Swami in a strange land
Subtitle: how Krishna came to the West : the biography of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
By: Joshua M. Greene ; foreword by Klaus K. Klostermaier
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781608876440
Subjects: International Society for Krishna Consciousness; Hare Krishnas; History; Biography; Gurus
Other titles: Biography of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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 Prabhupada's 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 Paris's City Hall, Swami in a Strange Land traces the rise of Eastern spirituality in the West--and in particular, the rise of yoga culture and vegetarianism and the concepts of karma and reincarnation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: India; title: America; title: The world.