| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-385) and index. |
| Contents |
Namaste, America! : what India has given us and why it matters -- The voice of an old intelligence : "Hindoo" texts enchant Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman -- New thought in old wineskins : Eddy, Blavatsky, and the new thoughters metabolize Vedanta -- The handsome monk in the orange robe : Swami Vivekananda conquers the Parliament and creates the Vedanta Society -- The public intellectuals : Swamis tutor smart guys, and they tutor us -- The yogi of the autobiography : Paramahansa Yogananda becomes the voice of India -- Blowin' in the wind : beatniks, hippies, and consciousness expanders trip toward the East -- Maha mass media : the Fab Four find Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and meditation goes mainstream -- The Baby Boomers' babas : Muktananda, Bhaktivedanta, and other gurus of the seventies -- The yoga bearers : Satchidananda, Iyengar, and other Yogacharyas take Americans to the mat -- Sex, lies and idiosyncrasies : the guru wave casts a shadow -- Made in the USA : Ram Dass, Deepak, and other American acharyas take the wheel -- Not just academic : practitioner-pandits penetrate the Ivory Tower -- Guru Americana : om-grown gurus gather disciples -- Art-omatic transmissions : musicians and writers channel India -- The soul of science, the science of soul : the cosmic Shiva dances into the lab -- Into the mystic : a priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into an ashram -- The once and future religion : America the spiritual evolves. |
| Subject |
Hinduism -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Religion.
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Vedanta -- History.
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Yoga -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780385521345 |
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0385521340 |
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