Inhaltsangabe
Pages: 191 (Throughout Color Illustrations)
About The Author
Steven J. Rosen ( Satyaraja Das) is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies, a biannual publication exploring Eastern through. He is also associate editor of Back to Godhead magazine and the author of over twenty books on Indian Philosophy. His recent titles include Essential Hinduism ( Praeger, 2006), Krishnas Song: A New Look at the Bhagavad Gita ( Greenwood, 2007), and The Yoga of Kirtan: Conversations on the Sacred Art of Chanting ( FOLK Books, 2008). He is an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Introduction
In the 1950s, an Austrian named Walther Eidlitz published a book called Unknown India. He writesof his quest for truth and of his subsequent relationship with Shri Maharaj his guru, whom he met in the Himalayas in the 1930s. The story if familiar: a Western seeker finds an Indian teacher and decides to adopt a traditional form of Eastern spirituality.
But the story continuous. As the years pass, Eidlitz finds himself in an India beset by World War II and is placed in a prison camp for nearly six years. During his internment he meets Sadananda, a German gentleman in Indian dress, who is also a prisoner. They forge a friendship and Sadananda introduces Eidlitz to Vaishnavism ( the worship of Vishnu, or Krishna). Sadananda had been initiated into this esoteric tradition by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, a saint and scholar from Bengal and was axious to share his knowledge with others specifically with Eidlitz comes to call Sadanandas zealousness aggressive grace.
Impresed by Sadanandas knowledge and wisdom, Eidlitz feels that Sadananda has augmented the knowledge received from Shri Maharaj and consequently accepts Sadananda as his new guru
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