 swami prabhavananda (december 26, 1893 â july 4, 1976) was an indian philosopher, monk of the ramakrishna order, and religious teacher. ==biography== born in india, he joined the ramakrishna order after graduating from calcutta university in 1914. he was initiated by swami brahmananda.about prabhavananda in 1923, he was sent to the united states of america. initially he worked as an assistant minister of the vedanta society of san francisco. after two years, he established the vedanta society of portland. in december 1929, he moved to los angeles where he founded the vedanta society of southern california in 1930. under his administration the vedanta society of southern california grew over the years to become the largest vedanta society in the west, with monasteries in hollywood and trabuco canyon and convents in hollywood and santa barbara.list of vssc centers prabhavananda was a scholar who wrote a number of books on vedanta and indian religious scriptures and commentary. he was assisted on several of the projects by christopher isherwood or frederick manchester. his comprehensive knowledge of philosophy and religion attracted such disciples as aldous huxley and gerald heard. prabhavananda died on the bicentennial of america's independence, july 4, 1976, and on the 74th anniversary of the death, or mahasamadhi, of swami vivekananda, the founder of the ramakrishna order in india and many of the vedanta centers in america and europe. ==influence== christopher isherwood wrote a book, my guru and his disciple,christopher isherwood (1980/2001). my guru and his disciple. university of minnesota press. isbn 0-8166-3864-0 that described his more than three decades (1939â76) as a student of prabhavananda (see also historical work by copleyantony r. h. copley (2006). [http://books.google.com/books?id=qo_a1mnumbgc&pg=pa228&dq=prabhavananda+manchester&lr=&cd=28#v=onepage&q=spiritual%20heritage&f=false a spiritual bloomsb
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