide and introduced meditation and Eastern philosophy to the West / John Adago.
Author
Adago, John.
ISBN
9780856834165 electronic book
9780856832864
9780856832864
Published
London, England : Shepheard-Walwyn, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 162 pages) : illustrations
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CB251 .A33 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
909.09821
Summary
An account of how the philosophy of the East came to be so integrated into the everyday lives of millions in the West, this book focuses on a select group of men and women who endeavored tirelessly to inject Eastern wisdom into a lacking Western worldview. From G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky, who first perceived a missing element in Western thought, through Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced meditation to the West, to Shantananda Sarawati, who taught the philosophy of nondualism to Francis Roles and Leon MacLaren, this history looks at the lives and work of those individuals who were primarily responsible for bridging the cultural divide. The book also discusses the author's own experiences with a number of teachers and organizations that have taught meditation, Eastern philosophy, and the Fourth Way. -- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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