Swami Abhishiktanada

Essential Writings

By: Swami Abhishiktanada, Shirley Du Boulay (Editor)

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"Abhishiktananda stands beside Thomas Merton, Tony de Mello, and Bede Griffiths as one of the architects of a new mystical Christianity."— William Johnston, S.J.
Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri le Saux, 1910-1973) is one of the most intriguing spiritual figures of the twentieth century. A Breton-born monk who moved to India in 1948, he initially hoped to Christianize India along Benedictine lines. Instead his deep encounter with Hindu spirituality, particularly the experience of "non-duality," led him on an even more challenging and adventurous path, adopting the appearance and life of an Indian holy man. His last years were spent living as a hermit in the Himalayas.
Abhishiktananda's writings reflect an extraordinary search for God in the story of a man prepared to risk everything, caught in the tension between two traditions, but ultimately finding reconciliation in the truth beyond opposites.

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Sources	p. 9
Abbreviations	p. 11
Glossary	p. 13
Introduction	p. 19
Benedictine Monk	p. 43
Brittany	p. 43
Vocation	p. 44
Letter to Louisette	p. 45
Father Jules Monchanin	p. 48
Fulfilment Theology	p. 52
Advaita	p. 56
Ramana Maharshi: "The Unique Sage of the Eternal India	p. 56
Ramana Maharshi's Way	p. 59
Ramana Maharshi - The Quest of the Self	p. 61
Advaita - A Definition	p. 61
The Challenge Christianity and Advaita Present to Each Other	p. 63
Christian and Vedantic Ascesis	p. 65
Simply Becoming Aware	p. 66
Man Is Truly Himself	p. 69
There Is Only Being	p. 70
Eternity	p. 71
Eternity in the Present Moment	p. 72
Goal of the Universe	p. 72
Being	p. 73
East-West	p. 75
Advaita and the Religions	p. 75
The Advaitic Dilemma	p. 77
Why Name the Mystery?	p. 78
The West's Interest in the East	p. 78
The Challenge Presented to Christianity	p. 81
A Call to the Church	p. 82
The Tension between Christianity and Hindu Advaita	p. 83
Responses to Saccidananda	p. 85
Tensions	p. 86
Immersion in Hinduism	p. 88
Pray to Be Simply Transparent	p. 88
The Grace of India	p. 92
Morning Worship	p. 97
Evening Worship	p. 98
Night Prayers	p. 101
Christ the Sad-Guru (True Master)	p. 101
Meeting the Guru	p. 104
Greeting the Guru	p. 108
The Effect of Meeting Sri Gnanananda	p. 109
Christ as Guru	p. 110
The Mystery of the Guru	p. 111
The Guru in the Depth of the Heart	p. 113
The Secret of the Guru	p. 114
Pilgrimage - A Definition	p. 115
Setting Off	p. 116
Ascent to Gangotri	p. 117
Sadhus	p. 118
The Cosmic Covenant	p. 119
Review of Hindu-Christian Meeting Point	p. 121
Hindu-Christian Dialogue Postponed	p. 125
The Life of the Hermit	p. 129
The Ideal of the Sannyasi	p. 129
Sannyasa	p. 130
Surrender	p. 131
"Naked as a Stone Is Naked"	p. 133
Silence	p. 136
Solitude	p. 139
The Role of Contemplatives	p. 141
Solitude and Emptying	p. 142
The Great Solitude within the Soul	p. 143
From "Esseulement"	p. 144
The Call of the Within	p. 148
Christianity	p. 150
What Is a Christian?	p. 150
Is It Possible to Live according to the Gospel?	p. 155
"My Father and I Are One"	p. 157
Jesus	p. 158
Jesus, the True Guru	p. 159
Jesus in Advaita	p. 159
For Ascension Day	p. 160
Christ and the Church	p. 161
Saccidananda - A Definition	p. 161
The Trinity	p. 164
The Two Experiences of the Trinity and of Saccidananda	p. 164
Mass	p. 166
God	p. 169
The Existence of God	p. 169
The Essential Void	p. 170
The Secret of the Within	p. 171
The Meeting of Man with God	p. 172
Contemplation of the Transcendent-Immanent God	p. 172
Everywhere He Is, and Only He	p. 174
Seek God	p. 178
Prayer	p. 180
God's Presence	p. 180
Prayer - an Act of Faith	p. 182
Prayer - God Is beyond Form	p. 183
God in Creation	p. 184
The Prayer of the Name	p. 184
The Primacy of Contemplation	p. 187
Advaitic Prayer	p. 188
OM	p. 189
The Prayer of Silence	p. 190
Awakening	p. 193
Satori	p. 193
Dazzled	p. 194
Only for the Strong	p. 194
The Present Moment	p. 195
Beyond All Signs	p. 196
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