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 Christopher
Isherwood is a multifaceted character. Our interest focuses on his
work as a contributor to the Vedanta literary heritage. We offer
the following by way of background and hope to add to the
biographical and critical information presented.
(Pictured: Swami
Prabhavananda, Aldous Huxley, Christopher
Isherwood, at the Vedanta Society, Hollywood. Photo courtesy of
the Vedanta Archives)
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 The
Writer & Vedanta: A Lecture by Christopher Isherwood -
CD
Christopher
Isherwood gave this lecture, The Writer & Vedanta,
at the Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple on November 11, 1960.
As both a successful writer and a longtime earnest
spiritual aspirant, Isherwood brings a wealth of
experience to bear in this original and personal approach
to the topic.
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 Swami
Vivekananda:
Two Lectures on the Bhagavad Gita
Read by Christopher Isherwood - DVD
Filmed Live on
August 17, 1975
GT2005-DVD
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 The
Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God
Selections Read by Christopher
Isherwood
Translation: Swami
Prabhavananda & Christopher Isherwood
GT1003-CD
$11.95 + Shipping (& Taxes in California)
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Bhagavad Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism and
one of the great religious classics of the world. It is
part of the epic Mahabharata, which takes place on the
battlefield, symbolizing the spiritual struggle.
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book is also available from
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 The
Upanishads
Selections Read by
Christopher
Isherwood
Translation by Swami Prabhavananda
& Frederick Manchester
GT
1007-CD Audio CD, $11.95 +
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| The Vedas are, to
the Hindu, as nearly as any human document can be, the
expression of divine truth.
Tracks: ISHA (2:10),
KATHA (20:16), AITAREYA (4:35), BRIHADARANYAKA (19:45),
SVETASVATARA (13:20), TAITTIRIYA (7:45), CHANDOGYA
(9:43)
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 Girish
Ghosh
A Lecture by
Christopher Isherwood
GT1007-CD $11.95 + Shipping
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About
Girish Ghosh in Christopher Isherwood's own words:
Ghosh
became a kind of patron saint for me—I felt closer to
him than to any other member of Ramakrishna’s
circle—but I wasn’t worthy to be his disciple. I
failed to go the whole hog, as he had, either in
debauchery or devotion. Ghosh dared to reveal himself
shamelessly to Ramakrishna, thereby making a sacrifice
of his own self-esteem and self-will and submitting
totally to Ramakrishna’s guidance. That was his
greatness
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Swami
Vivekananda:
Two Lectures on the Bhagavad Gita
Read by Christopher Isherwood -CD
Recorded Live on
August 17, 1975
Audio CD
GT1012-CD $11.95 + Shipping (& Taxes in
California)
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The
Upanishads
Selections Read by
Christopher
Isherwood
Translation by Swami Prabhavananda
& Frederick Manchester
Original 1976
2-Disc Vinyl LP
GT
4001-LP Vinyl 2 record set,
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ISHA
(2:10), KATHA (20:16), AITAREYA (4:35),
BRIHADARANYAKA (19:45), MUNDAKA (9:55),
SVETASVATARA (13:20), KENA (6:30), TAITTIRIYA
(7:45), CHANDOGYA (9:43)
This
recording contains
materials deleted from the CD due to time
constraints: Mundaka Upanishad and Kena Upanishad
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book is
also available from GemsTone
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BOOKS
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 Bhagavad
Gita: The Song of God
Translated by Swami
Prabhavananda & Christopher Isherwood
GT3001-Book,
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Uses the beauty of
verse to express the highest truths of Vedanta.
Includes an introduction to the Gita, and a study
of non-violence versus the need to fight a just
war.
The critics
have singled out this translation:
"The book
is self-contained. A complete stranger to the
Hindu gospel can pick it up and in one or two
evenings follow the poem from its terrific
beginnings to its sublime end."
-- New York Times
"A
distinguished literary work." - Time Magazine
"A highly
readable interpretive translation."- American
Library Association
"The best
from a literary point of view."
-- Aldous Huxley
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 Ramakrishna
and His Disciples
by Christopher
Isherwood
Hardback, 333 pp,
Advaita Ashrama Edition
GT3009-Book
$9.95 + Domestic shipping only via Media
Mail (& Taxes in California)
ISBN81-853C1-18-2
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Ramakrishna and
His Disciples is a painstakingly researched and
vetted, scrupulously authoritative biography of
Ramakrishna.
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 My
Guru and His Disciple
by Christopher
Isherwood
Paperback
GT3010-Book
$11.95 + Domestic shipping only via Media
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"In some ways,
Isherwood's most ambitious book. There is a sense of
wholeness and of the joy of spiritual quest. We can
believe such a believer." -- Richard Dyer,
The Boston Globe
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