Guest guest Posted May 13, 1999 Report Share Posted May 13, 1999 We recd. the following interesting request - Mark Hawthorne <markh on the Vivekananda Website 13 May 1999 17:06 Vedanta >Hello, > >I am writing an article for Hinduism Today on Christopher Isherwood--specifically, his impact on the spread of Vedanta in the West. > >I know his guru was Swami Prabhavananda, but can you tell me what impact you believe Mr. Isherwood had on the Vedanta movement? > >Thank you, > >Mark Hawthorne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 1999 Report Share Posted May 13, 1999 Dear Mark, Christopher Ishwerwood must have had a very strong impact on the Vedanta movement in the West due to his co-translating (with Swami Prabhavananda) the Bhagavad-Gita in 1944 and Shankara's Crest Jewel of Dicrimination in 1947. By co-translation I believe is meant that he used his knowledge of and power with the English language to express Swami Prabhavananda's translation in most incisive but beautiful renditions which are easily accessible to the Western mind. Both books continue in print. Edith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 1999 Report Share Posted May 15, 1999 Dear Mark, Again on the Christopher Isherwood issue: I did not mean to suggest that it was Isherwood's language which primarily made the two books so meaningful. Swami Prabhavananda had a most brilliant ability to clarify the deepest meanings in a way easy to understand. Isherwood was the poet with words. Edith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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