Swami Abhishiktananda | |
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Title | Monk, sannyasi |
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Born | Henri Le Saux August 30, 1910 Saint Briac, Brittany, France |
Died | December 07, 1973 (aged 63) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Religion | Roman Catholicism Hinduism |
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Guru | Sri Gnânânanda Giri |
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If at all I had to give a message, it would be the message of "Wake up, arise, remain aware" of the Katha Upanishad. The coloration might vary according to the audience, but the essential goes beyond. The discovery of Christ's I AM is the ruin of any Christian theology, for all notions are burnt within the fire of experience.
Abhishiktananda (Sanskrit: अभिषिक्तानन्द, romanized: Abhiṣiktānanda; 30 August 1910, in Saint Briac, Brittany – 7 December 1973, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India), born Henri Le Saux, was a French-born Indian monk. He moved to India in 1948 in search of a more radical form of spiritual life, adopted sannyasa in accordance with Indian tradition and became one of the pioneers of Hindu-Christian dialogue. Multiple contacts with prominent saints such as Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Gnanananda Giri and Sri H.W.L. Poonja, led him to profound advaitic experience as well as to final recognition of the truth of advaita during the last years of his life.[1]