Alan Richard “Bede” Griffiths (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), also known as Swami Dayananda (Bliss of Compassion), was a British-born Benedictine monk and missionary who lived in ashrams in South India. He was born at Walton-on-Thames, England and studied literature at Magdalen College, Oxford under professor and Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, whoContinue reading “Bede Griffiths”
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Bruno Barnhart
Bruno Barnhart (1931-2015) was a monk of the New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, CA. Camaldolese monks follow the rule of Saint Benedict, only with a greater emphasis on solitude than is typically found among other Benedictines. Fr. Bruno wrote several books, all dedicated to the reclamation of “Sapiential Christianity,” which is to say, Christianity as aContinue reading “Bruno Barnhart”
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is arguably the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, has sold over one million copies and has been translated into over fifteen languages. He wrote over sixty other books and hundreds of poems and articles on topics ranging from monastic spirituality to civilContinue reading “Thomas Merton”
Nondual Christianity 