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Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna

Dramatically recreates a series of delightful encounters with a great spiritual teacher. Editorial Reviews Hixon, a disciple of both Ramakrishna's wife and his spiritual successor, provides contemporary commentary based on The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna and The Great Master . This retelling in clear contemporary English requires no background knowledge and makes accessible the ideas of a most remarkable Hindu saint who worshipped Kali, the Divine Mother, but also experienced union with Jesus, Muhammad, and Allah. Hixon claims his book ``is not a conventional biography but a workbook'' to provide Ramakrishna's guidance to the spiritually inclined reader of any religious tradition and to clarify the mystical path. Hixon is self-effacing: what shines through is Ramakrishna sanctity and wisdom, as well as the devotion of his disciples. Recommended for most libraries.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 320
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780943914800
  • Genres
  • spirituality, religion, mysticism, biography
  • Release date
  • 1996