num_pages: 340
description: In 1965 a seventy-year-old man set sail from India to America with a few books in his bag pennies in his pockets and a message of love in his heart. He landed in New York at the peak of the revolutionary counterculture movement of the 60s and went on to spark a global spiritual renaissance that led to the creation of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.Through the depiction of Prabhupada as both an enlightened luminary and a personable funny and conscientious individual Swami in a Strange Land shows why cultural icons such as George Harrison and Allen Ginsberg incorporated Prabhupadas teachings into their lives and why millions more around the globe embarked upon the path of bhakti yoga in his footsteps.Set in locations as far ranging as remote Himalayan caves and the gilded corridors of Pariss City Hall Swami in a Strange Land traces the rise of Eastern spirituality in the Westand in particular the rise of yoga culture and vegetarianism and the concepts of karma and reincarnation.A remarkable journey into the deepest dimensions of the human experience Swami in a Strange Land shows how one man with a dream can change the world.
language: English
title: Swami in a Strange Land: How Krishna Came to the West
publisher: Mandala Publishing