Godmen of India
by Peter Brent
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1972
- Important places
- India
- Dedication
- For Jean
- First words
- "In the midst of the highest heaven there is a shining light: he who has no Guru cannot reach the palace; he only will reach it who is under the guidance of a true Guru." Thus Kabir, the fifteenth-century North Indian mystic,... (show all) plainly sets out the Guru's status.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But if, in detail, the figure which emerges here has little in commonwith the ochre robed godan of India, peacefully tyrannical in his ashram; if new explanations have to be found for his powers, and the devotion that is given him is couched in different terms; if the very qualities we look for in him alter with our altered demands--in essence he will still be the Guru, the gide and mentor of the inward path.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Anthropology
- DDC/MDS
- 294.5 — Religion Other religions Dharmic religions Hinduism
- LCC
- BL2003 .B66 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions Asian. Oriental By region or country India
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- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
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