A Heart Poured Out: A Story of Swami Ashokananda - Hardcover

Gargi, Sister

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0970636814 ISBN 13: 9780970636812

Publisher: Kalpa Tree Press, 2003

Synopsis

This popular book is now available in its first paperback edition. A Heart Poured Out is the fascinating biography of Swami Ashokananda (1893-1969), an illustrious teacher of the Ramakrishna Order who spent most of his life expanding the Vedanta movement in northern California while training his American students to lead authentic spiritual lives. Award-winning author Marie Louise Burke (Sister Gargi), his famed disciple, recounts the Swami's life and conversations in a personal style that is eloquent, witty, and wise. His powerful guidance-here brought to light for the first time-will help readers of all faiths deepen their spiritual practice.Soul-stirring account ... reveals the Swami's extraordinary spiritual stature with candor, integrity, and wit. -HUSTON SMITH, author of The World's Religions Rapturously written biography of an intrinsically fascinating man ... highly recommended.-MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWCompelling remembrance of a saintly life.-LIBRARY JOURNALExhaustive et engaging ... this rare account is well worth the wait.-YOGA JOURNAL

About this title

From the Publisher:

For more than forty years, Sister Gargi has written books that are revered classics in the Vedanta literature. Her new biography, the first time telling and long-awaited biography of her own spiritual teacher Swami Ashokananda, reveals the power of an authentic spiritual teacher and the insights gained during a lifetime of spiritual endeavor.

From the Inside Flap:

"Who was this man that one word of his could bore its way to the very heart of my being and resound there for years like a rousing gong? This is his story as I know it."

Thus Sister Gargi introduces her biography of Swami Ashokananda (1893–1969), a monk of the Ramakrishna Order who spent most of his life developing the Vedanta Society in San Francisco, where Sister Gargi—then Marie Louise Burke—met him in 1948 and became his disciple.

As a spiritual teacher Swami Ashokananda was a powerful guide. An adherent of Advaita Vedanta, he was aware of the divinity of all life and saw in his students their potential perfection. His personality was like a flame that could change the darkest chasms of one’s mind into fields of light, and his teachings brought courage and strength to hundreds of lives. . .

A Heart Poured Out is the extraordinary saga of an authentic spiritual teacher. Swami Ashokananda’s compelling personality and his training of disciples, here brought to life for the first time, will help readers of all faiths surmount the obstacles of daily life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kalpa Tree Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0970636814
• ISBN 13: 9780970636812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472