Harry Aveling

This paper is concerned with the European sannyasin disciples of Swami Vishnu Devananda, a direct disciple of Swami Sivananda and founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers. The author interviewed the 15 swamis who at that time were serving these centres and this booklet reveals and discusses his findings, providing a very interesting insight into sannyasa and ashram life, among other things.

About the Authors:

Harry Aveling is Associate Professor of Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne (Australia) and Adjunct Professor of Southeast Asian Literature, Ohio University (USA). He holds the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy from the National University of Singapore, and Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney.… (meer)

The number of surviving works by women writers in pre-modern Indian literature is very small. These authors include Andal, Mira Bai, Bahina Bai and Sahajo Bai, and their works record their deepest emotional and religious experiences. The poet-mystic, Daya Bai, wrote in Hindi in Delhi during the eighteenth century. This small book offers reader her voice in a simple English prose translation.

About the Authors:

Harry Aveling is Associate Professor of Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne (Australia) and Adjunct Professor of Southeast Asian Literature, Ohio University (USA). He holds the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy from the National University of Singapore, and Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney. Peter Friedlander is lecturer in Hindi in the Asian Studies Program, La Trobe University. He holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of London.… (meer)