Author: Bede Griffiths
Alternate names: Father Bede Griffiths; Alan Richard Griffiths; B. Griffiths; Swami Dayananda
Born: 1906-12-17
Died: 1993-05-13
Bio: Bede Griffiths OSB Cam[1] (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British-born Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in South India and became a noted yogi. Griffiths was a part of the Christian Ashram Movement.