American Veda
Subtitle: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation — How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
By: Philip Goldberg
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780385521345
Subjects: Hinduism; Vedanta; History; Yoga; Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-385) and index.
Table of contents: title: Namaste, America! : what India has given us and why it matters; title: The voice of an old intelligence : "Hindoo" texts enchant Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman; title: New thought in old wineskins : Eddy, Blavatsky, and the New Thoughters metabolize Vedanta; title: The handsome monk in the orange robe : Swami Vivekananda conquers the Parliament and creates the Vedanta Society; title: The public intellectuals : swamis tutor smart guys, and they tutor us; title: The yogi of the autobiography : Paramahansa Yogananda becomes the voice of India; title: Blowin' in the wind : Beatniks, hippies, and consciousness expanders trip toward the East; title: Maha mass media : The Fab Four find Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and meditation goes mainstream; title: The Baby Boomers' babas : Muktananda, Bhaktivedanta, and other gurus storm the seventies; title: The yoga bearers : Satchidananda, Iyengar, and other yogacharyas take Americans to the mat; title: Sex, lies and idiosyncrasies : the guru wave casts a shadow; title: Made in the USA : Ram Dass, Deepak, and other American acharyas take the wheel; title: Not just academic : practitioner-pandits penetrate the Ivory Tower; title: Guru Americana : om-grown gurus gather disciples; title: Art-omatic transmissions : musicians and writers channel India; title: The soul of science, the science of soul : the cosmic Shiva dances into the lab; title: Into the mystic : a priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into an ashram; title: The once and future religion : American the spiritual evolves.