Review: Vivekananda, A Born Leader: The Attributes and Thoughts of an Extraordinary Leader-Manager—A Perfect Embodiment of the Servant-Leadership Concept
This small volume was brought out by Advaita Ashrama to mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Vivekananda’s birth.
Review: Remembering Ramakrishna: His Words
Elva Nelson, Editor Vedanta Press, Hollywood, CA Paperback $9.95 2009 96 pp. Review by Sister Gayatriprana This little booklet came to my hand from the author a couple of years ago. A very informed and special book, this is a compilation of choice sayings of...Review: Mahendra Nath Gupta (M.): The Recorder of the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
by Swami Chetanananda Vedanta Society of St. Louis, 2011; 590 pp., hardback $29.95, paperback $19.95 Review by Steven F. Walker The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna might be compared to a documentary film, in which the camera is focused on the main character. Chetanananda’s...Review: American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation—How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
This is a very readable history of Hinduism’s influence on the United States. Beginning with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s discovery of the Bhagavad Gita in the early 1800s, Philip Goldberg traces what might be called “the Hindu Connection” to American life and thought right down to the present time.
Review: Four More Lighted Windows: Memories of Swamis in the West
This is a sequel to Swami Yogeshananda’s earlier book, Six Lighted Windows. This new book records memories of four more swamis whom the author knew: Swamis Shantaswarupananda, Aseshananda, Shraddhananda, and Lokeswarananda. They were not included in the earlier book because they were still living at the time.
