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050 4 _aBL1168.U532 -- G87 2005eb
082 0 _a294.5/61/0973
100 1 _aForsthoefel, Thomas A.
245 1 0 _aGurus in America.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aAlbany :
_bState University of New York Press,
_c2005.
264 4 _c©2012.
300 _a1 online resource (246 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSUNY Series in Hindu Studies
505 0 _aIntro -- GURUS IN AMERICA -- C o n t e n t s -- INTRODUCTION: MAKING WAV E S -- 1. RAJA YOGA AND THE GURU: G u r a n i A n j a l i o f Yoga Anand Ashram, A m i t y v i l l e, New York C H R I S T O P H E R K E Y C H A P P L E -- 2. WEAVING THE INWARD THREAD TO AWAKENING: The Pe re n n i a l Appeal of Ramana Mahar s h i T H O M A S A . F O R S T H O E F E L -- 3. M A H A R I S H I M A H E S H Y O G I: Beyond the TM Technique CYNTHIA ANN HUMES -- 4. KRISHNA AND CULTURE: What Happens When the Lord of Vrindavana Moves to New York City TAMAL KRISHNA GOSWAMI AND RAVI M .GUPTA -- 5. BABA'S WORLD: A Global Guru and His Movement Norris W. Palmer -- 6. PASSAGE T O AMERICA: Ammachi on American Soil Selva J. Raj -- 7. THE PERFECTIBILITY OF PERFECTION: Siddha Yoga as a Global Movement Lola Williamson -- 8. OSHO, FROM SEX GURU TO GURU OF THE RICH: The Spiritual Logic of Late Capitalism Hugh B. Urban -- 9. RIDING THE DAWN HORSE: Adi Da and the Eros of Nonduality Jeffrey J. Kripal -- EPILOGUE: ELEVATED GURUS, CONCRETE TRADITIONS, AND THE PROBLEMS OF WESTERN DEVOTEES Daniel Gold -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
520 _aA fascinating look at Hindu gurus with significant followings in the United States.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aHumes, Cynthia Ann.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aForsthoefel, Thomas A.
_tGurus in America
_dAlbany : State University of New York Press,c2005
_z9780791465738
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aSUNY Series in Hindu Studies
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